Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: My Brother In Law Ate My Placenta!

Episode Date: December 2, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY: She wears her child's WHAT in her necklace... Are driving gloves overboard? We chat to Tasha the Sabo-Tasha about getting Megan out of the Mariah game! How Jono ended face first in a war memorial statue... I hired a psychic for my dog! Getting pulled on stage at a magic show made me have a breakdown. Running 10km everyday for five years! Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFASTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This John O'Byrne podcast brought to you by HelloFresh, the experts in tastes that Kiwis love. Welcome to the podcast on a Tuesday morning. She's already the 3rd of December. Whoa, far out. Rolling into December already. It's, uh, it's, I tell you, I get the end of year migraines. I've got one at the moment where your eyes flicker, you know, and you can't see. I always get them around December and I think it's to do with the humidity.

Oh, I was going to say stress. Yeah, no. There's a lot going on. Oh, I'm not stressed. This is a job where you're hard to be stressed in this job, isn't it? We're just busy, you know? Yeah, it is busy. It's not that things aren't fun.

It's just there's a lot going on at once. Yeah, yeah. And the weekends fill up, don't they? Yeah. Well, you don't have a spare weekend leading into Christmas Day. No. That's what we, like, honestly, we've just been thrashing it for like three weeks but we try and stop

and be like, all of this stuff's fun because you lose the fun when there's so much happening. Yes. What have you got on this? You've got to do a Cosentino magic show

on Saturday? Two kids' birthday parties and my husband's work party. Woo! Powerful day. It is a powerful day. It's all fun stuff though. Yeah, you're right.

It is fun stuff. You've got to manage it, you know? It's not heart surgery. Keep telling yourself. That though. Yeah, you're right. It is fun stuff. You've got to manage it, you know. It's not heart surgery. Keep telling yourself. True. If you're late, you've just got to do what you can do. We go back to this point of like we'd love to jam stuff in. The pre-Christmas.

The end of November, December, for whatever reason, we like to put this pressure on ourselves. Everything happens, yeah. You do wonder that. I guess it builds towards the end of the year for a lot of things. But sometimes you're like, well Well they can do the recital And what are they doing In February

Because it's all their years Work you know I get it I get it But there are some Things you're like Or even like a staff thing But again it's the end of the year

You're like well February We'll probably be a lot more relaxed Everyone More time And you start the year On a good note Yeah Yeah you're right

You're right I like And the people Your friends Let's catch up Before Christmas We talked about that The other day didn't we Well it was still in February Start the year on a good note. Yeah. Yeah, you're right. You're right. I like, and the people, your friends, that let's catch up before Christmas. We talked about that the other day, didn't we? We'll do it in Feb. Yeah. We'll do it in Feb, March.

We probably won't. And we'll have the same conversation next year. Yeah. But a fun show today. Continuing on trying to learn our magic trick for Costantino. We're performing that live at Costantino's show this Saturday and wildly underprepared. We are.

We need to actually go practice that today. We definitely do. We keep putting it off, Megan, you said before. Every day we're like, we're terrible at this, and we still haven't practiced. No. Okay, today we're going to practice. Okay.

And probably still be terrible at it, but at least we practiced. We'll hear that tomorrow, but right now enjoy the podcast. Megan, you've just shown me a photo of, don't need your sarcasm, mate. Don't pepper in your sarcasm through the show, thank you. I was so serious. Okay. Don't need that.

You've just shown us a photo of your son, Bazzi, Bastion. Bastiano. He's got a new look. He looks great. You said you're going to keep something. Yeah, so he's had his first haircut. He's almost four, and he had long curly hair, but he was asking to have a normal haircut,

which is so sad. I was like, what's a normal haircut? But it's summer and he's quite a sweaty kid, so we were like, okay. Okay, gotcha. He's going to get a haircut. What do you mean quite a sweaty kid? I don't know.

He just manages to be sweaty all the time. Even when it's not that hot, he's sweating up a storm. I'm like, oh, I hope that goes away when you're older. But he has had a haircut. Like it's sweating up a storm. I'm like, oh, I hope that goes away when you're older. But he has had a haircut. Like, it's short back and sides. It looks cool. It looks very stylish.

And he had very long curly hair. So we asked the hairdresser to cut off his ponytail and we've kept it. We kept the whole ponytail, took it home in foil and it's just on the bench now in some foil.

I'm like, um, I really wanted to keep it but now I'm like, I don't know what. Took it home in foil. And it's just on the bench now in some foil. I'm like, um, I really wanted to keep it. But now I'm like, I don't know what. Glue it into a book. That's what Annie did with mine. Right. I was like, hold on to that for a rainy day, Annie. That's going to be a part of history.

You can put that back on your head. Yeah. Maybe we can do some sort of regrowth program there. Oh my God, amazing. This is a perfect ringlet. So have you kept the whole lot or just like a little lock of the hair? No, it's quite a lot. Big chunk?

It's a big ringlet-y ponytail. Yeah, tape it to a book. You look like a dedicated stalker with little bits of evidence and DNA. That's a nice memento to keep. I know, but I always said I wasn't going to be that parent because my mum used to collect our teeth. I think she's still got them. Where? Like a Tupperware container?

No. She has on her, like, duchess, a little, like, ceramic thing with all her earrings in it and our teeth mixed in with her earrings. All of you? Like a full set of teeth there? There's a lot of teeth there. Wow. Yeah, she's keeping them away from the tooth fairy.

She's the one household that didn't do that. Oh, yeah. Maybe she was keeping the cash. Yeah. When on rainy day was keeping the cash. Yeah. Went on rainy day, she needs some cash. The Tooth Fairy. She normally tries to get them. Yeah.

