Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Read the Warning Labels

Episode Date: November 16, 2025

On today’s show: Grace uses her Baby sitting abilities to look after Megans kids over the weekend How did Ben end up running errands fully suited? We celebrate the little wins  What warning label did Troy miss? And what are the consequences? The Mariah Game: Who is out now? Jono feels very passionate about the folding of sleeping bags Is it ok to follow your boss on Instagram?  Who would you trust most out of Jono, Ben and Megan to pay you back money that they owed you? Megans eye twitch is still here, so we're turning to the radio doctors. Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFASTFacebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cook easy, delicious dinners, the whole family will love because nothing beats dinner time. Thanks to Hello Fresh. Cook easy, delicious dinners, the whole family will love because nothing beats dinner time. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, the Hits. Megan, welcome to the podcast, everyone. Megan, we've just been talking about your twitchy eye, which you will hear more about coming up on the podcast. A lot of people texting through, so many people, so many helpful listeners. It's very kind that people give enough of a crack to message.

No, stop flickering eye for two weeks. People saying they had the same thing. More potassium. You need more bananas. Selenium causes eye twitching. Lack of selenium causes eye twitching, apparently. Someone said their doctor didn't seem to think it was anything to worry about, involuntary muscle or something.

They get it from time to time, but never for two weeks. So you've had it for two weeks. So yeah. Do you know what, though? Someone said sleep, and that's probably on the money. I don't think I've had a good night sleep since we did Hamble. I don't think I've recovered. Oh, really?

24 hours of Hamble. No. Yeah, well, that was true. Was it before, Hamble? No. No, yeah. It's ruined me. Yeah, no, fair enough.

I'm staying away for 24 hours on top of this, getting up early for this job. Now, as John says, you know, here on the podcast, it's not, you know, there is way more stressful jobs and full-on jobs than this. We're not saying it's hot, you know, but it's... It's so fun. It's busy, though. But it's, yeah, it's... Yeah, it's getting up early and on top of staying away for 24 hours is not a great combo. Yeah.

You used to be able to do it though when you're younger You could bloody charge for 48 hours Turn up to work on Monday Go I'm never going out again And then by Friday you're like Let's go out again I give a shout out to my friend Laura Mgoldrick Who I was with at the weekend

So that was a really late night for me right I didn't get home till midnight You went and watch the Wicked Premier Yeah And she was there as well She left at the same time as me And I was like oh off to bed when, like, you know, when mums were naked, she's like, oh, no, I'm going to work.

Because she obviously does Sky, she's commentator, or like chatting about the All Blanks game. Yeah, she hosts the studio stuff for that, for the All Blakes game, and that was like a four o'clock kickoff in New Zealand time, but I imagine they have to get them for makeup and all that stuff. She was in there at one. So she's like, oh, I'm just going to go home, get changed and then go into work. So she went straight through till 7 a.m. She finished work. Wow.

Wow. That's a powerful shift. You got a twitchy eye today? No, she'll be probably, she's probably jimming right now. She's a better class of human That's impressive That's when you're like Oh jeez AI would be a little bit handy right now Can we get AI Laura to just host the overnight games

I'll be there for the nine to fiveers Yeah But yeah you don't think about that do you When you're when you're watching rugby at home No People actually have to go in Get in there early Hey and we're going to start the show today

Now I know poor Emily Who's filling in for producer Grace She literally just told us how we're going to start the show There's a clue in what you just said Don't tell them Oh you know I got it You made a terrible mistake, didn't you, Megan? By recruiting someone you shouldn't have.

There we go. He's got it. Here it is now. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. Plock your next chance to get in the jaw for that Wicked Prize. Thanks to the brand new movie that's out this week. But Megan, over the weekend, you've got to see a sleek peak in the movie, right?

I did. I'm not allowed to tell you what I thought of it, but you wouldn't be disappointed. You won't be disappointed. Okay. I mean, everyone loved the first one. Yeah. The second one's not suddenly going to go downhill, is it? Can't wait for the second one.

But you kind of told us what you thought about it, not telling us what you think about it. You got Producer Grace to babysit. Yeah. And like, she's not here today, so I can be honest. She's, I love her, but she's always, my, if I've got no one else. I don't blame you. Out of all of us, she's probably the last one I'd picked to look after children. She is, she's a wild ride, producer Grace.

It's just because last time she turned up in her pajamas with a squish mellow that was the same as my daughters. And they're like, oh my go, we go, we go back she's squish mellows! And then they're like rolling around. I'm like, did I just invite a child to look after my children? She'd be high impact. She'd be fun for 45 minutes and get her out. Get her out. And not even to look after the kids, to play with them probably.

Yeah, so I went to this beautiful function. A very fancy, you know, the Wicked team had put on a dinner and stuff. So we were sitting down having this beautiful dinner. And then we got to go to a screening of it. And I'm just getting ping, ping, ping from producer grace. And I have to check because she gets looking after my children. But she messages me. The pain they ask about having children you've got to check on them, don't you?

