Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: My wife is driving me crazy!

Episode Date: May 13, 2025

  On today’s show: Crazy story about a boob job in KL Ben's wife eco walk is making him go crazy Why Jono complained about the changing of the traffic light fazes... Gen Z producer grace is wound up! "they always think we are on their time"  We chat to our entertainment reporter about the Diddy case and which celebrities may be subpoenaed. Megan hates these cats... For a good reason. Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFAST   Facebook: The Hits breakfast with Jono Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jono, Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to Dilma. Goodness really does taste great. Dilma, making the world a better tea. Welcome to the podcast, where we've just been enjoying some bongo cats, which you'll hear in the podcast today, but something that your kids are really into. And now I think we're into as well. Just songs with meows. It shouldn't work, but it does.

It just works. It's fun the first time you hear it, but my kids are just obsessed. And I'm like, okay, I need some proper lyrics. They were behind the Billie Eilish one, weren't they? The meow, meow, meow. And I think that sort of overtook her to concerts. She didn't even have to sing a song.

Yeah, they wanted her to meow. She'd be like, motherfucking bongo cat. Wouldn't she? I've got these beautiful lyrics. What was I made for? And she's like, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow. You're right, actually. And that was her most personal song.

She was like, this encapsulates who I am. And people just meowing. Meow, meow, meow, meow. Anyway, there's more on that in the show. There's nothing not covered on the internet. No, you're right. And, you know, there's a lot of grim stuff show. There's nothing not covered on the internet. No, you're right. And, you know, there's a lot of grim stuff out there in the world, so it's nice to have a bit of fun.

A few meows. Yeah, a few meows. And we'll start things off with something that producer Grace said. This is first on the podcast. I'm like, I won't forget that, but I have. Oh, it's the lady with the surgery. That's it. And we'll start with that.

John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast. The hits. I've just been trying to mock Megan but it's kind of backfired makeup artist we're doing a photo shoot

said she looked 19 years old in a photo and ever since that day we've been trying to bring her down humble her but it hasn't worked no she's been ID'd

in liquor stores people have come in and was like yeah no definitely looks 19 if not early 20s so we're on a bit of a mission to age ourselves down. And surgery seems to be a popular option overseas for a lot of people.

And Marie joins us. Good morning. Good morning, guys. Great to have you on. Now we're trying to youthen ourselves up, trying to de-age. We're going to have a competition. Well, I think who looks the youngest? Megan's taking that out.

I feel like that ship has sailed. But anyway What can we do To pimp our ride Jono and I That should be What it's really about Setting us somewhere

To make ourselves look better Maybe Okay maybe the winners To even You know how they do Like at the The Olympics And they start runners

At different Oh yeah yeah Maybe It's who has the greatest Distance and age From their actual age To what is Yeah okay That means maybe it's who has the greatest distance and age from their actual age yeah okay that means that it's all megan's got that hands but anyway marie you've gone overseas and you you did some stuff oh yeah about seven years ago i um

over a six month period i lost about 50 kilos and so I had all this flabby, loose skin. And I used to watch a TV program, this reputable company that used to take people to overseas destinations for all these surgeries. Right. And I thought, oh, that would be a bit of me. I can, you know, make myself look a bit younger and get rid of all this loose, flabby skin. So saved up and off I went. It was for the whole month of February. Where'd you go?

I was KL, Kuala Lumpur. Kuala Lumpur? It's a tough one for me to get my mouth around, Kuala Lumpur. Is it Kuala Lumpur? I think hence why KL. Yeah, KL. Kuala Lumpur. Yeah, so I went there and I had 5 lots of surgery in a 2 week

period And so that removed the excess skin Yeah I had a breast lift, breast reduction upper arm lift upper thigh lift and a full 360 tummy tuck

You got the full makeover. Now, this, what you're describing, I imagine would be hundreds of thousands of dollars in New Zealand. Definitely closer to 200, yep. Wow. And what'd you get it for there in KL? Just on $30,000 New Zealand dollars. Wow.

So huge. So how did you feel through that whole process? Did you feel like it was all very professional? You weren't worried about anything? The hospital was lovely. It was all private. The nursing staff were excellent. I couldn't fault them.

Even the locals, the people were lovely. It was a really, really lovely place to go. But the problems started when I got home. Uh-oh, here we go. The turning point We've got ourselves a cliffy We'll put Marie on hold What was the turning point

We want to know what the turning point was It was going swimmingly A great deal She was happy with it Why are we on a cliffhanger We'll find out next John O Ben and Megan The podcast The hits Left we on a cliffhanger? We'll find out next. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The hits. Left you on a cliffhanger. Well, we're on a cliffhanger as well. We don't know what happens. Marie's on the phone. She went over to Kuala Lumpur for surgery. Yeah, so I went there and I had five lots of surgery in a two-week period. Whoa!

Breast lift, breast reduction, upper arm lift, upper thigh lift and a full 360 tummy tuck. But the problem started when I got home. Yeah, it all sounds so good. Sounded like she was pretty happy with the surgery. It was a lot cheaper as well. Got home. And what happened next, Marie? Yeah, so I spent five weeks over there and I got home. And I was home for just over a week and had to go see the nurse for my dressings and that. And she unfortunately ripped one of the dressings off that was stuck.

Oh. And over the period of another couple of weeks, it got infected. And I ended up with the flesh-eating bug. Oh, my gosh. Oh, no. So I was in and out of Hutt's plastic department over a space of 18 months, having a lot of surgery, debridement, a lot of plastic surgery To rebuild my chest Because the bug ate right down to my chest

Really? To your cavity? Oh my god You poor thing No no no I'm fine My attitude during the whole thing was I'm alive A lot of people that probably

Weren't as fit as me Or as healthy as me Probably wouldn't have survived it But I felt I was lucky I was alive but through no fault of the surgery no oh my goodness no that's terrible but that's okay I've I've rebuilt my life and and everything's fine and I'm pleased in a way I went through it but I don't recommend people going overseas for surgery when it can be done here in New Zealand.