She builds her own house out of all the plarky, gummy, bloody teeth, doesn't she? But they're all mixed in with her, like, jewellery. It's nasty. Okay, so 0800-THATS, what have you kept as a memento? All your parents, you know, that generation, our parents, they really did keep some stuff, didn't they? Yeah. You've got a wonderful story

about a friend of yours at his 21st. Oh, yes. A friend of a friend whose mum used to wear a little locket around her neck with a photo

inside. You know, one of those little lockets. Yeah, cute. Apparently on 21st it opened in front of everyone and said, you'd be wondering,

I'm wearing this locket, lovey picture, and everyone's like, ah. And inside there's this little thing and we're like, what is it in front of everyone and said, you'd be wondering, I'm wearing this locket, lovey picture, and everyone's like, ah. And inside there's this little thing, and we're like, what is it? There's a bit of hair, what is it? I've been carrying this around for 21 years, held it up. And he'd been, well, let's say circumcised as a baby, and that was what she was carrying around.

Just a little bit. Just that bit. Just the bit. And Jesus, it brought the house down. I bet it did. It would have looked like a little dried up piece of calamari. Beef jerky. Yeah, exactly.

Not fourie. Wonderful play. 21-year play. At what point did she wait for the 21st? Yeah, that's when the big announcement. Now time for the big unveiling. Why is she all bent around her neck? I don't know.

The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. The unusual items that your parents might have held on to. Some good ones coming through. There's a story. Someone, I can't remember if they phoned this show or one of the 30 other ones we've hosted, that they were sitting on a bed while their girlfriend

who was in the bathroom, okay, so she's in the bathroom, and he goes, oh, look, there's some beef jerky on the bedside table. Starts chewing on the beef jerky. His girlfriend comes out and goes, what are you doing? He said, I'm eating this piece of beef jerky. She said, that's my umbilical cord. Now, that was from, I don't know, many questions in that whole scenario. Like, who just leaves a piece of umbilical cord sitting on the bedside table?. Like, who just leaves a piece of umbilical cord

sitting on the bedside table? And secondly, who looks at a piece of umbilical cord and goes, beef jerky. Biltong or something. Who eats like, yeah,

just rogue beef jerky that's sitting there? Yeah, like, I'll give that a 9. Yeah. Just a random piece of strange, suspicious,

mystery meat. Oh, that's jerky-like, isn't it? Unusual thing to keep. But hey, each to their own. Yeah, what have you kept? 0800, the hit's telephone number.

Let's go to Maralina. How are you? I'm good. Never met a Maralina. This is the first time, and I am loving it. What did you end up keeping? Well, somebody's preempted me because, for me, it was pretty young

when it was my daughter's umbilical cord and a little jewelry box. Oh, so you kept it. We're just wondering that. I kept it for, I should have sent it to her for her 50th actually. She'd be like, thanks. Did it look like beef jerky at all? Could someone mistake it for that? Well, mine wasn't like a piece of jerky at all. Could someone mistake it for that? Well, mine wasn't like a piece of jerky.

It was like a shriveled up um, shriveled up umbilical cord. Oh, yeah. Did it look tasty? Would you have eaten it if you'd seen it on a bedside table? No, but if I'd kept my second daughter's, I might have had them made into earrings. Unusual earrings or dangly earrings.

I guess they're kind of very high fashion. Good on you, Maralina. Appreciate it. You have a great day. And you. Good on you. Hannah, morning to you. How are you?

Good morning. What have you kept, Hannah? Oh, no, this is not me. I'm just claiming it. So during lockdown, we decided we would try and taxidermy a deer hide. And our neighbor popped his head over the fence and said, oh, I've got some chemicals for you. And of course, we asked, what do you taxidermy?

And he had found a white parrot. And so his son, 21st, he had taxidermied that quite roughly. Put it on a disco ball And it was smiling with some of his teeth That he'd lost in the front of its face So he'd put his own teeth inside a ferret A taxidermied ferret On a disco ball

Wow that's high concept isn't it That would be a frightening sight A ferret with a full set of human teeth I love that Hannah That's magnificent I love that, Hannah. Wow. That's magnificent. So creepy. Appreciate that.

I'm starting to think less and less of people. Tash, good morning. How are you? Good morning. Good, thank you. What have you kept of your kids, Tash, or your mum or dad have kept of yours? I kept my daughter's placenta and had it in the deep freeze because we were renting at the time.

And I was like, I'll keep it and then we'll put it under a tree. And, you know, didn't quite get there. And one night we had my brother-in-law staying with us. And he had a long day, just got home from work, and he'd cooked this beautiful meal in the crockpot. And he says, I've made tea for you and stuff, and it's a stew. And I was like, are you going to buy some meat? And he goes, no, no, I use the meat out of the top freezer,

the deep freezer. And I'm like, what? No, no, no, no. It's a potato. He put it in the crockpot. And it's dry reaching. And I was like, is anyone eating pot. And he's dry reaching. I was like, did anyone eat it?

And he was like, no. And I was like, oh my God. But he's the brother-in-law that had gotten into the fridge and made coffee and was sitting at the table with his mates and made coffee. And I was like, where did you get the milk? We haven't got any milk. And he goes, yeah, it was in the little bottle. And I was like, that's my breast milk. She's in a shocker, didn't she?

She had to get coffees out. But I was like, it was good. I hope he didn't do any taste tests for that casserole along the way. Oh, God. Does it need more salt? Drinking your breast milk, eating your placenta. He's got his thing. He's got his thing.

The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. You think about purchasing something, and I get the reason behind it. I mentioned after the show, actually, I don't know how we got onto it, maybe because it's really sunny, that I always put sunscreen on my hands every day. You don't want old lady hands is what you said. Well, my mum has, like, she's had a lot of stuff burnt and sizzled out and cut out, and I was like, I don't want to end up like that.

Yeah, I've got old lady hands. I've got the hands of a 93-year-old on life support. Your hands are often blue. Yeah. I worry about you. Smoking. I was smoking back in the day. Terrible circulation.

Yeah. Don't start smoking, kids. That's my message. That's not good. So I was like, well, I put sunscreen on in the mornings, but when I'm driving home, my hand's on the steering wheel. It's not good, apparently, to start on your hands for that amount of time.

That's what the lady from Momec told me, yeah. So, here you go. People get cancer through their fingers and stuff, and you can get, you know, like. See, Jono. So, yeah, I get the reason behind it. I mentioned I was going to buy driving gloves. Now I wanted to mock you about those driving gloves, and then you brought cancer into the conversation.