Make sure they're still going. She's like, okay, I'm currently slaying bath time. She's like, I'm doing a performance of I don't dance from high school musical. They are loving it. They are splashing me. There may be water everywhere when you get home. I was like, well, could you not? You could clean that up, but anyway, the towels are an option.

Yeah, and she was like, oh, what's your passcode for your laptop? It's not working. I was like, I wrote it down. She was like, oh, jokes, low. I thought the A was a slash. And then at 940, she messages me. What time's their bedtime? I was like 7pm and she said, oh, Joe, Bastion wants popcorn.

I was like, it is 20 to 10. Wow. It's 22. I got, I unlocked the door. I came in and she peaks around the corner looking white as and she was like, oh my God, I thought you were a burglar. I unlocked the door, Grace. I totally just thought you were a burglar. You heard me unlocking the door.

And then I was like, what time did they get to sleep? And she was like, I don't know. I'm not sure. It's not my job. She was like, but Iya, I has fallen asleep with Lego and with Bastion. And I was like, oh, did you move her to her bed? She was like, oh, nah, they're just in there. I went in there.

She's lying on top of her brother, her pyjama pants, both legs are through one hole. The blankets are off the bed and there's Lego all through the bed. Chocable items. Littered throughout the bed. Oh, my God. Well, hey, they're alive. And then, well, you know, that's a tick. Oh, my God.

And she's like, later, Diva, Slay Queen, and hops in her car and goes. Yeah, that's chaotic. Jono Ben and Megan, the podcast, the hits. And now over the weekend, I had a lot to do. It was my to-do list was, you know, I love a to-do list, but she said it was full over the weekend. Because my wife, as I keep saying, she had back surgery. So she's not driving, she's at home and stuff.

She's doing nothing. How long until she's back? She can drive after six weeks, apparently, and she won't be back at work this year as well. So, yeah, there's a lot going on. It's a lot going on. Are you giving her enough sympathy? I don't know. There's a lot going on.

He won't be. He'll be all business. All business all day, baby. Even just the way you're saying that, you're making it sound like she's doing. You're still there, are you with your broken back? And yet a very, you know, sad thing that happens. I want to bring that up.

It happened about a week ago, the last weekend, Guy Williams, who we work with, who worked for many years on the TV show, John and Ben, huge part of the TV show, very funny guy. His dad, Gary, sadly passed away a week ago, which is really just devastating news. And I just want to say, you know,

we are thinking of the guy and the family, and it's just a horrible, horrible time. And we've got a text message from sharing our friends saying about it, letting us know during the week and saying the funeral on Saturday. And I've got a lot to do in the weekends and I'm running around.

I'm like, I really should try and get to this funeral. You know, I was like, cool, we had some stuff on and we're going to do it. A raced home, got on a black suit tie, got sort of drove 45 minutes across town. I'm like, cool, turn up. I know where the church is too. It's a while away from you, bro.

And I turned up and I was like, oh, car park outside. That's a bit unusual. I would have thought a few more people would be here for Gary You're like right on time kind of thing You know like as I see The funniest one on John Owen Bina Every time we hit him on He was just incredible

And he's a popular man Yeah And I thought I was like Uh oh And when you like Yeah And when I was pretty much bang on time I was like okay

This is yeah And I got up there and there was two sort of old guys Sitting outside I'm like hey Do you guys know Gary? I'm here for the funeral And as soon as they said what funeral I was like

Uh oh Uh oh Had a look at the text again Saturday next week. Twenty second. Yeah, 22nd. Yeah, I saw that.

And then I was like, oh, yeah, okay, well, right, okay, good dress rehearsal for turning up and stuff like that. And then I had a lot of jobs to do on my to-do list, and then I was like, well, guess I'm going to do them fully suited. So I went, and going into a hardware store to buy something, like, in a full suit.

On a weekend, you're like, is he some sort of, like, skinny, hitman or something like that? My wife wanted, was spayed, and I was like, do it look? Like I've just killed a, you know, like, do what? Could be a pool bearer? Yeah, what have I done here? I had to go to, like, look sharp and get balloons, and I'm in a full suit. I'm like, all these things were on my to-do list.

I'm like, this is weird. Maybe you're in a suit getting a spade of balloons. Like, I know. I know. So maybe like, I liked it for the mystery that people are like, what's he doing? What's that guy up to? Yeah. Folly dressed out in the suit of the weekend.

So there we go. Then you got home. He's like, Amanda. Oh, you're still there. Are you recovered? Recovery. The day on that. I'll be gone.

I'll be gone for ages. What do you be doing? The day I've had. John O'Bennon and Megan, the podcast, the Hits. Lotto over the weekend, 55 million. There had to be won, and there were three winners around the country, one in Bay of Plenty, one in Christchurch, and one on the My Lotto app in Auckland. So congratulations to those three.