Oh, you don't? I was about to ask you. No, no, no. We've got lovely surgeons here. They know what they're doing, and you're covered by the ACC system here should anything go wrong. I see. So did you actually have to pay more money? Yes. How much more if you don't mind me asking?

A lot more. Yeah right. Sorry to hear about that. So you probably ended up paying what you were going to pay initially anyway. Almost, yep. Oh wow. Sorry it really took a turn midway through. Good balance though. Yeah, yeah.

No, it's one of those things that they don't tell you about. They don't explain to you what happens should something go wrong. And you're in a foreign country. But as I say, the surgery was fine. It was when I got back, the problems started. But it's just something I tell people because I've known other people that want to go overseas and do things. I say, if you can get it done here in New Zealand

and you're covered by the health system, do it here because it's worth it. There we go. Like you say, Ben, great delivery of the story as well. We thought everything was going roses. I'm not going to wrap you up. I came back with some new bosoms,

feeling great. Well, and the other positive thing was I used to be 156 kilos, and now I'm just below 80, and I've maintained that. So that's the healthiest thing that's happened about all of this. That's a huge, huge amount of weight you lost there. Well, congratulations on doing that and sticking to that. And, yeah, I'm glad you're healthy and safe. Yes, yes.

And thank you very much for letting me tell my story. No, it's good on you, Marie. You keep well. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Up and I, yeah, we had a walk together in the weekend. And I like to know before these things,

probably me just wanting to know, what sort of walk is this? Is this like, I'm happy to go for a walk, but is this a walk walk? Or is this that, you know, like, are we walking? What does it change for you though of walk is this is this like i'm happy to go for a walk but is this a walk walk or is this that you know like are we walking what does it change for you though was this my exercise we're going on a walk and it's like we're walking or is this just like we're going to take our time and we're just going like a stroll yeah a casual stroll and man is like no it's a walk walk i'm like so does that depend on what outfit you're wearing and also like what speed

yes what's in my head what we're going to do. Mentally preparing for this. So she had agreed to a walk, walk. This is like, we're going to walk. We're walking. And I'm like, great. And this is walking at pace. And this is along the beach area. Lovely place there.

But as we were sort of going around the beach and going around sort of like the rocky part and stuff around the beach, she notices and she does, you know,

some people litter. People, there's trash and stuff. And it's really sad when you see all that sort of stuff around everywhere and she can't walk past it. She's greta thunberg she's like she's like oh god and then so she's like oh god sorry i've just got to get this i'm like this is a walk this is a walk leave the condoms on the beach and i'm teaching our young generation and then

she's like another thing and another thing and i'm like this is no longer a walk well and you know without a word of a lie somewhere along the line she found rubbish bags like that was something thrown away and I came back I was holding like a huge sack of rubbish she had three bags of other stuff

we come back she's like I'm sorry but this is no longer a walkwalk this is yeah it's like but then you got weights in too

because you were carrying all the rubbish you're walking yeah but not at pace not at pace we're dawdling we're walking past then I would sort of go

oh god there's something else over there she's going to see it she goes over there and picks it up would you try and sort of walk in front of the rubbish so she there she's going to see it she goes over and picks it up would you try and sort of walk in front

of the rubbish so she wouldn't get it in her eyeline exactly why don't you split up be like you do

your eco warrior stuff and I'm going to go for a walk walk exactly that's all we should have

done she's a good woman she is it's awesome that she does it but frustrating when you're on

a walk walk do you get your hips going on the walk walk I had to go and do some other exercise later

my hips weren't moving at all after Jono, Ben and Megan the podcast the hits listen I I think I'll have to do some other exercise later. It's like my hips weren't moving at all. John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Listen, a bit of a confession to make,

and it's something that I'm not proud of. I have written my first complaint letter to the council. Okay. To the local council, okay? Okay. Now, I've been going back and forth internally wrestling with it now that the issue is there's a an intersection down the road from my house and for whatever reason for whatever reason it's only gonna be traffic or parking related or like boom related but no it's traffic okay traffic related uh for whatever

reason they've changed the light phasing at the intersection oh god johnny but how do you even know this no but the only reason i know it is because traffic now is backed up like over a kilometer thanks to a shorter green being available to that to that you know line of traffic and i'm thinking this is a nightmare there was nothing wrong with how it was phasing before. There was no backlog. Do you think it's more people working back after COVID or not? Do you think it is the light phasing change?

No, because they've done a little bit of roadworks in the intersection as well and obviously decided at the same time, oh, well, let's unnecessarily change the light phasing. So I'm talking about this with my wife, Jennifer, and she's like, don't write to the council. I'm like, I've got to write to the council. They need to know. I hear you, Jean, but I'm going to. They need to know.

So this is back, I didn't do it in the moment, three or four day exercise, and I'm like, this traffic's still backing up, nothing's changing. You didn't mention it to us. No, I'm glad he didn't. I probably would, yeah, yeah. I don't want to try to stop there. That's the thing, it really impacts me, but it doesn't,

anyone else listening to the story is like... Just go another street. Surely there's alternate ways, is there? But it's not... I'm not even stuck in the traffic. That's the thing. I'm just watching poor people stuck in it. I do go the alternate streets.

Yeah. Oh, you're not even... No. It's not actually inconveniencing you? Well, no, but I'm watching it inconvenience... Oh, my God, that's worse. Anyway, so I emailed them. It was very nice, though.

It was very nice. So I sort of said, very nice I'm outraged on behalf of this community that's stuck in this line of traffic Listen, I'm seven days away from calling Newstalk ZB about issues that are affecting this nation Did you tell your wife that you actually wrote it? Yeah, afterwards

And what did she say? I told her not to I said, well we need to get results Have you got any reply back or not? No, it's just some sort of automatic, hey, thanks for your feedback. We appreciate everyone's, you know, no, you don't. No, you don't. So we'll see what happens. I'll keep you up to date with that if you'd like someone going up to date

so they change the phasing. It feels like an early boomer move, though, doesn't it? It does. It does. I know I've reached a new chapter in my life, and I'm not sitting here smiling and I'm basking in it. Do you think maybe one of those people on the line could have written in about their own outrage?