That's the reason behind it. Yeah, skin cancer. It's hard to have a laugh about skin cancer, isn't it? I'm mocking you for wearing a hat every day. Well, I have to for cancer. Yes, I mean, yeah. If you drove past someone. Oh, you're wearing a hat.

I used to drive a convertible too, like a little MX-5. I mean, you're just going to look like a chauffeur or someone who doesn't want to leave their fingerprints at the scene of a crime. I hope they're leather. I hope they're leather ones. No, but in summer you can't wear leather gloves. It'll be hot. You've got to wear white Michael Jackson gloves. Have you saw someone driving along with white Michael Jackson gloves,

like, what is wrong with them? Or you poke your hand out the window to thank someone for letting you in. They're like, the bloody Queen has come back from the dead. It's got to look very regal. You're right. I won't get done for any crimes. But you wear your driving gloves. That's fine.

I'm not allowed to mock your skin cancer purposes. Maybe I can get lacy ones. Would that work? Or do I just get patterned sunburn? You probably would get patterned sunburn as well. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Mariah Carey game that we have been playing for the last few weeks. It's been a lot of fun.

Are people still texting through saying, I'm still playing, I'm still in the game? So you probably don't want to listen to this if you're still playing the game. Because our station as a whole, we're out. And mainly thanks to Tash, a listener who took down Matty McLean, firstly, from the Drive show with Matty and PJ. You are kidding me!

You are kidding me! Tash posed as a caller to their show when they wanted someone to call up about something they wanted on air and then just played the song. And it happened to you yesterday, Megan.

We're in the middle of Dear Megan talking about something irrelevant, not to do with Mariah Carey, and this happened. Let's get Megan on. Morning, how are you? It's Tasha. Megan is out! Megan is out.

Megan is out of the game. She is out. In a blaze of glory. Whoa. Tasha. It took me by surprise, too. She's hung up as well. Oh, well played.

Oh, geez. Well played. Tasha. What did I do to you? That's so good. I'm so sorry to everyone listening who is now out. Tasha. You're out of the game.

Maddie McLean's out of the game. I'm out of the game. All taken down by Tasha. What an evil supervillain. Oh, so good. The Mariah Carey game. So that was yesterday. And then after the show, you said you've been

sabotaged. Sabotaged. Sabotaged. Yeah, so good. She took out the big players in the game like a Game of Thrones character, wasn't she? Tash joins us right now. Well done. You really won the game.

Thank you. What did I say well done? She did well. She took us out. The drive. The motivation Tash. Where did it come from? I mean I started with Matty McLean and I saw his reaction and I was like oh my gosh this is like

so funny. You are kidding me! He made it too good. She needed another hit. Yeah, you did. And then you took me down, and then you took Megan down. Yep, so every single morning, I would wake up, and any cue to call, I would just try it, and I'd get through it. And then sometimes you wouldn't talk to me.

I'd be like, damn it. And then, like, I was like, yesterday, I was like, oh, my gosh. Because I think one of the producers was away, and she was like, like, I'd never spoken to her, so she didn't know who I was. And she was like, yeah, yeah, you can be on the radio. I was like, oh my gosh, because I think one of the producers was away and she was like, I've never spoken to her, so she didn't know who I was. And she was like, yeah, yeah, you can be on the radio. I was like, yeah. Now you got pulled because Ellie was away with a migraine. Producer Grace solo running the show.

She was stressed. You caught her unawares. Because, yeah, to be fair, producer Ellie recognised your voice and she could pick you when you were calling. So you weren't being let through. But then as soon as she was away, our gatekeeper had gone.

You got me. Hey, listen, I won't read out all the texts that came through on 4487 because not only do you eliminate Megan, but you eliminate hundreds of people listening. Sorry, guys. She's drunk on power.

Well done, Tash. You clocked the game for us. Now, will you be back next year? Because we're coming back bigger and better next year. We've got merch. Ben's going to have a list of rules, regulations, a finish line. Are we going to be seeing more Tash in 2025?

Well, I mean, I'm going to be in Australia next year, so I don't think so. Oh, thank God. That's a good thing. No offence. I mean, I can always work it out. I work makeup.

She's going abroad. The brain drain is happening and Tash is off. No sabotage next year. Well done. It's been a lot of fun playing this game with you. Thanks, Tash. Thank you, guys. Hey, Sam.

All of y'all, sabotage. All of y'all, sabotage. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Papa, the museum, of course, the National Museum in Wellington, has just started charging international visitors. Past two months, and it's not peak season, but over two months it's charging $35 each per visitor,

it's made $750,000. They'll be like, damn it, why didn't we do this about 10 years ago? I know, exactly. That's just two months. And a real honesty system, too. They just have people come in the door and they go, hey, where are you from? They're like, hey, if they say they're from overseas,

they're like, oh, that's one this way. If they say they're from New Zealand, they're like oh where you go national you know people from new zealand can just still come in for free you don't want a frenchman coming here with a great new zealand accent he'll stiff the system pretty impressive hey seven hundred fifty thousand dollars two months jeez i get triggered every time you mentioned to papa remember we did it the probably the worst emc gig we've ever hosted not the gig wasn't bad we were terrible yeah we tanked it didn't we yeah we tanked it, didn't we? Yeah, we tanked it.

And then we panicked. And I walked off stage and then ran my head. I couldn't see anything because it was pitch black. Walked off stage and ran my head straight into one of Sir Peter Jackson's war memorial soldiers. Yeah. Like the one, you know how the massive soldiers? Like holding a gun, I went boom, straight into his finger. It was quite dark backstage.

That's what you deserve after that performance. Oh yeah, we had to go back on. And he was like, as he came back on, John was like gun, I went boom straight into his finger. It was quite dark backstage. That's what you deserve after that performance. Oh yeah, we had to go back on and he was like, as he came back on, John was like, am I bleeding? I'm like, yeah you are. And he came back on with his blood like gushing down his face. Oh my god. So that's, technically I've been to war. You know, with a soldier, fought a soldier. Did Te Papa ask you back?