Three people taking $18 million home, which is pretty awesome. Generally with the big ones, there's never like a single winner, it doesn't seem like. Hardly ever, right? Yeah. That's for the best. 55 mill was a lot of money. What did my mum text me? Annie Pryor was not happy.

Why? She said, I've given up on Lotto, got 10 lines of powerball, all six and only got 15 bucks. It's a little win. It's a little win. That's what we want to get into, Annie Pryor, actually. Yeah, little wins. It doesn't have to be lotto related, but it could be if maybe you had a little win on Lotto, 4,87 on the text, or maybe you had another little win from the weekend that we can celebrate right now.

Can I say I feel like, for myself, a huge win? finally remembered without looking my banking password, which over the years has just morphed into a hybrid of symbols and uppercase, lowercase, dollar signs, apostrophes and percentage signs. And I remember that clear off my dome. Wow. And that was a really special moment for you

because usually I have to look, I have a document of passwords, which I know is very boomery, sitting on my desktop conveniently as well. So if you ever get in, there's a document on there. Everything. Every password to my life. So there was a little win for me. How about you guys?

Well, I had one actually on the weekend. It was really interesting. Oh, I tore up with someone over the weekend, well, went into them, and they moved into one of the houses I lived there as a kid after we moved out. No, she moved in as a kid. And she had just been back there

because the place is now at Airbnb. And she's like, I moved into your family home after you guys left. You didn't know this person. Didn't know this person. Really? I had a chat about it. She showed me some photos. But I thought a little win was the fact that she was like,

I went into the cupboard, and you and your sister, your heights are still on the wall. in the cupboard today. And then they added, she added her heights to it. She's like, it's a little wind that they're still there many, many years later that the heights are still here. Sand that shit off. Yeah, I know, I would have thought they would have gone as well. Many owners probably since then.

Yeah. Oh, that's sweet. Yeah. She's, yeah, kind of cool. Still weighs the same too. I always remember there was a few things where mum wouldn't never look at your feet. You just sort of like sort of go up on your toes just a little bit. Try to get a little bit more height, you know. Was that in your bedroom?

No, that was just in the, I think one of the. cupboards, I think, like the hot water cupboard or something yeah, so just get inside of that, so yeah. And what about you, Megan, your little win from the weekend? Little win, it's just like the smallest thing, but it just like is such a bore like in your life that when you get in your car and I'm like, I know my car's on empty, I've got to go fill up. And my husband had filled it up for me.

Not said anything. Wow. Filled up the car. You're like, wow. That one's better, eh, when people do that. Oh, no, it's lovely, but this friend of mine does it all the time. Well, it fills up your car? No, not my car.

His wife partner, she's never once, anyway, Megan, we've had this discussion. His friend is, she's never filled up her car. Her husband does it. Why does that wind you up? Oh, just because it makes my wife go, oh, see this? You know, like, that's why you're still in it. Yeah, too. Yeah, but usually when I'm in it and I'm like, oh, she's all bloody empty again.

It's through frustration and anger. He puts that nozzle in angry. He doesn't have out of love. He didn't even say anything either. He doesn't out of love. He gently puts the nozzle. John O'Benn and Megan, the podcast, The Hits. Did you have a little one over the weekend to maybe?

you didn't win big with lotto, $18 million, was the top amount that three people around the country got. 18 mil, first thing you're doing. What are you doing? First thing. Not giving you a mill. That was set at 5155, I'd give you a mill. No, you just said if you won lotto, you didn't say 50.

No, if I won that jackpot, I'd give you for a 50. I run 18, you're not getting any of it. Oh, wow, okay, T's and C's apply. Yeah. This was not, this was in the fine print, wasn't it? I didn't know there was fine print involved. Don't throw a shade at me morning tea guy. He would still live up to his morning tea

If I won 18 million Yeah, he'd give me a morning tea If he wants 55 million Yeah but you're just going to try to look like the best person In the world Don't make me the bad guy You're trying to look at now you're like Oh no I wouldn't do it though if you want 18

Hey I'd still give you a morning tea if I want 18 I'd still give you a morning tea It's not for you I'm not the bad guy All right after the little wins in your life over the weekend Cause safe to say you probably didn't To add 18 mill to the bank account Jason

And they stay there Hey. How are you? You sound like a man who didn't win a lotto. No, definitely not. Still working. Still working. Still here.

Okay, what was your little win over the weekend, my friend? I was. We were out with the family, and we're at Costco, and separated from the wife and kids. They were looking at something else, and I carried on. And the wife turned around, and she caught a younger lady fully checking me out, and then turned away,

and then came back for a second look. I was completely oblivious to it You went back for a second look You went shoplifting or anything at the time You know there was no reason No no no just Just looking at the cookies

They couldn't have gone better for you Jason Because you didn't notice And she now knows what she's got You know That's not a little one It's a big one That's a big one Huge one she was checking you out

No of the hands off me Yeah well done Jace Hey babe I'm still gone What do you think it is about you, Jase? I don't know. I lost a bit of weight recently. Yeah, so I've dropped like 45 kilos, so... Forty-five, that's an enormous amount.