That's what I said. I said, I'm sure maybe you've received other messages of communication about this incident. But I wanted to chuck mine on the top of the pile too. Don't know. You reach a stage in your life where something genetically inside of you changes and you feel like people need to hear your complaints.

Oh, jeez. I don't know. I don't know what it is. Okay, early boomer moves. That's what you want to know. You're not a boomer, but you're doing things like that, things that are winding you up. There's a spot basically on our street that when you come around the corner,

there is a place you can park, but it is quite close, and it does mean that some cars will have to stop when there's a car parked there. And it winds my wife up. She's like, they should be able to park there. And I'm like, well, they can. So they should, yeah. They're going to because they can.

They can, yeah. They're like, well, don't, you can't, you know. You know what she should do? She can get some results on this situation. I'm like, this is an early boomer move. You're going to complain about this. It's like they were in their right to do it. If I was Amanda, I could say, hey, listen, this is happening.

Maybe you could paint some yellow lines there. Solves the issue. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. I'm officially a complaining member of society. Yeah. Part of me's not proud, not proud,

but I wrote my first official complaint letter to the council. It wasn't even impulsive. You sat on it. You discussed it with your wife. She said, please don't. And you still did it. Yeah. I think less of myself, don't worry.

Don't worry, no one's being harder on themselves than me. But it was a change in light phasing at a certain set of traffic lights near my house, which is causing a backlog in traffic. Unnecessary change in light. The light was just, it was fine. There was no need. It doesn't even impact you, though.

You go a different way. Well, I see the traffic I'm not sitting in that There's an alternate route But I do feel sorry For all the people in there So you're right Megan I'm complaining on behalf

Of the people Who probably You're not even complaining But you'd like to I guess you'd like to go through that White saviour Coming through on my horse Why are you going to play

There's no traffic He would be driving through there So I guess in a way It would help you out Yeah thank you Thank you Ben Didn't need to bring White saviour into it. Seemed like a low blow.

Just a letter to the council. Look, my husband's 10 years younger than me, so he shouldn't be at this stage of his life. He's complaining. He's rung a number on a car. Oh, like how's our driving number? It wasn't even that. It was just the number to get in touch with the business.

He called someone's boss after they cut him off in traffic and was like, they're a terrible driver. I was like, please tell me you didn't. Please. That's a good boomer complaint. So that's what we want to know. I mean, yes, I'm sorry to stereotype, but we're saying that sometimes boomers do like to complain about this stuff.

So your early boomer complaints. Yeah, we'll go to the phones right now. Tasha, good morning. If you don't mind me asking your age, Tash. I'm 40. Okay, young at heart. Not a boomer. No, you're right. Not in the complaint era of your life, but what would you like to boomer complaint?

I just feel like I'm edging closer and closer every day, but I recently started a new job and I live out west auckland drive out to south auckland so getting home is a nightmare with the phasing lights and only hang out like a 10 minute trip turns into an hour just to get onto the motorway change the phasing did they i'll tell you what i'll write it on behalf of Tash. I'll get some results on that one. Did you complain to anyone official or just to the radio show?

No, I complain to my partner and my workmates every day, but I'm sitting there every night thinking, oh, I'm going to make a complaint, but then I get home and talk myself down. I'm like, no, don't do it. Fight through it, fight through it. I had the same rollercoaster of emotions. Yes.

You can do it, Tash. You can make that leap. Take your first complaint. Jono and Tash, you know they don't just change it for fun, eh? They're not just like... Yeah, there's obviously

reasons behind it. Yeah, they've probably got a reason. Well, the reason what? Hold people up longer? Seems like a decent reason to me. Jim.

Jim, how's it going? Oh, I'm Jim. Yeah, you're Jim. Now, Jim, you may have already guessed from the older generation, I guess, Jim. Well, how's it going? Oh, I'm Jim. Yeah, you're Jim. Now, Jim, you may have already guessed, from the older generation, I guess, Jim. Well, that's what some people say. That's another complaint entirely.

People say that I'm a boomer, but I'm not really. That's just a label. So you'd like to complain about the segment boomer complaints? Well, I think it's a whole delegation that boomers complain, and I'm going to complain about that. Jim doesn't want to be put in a box. No, fair enough. Fair enough. Good on you, Jimbo.

You have a great day. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Breakfast, so we like to do this every week. Well, I don't know if we like to do this, but we do it anyway. Producer Grace comes on from the Gen Z generation

to tell us what we're doing that's winding her up. You know, it's just winding me up is Grace was talking about TikTok. And I was like, I haven't been on TikTok in ages. And then I forgot I was on TikTok as that song was playing and it ended. That's my problem with you. You're putting me on TikTok. No wonder you're all so distracted. So what's the problem this week, mate?

I can't afford a house. Oh, you guys ruin the environment. Okay, my first problem is I actually think. Marches are too expensive. I can leave if you guys want. I'm filling a segment. I can't send memes instead of emails. I do send memes, though.

Grace, I haven't joined in. It's just those two. My first point I want to make is I actually think I should have a theme song intro, and I think it should be Charli XCX Apple, because I think that's really Gen Z, so if we can get that going, Jono. Yeah, no worries. So what's winding me... Sorry, guys.

What's winding me up this week is that people tend to be of the older generation. I don't want to assume, but it always is. Older than you. Older than a Gen Z, millennial up. So just, you are what, 23? I'm 23. I'm nearly 24, guys. How exciting.

Anyone older than 24? Yes. Tends to always think that everything is on their time. And working in retail, it was horrendous. And Jono, this is what's winding me up. Jono did this the other day. We're at a cafe. We ordered our coffee to step aside.