No. It wasn't anything, I mean it was hosted by Te Papa, but yeah, we definitely had to come back. Yeah, I don't think, we'll have to pay like the international people. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We every day just talk to the dog. Talk to our dog Milo like he's just a normal human being. And then as a part of me, it stopped and went, he's digesting none of this. He understands none of this.

He doesn't reply. What's the point of it? I guess the alternative is you don't say anything to the dog, which is, it seems like you're just ignoring the dog. Oh, you pat him. His tail's wagging. You pat him and stuff. You know, just the other thing.

You know, give him the affection. Bloody good. Dogs will just die in a ditch for you, eh? Yeah. Honestly. I know Ricky Gervais bangs on about how much he loves dogs. He loves cats too. He's a huge cat person.

Is he? Yeah. He's like, if a cat comes and sits on you, he doesn't move. He's like, the cat's a huge cat person. Is he? Yeah. He's a cat and dog person. Yeah, he doesn't move. He's like, the cat's here, the cat's here. Yeah. He's like, yeah. He likes them better than humans.

He said they're the greatest creatures. And they are. They are when you think about it. And Anna joins us because we were like, do dogs understand anything of what we're saying? We demanded a dog expert at 6.02 in the morning. But Anna, you came on, not a dog expert at 6.02 in the morning. But Anna, you came on, not a dog expert. Anna. Hi, how are you?

Yeah, good to have you on, mate. Not a dog expert, but you've employed the uses of one. Yes. So a friend of mine in Australia, she went to a psychic in America and she very kindly gifted me a session. It was very interesting. Did that work over a Skype or a

Zoom sort of thing? Yeah, Zoom. Alright. The pessimist in me is suspicious, but I'd love to know what they said. I have a Weimaraner called Winston and he's very naughty at times and one of the big things for me was that because he likes to pull and he's a big sniffer and she said that he doesn't care that it hurts me because he just is too interested in what he wants to do, which is sniff.

Okay. And he doesn't like my voice, which is very interesting. Oh, really? You found this out? Yeah. And he doesn't like it when I watch him poo. No, dogs get a bit awkward with that. I thought the psychology was they always look at you because they're like, protect me bit awkward with that. I don't like when anyone likes me doing that.

I thought the psychology was they always look at you because they're like, protect me, I'm vulnerable, I'm vulnerable. It keeps going to my head falling, sorry, I'm just out walking. That's okay, mate, that's okay. And so the dog doesn't like, well, I get that, you're right, because just the look in their eye of shame

and humiliation. I mean, no, you wouldn't... No, I wouldn't like doing it publicly like that, you know, on the lawn. And he just looked at you as if to say, do you mind? Yeah. So you spoke to a pet psychic

and the one thing they came back with was your dog's very embarrassed when you watch him defecate. Yeah. But, yeah, it went on for an hour, so there was lots of things that she said. But it was very interesting. It went on for an hour, so there was lots of things that she said. But it was very interesting. All she wanted was a photo of the dog in his age, and that was it.

Really? Did she tell you anything that you have kept hold of, like you've changed because of what she said? Probably just his food like he likes the food, like he likes food he's very food orientated and we felt that we weren't giving him enough food because he

was really mooching quite a lot and that seems to have stopped a wee bit because we've just increased it a wee bit Okay I actually because we've always wanted another dog, and I started saying, do you think Winston would like a, and she went, nope, he doesn't want another dog. Oh, all this from a photo.

They're bloody good at their job, aren't they? Hey, well, thank you so much. What's that funny sentence you can get people from Scotland to say? Oh, was it purple burglar to say? Was it purple burglar alarm? Can you say purple burglar alarm for us, Anna? Purple burglar alarm. We say in

Aberdeen, who's your deuce? What's that? It means, how are you doing? I like it when you say purple burglar alarm. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, interesting, you've got a dog, Ben. You don't talk much about your dog, Megan. I feel like the dog's really slipped down the pecking order

in the priorities of your household. He is. He's also a bit spewy and pooey. What's his name? Leo. Leo. Didn't even know his name. Poor Leo.

What sort of dog is Leo? He's a Bichon Griffin. Yeah. He's cute. He's cute. I mean, that's the thing when you have a Bichon Griffin. He's cute. I mean, that's the thing when you have a dog before having children. Was he around? So the dog was your child.

He was like my child. Yeah, right. Then the kids come along and the child is your child. Yeah. The poor dog, buddy. Yeah, but anyway, we got a dog. Oh, he's not mistreated or anything. Oh, no, he's fine.

He's loved. He's not talked about on radio. If he's not talked about on radio, he's not loved I got home yesterday and something I do And everyone probably does it with their dogs Is you talk to them like they're humans G'day mate, how was your day? I've never once had a response back And I also tell them

Don't worry, I'll be back in about five minutes And they've got no concept of time or anything like that. Do you talk to your beau like a human? Oh, yeah, now and again I do. Yeah, like when Jesse from work had to pick him up the other day, I was trying to explain to him, someone's going to come over. I was like, what am I doing this? Jesse, you might have met her before.

And I'm like, why are you still here? He's like, yeah, I think so. Was that at the staff party? The gate's going to open. She's got a coat. She's got a cupboard size. You're going to grab him, yeah, I think so. Was that at the staff party? The gate's got to open. She's got a coach. She's got to come inside. She's got to grab you and put you in the car. Is that noting this all down?

Don't forget about this. Yeah, no, but yeah, sometimes I do. And then you're like, why am I doing this? That's why I had to pull myself out of yesterday. I'm like, this is just wasted conversation. No, but they still know that you're talking to them, right? Affectionately. They don't necessarily know what you're saying.

Food, walk, treat, bang. Those are the big banger words. Yeah. But all the filler stuff in between of, G'day, mate, how are you going? Stop. Don't do that. Why'd you spew on the carpet?

Yeah. I'd like to know if there's a dog expert listening. Text in 4487. Can they understand all of our conversation? Because they're sitting around listening to a lot of it. Yeah, it's probably keywords, right? Otherwise they've got a lot of goss on us. The dogs are going to dog on us.