So, go to Costco, buy some smaller clothes as well. Oh, good on you, buddy. Yeah, well, there go. Thank you for seeing that with us. A big one, I'd say. Someone else texts through, they won 57 dollars on lottery. Better than Annie Prize 15. Yeah, well done. Someone also cracked 15 grand on the pokies, of the weekend.

15K. Yeah, yeah. The pokies. Kids are getting spoiled for Christmas. That's a big one, isn't it? Jade and Dion. The pokies. The pokey's.

How much have they spent on the pokies? Let's not worry about that. Let's not get into that right now. Sorry. The kids were they in the car. Let's not worry about that. John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The hit. Good morning. Rob Thomas Lee, singer of Matchbox 20. He was in New Zealand last week. I saw it popping up. I didn't see him. I saw on social media. Performing or just...

Yeah, he's performing as well, yeah. Oh, he runs a solo... I think so, yeah. With the old Calos, Santana. Oh, yeah. I don't know what you were doing there. Neither did I. What was that?

He runs solo. Bada bap, bah, bah. I was like, wow, does he have like trumpets on stage and fanfare and stuff? Yeah, I know the song, but I don't know how what your noise had to do with that. I don't expect to be the OG version, you know, the beginning of the song. I see. And then I'll make any sense? No.

If I do this. In your head, maybe, but geez, it was a long, real reach. Really lost for a long. Oh, yeah, that was a reach. That was a reach. Huge reach. How do you end up there? I don't know.

Anyway, producer Troy, you have joined us this morning to share a wee story that you shared to us last week, not on the radio. Yeah. It's one of those things that maybe I shouldn't have shared. this off the radio because now we're talking about my flaky body. That's a problem. Selling stories around radio people, you end up like, what do I tell us? Oh, that's a good phonotopic? Yeah, no.

And we have turned this into a phonotopic. Yeah. Just sharing. So the phototopic is when you ignored the warning labels, okay? 0800 that hits, 4487. Because I've been using a product, a shampoo, tea gel, which is used to treat my psoriasis on my scalp. Okay, so you get a flaky scalp anyway.

You're really opening up here. And this combination of coal, tar, extract, methyl hydroxobinozate, propyl hydrobenzo, something, something, is helping. Good. And I've been using it as my normal shampoo a couple times a week for more than a year. Haven't been flaking. Haven't been flaking too much. Yeah. And the bottle's getting a little bit empty.

And so I just, I picked it up off the shelf and I was reading it when I was having a shower the other morning. And I noticed on the bottle, it says, do not use. for more than a month, except on the advice of a doctor. And you've been going for years? Over a year. Wow. And no advice from any doctors?

No advice for any doctors. And so I thought maybe I should stop. And so I've stopped. Immediate flaky scalp. It's back. Well, your body's probably trying to regulate now. Yeah, it's like when you put too much chapstick on your lips, you know, and your lips become accustomed to being chapped every day,

chipped. And then you take your... You have to wean yourself off chapsic, don't you? They crack hard. You scared me as well, Megan, because you looked up what the ingredients actually are and it's quite toxic to my scalp. I think that's probably why they don't tell you

not to use it for more than two weeks. Hey, but less flaky? Are you less flaky or more flaky now? No, I'm ten times more flaky than I ever was. Oh, okay, right. It's like a bloody ski field in here at the moment. No, but so we looked up like... Let it snow, let it snow.

Oh, it was Christmas decorations. Like Christmas. We'll just go shake you on the tree out there. We always dreamed of a while at Christmas. We did. We got it. We just go, hey, good job, mate. We'll just give them a little luck.

Everyone keeps their mouth shut. Don't, like, eat the snowflakes. Like the original Wizard of Wives of the Wild. I mean, they're all the stars, no, it's just Troy's just coming here, mate. It's fine. He's like, thanks for making fun of my sorriasis, that's really nice. Well, we find rich comedy in that, so that's good. My advice is read the back of the bottle.

And don't share stories with people in radio. All right, so as John I said before, when did you heed the, when did you ignore the warning signs? Because a lot of the times I approached them and like, this is just ass covering from the big corporates, right? So I see the more as... Don't know like you read the warnings. No. You don't even read them. Honestly, my family's like you're an idiot.

Like, if somewhere says, don't dive, I'll dive. Someone says, don't swim here. I'm swimming there. And it's not, I don't think I do it intentionally. I just don't pay attention. Have you ever had a waxing situation? Waxing? Yeah.

No. Because you know if people do home waxing and they're like, how hard can it be and they don't read the labels? Because you're not actually supposed to put it on any sensitive parts. So like underarms or otherwise. Okay. All right. Well, maybe someone listening right now has had that happen to the...