Jono's ordered his dumb little piccolo. And then he was talking to the ladies. There's a line forming behind them. And he goes, you know my card? I can tap it now. And I was like, Jono, no, let me finish. You let me finish. No, the whole thing is like, okay, cool.

This must be amazing news to you. But those two poor ladies actually don't care. And now they're going to get grief from the people online because you're taking up too much time. There was a big line. For once I agree with Producer Grace. It's not on your time. There was a big line and Jono's like having a yarn about his card. Yeah, it's like the Grandpa of the

Simpsons. He's having a yarn. Listen, this might be what you call middle-aged white man privilege, where you think everyone cares about what you have to say, and you're going to force it upon them. Huge line. And you're talking about, I don't know, this one. Did you swipe? Did you touch the screen or whatever?

I swear every day since then, Jono's brought up the fact that his card taps, which, first of all, we just don't care about, Jono. Take it to chat, TBT. Ask what about. That's what it's there for. In his defence, it is crazy because it's an F-Boss card that has a pin. It doesn't have a chip.

Why is it tapping? So listen, can we tell the audience what's happened? So they know, so they can have a clear understanding of why I thought other people might be interested. But that's not the point. The poor, they were forced into your time. I know, where there's a long line behind. What's this guy talking about Here's the solution

Do your thing Turn around and tell me Yeah tell Megan And get the line going I just want to tell Someone a story I know that I could see it in her eyes

She didn't care And I could also tell That she was like I can't do anything about this Why did you carry on If you could tell She didn't care I thought there might be

A slither of her That might be interested In my story I'm pretty sure I ended up going over And being like, Jono, come here I haven't even told my story to the audience They don't even know what I'm talking about So what happened?

Go for it So EFT POS card I'm not talking about tap and go credit card No, I explained it EFT POS card with a pin Many EFT POS cards now include this feature First thing on chat GPT Wonderful

How crazy But also how Because there's no chat An EFT POS card can pay with PayWave Many include this feature now But why now? They asked us What FOSGuard Can pay with PayWave Many include this feature now But why now? They asked us Like what if we don't

Want it to PayWave What if we still Want to put a pin in For security And I thought it needed a chip Does it not? No it just takes it out Like I was at their shop

The other day And they're like It's done I was like I haven't put the pin in This is what I thought The girl would be interested about And I'm like

This is the most boring chat We've ever had No one listening cares Back to me. This is what was happening at the counter. You're listening to my new single, Bapple, Bapple, on ZM. There you go, that's the bloody station that you should be listening to, mate. Anyway, well, thank you very much, Producer Grace.

That's worth winding her up as old people like me, thinking everyone's on my time. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. The trial of P. Diddy has kicked off After months and months of talking about it It's finally happening And a lot of witnesses have been caught up

Including his ex-partner Cassie, right Megan? Yeah, she's taken to the stand today And the person who will know as much Of what's going on in New York Is our correspondent Nicole Good morning, what's in your sippy cup? It may or may not have alcohol in it. In a sippy cup. Is that why you hide it from the rest of the household?

No, because you know what? Our kids, for some reason, this is like a joke in the Ryan household. I'll pour a huge thing of water and the kids will be eating a snack and just walk by me and just take it and start drinking it. So they've learned after many times of slugging down some tequila that they need to ask if this is water or not. This is mummy's big girl drink. Mummy juice. Now, Cole, I don't know how we make a gear change from that

until some pretty grim news at the moment. Obviously, the P. Diddy trial. What's the latest? Yeah, I'm going to do the best I can to keep it as clean as possible. One of the male performers, I'm error quoting for those of you who are listening to me right now,

performers was, I believe, on the stand and talked about that he was paid thousands of dollars to do his thing with Cassie while Diddy watched. And then it got uncomfortable for him and for her once I believe urine got involved. Urine does make things uncomfortable, doesn't it?

It does, right? I feel like, you know, I feel really sorry for her at first instance if all this is true, but also now having all this become, and I know it's part of the trial, it's horrible for her to have this play out. Yeah, and mostly because, listen, I think that she wanted to do the right thing and she was ready to come out

and speak, but yeah, she had sort of dodged the bullet by saying she was going to come out and tell everything, and then he cut a deal with her behind closed doors, right? You keep quiet, I'll settle with you for this much money, and then it became like this criminal case, so now she has no choice but to relive it again, so I feel horrible

for her. Poor thing for her. Victim number three who we don't know the name of has gone missing they were suspended so that means they were required to be there as a witness and when they were calling upon them as the trial started they can't find them. They can't

find them now that's either which is like on brand for if you know like if you look back at his history that there's a lot of speculation about so-and-so was about to tell the story. Like his ex-wife, Kim Porter was going to write a tell all book. She's dead. There seems like a lot of like,

anytime someone was about to speak, they somehow are no longer with us. So I think that that's where people are thinking that this is going, but we don't know that for sure yet, but they have not been able to find her. I saw his defense lawyer came out with a statement going well no matter morally what you think of him whether he's a terrible man terrible judgment but she's like that doesn't mean he's guilty of racketeering or sex trafficking so that's gonna be really interesting but it seemed i think is

playing a lot into their defense yes right like Like we did these crazy, freaky things during the free golfs, but they were all with consent. But then like also I heard that his lawyer said something to the effect of like, yeah, like he got violent sometimes, but it was like, like she was equally violent back.

Like, yeah, like they would get physical with each other, but it was like, he says, I just, I get so nervous when I hear those type of defenses because I don't, this man cannot be free. Like it makes me nervous

if there's even a possibility of him going free. Is he having to go back to prison each night? Yeah, he has not been home. There is no ankle monitor. He tried to get bail and they were not having it smartly. Five times I think he tried to get bail

and each time he was denied. So since he was arrested, he's been in prison. And looking quite old too. Missing out on the bloody just for men rinse in the old hair. Totally. He's grey. He looks weathered. I mean, and this is from like sketches, right?

