Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Our White christmas Show!

Episode Date: December 4, 2025

On today’s show:  We are LIVE from Snow Planet to celebrate all our Mariah winners Megan vs. Jono is a snow tube race! Special Guest Appearance: Santa Claus joins for Q&A and kids’ Christmas wishes. Producer Troy’s Redemption of his Bugle solo fail Megan’s runaway snowboard story Katy Perry’s Christmas party and Jacinda Ardern’s Snow Planet visit. We have our very own brass band! Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFAST Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thanks to Hello Fresh Cookies, and delicious dinners, the whole family will love because nothing beats dinner time. Jeez, it's kind of weird. I won't lie. Hearing Mariah carries all I want for Christmas. We've been trying to avoid that song for pretty much five weeks since the start of November.

All the hits and ounces as of yesterday are out of the game. And if you've made it through to now, congratulations, you've won. You've got the game. Instead, there's a lot of people texting and saying, I'm out of the game. We'll know technically you've won. Yeah. You've won the game.

We've wrapped up another successful Mariah campaign. Victims littered right throughout the country. But if you did make it to this point, basically, congratulations. To avoid it for this long, you either didn't leave the house or you just wore headphones for four weeks. It's a pretty impressive effort. The management will like, we need to start playing the song. So that's why, as of today, we're celebrating here at Snow Planet.

We're having a white Christmas. It's going to be a lot of fun throughout the next couple of hours. But we thought we'd recap on the hits team getting out when they got Mariahed over the last couple of weeks. Tebow, you just got me out the game. What game? The Mariah Carey game. I don't even know what you're talking about.

I've got more fucking important things to be worrying about than Friah Carey. And I had the beer again. I haven't pressed the bear's poor since the first time I pressed it. And so I did. And I eliminated myself from the game. I'm out, bloody kids.

My daughter, she's a little bit blonde. Bless your little heart. She comes out, Mom, Mom, look at this Christmas craft we could make. And I sort of half was paying attention. I'm like, that's cool. And then I realized, no. Guys, I'm in New World, and I've just been caught out. I'm out of the Mariah game.

I've been Mariahed. We wish you would carry Christmas. God speak to those still in the game. You sent me into the epicentre of Christmas. Ballantines Department Store. Oh, hang about. Ding, ding, ding, ding. After two minutes.

Two minutes. And 20 seconds, those infamous spells started playing. And I was actually just so relieved. It's over. It's done. Done. Done. Yes, PJ was the last one standing.

And now we can officially play the song. And did you make it to the finish line? James, with us on 0800 the hits. Jimmy from Fielding is lovely to hear your lovely voice. Yes, you too, John. You made it? Yeah, I did. What was the trick?

Everything we're on social as a mute just listen to you guys and that's nothing else. Well, yeah, the hits was a safe space over the last five weeks you wouldn't play it at all?

That's why we've actually been doing it because we're like because we're captive audience. You can't listen to anyone else, you might be good. Those monsters at Morafia and they're playing it for weeks. Very communist of us.

Well, congratulations, James, huge achievement. As we've been saying all the way along, we'll fill out the entry forms for the New Year's honours for you. Well done. And also Wendy, morning to you, Wendow. Morning.

How are you? You made it, baby. I sure did. I don't know how of it. I made it. I haven't heard it till this morning. Wow. So were you going to shops?

Because that seemed to be a big thing that a lot of people got out with? Yeah, I was at the supermarket two or three times a week. I was just out and about. I'd forget half the time that I shouldn't be going places. Reckless. I just vanished to avoid it somehow. I'd hear other things to dance in, but not this one. How was your first listen this morning?

Oh, I've been bopping around the house. I've been missing the dishwasher. It's been great. You aren't very sprightly for quarter past six. I love it. She's bopping and dishwashering in four minutes, too. That was incredible. Wendy, well, well, well, done.