John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. We are talking, well, we wanted to talk about when you didn't read the warning labels because producer Troy has been using something for his scalp. psoriasis and yeah you've discovered that it was meant to be just for a month and you've been using it for over a year yeah well over a year the warning label said no more than a month without doctor consultation yeah well we threw it out there like you know funny of times you've

ignored the warning label and all we've had is an abundance of feedback on you know solutions for troyes's syriasis problem and that's the friendly hits audience so you need to we need to roll with the punches on this one gang that's all we're getting right now but so many people coming through want to help you out, which is amazing. Better than us, because we just like took the piss out of you. Absolutely roasted for bringing the snow. Snow globe. And then everyone's really concerned and wanting to help you out.

So they're better people than we are. And it's kind of a PSA for other people that may have the same problem. Yeah, okay, right. So if you are suffering from flaky skin, psoriasisus, Ang. Hi, how's it going? We're doing well, baby. What's happening with you?

Well, I've heard psorice since I was 20, right? I'm in my 50s now. It's a really, I've had it on my legs, my arms, my head, my scalp, all that stuff. It's a really long-term debilitating disorder, and it's actually, can be quite painful. Now you're making us feel like monsters. Yeah, I know. No, it's a really hard disorder to live with. But, you know, like, you've got to be careful with that Kaltar stuff.

When I was like 19 and I'd just been diagnosed with that stuff, I ran some Kaltar products on my skin, right? I went outside, I sat on the deck. I came inside, my skin started burning from the sun. Oh, okay, so you got it. You didn't need to feed the warning label. A degree burn, right? So you've got to be really careful with that product and really use it intimately.

And so for years I had psoriasis, what can make it worse is alcohol. Alcohol makes it much worse, right? And my 20s when I was having a great time, my psorice ice was terrible, right? Yeah. Alcohol. And you've got to be really careful with the sun

because it interacts with the sun and can cause a reaction. So what do you do? What's your solution? My solution. I've got two solutions. I'm going to shock you, right? The first solution is you've got to swim in the sea as often as you can. Shocking. I'm shocked. If you swim in the sea every day over summer, the salt water interacts with your scalp,

and it clears up your psoriasis like 50, 60s. Every day, oh, jeez, jeez, July. You're going to be doing some dark swims there, buddy. What about in the poo waters of Auckland, though? I've swam in July just for my skin. It makes a huge difference. Yeah, I was going to say, it's a very pooey water in Auckland, though. Hey, it's the commitment you need to do to get rid of it.

The psoriasis line is open, and Jenae with us. You've got some advice for Troy. Yeah, I did. I've got the same problem as Professor Troy. Oh, Professor Troy? He's upgraded. I've also been using psoriasis on the scalp, and I've been using TGL for the last years. And that's working?

And it's working perfectly. Have you ever looked at the back of the bottle? Yeah, can you use it more past a month? I'm half blind, mate, so I can't read without the glasses. So when I'm in the shower, I don't read it. At this point, I think you and Troy should just carry on. Yeah, well, it feels that way, right, me? I've been doing it for six years, so another six years won't kill me.

I mean, they tell us not to smoke. We still bloody fill our lungs with the gaspers, don't they? Exactly, mate. It's just a guide. It's just a guide. Isn't it? I don't know, sometimes it is, and sometimes it is. Sometimes you're like, hey, these dishwashing tablets are not for human consumption.

You're like, well, that leads you to believe someone somewhere along the line has gone. That look, and they do look tasty. I get it. It's definitely not a guide. They are 100% bad for you. Yeah, well, thank you for your call, Janay. Appreciate it. Have a good day, guys.

Thanks so much for all your calls and texts. Fluttered with calls and texts to help you out, producer Troy or Professor Troy, as you like to be called now. Hopefully this flaky scalp can be resolved, guys. I'm sorry for the trail of snowline. That's all right. We'll get the dice in out. Ken and Megan, the podcast, the heads. Hey, we need your help if you're heading around summertime

and you're doing some road trips over summer. We want to come up thanks to gas, petrol service stations, with a bit of a game that you can play in the car. So if there's games that you play on road trips, I spy car cricket, whatever it is, suggest one at the hits.com. It's said the 100% Kiwi ultimate road trip game, and we could be dishing them out to all gas petrol service stations nationwide over summer.

That's fun. A game could be, like, how long does it take? for you to get the driver to say oh bloody turn this car around yeah true did you get that when you were younger we'll turn it around it's like no you won't they will not that is more of an inconvenience for the driver they'll drop you off right here

yeah yeah you're not dropping you off right there we worked with Juliet used to produce this show years ago her parents were in LA that's right and her brother was playing up they were driving through Compton of all places and her brother was being a bit of a rascal and they were like we will drop you off here and he's like no you won't boom left him in Compton they did Did they know, like, where they were?

Yeah, they started to slowly panic, I think. Yeah, as they sort of went, oh, we're going to get back and get him pick him up and stuff. But he was on the side of the road. We just left our child in court. Now, the Mariah Carey game we're playing at the moment. Yeah, a big weekend. It really does make you feel very festive. A Mariah game.