Like we're seeing the sketches from the courtroom. But I mean, I would imagine anybody goes into jail for like even just a few weeks, you're going to look a little rough. That's totally a play from him because they have hair dye in the commissary and he is allowed to dye his hair. So he's doing that. Why do you know this? Megan, why do you know this?

I'm on a podcast. She's in a ditty hole. A consensual one. Consensual. So he's doing the Harvey Weinstein. He's like, look how old I am. Take pity on me. He can definitely dye his hair. Yeah, it's going to be an interesting 10 weeks. That's like, look how old I am. Take pity on me. He can definitely die as here.

It's going to be an interesting 10 weeks, that's for sure. Names like Kanye and Mike Myers, Austin Powers, they were being thrown around as potential people who were going to be called to the stand. Yeah, and Michael B. Jordan. I don't know. We've talked for many

weeks about, I have this feeling Justin's coming. Justin Bieber, I have a feeling. Justin's been posting on social media, again, some more intimate details about his life. He doesn't sound happy. He doesn't sound well. My theory is that they are calling him as a witness. So maybe this is sentiment to a spiral. What do you think? I think this will be it'll be. I don't think this is going anywhere good. And he is spiraling, probably dealing with a lot of childhood things.

And we've seen firsthand that he was around Diddy. He was around people that took advantage of him, not just Diddy, and was definitely a puppet and a pawn a lot of his early career when he was a baby. And there's no way that the repercussions of that is not having an effect on his emotional, mental, physical self. Jeez, I tell you what, Kanye would be a wild ride on the witness stand, wouldn't he?

I mean, that would not end well. They might actually go, oh, we're good, bro. You actually will. Who's next on the list? You can go. You got a free pass. Nicole with us from New York. Hey, listen, thank you so much for your time, Nicole.

Hey, well, you guys enjoy your breakfast, and I'm going to go enjoy my coffee. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Speaking of punishing, though, oh, that sounds bad. I've got a two-year-old and a four-year-old, and they're great.

They can be punishing. They can be punishing. But they've found a new way to torture me. My daughter, two-year-old, absolutely obsessed with the Bruno Mars rosé song Arpita. And she sings it all the time. Except now she's found a new version. And it is more annoying than the first one over and over again.

Welcome to the world of bongo cats. Do they just sing all the lyrics with meows? Yes. to that over and over again. So we've gone through the whole playlist of bongo cat. This is someone's full-time job. I know, and I feel like I missed a trick because some of these on YouTube alone have got like 5 million views.

Do you know what this is? Oh, a barbecue? I love the dialogue. We got home yesterday from picking him up from daycare. We had to sit in the car until this had finished. I was like, oh. Great, though, because I realise how terrible I am at lyrics. I know some words, some I don't.

Don't put me on the spot with that. So this is great. You could go to a Bongo Cat concert and know every word, see every song. Okay, well then I'll test you. What do you think this one is? I quite like this one. Oh, a busy moon. Beautiful things.

Or meow, meow, meow, meow, meow. Play for the drop. It's something. I love Bongo Cat, but I'm only getting two and a half minutes of Bongo Cat. I get it over and over and over again. Do you know what's really stuck with me? The last song you bought from Bastie is this one over and over in my head. It's from Minecraft.

Jack Black singing Lava Chicken. It's from Minecraft. Jack Black singing Lava Chicken. It's good stuff. I read the other day that it's the shortest ever song to enter the charts. The official charts in the UK. Because I think it's like 36 seconds long. The whole song. But it's actually entered the charts overseas because of the popularity of Minecraft.

It's the shortest ever song. I've seen they've extended it on Spotify. It's like a minute something now. Jack's like, oh god god I need to go with another And he sees Chicken Jockey at the start Jono, Ben and Megan The Podcast, The Hits Show next week, broadcasting from Sri Lanka and you could win a trip

there thanks to our friends at Dilmar trying to make the world a better tea, do try it and we just discovered that someone from The Hits has been there before Yeah from our afternoon show Matty McLean. Hello, boys. How are you? We're doing well.

Excuse me. Oh, sorry. Babes. Hello. Hi. Sorry. Oh, God, I've got myself into a situation. I'll tell you what, I'm going to send this bit of audio up to the Herald,

Maddie McLean. Well, it's only because I know you boys are leaving Megan behind and going to. Yeah, that's true. Yeah, that's true. Send that to the Herald, Maddy McLean. Well, it's only because I know you boys are leaving Megan behind and going to... Yeah, that's true. Send that to the Herald too. Now, Maddy, I wanted to get you on because we're trying to design a trip to do some things in Sri Lanka that the audience here on The Hits that someone could win a trip. And you've been there before.

I have. It was honestly one of the best trips I've ever been on. I was on the Del Mar train and boy oh boy, it's a good train to be on because they are truly royalty in Sri Lanka. People adore them and for

good reason. They are such a beautiful family and they will look after you very well. Let me tell you that. So what were some of the highlights? Because it's not a place that I would imagine a lot of kiwis would would get the chance to travel to in their lifetime but it seems like incredible like a whole lot of things you can do the cities are i mean the cities are bustling they're chaotic but in an amazing way and just the best food like incredible markets where you can go and get amazing food people People playing cricket.

We watched a cricket match there. I was going to say, should I put my cricket bat in? Put your cricket bat in because people would love to play you in a game of cricket. I've got a little mini one that can fit in the suitcase. What about your pads? Does he need his pads as well? Helmet pads. Do you know if it's hard balls or soft balls? Anyway, we'll talk about this off air.

He's come to the old bag of cricket gear. Yeah, why has he got the second bag? It's all cricket gear. Put me on, coach. Because a lot of leopards over there. Highest population of leopards. Yeah, all the wildlife is really incredible. Yeah, but things like elephants and leopards.

I didn't see any leopards. Did you see an elephant? I didn't even see an elephant. No. Did you see a cat? Saw a cat. Yeah, I saw a cat. It's probably like in the forest area, not roaming the streets, you know.