Thank you for playing the game, and we'll be back next year. Awesome. Can't wait. Don't go anywhere, though, because we still do the show. Yeah, yeah, we're celebrated this morning. We got a special white. Christmas snow here at a white Christmas show here in the snow at Snow Planet. John O'Bennon and Megan, the podcast, The Hats.

Live from Snow Planet this morning, we're celebrating the end of the Mariah Carey game. Today's the day, we start playing it. If you got through to the end of today, well, end of yesterday, congratulations. You've clocked our game, but we're here at Snow Planet, negative 5 degrees. And it's amazing. They've got all set up with festive Christmas stuff, and we've found some sort of snow tubes, and Megan, very competitive. she's gone up the top with Jono and right now they're going to have a bit of a race

set the scene Johno and Megan come on in up the top of the snow thank you Ben crossing live to the top of the snow I can confirm it's a lot colder up here than it is down there look there's two tracks side by side and I'm just saying I think Jono's is steeper I think he's gone for the faster track oh here we go well just can you can take this track like megan's I was like let's just have a fun little bit of content where we're sliding down each track and she's turned it into a three-tier knockout tournament that is going to take place throughout the course of the morning. But what happens if you're losing the first round?

I'm going to be very upset, and you're going to hear about it. So if you want to go on this lane, you're more than welcome. No, because then if I lose, I'll have no excuse. Oh, Jesus. It's a tubing race. Guys, we're going to have to get into it, all right? Okay. Are you guys ready?

They're going to sit on their tubes through the three. Two, one. Here they go. Oh, Megan hasn't gone, and Jono is just off. Sit at the tube, you cheater. At the moment, I'm about 20 minutes ahead of Megan. I'm gathering up some steam bed. He's looking up some base now.

I've gone face down. Oh, God. He's going too quick. He's going too quick. He's coming in hot. He's going to hot, Megan. I'm about to hit the wall. Oh, John, I took that one out with the next race.

I think we're heading to Bahrain and then Singapore as the circuit continues throughout the year of the snow chiever. That's so much fun. Hey, after seven, we're going to start playing the Mariah Carey song on The Hits. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, The Hits. A really big guest is just coming. Santa Claus himself. Ho, ho, ho, do you always like. Why is Santa?

How are you? We're doing well. Now, Santa, usually we fat-shamed Santa, say the jolly fat man. Might I say, Santa. Santa's been shredding. Yeah, surrender needs to stay in shape. He looks good. Oh, Zemperk?

I don't know. Don't answer that. You look great. You look great. Now, how did you convince Mrs. Claus let you come and visit us at this time of the year? I imagine she's running a tight ship. Yeah, she's very tight, yeah. But, you know, we're getting there. We've got a lot to do. She's busy cleaning up after the reindeer from last night at the moment. So, yeah. You know what? That sounds like a you job.

Well, not what I'm here. And the elves are they ahead of schedule this year? No. No, no, no. They never are. And they unionised? No, no, not that far yet, but, you know, we're going to be cracking on shortly. Okay, good, well, you know the schedule, there's 20 days, I'm sure you'll be on top of it. If you're a kid actually listening right now, 100 of the Hats, if you want to say something quite drinking to Santa. Can I ask a wheel on the nice or naughty list?

What about? I just been checking. I don't know whether you want me to hear this. Oh, okay, no, I don't want to know. I don't know about Jono, to be honest. Do you use Google Maps and stuff nowadays, Santa, or are you still going off raw instinct when you fly around the world? All the technology available, yeah, yeah, well, why not? Stay with it. Are you worried that AI is going to take your job?

No, no. I think you're pretty safe, actually. Well, it's lovely to have you here, Santa. I think we have a call. Have we got a caller back, Brownbrook, back at the studio? We do. What's the caller's name, mate? I have no idea. You should ask them themselves. All right. She's like, you do your job, mate, I'm doing my part.

Hello, who have we got here? Wait for them, honey. Hello. Hi. Who's this? Hello. Hi, it's Jono Ben and Megan here. Who are we talking to? What a little baby?