Wanted to know if you're in or you're out, but this is news, late-breaking news on Friday. Now, Manny McLean loves Mariah Carey, but also loves, like you, Megan, very competitive. Competitive, loves Christmas, loves Mariah. Yeah, he wants to win this game. He just wanted to win since the start of it. He got very frustrated last time when he got sabotaged. Yeah. And he's out of the game.

So his husband, Ryan, got him out. Have a listen. They spoke to Ryan Friday. I'd like to bring on to the show my husband, Ryan. I was scrolling on my phone and you were clearly listening in rather than just doing your own thing. Classic. The ironic thing is, is I have never seen. skips a reel

so quick because not interested in Mariah, not interested in that song. So it came on I just skipped it, didn't even think anything of it and then, for Matt, like, started having a little cry next to me. Did not even cry? Tentions are nought. That's, that grounds for divorce, you think? Well, well, yeah, it's for Maddie maybe, yeah. But good on Maddie for being

honest, because you could just be like, I didn't hear it, you know? It's so funny. Yesterday we're at our friends for lunch and the kids were like, well, can we play some Christmas music? And, uh, who was hosting lunch, she's like, no, no, because Jono's doing this game and he can't hear this song. And you can see, I ruined Christmas for these children.

They looked at my, they're like, really, bro? You're going to ruin Christmas? Yeah, and they'll be like, there's other songs you can play, right? Yeah. I was like, I'll listen, it's fine, I'll take the risk. And she's like, no, you're in the game. Wow. Do we need to start a playlist, like a hits playlist that has all the Christmas songs bar?

Megan, it's there, mate. Oh, is it? It's already there. No, without Mariah. Yeah, it's there, mate. Ben's already done it. It's done. It's all been, it's all the best of playlist.

Why don't you tell everyone? It's been in emails, but anyway. I didn't do it. I don't do it. Guys, there's a playlist you can play. John O'Clean did not. Listen, I'm laughing. I'm laughing, but I didn't read the email either, Megan, so don't worry.

John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. Do you help here at The Hits? We're on the hunt for a fun and unique game you can play on road trips over summer. Thanks to gas petrol service station. and gas will be stocking them in every gas petrol service station nationwide over summer so if you can help us come up with a fun road trip game

something that you maybe play with your family over summer then head to the hit stock code I did and tell us your 100% Kiwi ultimate road trip game and it'll be so it'll be turned into an actual game that people can collect. People can collect them for free from gas which would be pretty awesome. How many people can road rage at you

and stuck at peak New Year's traffic? We used to do like Spot a Mini and then you know it's like yellow car now and they were very punchy though my brother would be like spot a mini oh resulting in violence are we backing violence for this campaign

well you get suggested at the hitstock code it's here but I don't think it will get through but anyway you know The hold your breath The hold your breath challenge Over a bridge yeah What's the bridge in Canterbury Is there a kayak

Yeah really long one eh Some kids we've lost some kids Some good kids But they were committed to that game Yeah Good players So something that I dealt with over the weekend My wife returned

She went to a school camp With our daughter last week And obviously everything comes back from camp And I've discovered There's two groups of people in life Those that know how to pack away sleeping bags And those that don't know And won't be bothered to learn

You know? Because in all reality You're going to use your sleeping bag Maybe once a year So there's no real point to learn that school Now I'm a sleep I know how to do a sleeping bag The only two usual things I can do in life

Thanks to my father is change a car tire And pack away a sleeping bag You just shove it in You don't know This is like you with your bloody lawns You don't just shove it in I got something that was shoved in And it looked like the bag was giving birth

To something because it was half poking out Yeah that's all right Yeah I can on with you Megan Are you a shover? I shoved in I'll shove it in so it won't be like coming out Of the thing I shove it in it's all

Just a little like prolapse The same amount of size away when you put it away? Yeah. Even it was just a little like out the bag. No, nothing coming out of the bag. I've never seen this much disappointment on your face. Yeah.

One thing I'm really passionate about is because you've got to roll it tight and you squeeze it between your legs like you're in a UFC fight. Well, what's it saving you're in the long term? Yeah. Like it's not like the sleeping bag like under a shirt you're going to wear out where you're like it's a bit crinkly. You get it out and it's crinkled and then you're just going to get in it and roll around.

Yeah, like what is it? I don't know why I'm so passionate about it. I mean, there's probably better charity, charitable causes I can put my weight behind it's like i get it's like i get if you're packing away like a tent and it's like it doesn't all fit in and you're like geez that's a shambles yeah if it's going to hinder you when you get it out but you pull out the sleeping bag and it's good to go like it's not tangled i don't feel seen is that what you say nowadays i don't feel seen no we're not your people no no i'm not sure a text four for eight shab it in no i don't know how you uh live with

yourselves but anyway it's fine we have no problem you know when the sleeping bags come out they're still work this way, don't they? And I love that little bit that hangs out the end. John O'Bennon and Megan, the podcast, The Hits. Now you're surviving in our Mariah Carey game. We started at early November to see how long you could avoid listening to Mariah Carey's all I want for Christmas as soon as you hear it. It's an honesty thing.