They're going to come into work and go, all right, here's the tea, guys. Turn on the mic. If those three had a radio show. Should have heard about what he was saying about Jesse who was meant to be picking me up. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. World's best cities have been announced. And New Zealand, well, not quite.

We haven't quite got any in the top. Jeez, not one. In the top what? Well, yep. In the top 10? So the best cities of 2025. It's the big bangers. You know, London, New York, Paris, Tokyo, Singapore.

Australia's made the top 10 with Sydney in 10th place But Auckland is the highest Just scraping inside the top 50 at 47 Oh, 50? Ouch It's alright for air quality and labour force participation Apparently Oh good, we've got those numbers up

The labour force participation numbers They were lagging last year Exactly So that's good But you probably get it You get it I mean Do we really expect

To be in the top ten Was it cities Yeah Oh so Queenstown Doesn't count eh Still a spade a spade here Yeah Queenstown's pretty cool

I like it when they're like New Zealand's got The sexiest accent You know One of the top five And you're like Really What sucks Is the accent No one has Listen to this show You definitely know like New Zealand's got the sexiest accent. You know, one of the top five. And you're like, really?

What's the sexiest accent? No one has. Listen to this show. You definitely know. The quiz queen is back after a day's sick leave yesterday, crippled by a migraine. Is it on? Hello, I'm back.

Thank you, Jono. It's good to have you. Now, listen, shocker. Is it? Shocker. Shocker yesterday for me. We're out at question number one. I heard. I heard.

He came in hot again. Blind arrogance from him. Oh no, you've got to learn. I blame Quiz Queen Grace who filled in for you. Awesome. I blame the question asking as opposed to the question answering there. You've got the fingers. Okay, first question this morning on the New Zealand Herald Data Quiz.

Alright, in which US state was actor Brad Pitt born? Was it Texas, Oklahoma, or California? Oklahoma. Oh, he's coming hot once again. Okay, let's go against what he said there. He had an accent, right? Oklahoma, he had like a bit of a redneck accent. Do Oklahomians have a...

Oklahomies? Oklahesians. I don't know. I'momies? I don't know I'm not sure I don't know Because Texans do right? Yeah But that's kind of

Matthew McConaughey Right What made you say Oklahoma? I don't know Because I feel like He's got a brother Who still works And lives in Oklahoma

Doug Pitt Really? Doug Pitt's his brother I know that I think I've read That article somewhere I felt bad Shout out to Doug Pitt It is Doug Pitt Is it actually? Yeah I know that I think I've read That article somewhere I felt bad Shout out to Doug Pitt

It is Doug Pitt Is it actually Yeah I thought you were joking Nah it's Doug Pitt Is it actually It is Sorry that wasn't

One of my bad puns I thought it was Actually a great joke Doug Pitt 2am in the morning For great jokes Really Yeah Doug Pitt

Looks like a Republican candidate Alright let's go With Giorno again Let's see for redemption Oklahoma Lock it in. That's Texas, isn't it?

That is correct. Oh, thank God. That was Oklahoma, yeah. Nice work. Okay. Oh, my gosh, Doug Pitt. I can't get over Doug Pitt. That's so funny.

Okay. Oh, he's a twin. He's Brad's twin. Oh, is he? He is not. Yeah, he's just a twin. Not identical then. Not identical, no.

Shut up, Doug Pitt. He's not. Poor Doug. See you, Doug Pitt. All right, question number two. Which Premier League football team is the only one to win four consecutive titles? Chelsea, Manchester City or Manchester United? Football's not really.

Yeah. I don't know. Four consecutive titles? Yeah. So that meaning in a row? Yeah. Yeah. Oh, jeez.

Who was David Beckham? He was Man U. Yeah. I mean, that would be good when Chelsea's been... I reckon this is a question for the... Tex Pichet? There will be some football fanatics. Yeah, because I don't want people listening right now

to be like, you idiots, it's this. So, 4487, can we repeat that question one more time? Which Premier League football team is the only one to win four consecutive titles? Is it Chelsea, Manchester City, or Manchester United? Okay, 4487, help us out. We're going to use our quiz lifeline right now and try and carry on with question two.

The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now we're in the middle of the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. Question number two has been done. We're on to three. Yes, now there's going to be a pronunciation error here for me, I think. That's what we love about you. We love about you. The unconfident asking of exotic European names and countries.

Thank you. Okay, so this one. Question number three. Animals from the order Cetaceae? I love about you the unconfident asking of exotic European names and countries. Thank you. Okay, so this one. Question number three. Animals from the order Cetacea live in what environment? Land, air, or sea? Oh, my gosh. Now, I'll just show you the word there. Can you spell it again, sorry?

I'm not going to Google the answer. That's right. So it's C-E-T-A-C-E-A. I've said this word before too. And I know it, but I've blanked. So this is animals that are living. So yeah, in what environment do these cetacea, the creatures, live? Cetacean. Is that what it is? Cetacean. Cetacea. Okay, cetacea, the creatures. Cetacean.

Is that what it is? Cetacean. Cetacea. Okay, cetacea. Yeah. So that must be like the noun. Cetacean. Cetacean.

So there you go. Okay. So that doesn't help us in any way at all. But at least we have the pronunciation correct. Cretaceans is like under the water, right? Or crustaceans. Yeah, yeah. Okay, here we go.

Process of elimination. Okay, bringing science into it. So you think along those lines, then it would be under the water? Well, no, I was like, is it not under the water? Crustaceans are under the water. Cetaceans? Yum. Yum.