Can I say this is an absolute fiasco, and I'm loving every part of it. Santa's here. Would you like to say something to Santa? What would you like for Christmas? I want a horse for Christmas. I want a horse for Christmas. Christmas. Oh, horse.

A real one? A real one? What kind of horse? A pony horse. A pony horse. Okay, right now, yeah. What about a white one? I want a brown one.

Brown one, okay. We're going to pick you. All right. All right. Mommy was good children for Christmas. Mom was good children for Christmas. Can I say a horse is a hell of a hell of it ask for Santa. I feel like we all went through our pony phase.

Did you? Like, yeah. I didn't fit in the sack. I won't fit in the sack. Animal rights and things too, Sandra. I don't even can haul a horse around halfway around the world in a sack. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hats.

We are live from Snow Planet this morning celebrating the end of the Mariah Carey game. It's been a lot of fun. We've had Centre who's just joined us at Snow Planet. A lot of checks coming through for Santa. Yeah, one here, Santa. This is from our mate, Sharon. Who boys want to know what you want to. to eat this Christmas you know how people leave food drink out for you oh yes yeah yeah usually

the elves get them before i get there but i like cookies and kiwi burger oh okay jes can i can i ask you have you been breath tested sent it oh no no yeah okay see you yeah let's not get into that right now do the rainiers eat the carrots yes they do yeah okay there we go cookies and carrots cookies and kiw burgers that's what's happened do you like no do you like cows milk or do you prefer an alternative? Any milk's good. Okay, great. That's what Santa wants this year.

Now, producer Troy, who's been with us here on the Hits for a few months, organized this whole thing today, which has been incredible. But we have been playing your, well, you played a bugle. Sorry, you're in the middle of this. Explain the story. I was playing the trumpet at an Anzac Day service back in, I think, 2012. That's a big role. Last post, right?

It's a big role. It was the big Selwyn service. How many people do you reckon was there? More than a thousand. Okay. And so you were warming up inside... A very warm room. Yeah, okay.

So the bugle was at room temperature. Yes. Okay, this is the backstory. Then what happened? Then I went out into the freezing cold winter. Yeah. No, the band are coming out. Sorry.

And then I went into the freezing cold winter and absolutely butchered the last post. And my mum posted this on her Facebook page. Have a listen. This is producer Troy on Anzac Day. Yeah, so we lost many good soldiers that day, mainly because they left the service. My favourite part is your mum were filming, and then she's like, oh, I'm going to stop filming there. Okay, so today is redemption. Now you've gone, you couldn't go on from anywhere more warm to more cold here at Snow Planet at negative 5 degrees.

But I've learned from my lesson, I've left the trumpet in these temperatures. Okay. So it's a climate tide. So, and you are going to play because, you know, we don't want to like, we're laughing at you, not the last post. We were playing a new song today, right? I thought it would only be fitting if I tried to redeem myself by playing all I want for Christmas by Mariah Carey. Okay. You did say your worst nightmare would be as if the brass band came back out and watched you.

Yeah, brass band are here. They're out here, guys. You guys are here to see this? Now, this is Troy. Troy absolutely butchered a bugle performance in years gone by, and this is his redemption. Are you ready to hear him? All right. Here we go, Troy.

In front of the professionals. Here he goes. Three, two, one. We're waiting. We're waiting. I hope this is one of those moments. Hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on. I hope this is one of those reality TV moments where you're like,

they're going to butcher it and then he nails it. Okay, forget about the last 30 seconds. Okay. That's Jackie Oh, my Oh, 70% Redemption.

I can see a couple of people cringing in the band But he plowed on. Can he join the band? John O'Ben and Megan The podcast The Hits Live at Snow Planet this morning

In the snow, negative 5 degrees We have the amazing Auckland City brass band Playing for you This morning They've got a Christmas celebration On the 13th December All the details at Event Finder

But it's so cool here We're celebrating the end of the Mariah Carey game Today's the day we thaw out Mariah And start playing her on the Hats You'll hear her again After 8 o'clock Well done If you got to the end of our game without hearing the song, you have clocked the game.