The leopard's distant cousin. We went up into the highlands, which is where all the tea plantations are, and that is honestly breathtaking. It is so beautiful. And Dilmar had like an amazing resort up in the tea plantations that we stayed at. It was fancy. Well, I'll tell you what. So someone listening right now can win this trip to sri lanka now i've heard wild industry rumors maddie mclean that you got a knock on the door there was a gentleman who said what do you want

and he meant anything you could ask for anything in the world. I was like, where is this going? In relation to what, though? In relation to what? Where is this going? And I took full advantage. A foot rub? Yeah. I was like, what rumors are out there about this? John has just started one that I had heard.

I heard it was related to someone was like, hey, what would you like for dinner tomorrow? And then make sure they could sort that out. No, truly it was. They were honestly like, anything you want, we will make it. And someone told us about a delicacy, like a really famous Sri Lankan dish. And we said, oh, we'd love

to try that. And they went and just made it for us. You wanted a hot chocolate at 10pm at night? They'd bring it to your room. So they're talking food? Yes. I was like, oh, a great pair of designer heels, actually. I've been saying all sorts of other wild stuff, Matty, around the industry.

Try your luck. They're very hospitable. They're very hospitable in Sri Lanka. Okay, we're going to add one thing to the itinerary that we'll try and do. And when someone gets to win, what would that one thing be? Do you know what? Sri Lanka, this blew my mind, is really famous for their surf beaches. Really?

Oh, really. They have some of the best surfing in the world. And we know how much Kiwis love to go surfing. So maybe you need to look at that. Maybe a little surfing break. Okay, beach. We'll put beach on the list. love to go surfing. So maybe you need to look at that. Maybe a little surfing break. Okay, beach. We'll put beach on the list. Thanks to Matty. Can you guys surf? No, we can't.

I can do a shaka. I can stand next to a board and do a shaka. It's as good as. He can dress up in his cricket pads and we can stand on the beach. Beach cricket. That's great. I'll put the beach set in as well. Matty, thank you so much. Appreciate your time. Do you want us to bring anything back from Sri Lanka? No, I'll just let you boys go and ask for whatever you want.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Pretty embarrassing moment yesterday, to be honest. Son was at basketball training, okay? So he's in the YMCA. And I was like, oh, instead of just sitting around in the car, I'll try and do some exercise.

So I had some shorts and a T-shirt and a boot. And I had denim pants on. So I'm like, hey, I was going to – Jeans? Yeah, jeans. Denim trousers. Slacks. Yeah.

Okay. Jeans. Most people call them jeans. But anyway, yeah. So hard to get – I'll front foot it by saying my ideal changing location would have been in the vehicle. Okay. Okay. But it's hard to remove top.

Or in the YMCA. You don't want to go in there to go to the toilet? I'm sure they have changing rooms, bathrooms. Okay. But that wasn't an option. It kind of was because you dropped the sun off in there. For me, at the time, it wasn't an option. You didn't think about that.

So I was like, okay, I tried to sort of move the trousers off in there. For me, at the time, it wasn't an option. You didn't think about that. So I was like, okay. I tried to sort of manoeuvre the trousers off in the car. I was like, this is impossible. But next was quite a thick, dense bush. Okay? So it was like a backstory for the police that we're now part of. You spend too much time in bushes.

I wasn't in a bush the other day. I was looking at a bush when the guy was getting towed. I was beside a bush and I was pretending to look for something in the bush instead of looking at the towing situation that was going on. Someone was in their car that were refusing to get out. So anyway,

got changed in the bush. But the tough thing is when you're exiting a bush, it's really hard not to look suspicious. No adults. Well, especially if you come up doing up your trousers.

Well, the trousers had been changed. I've got shorts on, but I did correct to have jeans, denim slacks Hanging over my shoulder And it's hard not to look like

A police sketch In that moment isn't it And I ran into one of the other mothers She was like Oh You're in the bush I was like Yeah I was in the bush

Had to come clean I was like Yeah just changed in there And I could tell She was thinking Well you should probably Just gone into the YHDA To be honest

Just drop your son off there It probably would have looked better if you'd just taken your pants off beside your car and put your... Yeah, at least everyone knows what you're doing. Yeah, in the bush, you're rummaging around with clothing. Why does a bush have to make things all good, though? Why?

Why is this a bush? If I'm out in public, we've been changed in public before. It's all right with two people. But when you're on your own, it's a solo. That's not a solo game to play. So the bush was, yeah, under the's a solo. That's not a solo game to play. So the bush was,

yeah, under the cover of bush. It's just a plot. Why are there so many suspicions raised around it? Of course, people hiding bushes doing weird things, I guess.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. And revenue in New Zealand taking a tougher stance on overseas-based student loan defaulters, including someone

got arrested last month when they came back into the country. So they are doing some border arrests for people that have not, this person hadn't paid anything on their student loan in 15 years. Oh my God. Headed off to the UK,

not a worry in the world. Yeah, so costing, well, there's about $2.3 billion owed. That's a lot of cash. You incur interest if you go overseas, don't you? I think so. It's only if you stay here. I don't think, yeah, you're right. But some people I guess just go,

What happens if you end up in prison? You're like, oh, I'm doing a hard time for not paying my student loan. What did you do? I didn't pay back my student loan. You'd have to form your own little gang of the student loan people, wouldn't you? Because no other gang wants to take you in prison in that situation. Student loaner

by yourself. Feels like the word student and loan. Just two words that shouldn't go together. Too young. I mean, I couldn't have done university studies, you know, like if it wasn't for that. Was your course very expensive? It was really expensive, yeah. And you start work and then you're already like 30k

or whatever it is, you know, like having to pay back and it's, you know. That's why you should have done a six month course in radio like me and you would have ended up with the skills yeah we're in the same place we've got expensive degrees and you've got uh the good thing though is with degree like my wife she pivoted and you're what my i'm not gonna say it again uh you know like she put a teacher and because she had a degree only one more year yeah yeah extra year and she could get a whole other degree. So it does really help you. So, sorry, how does it work?