Yum. I was going to be on it. Now you've, okay. Crustaceans and cetaceans Maybe they are from the same area Okay Let's go under the sea Alright let's go under the sea

We're looking at under the sea Alright Like Little Mermaid Under the sea That is correct Yay Sorry so that's like Whales and dolphins

I know what that means I couldn't say it So it's like whales and dolphins And stuff Right That's that kind of creature But crustaceans is like crabs And like What else is there I don't know it So it's like whales And dolphins and stuff That's that kind of creature But crustaceans Is like crabs And like

What else is there I don't know Crayfish Okay Alright question number four The slow food movement Originated in what European country

In 1989 The slow food Yeah Italy, Spain or France I don't know what that means Sorry Slow food movement Yeah

To combat fast food Oh Oh Do I have to do everything Sounds like Sounds like something The Spanish would do I don't know what that means. Sorry. Slow food movement. To combat fast food. Oh. Oh, my gosh. Do I have to do everything? Sounds like something the Spanish would do. Yeah. Or the Italians do. Like, sit around, we have a vina.

Oh, you're Spain. Yeah. Actually, Spain or France. I was going to say France. Yeah. I thought France would be like. Turn their nose up at fast food. It would be the French or Italians.

Okay. Well, listen, my blind arrogance guesses have got us nowhere over the past week and a half, so let's lock in one of your two. The slow food movement. Go on, Megan. But then the nonnas would like to cook their pasta and stuff. Just lock in something. It's fine.

Ashley. Okay, you're going to go for Ashley? That's correct. Well done. All right, question number five. Alongside Laurence Olivier, Derek, who helped found Britain's... Wait, hang on. Alongside Laurence Olivier, Derek, who helped found...

What? Britain's National Theatre in 1963? It makes sense to me. Just keep reading. Does it? Yeah. Okay, alongside Laurence Olivier, Derek, Hout found Britain's National Theatre in 1963. Is it Derek Who?

Oh, Derek Who? Yeah. Derek Who. And what's the surname options? Oh, yeah, it must be. Oh, jeez. Jarvin, Jacoby, or Folds. Or Fowlds?

Folds. Now you count for the theatre background, Megan. Good Lord. Sorry, guys. I'm off my game today. Derek. It's no different to any other day, mate. Don't worry.

Don't apologize. What did you say, Lance Olivier? Lawrence Olivier. Lawrence Olivier. And then Derek who? So he, that first guy was like a famous actor. Derek what? No, Lawrence.

Oh, Lawrence Olivier, yeah right, yeah. But who's ever heard of Derek? Oh, Derek. I don't know, A, B or C. Derek who? They don't even know his surname. We're going to try and figure that out. Okay.

What's the three options? Jarman, Jacoby, or Folds? It's Derek Jacoby. Yeah, it's got Jacoby. All right. That is correct. Well done. We're still in there. Okay, we're going to have to hang around and come back for this.

We don't deserve to be this far in the game. Three half-a-weight radio hosts blindly guessed their way through the Herald Daily Quiz today. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Six down. The New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz today. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Six down. Woo! The New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. We try and get 10 in a row.

As soon as we bow out, we bow out of the quiz. However, if you head to the New Zealand Herald.co.nz, you can continue on if you're satisfied with less than 10 out of 10. But this show, we only strive for perfection. So far, we have scraped our way through to what's this question? This is number seven. Seven. I don't know how we got here. We don't deserve to be here. No, we don scraped our way through to what's this question? This is number seven. Seven. I don't know how we got here.

We don't deserve to be here. No, we don't. You're right. But we're here, and so we'll carry on. I reckon you can get this one. What Kate Bush song was featured in season four of the new range? Yeah. So after all the blooming hard questions about crustaceans and all sorts,

and Brad Pitt, where he's from, we come back to easy ones. That is correct. Woo! All right. Question number eight. Which electric-powered passenger car did General Motors introduce and kill off in the 1990s? Was it the EV1, the Starlight, or the Bolt?

Oh, so they had their own brand of electric vehicle. General Motors. I feel like they'd call it the Bolt. I reckon that would be like a General Motors thing to call their car. Don't please, but again, I don't have a good track record. No, I reckon Bolt. You reckon Bolt? You guys are going with Bolt?

Let's go with Bolt, yeah. It was called the EV1. Oh! It just is, really. You should have called it the Bolt. The Bolt's quite a good name, isn't it? What did we get, eight? Yeah, well, you got eight rolls, so you got seven.

Yeah. Yeah. That's pretty good, though. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We're performing a magic trick. Constantino, he's an Australian magician. He's incredible, actually. He's touring the country right now.

You can get all the details at hits.co.nz. And on Saturday, he's taught us a trick that we need to perform live in front of hundreds of people. And his show. Now, we just wanted to learn a party trick for office party season to wow the masses. And now we're going to wow the masses in a theatre. So it's a three-prong attack on the card trick. Megan looks after the top bit. Yeah.

Where the person has to select the card. Then I take it over. Something goes wrong in this transaction. Yeah, between you and me. I feel like I keep screwing it up. And then we get a result like this. We did on Producer Alley. Is this your card?

No. Six of spades? Okay. Oh, hang on. Is this your card? No. Okay. Is that your card?

No. Okay. If we just keep doing this, eventually we'll land on your card. Yeah, it's not very magical anymore, though. Yeah, we've done it on the Prime Minister. We got his card the third time. Third time. He was like, oh, that's not bad.

Three times out of 52 cards. Great, that was it. And then Amanda, your wife, you tried it on her, and she was sort of dissecting the trick and knew how you did it. I was pretty slow, yeah. Is this your card? Yeah, it is. Hey, I did it.

But no, because before, when you were spreading out all the cards, I saw you like... No. Yes, yes. And also, when you were holding the cards, I could see that you must have been cheating. No, I wasn't. No, I wasn't. Don't watch too closely.

I'm just... I'm out. Magista never reveals their tricks. You're supposed to razzmatazz her. Like distract her. I can't razzmatazz her, mate. We meant to get her too closely. I'm just, I nailed it. Magician never reveals their tricks. You're supposed to razzmatazz her, like distract her. I can't razzmatazz her, mate,

we've been together too long. I love the defensive magician too. No, no, no, whatever,

just be amazed that I got the card. So, yeah, what we want to know, 0800HATS, have you ever been dragged on stage

at a magic show? Have you been the person that they saw in half? Oh, that'd be good wouldn't it how does that work no i don't know i feel like someone must be involved in that but maybe not maybe it's a punter but sometimes when you get dragged up on stage because i went up on stage with a mentalist and everyone afterwards was asking me oh i wasn't on it i thought you

were part of the show right and then they were asking me everything i knew and i was like no i knew as much as you i got dragged up up on stage, told a story about Paris. And the mentalist relayed it. I wrote it down. And then he told everyone the story without seeing what I'd written down. And exactly what you'd written down. Wow. Yeah.