You're out of the game. Yeah, we had Maddie Maclean from the afternoon show Maddie and PJ, passionate Mariah fan, and also passionate competitor as well, if you've seen him on Celebrity Treasure, Island and the netball court, the social netball court as well. Maddie McLean was out thanks to his husband, Ryan, who they spoke to. I was scrolling on my phone and you were clearly listening in rather than just doing your own thing. Classic. The ironic thing is, is I have never skipped a reel so quick because not interested in Mariah, not interested in that song.

So it came on, I just skipped it, didn't even think anything of it, and then poor Matt started having a little cry next to me. Did not ever cry? So he's out of the game. I want to know, I know 800 the hits. Are you in or are you out? I reckon there's people have falling quicker than last year. Yeah. And on mass.

Laura, morning to you. Morning, how you? Yeah, we're doing well, Loss. You're in or out? I'm in. Good on you. And what's, what, now where do you work? What do you do?

I'm a music teacher at a high school. Oh. And my students are doing Christmas. song band covers at the moment, but I told them that none of them are allowed to do all I want for Christmas, because it's too hard. Yeah, it's too complicated. It's complicated for many reasons. Great.

Good on you, Laura. Oh, you let us know when you do four victims of the song, but good luck. All do, thanks, guys. What song did you bully the kids into actually performing? I don't get to choose, but they just weren't allowed to choose that. I like it. It's off. It's too complicated, guys.

It's too complicated. Susan, in Christchurch. Are you in or out, mate? Susan. Susan? I'm from Wellington, that's why I thought. Yeah, she's not from Christ. No, you're talking, is she?

I'm from Wellington. That's why I said you for Christchurch, man. Leave you guessing. Leave you guessing. Sorry, Susan. You're in or out? I'm out. I didn't even know I was playing until I found myself out.

Oh, okay, so what happened? How did you get out? I went to the mall. Oh. A great place to go in November, and I saw that evil centre. and I knew I knew it was coming You could feel it

But then Something happened And it stayed on repeat What the song For the entire hour Oh the malfunctioned It was really rubbing salt in the wounds In the whole mall

In the whole mall Oh so people You wouldn't have been the only one then More people would have got out No ridiculous It feels like sabotage from the mall It does The potty oil mall

It was centre That's who it was Santa, yeah, it sounds like something he'd do, right? It does. Monster attacked. Well, sorry, Susan. Susan and Christchurch are pottero, wherever you may be. Really appreciate you listening. No worry, thank you.

Well, now the thing is, you're free to do whatever you want. Yeah, you can listen to it now whenever you want. That's the freeing thing. Producer Troy's the same. He's out of the game, and he's like, now I can listen, now I can scroll freely. John O'Bennon and Megan, the podcast, The Hits. The Mara Carey game that we're playing at the moment on The Hits.

We started at early November. But you just got to see, you can join in to see how long it will take until you hear Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas. If you can avoid it on social media in stores wherever you are for the longest, then you win the game. It really is out there in the community, isn't it, affecting it like a musical virus at the moment. And the song, we're not against it. We like the song, and it will officially start to play on this radio station when all of us are out. And we are starting to drop. And Maddie McLean from The Afternoon Show joins us.

Maddie and PJ, welcome Matthew. Devastated. I'm truly devastated. Oh, Maddie. Well, I'm actually really devastated too, because I know how passionate you are and it's fun, you know. It's like, it's like where someone gets knocked out at a World Cup and they're one of the favorites early. It's like, oh, we wanted to play them, you know? Yeah.

This is my World Cup. What happened, Maddie? You know what? The funniest thing is, because I am a constant scroller on my phone. So we've been talking on our show and PJ had been saying, you're in constant danger zone you've got to get off your phone get off your phone and I wasn't

I was just rolling the dice not on mute sometimes on mute but sometimes not on mute and so it was a dangerous game I was playing with myself it always is it always is

shut those curtains man anyway so I was you know I was rolling the dice and then it wasn't even me that got me out. We were in bed and my husband was scrolling on his phone

and on the next thing I know I went, Ryan. Oh, and good honesty from you though in that moment. You know what? I had a 10 second window where I went I could just pretend like I didn't hear that but I thought that's not the spirit of the game. Because Ryan says he scrolled past it so fast

because he was not interested. So you would have heard like a little little snippet. And you know me, my ears are always pricked to hear Mariah Carey. I knew it immediately. So now, I don't want to delve too deep into the marriage. Ryan on the couch that night, was he? Yeah.