He wouldn't know. Yeah. So once you've got a degree, it's really good. Don't be all like that. So she had to do. I've got to be high and mighty. I paid for it. So because she already had a degree, one year, she can get a teaching degree for an extra

year on top of it. So you can pivot because you've already done a lot of the groundwork. Isn't that the same for like... Even though you haven't studied a teacher. Yeah, like you can basically pivot towards it. This is concerning. I think it's the same for like nursing and stuff. I was going to say, so if you've done a broadcasting one,

you could pivot to become a lawyer? Well, I don't know if... No, no. No, because you've got to pass the buck. Certain things as well. But I could be a nurse, I'm pretty sure. I could be a teacher in a year's time, you know? Like I can go towards that.

Oh, that's cool. So yeah, it does give you some options. I wonder if there's a six-month alternative pretty sure. I could be a teacher in a year's time, you know, like I can go towards that. Oh, that's cool. So, yeah, it does give you some options. I wonder if there's a six-month alternative for me. I don't think so. More affordable. Six-month alternative. In Tawa. That's a good thing, kids, if you're listening right now,

because sometimes you don't need it, and other times it is good to go, okay. Why do they factor that in, though? Why do they factor in that you've done a three-year course? What has that taught Amanda about teaching, for example? Well, hey, I don't know all the things about it. I don't know. I guess it shows all the level of work and stuff that you can do to that level.

What was the course you did initially? It was Bachelor of Sport and Recreation as well. And so it really helped out if she wanted to be a PE teacher and stuff as well and body mechanics and stuff like that. That makes sense. So yeah. Okay, so 800 of the hits. Ben's going to come clean about what he spent his student loan on. Ben's going to come clean about what he spent his student loan on.

Megan's going to come clean about what he spent his student loan on. There was a thing called course-related costs. I don't know if you can still get that. There was like $1,000 you could get. No questions asked. Did you even have to say – I don't even think you had to say what you were using it for. You just had to call up and be like, I need course-related costs. I feel like I'm not even an expert, but it feels like one question at least should have been asked. Yeah, and then they just deposit $1,000 into your 18-year-old bank account a lot of the time.

To be fair, you had to pay that back. How many times could you do that? Once. One and done. Yeah, but you weren't thinking about that at the time. You were just like, I need it. You're like, add it on to my tab. Yeah, it's already getting bad.

Let's just add it on. So you'd get the $1,000 or you could take increments. You could be like, oh, I need a couple of hundred here. No, they gave it to you as $1,000. Yeah, I think it was all on that. A 1K dump. Yeah, there it was. This is diabolical.

Yeah. Is it still going? I don't know. Someone let us know, 4487, if it is still going. But I got it. You know, the flat needed a couch and needed a DVD player. So there we go. Wait, you bought the flat something?

Well, it was mine, but we needed it. So, yeah. They were sitting on swapper crates until then and pretending what was on TV in their heads. Okay, 0800 The Hits. What did you spend your course-related costs on? Your student loans. Well, this is why the government looks back in history.

If you want to know why you got $2.4 billion in debt, it's because you were just handing out $1,000 to idiots. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Hats. New Zealanders, $2.3 billion. That'd be quite handy quite now for the economy. But anyway, we wanted to know on 0800 the Hats of 4487, what did you spend your student

loan on, particularly the course-related costs? Are they still a thing? Apparently so. It comes around the text. Yeah, you do. You still get the costs, are they still a thing? Apparently so. It comes around the text. Yeah, you do. You still get the 1K thing, still a thing. My course-related costs paid for the deposit on my first decent car. Oh, that's pretty sensible.

Yeah, that's good. Not like you. You went on a shopping spree, didn't you? Yeah, so all us girls decided to do it at the same time, and then we just went on a shopping spree, which was such a good time. You must have looked pretty sick going to school next day. I think everyone knew in the shops what had happened. I think they were like...

Turning out with like Versace sunglasses. These young girls have got cause-related costs. Also, while we're on this, when are they going to chase up the over-dublet MIQ costs there for COVID? Haven't they done that? I don't know. How many people pay for those hotels?

I don't think too many as well. But there was someone text through, I forgot this person on. Yeah, we have Leroy. How are you? Yeah,

good thanks. Leroy, producer Grace, she trusted you. She said you swore a lot off air. She said, I'm going to take a risk on Leroy,

going to take a gamble. So Leroy, we have full faith in you, my friend. Cool. Your course-related costs, what did you spend it on? Drugs, alcohol, parties, clothes. You know how I said we had full faith in you, Leroy? I've lost a bit of that faith.

What are you on about? What are you on about? So how long did it last? Did you blow it in a night? In a weekend? Oh, in a weekend, easy. Oh, my lordy. That's a huge weekend.

What a weekend, though. This is like when I'm like 15, 16 years old. Oh, great. Underage as well. Well, they just, yeah, they literally just, you had to get a quote and you sent it in. As long as it added up over to a thousand bucks, don't chuck it in your bank account.

What were you quoting on? What drugs were you quoting? Back to the inland revenue. I can get a good deal on MDMA this weekend. Friends that work for IRD, I can't really say too much. Yeah, right. Did you have to quote your couch and things like that? No, not at the time. Whatever happened for your course

that you were signed up on. For example, you're on a computer course, you got a quote for a computer that was a thousand bucks or more. I see. What course were you doing out of interest, Leroy? I'd done like some computer course, level three or something. Just to get a thousand

bucks, eh? Has it done you well in life? Oh, yeah. I own two houses now. Oh, good on you, Leroy. Have you paid back the student loan? Yeah, I just paid it back like three, four years ago. Oh, good on you, Leroy. Have you paid back the student loan? Yeah, I just paid it back like three, four years ago. Oh, nice. Case closed.