So I have no idea. But you're one of these people who are like, pick me, pick me, trick me. You like to be pulled out of a crowd. That's the opposite to almost every New Zealander. Jono's the person who loves pulling people out of the crowd. I do. She loves it. No, no.

She's like, come on up, mate. And the people are like, oh, God, please don't look at me. I just like the look of fear in people's eyes when you're like, get up here, buddy. I would hate it. I'd have the same look of fear in my eyes if someone was doing that to me. But oh, it's okay. If you've been pulled up on stage, it doesn't would have the same look of fear in my eyes if someone was doing that to me. But oh, 800 Hits, okay. If you've been pulled up on stage, it doesn't necessarily have to be a magic show. If it is, great.

Yeah. Concert. Did you get up and play guitar, drums? Always appreciate those people. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. You've been dragged up on stage. And thank you to Costantino, too, for letting us in. I feel like part of the magic illuminati now.

I know, but he's trusting us to do a good job at his show. He's like, you take this to your grave or else you'll magically disappear. So if we do magically disappear, it's not magic. It's definitely foul play. And Costantino is the prime suspect. So, 0800 The Hits, have you been dragged up on stage at a magic show, Helen? I haven't. My husband was dragged up on stage by a hypnotist.

Oh, yeah. Now, stage by a hypnotist. Oh, yeah. Is he a hypnotisable person, your husband? Well, he said no. He said, nah, that's all rubbish, not going to work. So, he went up and said, you know, I can

prove this wrong. And, yeah, went under really quickly. But my husband's six foot four and the hypnotist was about five foot six. And he had them all standing up and then he would go, sleep, sleep, sleep. And my husband, I don't know, but

my husband goes to sleep in like two minutes. So he literally started to fall. And this poor five foot six hypnotist was trying to hold him up so he didn't fall and hurt his head. Oh, so he was easily hypnotisable. He was absolutely hypnotisable.

He was out to it. Wow, one minute you're a sceptic, next minute you're collapsing on the hypnotist. You'd be like, wakey, wakey, wait a week! Wake up! Exactly, some poor guy trying to hold you up. And so what, did he have him clucking like a chicken or thinking he was a lamppost or something?

No, because he was too heavy for him, he just went, oh, no, you're off. You're too heavy for me to manage, get out. I'll see them woke him up and said, okay, there you go. Yeah, I don't know if we were hypnotised or not. I'm always a bit, we've been there and I was like, was I playing up to it or was I hypnotised or not. I'm always a bit... Yeah. We've been there and I was like, was I playing up to it? Or was I hypnotised?

Yeah. You know? Because I was hypnotised. I never used to eat mushrooms. And I was kind of like aware of what's happening, but also now I eat mushrooms. Okay. So I don't know.

Oh, hey, well, thank you, Helen and Potty. Oh, I really appreciate your call. Let's get Holly on from Golden Bay. Welcome, Holly. Hi, how's it going? Wonderful part of New Zealand. You've been dragged on stage at a magic show? No, I've been dragged on stage for, it was like a money

or the bag situation. Okay. What did you go? Yeah, so I get up on stage. You had to answer a trivia question correct to get the chance to play and I got up there. I found, well, basically found out that night also that I have an absolute overbearing fear of failure

and the lady asked me the question and I just lost it. I was hysterical, bawling my eyes out. An absolute disaster on stage because I was in front. I just didn't want to get it wrong. The host has definitely chosen the wrong person here. She goes, just take the prize.

Take the prize. Get off. Get off. Smoke screen. She's happy. She's having a great time. Yeah. Well, I've seen you two, John and Ben, in the Octagon before in Dunedin many, many years

ago, and I just about panicked. I had to get up. I was like, you're not like me. Come, get up. We have that effect on a lot of people, yeah. Oh, well, that's Hey well it's a good thing To learn in front of A whole theatre

Full of people Holly Well I got a prize Out of it Yeah I was going to say Great hack To get the prize Just be like Make it awkward

Yeah The Hits The Jono and Ben Podcast He's very funny On social media He was on Dancing with the Stars And the AM show, and he's teamed up with Ben Lummis from New Zealand Idol,

the winner of the first ever New Zealand Idol. They've got a new single out and about at the moment, which is pretty cool, raising money for Star Jam. And you were saying he's been doing something every day for five years. I think over five years. Incredible. And William Wairua joins us in the studio right now. You've been running every day for five years. Incredible. And William, while you're joined us in the studio right now, you've been running every day for five years.

Is that right? Oh, mate. Nearly five years. I think it's like four years and eight months. It's like over 1,600 days in a row. Even Christmas Day. Even Christmas Day. Mate, I went to R&V last year and even every day at R&V

after pretty heavy nights. Did you? It's pretty much 10ks a lot of the time but because i follow you on social media you're a great follow but that's incredible i mean there must be some days you have done something and then gone now i've got to go for a run mate there's been so many days i look some of them like oh come down come have a few beers a few beers we turn into a few more and a few more and it's about 11 at night and i've got to get in a 10k run so so over the four years eight months I've been running just every day but for me nearly the last two years

it's been 10ks every day so good on you every day I was like I was gonna ask if you know like a 100 meter sprint would count for your run that day but 10ks every day 10ks every day for nearly for about two years and that is so impressive and so like you just, you go out at night, but then you're like, geez, before I go to bed, I've got to run 10Ks at 11 o'clock at night. My time management has to be bang on, eh, to get it in. Sometimes I wake up at 3 knowing that, oh, I've got work this morning, then I've got that, then I've got, oh, gee, we've got the Christmas stews, or whatever.