And yes, if you hear an out-of-time shaker, egg shaker, that's Jono. I've been given the responsibility of shaking this noisy egg. It's not even in time. No, no. I don't think they're going to miss me. I don't think the guys are going to. We'll get the band back together later on. You weren't adding a lot.

Now, I need to confront not only you two, but in fact the entire show, because there's a piece of juicy, salacious gossip that Megan has acquired. and she has told every single person on the program, producer Grace, producer Troy Ben, and she refuses to tell me for fear that I will turn it into an ongoing punchline and on-air content. And let me tell you, that fear is warranted. Also, I told everyone else that I asked their opinion on whether I should tell you.

And they all agreed that it was not a good idea. Yeah, you've told me now, and I won't tell anyone about it. But as soon as you told me, I was like, Oh, hell, well, 100% make jokes about that. Like, there's no part of me that thinks he wouldn't. So I'm the only one who doesn't know a secret, and we'll never know a secret. No. Well done to the Auckland City Brass Band.

Beautiful jingle balas. The X shake will be back soon, guys, don't you worry? But Megan, you know. What? Come on. Okay, well, at least just tell me who it is and what they've done. Absolutely. No, so you've already bought this to the radio show?

Yeah, yeah. This is absolute bull manure. But, hey, if you want to. partake it and petty office gossip while the rest of us are out here working hard for NZ, hey, that's over to you. It's over to you. I'm committed to Michael Boggs, the CEO in this company. You know, it was

so juicy too when I told Ben his face, he literally did the who. Yeah, it was. What? But then you kept bringing it up in front of Jono, going, but I can't tell you. It felt like I was dangling like a Heineken in front of him. And no part of me blames you, though. I've got very loose lips.

If I went on the Titanic, the captain would have been worried about my lips singing the ship, not the bloody iceberg. That's true, because I have told you things before and they've ended up on the radio so you can earn my trust. And you go, I don't know where I heard that. Megan's like, for me, I told you that and told you not to tell anyone. So, yeah, definitely 100% don't tell him. What does it involve? What does it involve? What does it involve?

No, I'm so telling it. What does it before? Is it an affair? It involves you not knowing. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. 725, it is the weekend. John O'Benn and Megan heading into the weekend. We are celebrating the end of the Mariah Carey game here this morning. We're alive at Snow Planet which is amazing. We're having a white

Christmas. It's very festive. It's beautiful and we wanted to know on 0800 the hits, 4487. Basically, when did things go wrong in the snow? Because Megan, something happened to you here. I believe it was the last time I was at Snow Planet. It was for a personal

capacity. You left a trail of destruction. Yeah, it hasn't been back since. No. I, you know me. I like to try all sports. weirdly, and I am an amateur dabbler in snowboarding. Right. So I came here one and only the time. I couldn't get up those pulley things.

You know how you have to get your leg over and, like, hold on to the, keep your feet in the snowboard, and it pulls you along up the hill. We've got representatives of snow planet here. What's the bully thing? Pomelist. The pole. Yeah. There's a lot of stuff that can go wrong in the snow for an amateur. Do you know what?

There's so much jargon with snowboarding, coming up the pow-power and stuff. Like, really? I love it how you said I'm an amateur. She gave her to go once. Yeah. No, I've been on like mountains, but I'd never come and been on the Pommie Granite lift. It's not Pommie Granite, but anyway, yeah, okay, so you're on this. So I got, I managed to, like, I held up everyone for ages, but I managed to, like, get up to the top of the mountain-y thing.

I'm up the top, and I'm having issues. You know where this is going. I'm having issues. I don't either. These are the team from Snow Planet are bamboozles. I'm right up the top. I'm having issues with my feet after screwing up the pomegranate lift. And so I decided right at the top of the mountain, I'd just unclipped my board and readjust.