It's like 40k in debt, eh? Yeah, it's not cheap, mate. What are you doing now? I just bought a thousand bucks. Yeah, it was an expensive weekend. Thanks for listening, Leroy. Have a wonderful Wednesday. Cheers, man. You too. Someone also sent their student loan. Thanks for listening Leroy Have a wonderful Wednesday Cheers man

You too Someone also Spent their They text through Said their student loan They spent it on a dog I feel like that's A nice investment

Yeah Help me through my course And money well spent Yeah A dog lasts longer Than a weekend I guess John O'Bannon Megan The podcast

The hat Talk on the FC Top of the table In the A-League I've got the first Semi-final in New Zealand, not this weekend but the weekend after. Producer Grace, you got your tickets? You ready to go? Yes, I got my tickets. I'm in the port

guys. I'm going to be amongst it, jumping up and down. She's exciting. You didn't even be into a football game previously and you have been into every Auckland FC game. She's footballing hard. Yeah, it's kind of crazy. It's cool. It's exciting. So they've got a game this weekend in Australia, right? And then they're back home

the week after. Back home the week after, which I'm so excited about. How are the Port feeling? We're feeling good. Even though we did lose last time, but I'm feeling sometimes a loss is a good thing. We needed a bit of a kick up the butt. Tell you what, a welcoming community, the Port. We got wrapped up in the Port madness, didn't we? The chants are really easy

to learn. Let them run through three or four times and you can just join in exactly they're very welcome I don't know if I could match the energy for the whole game though they go from so early

to and it's probably frowned upon to sit down yeah I just need a time out alright they start at three o'clock the game wasn't on

until six yeah it's crazy okay question number one the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz Quiz Queen Grace here we go Atamari eh

means what good morning yeah okay cool thank you Here we go. Atemariye means what? Good morning. Yeah, okay, cool. Thank you. Here we go. One from one. Good start. I'm feeling good.

Which of these is not a shade of green? Cerulean? Chartreuse? Olive. Chartreuse is because that's the alcohol which is green. Cerulean is blue. Did you say olive is the last one? Yeah.

Olive is green. You'd think olive would be green, right? Cerulean is the colour you're gonna just say oliver there's the last one yeah oliver's green you think oliver would be green right cerulean is the color and the devil is prada it's kind of like a bluey oh great we'll go with that one that's so true that is correct well done good start guys good stuff it's cerulean oh great quoting the devil is prada as well okay question number three which of these is the odd one out chuck Chuckle, guffaw, snort. Snort. Snort, because the others are like laughing. How do you say it?

Is it guffaw? Guffaw. Guffaw, yeah. Well, yeah, snort's correct. Wow. She's good. Okay, okay. Be enjoying it whenever you want.

That's all right. I'm just a great spectator. I like racing the alternative sea. Okay, question. Start a chat. Question number four. Mars is called the red planet. Which mineral gives it that colour?

Megamite. Coprite. Marmite. Magnetic. Ironstone. Just the basic. That's a good science question. I was hoping there would be one I could jump in on, but not really.

Grace, you love science. Yeah, I know. Do you know the answer? Yeah, I know the answer. Yeah. I'd say like, the answer Yeah I know the answer Yeah Yeah obviously What was it Megamite

Megamite Colprite Magnetic Ironstone Magnetic Ironstone sounds The other two sound like They'd feature on A movie with Tom Cruise And Bruce Willis

No I'd say the third one No are we Are we Should we go to the last one? I feel like we should because we've gone so well. Don't be gun shy on me. John, I was, yeah. I think it's number two.

Had a great one. Good morning. You know, we're on fire. Okay, let's go to the text, 4487. What is? Mars is called the red planet. Which mineral gives it that colour? Megamite,

culprit, magnetic iron stool. We've had a text come through. Oh. Is there any of the op? Oh, Megamite. Megamite's coming through.

Yeah. Do you want to lock that in? Again, I can't remember. Yeah, let's lock it in. But then also melamines come through. Oh yeah.

That's not even an, that's not even an option. Well, listen, you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to tell the audience, sort yourself out. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The heads. The New Zealand Hero Daily Quiz. A question related to Mars. Mars is called the red planet. Which mineral gives it that colour? Megamite. How do you say this one, Megan? Coprite?

Cuprite. Well, that's awkward. Cuprite. Magnetic Einstein. Megamite has come through. We used our lifeline. We have decided in our rules we can use a lifeline once. On 4487, Megamite's come through as the most overwhelming of the answers.

Yeah, so we're locking that in? Yep. That is correct. Well done. Thank you very much to everyone who helped us out. Sounds like a more powerful version of Marmite, doesn't it, Megamite? It does. Even more yeasty.

Okay, once we get this, we're halfway. Question number five. Which of these composers did not write a single opera? Igor Stravinsky, Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert. Johannes. Is it Johannes? Johannes. The Johannes brothers.

Guys, I was explaining to Megan before I have dyslexia This is not the job for me So you cannot laugh at me for that That's pronunciation I think It starts with a J You're laughing at a disability Yeah Jesus

Okay so rattle through them again Who didn't write an opera? Igor Stravinsky Johan Johannes Brahms Franz Schubert Look I don't know I feel like it's going to be a guess

It's Stravinsky Brahms And what's the last name of the last Schubert Let's go Johannes Because we've had a lot of fun With Johannes' name Well I haven't had fun

I was going to go Schubert Oh well let's go Schubert Which one? Johannes or Schubert? Schubert Oh it was Johannes? Oh, shit. I almost swore.

Johannes. And that's it. The New Zealand Hotel of Quiz. It's all over and done with. And really, we started well. You guys started well. So, hey, we deserve to get there. What did we get up to?

You got to four. And then you bullied me, so you didn't get to five. Now, poor Grace is going to have to have time off work I don't even want to come back and do this she's 10s there too that'll be

that's a whole year ruined now we'll see you in 2036 Grace sounds good bye