Good on you. And do you feel like the mental benefits from that? Oh, that clarity. Jono, mate, I can't see any better, mate. You can see 10 years into the future. That's how good his eyesight is. Yeah, right, absolutely. Well, thanks for popping in, William White over there.

So running every day for nearly five years, 1,600 days in a row. Really impressive. We want to open these lines up. The phone lines, these dead phone lines, get them sparked up. What have you done every day? Something, you know, not like putting trousers on. I mean, we'll take it. Or maybe you have, I was going to say go to work,

but maybe you've gone to work every day and haven't had a day off for a number of years. That's pretty impressive. Do you know, probably every day for the last two and a half years, I've lay on the driveway at four o'clock in the morning and just stare up at the stars. Yeah. I find that's quite nice.

A little unusual if anyone walked in on that act. It would be one of those, are you okay situations? Yeah, it does seem a bit like that, doesn't it? Yeah. Especially during winter as well. Yeah. It's nice though. Is it cold in winter?

It gets cold, yeah. But then the sky's clear and you're going to like, it really makes you feel insignificant staring up at space yeah that's a bit yeah it sounds like a cry for help i just have a single tear running down the side of my cheek too as I stare up at the stars, going, what's the point? I'm up so early. Dead inside. Anything you do every day? Well, yeah, I keep banging on about it to my family. Walk the dog. I'd love some help.

Love some help. Love the dog. No, but you've done the cardinal sin. You've got good at what you didn't want to do. Don't do it. And they're always like, yeah, no, tomorrow I'll get up early and do that. I get home and I'm like, how did I get up early and walk the dog? Go, oh, no, I didn't do it today. Oh, did you not?

Oh, I'll do it again. Don't you worry, I'll get out of here. Just walking the dog, guys. Just walking the dog again. Sometimes you get home from, I've been away from work at 11 o'clock at night. I'm like, the dog we walked? Oh, no, yeah, exactly. Like William with his running.

I'm like, all right, well, better go out and walk the dog. I've done it in all sorts of conditions. What about you? What are you doing every day? Probably better go out and walk the dog. I've done it in all sorts of conditions. What about you? What are you doing every day? Probably the only thing that I can really say I've done every day is probably put on lipstick. That's good.

Yeah. So I'm committed to it. Yeah. Every, like, on a Sunday, you'll put lipstick on. Yeah. Will you? Yeah.

I thought that'd be a day off for your lips. Just like a little nudie one, you know? Okay. All right. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We just spoke to William White. He runs five years.

He's run every single day. 10Ks pretty much. 10Ks. Yeah, 10 kilometers every day. 1,600 days in a row. It's not like a jogger on the block. No, no. It's pretty much a 40, 50-minute run every day.

That is very impressive. Yeah, really impressive. Christmas Day, Boxing Day. With COVID. Yeah, he ran. Christmas Day, Boxing Day. With COVID. Yeah, he ran when he had COVID, yeah. Even when you're not feeling like you've got a cold or something. He was at Rhythm and Vines. He said after some, you know, off the back end of some wild nights at Rhythm and Vines, he'd go and do

a 10k run. So the commitment to that, very impressive. What are you doing every day? This is what we want this morning. Maureen, G'day. G'day. Hi, how are you doing? Listen, it was all going so well until I said G'day. What are you doing every day. Maureen, g'day. G'day. Hi, how are you doing? Listen, it was all going so well until I said g'day. What are you doing every day, Maureen? I'm putting on perfume,

no matter what. That's a good idea. It's probably me too. I can smell you through the phone. You smell magnificent, Maureen. What's your poison of choice? I don't know if I'm saying it right, but I call it Narciso Rodriguez. I love that. Narciso Rodriguez. I don't know if I'm saying it right, but I call it Narciso Rodriguez. I love that.

It is awesome, isn't it? I don't think anyone really knows how to pronounce it. Narciso. I know the way you talk about it. I've got it. It's lovely. Narci Rods. Joop, goop, whatever it is.

Is it you? Who knows? Is the J silent? I don't know. Groundbreaking. You used to love Joop. You used to hose that on when you were 17 years old, wouldn't you? Yeah.

Well, good on you, Maureen. You keep smelling nice. Thank you, guys. You have a great day. You too. One of our nicest smelling listeners, Maureen, right there. Kerry, what are you doing every day? I say I love you to my family every day because you never know when you're not going to get the opportunity to do that.

That is beautiful. What spurred this on? Love? So I work in the hospital and I've seen a number of people say I wish I had or I wish I hadn't and I don't want to be that person to say that to my family

but I wish I had said I love you for that last time so I take that opportunity every day to say it to my family that I wish I had said I love you for that last time so I take the opportunity every day to say it to my family that is beautiful we always say it when we hang up the phone me and my husband but it's the same thing you don't know what's going to happen between now when you see them again you hang up no you hang up someone hang up. No, you hang up. No, you hang up. Someone hang up! Just hang up. I'll hang up for you. Kerry, that is lovely.

A wonderful thought for a Tuesday morning. You're going to have a great day. You too. Love you. Love you, Kerry. Love you too. I thought she wasn't going to say it back to you. Loop closed there.

If anything happens to Kerry or me today, we've got that one in. And Daniela. Oh, this is Daniela. Ciao. Ciao, Bello. How are you? After what Kerry said, it was lovely.

It was lovely. So, yeah, you've got a big act to follow. What's the thing you're doing every day? I clean my bathroom every single morning before I go to work. That sounds terrible after Kerry's a beautiful girl. Yeah, no, we should have done it the other way around. Kerry made me feel like warm and fuzzy. You're making me feel useless.

Do you tell your bathroom you love your bathroom every day? No, I don't love my bathroom. I love that it's spotless more than that. And you guys, thank you to you this morning. I'm out of the game, okay? Thanks to you. Yeah, people are frustrated by that. I feel like we're disappointing people. As soon morning. I'm out of the game, okay? Thanks to you. Yeah, people are frustrated by that. I feel like we're disappointing people.

As soon as we were all out of the game, we were going to play it. It feels like self-centered around us. That's why I reckon we should set a date next year. But we also did say that we weren't like a safe space anymore. We're going to play it.