Uh-oh. As I unclips... Do you know where this is going? I see where this is going. I unclips my board on a packed snow planet and it got away from me. Oh, run away. Like speed, the speed movie franchise. My snowboard turned into a torpedo on a packed mountain

and I believe if I remember correctly there's a term that everyone started yelling out for a runaway board everyone was like yelling out something Like get out the way! To alert everyone! That's the term are they together. Children move! How many children did you? How many children? It wouldn't have been like bowling, you know, bowling pins. People turned around and were diving out of the way of my board but man it got some speed.

Everyone okay? smashed into the end sandbaggy things down there rumour hasn't their board is still sliding somewhere Is she allowed back I think we could let you back Megan I think we've had some more like probably some more serious things like

Yeah right but It sounds like no one got hurt No What's the worst thing? I'll go the worst thing The worst thing Worst thing Well we want people to come up and enjoy the fun here

at Snow Planet so like Megan Whenever you had to apologise in the snow We're the most embarrassing thing that's happened. We'd love to hear from you this morning. It's always painful when you find yourself going up like the advanced, like, track, and you really shouldn't be there. You hold up all the experts, and then they abuse you on the way down. But the good thing is, you're going about 100Ks an hour,

so you can't quite hear what abuse they're slinging your way. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, The Hits. Snow Planet with a brass band. Yeah, we've blackmailed a brass band to playing in the snow all morning, the Auckland City brass band, the ACB. B-B doing a wonderful job. Producer Troy, he used to be in a brass band. He's got some redemption to do before 9 o'clock this morning.

But right now we're talking about when you had to apologize in the snow because Megan last time she's here, you had a runaway snowboard. Yeah, I got at the top and I had some issues so I unclipped my snowboard, which you're not supposed to do. And the snowboard took off like a torpedo down the hill. Yeah, now the staff at Snow Planet, they've accepted your apology wholeheartedly. But then we're also saying Katie Perry turned up here as well. Oh yeah, Katie Perry had her Christmas party here a few years ago.

It was a lot of fun. That's so amazing. You never saw her. No, I didn't see her. I was here 12 o'clock to 5 a.m. Didn't see her once. I came here. Last time I was here, the Prime Minister was Justinda Ardirt, and she was here.

Yes, Dessinda Ardun has come through. And the poor security, her security, we had to stand in the snow, one at the top of the tubing, one at the bottom. We're earpieces in an iron waist. Did they keep their suits on? I'll put a... No, it suits on. I almost took one out. I was like, this is not a great look.

As you come tubing, go, get out of way, get out of the way. I reckon next time you tell that Katie Perry story, just lie. You say you partied with her. Yeah, we don't know. Well, okay, let's go to the phones. When you had to apologise in the snow, you had a snow shocker, Nicole. What happened? I'm morning.

How are we? We're doing well, mate. Welcome to Snow Planet. What happened to you? So we were down at Cadrona, and I was very much a beginner. so I was just hanging out on the beginner slope and my husband had been recording me for most of the morning and thankfully he took off and went up to the other slope

so I was very much just trying to stay on my feet and as we were coming down the slope I was in skis and I saw someone in front of me and I quickly tried to divert and not hit them but I managed to lock one ski in one side and one in the middle of this guy in front of me and so all I could do was just gracefully come and grab him around the way.

Oh, you would interlock. You would interlock skis with him. He gave me a cuddle from behind. Like a transformer or something connected. Oh, that is funny. He came to this graceful stuff. And honestly, it was like a thing from a corny romance movie. It was great.

Did you leave your husband for this random guy? It's the movie on Netflix. It's on Netflix before the holiday season. Thank you for sharing that with us. So we've got more. Just quickly, this is David Beckham's story that we heard. We knew someone who was working on like a really exclusive ski field. And David Beck and Victoria Beckham were there with the kids.

And obviously Golden Bulls had been given strict instructions to not let the kids do jumps and things. Victoria wasn't there. Broken leg happened. One of the kids. This guy was on the snowmobile, had to rescue him. And then David Beckham was told him to Victoria on the speakerphone. And he was getting his golden balls busted. He was getting it.

He was one of us. That's a take-it-off speakerphones. Yeah, definitely. It's a very relatable moment. That's for sure. The husband who agrees not to do something that does the opposite. John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The Hits. You clock the game. Today's the day we thaw out Mariah. We start playing her. But we are joined here at Snow Planet in the negative five beautiful festive conditions. Oh, they've put Christmas trees all up in the snow. There's a whole grotto atmosphere going on. I feel like I'm in Europe and it's like a little winter, wonderland, little snow market.

Well, you're not, mate, you're in bloody Silverdale. Thanks. With you. Yeah, in Europe. But you're right. It's beautiful here. It's so great. So thank you.

They call it the Paris of the North Shore, Silverdale. Thank you for having us here this morning. And thank you to the Auckland City brass band, as it said before. You can catch them with a Christmas celebration on 13th December at 730, all the details, that event finder. But we thought, oh, 100 the hats, tell us if you had a good week or a bad week, and we can, you know, go into the weekend and get that behind us. Yeah, and Will. The wonderful Will from the Auckland City Brass Band is going to be playing sound effects.

Will, excuse, is this just a raw dog trumpet? Is this what you play? Yes. That's a trumpet? Trombone. It's a trombone. I don't know what it's called. You should know what you play, mate.

I just work as I'm going to trombone. Okay, so Will's going to trombone, and you just tell us, I'll 800 of hits have you had a good week or bad week. So please, cool us up. We're just on the cold trombone sound effects. Okay, so Will, can I start off on a podcast? Personal note.

Yeah. Bay Corp finally called up with me, and I have to pay him a $200 fine. So is that bad week? It is really quite indicative of my week. In fact, every week this year, every week of the year, Will can play that sound a bigger. Sure, I'll go one there now. So my daughter this week, I'll go over two. So my daughter this week, she got her license.

She got her. So that was a good week for her. She got a test. She passed a test. Good week. But then I didn't realize she'd pull. put a learner sticker on the car, and I got abused for being a learner driver because it's on the back, because that was a bad week for me.

Well, it was probably just your bad driving. Who's going around abusing learner drivers? They're just trying to learn. I know, that's what I thought. I was like, I'll be driving for a while. I'm not the learner. You're a bloody idiot trying to learn to drive. Get out of my way.

It was very confronting. All right, we're going to the phones right now. We'll find out if he's having a good week or a bad week. Okay, who have we got here on line one there, Brooke? Who's this? Welcome to the show. Hello. What's your name, bruh?

Carol. Carol. Carol, you tell us, have you had a good week or bad week? Have you had a good week? Jesus, Carol. If you're not going to go wrong, it did. Oh, even if you went wrong. Oh, Carol Barrow, I'm sorry to hear about this.

A bad week. And then John, I called you brough. Yeah, this is your time of year, Christmas Carol, you know? What went wrong? Oh, just everything, things just didn't go right. Carol, you know what? Oh, flat eyes and everything else. Yeah, you know what, Carol, I think things are going to get better from this day forward, okay?

Carol's life's going to get better. Here we go, Carol. Hey, thank you so much for listening to the show. You have yourself a great weekend, Carol, and a Merry Christmas. Should we go line three? Welcome to the show, welcome to I've had a good week or bad week. What's your name? There's literally no one on life.

have had a fantastic week. She's had a fantastic week, yeah. What happens, Steph? Tell us. Wow, I've been off work for a whole year as I've fought Bruce Cancer this year, and I've finally got back to hairdressing and getting to see all my beautiful clients again. She's beating cancer! Yeah! Yes, Steph, we're happy to hear that.

That is beautiful. I'm so pleased for you. That's awesome. All right, we'll take one more good week, bad week. That's a great year for Steph. congratulations. Who have we got on the phone? Good morning. Good morning.

Blondy learner drivers, listen to them. Get out of my way. Oh, she's hung up. That's what happens. Do you just don't abuse the little drivers? I really made that awkward. Whatever. Do I phone the show and they abuse me?