I was tempted. Very, I was furious. But it does mean now I can play it as much as I want to. So it's a double-edged sword this game. You know what I mean? Yeah, well, you do love the song as do we? And so now you can enjoy it. Now you can scroll

freely, not on mute. What about the end to this madness matter? I mean, obviously, we're still mid-November, but we need to decide maybe an end date for us to decide to play it on the hits when that song can start played. I'm fascinated that none of you are out yet. Like, yeah, I said

a moment, I'm like, no. Are you thinking, are you? I would never, I would never ever do that. I'm just saying. I'm just saying. I'm just saying. I'm just impressed. Hey, well, Megan, you take that to mean whatever you want it to mean, okay? That had some

sats attached to it. Fascinated. It's interesting. No, but you're right. You're right. It can't go on forever. So what? Do you think we need to come up with some sort of chuck you guys in a danger zone and see what happens?

Well, maybe, maybe. Hey, it's the 17th of November. I went till the 4th of December last year. This is competitive of Megan. Don't get all pissy because you're out now, Maddie. I'm not pissy. I'm not pissed. I'm not happy.

He said, it's fascinating that we're still in. I haven't been in toilet. Maddie, all right, mate. Lovely talking to you. I'm sorry, you're out of the game, all right? It's not fascinating. Thank you. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, The Hits.

A bit of tension in the office at the moment, and we wanted to know I know 100 of the Hats. Do you follow your boss on social media, or does your boss follow you? Because it is causing tension right here at work. Now we have our boss, Matt Anderson, in the studio with us. Good morning.

A boss that we're all connected with on social media. Yeah, yeah, that's right. You send me lots of warriors, little chat and DMs and stuff, don't me, Matt, yeah. I get lots of Warriors stuff from you. Megan and I talk a lot of F1, and I just get a lot of weird reels from John. I like them. It's just inappropriate rules.

What am I like? I'm liking that guy who does the Trump impersonation at the moment. Oh, yeah, he's very good. So I do bombard Matt with that. But I love it. But Bronte, we're open books with our boss. Yeah, Bronte, you work here at The Hits and you're not quite as an open book, which I kind of, I get with Matt on social media.

Matt, our boss, right? Yes, yep, correct. Now, we need to put this in perspective. How old are you, Bronte? I'm 22. Okay, prime of her life. Yeah. Okay.

And is there stuff that you don't want your boss seeing? Absolutely. Like what? Well, she doesn't need to disclose that. I think I can go into detail there. Like you're 22. I understand. I understand.

And, you know, you're just starting here. You don't want to have to share everything that you're doing in the weekend with your boss. Not saying you're up to all sorts of wild stuff. No, no. Just to go back for a second here. I just want to say where this came from, was we were catching up after Halloween with Maddie and PJ and they were all complimenting Bronte's costume

and they were like, oh, you looked amazing. And I was like, oh, I want to like say, oh, how good everyone's Halloween costume was, but I realised I haven't seen it. So then I was like, just went and looked at her Instagram to see if I'd missed the post. Suddenly I realized I couldn't see anything. And then it was revealed Bronte has,

we follow each other on social media, but she's hidden all of her content from all of the content, Bronte. What is the point? Yeah, yeah. It's just a token. Which I'm fine with. I don't need to.

At one stage did Matt, our boss have full access to your account? No. Never. Oh my God. So you're like, it's really just a token thing. It's like a little agreement. Oh, we're friends, but we're not actually.

So shall we just like make it not weird? Should we just unfollow each other? No. But then what's the point? Because we're friends. That's what you're going to. You can't see what she's up to. Friends would know what another friend was up to.

It's so weird. I'll accept you as a token friend thing. But yeah, you can't actually see my life. The follow account. Yeah, that is it. That's true. Okay, okay. So, Matt, I'm gathering Bronte

can see everything you get up to. Yeah, well, I haven't hidden anything. I mean, all I post is pictures of my kids. Transparent, transparent. If it makes you feel any better, our boss has seen all the rubbish that I get up to, and I've still got a job, so it still feels risky. Yeah, I hear where you're coming from, Bronte.

Should we all check Bronte's account and see... Are we all... Do you get in me? No, not you. You're fine. You're fine. Oh, that leads to me to believe. that's an awkward smile she has

can you guys see oh what does that mean I can see stuff you can't oh you don't even follow that oh it's his follow back oh my god honestly Bronte John is of worse I was working with him for a very long time before he even followed me and it's only because I hit him up about it

well now I'll follow back and now you're going to block me yeah I don't know if I follow you either like but oh wow Bronx we're girls No, but it is weird I don't want to be like Oh, I'm following you know And put you in that situation as well

We're like, I'll make what's that You know What I will say Matthew Anderson Yeah Is she's fraternising With a gentleman with the guitar And a cigarette in his mouth That is my dad

And that turns out to be a phone So that's great So that's stuff you're missing out So I don't feel so bad now So I can say follow bad Awkward shit. All the time. That's good.

That's good. Okay, so we can follow that. But I'm fine if you want to block me from stuff. I'm not going to judge you either way. Not your judge if I see that stuff or either way, but you do you. You know she's going to walk out of this room and mute you back. That's fine. That's fine.

Now we're all following each other, but we don't know what we'll see. I know what you'll see. Nothing. John O'Bennon and Megan, the podcast. It was a weekend full with a few losses, wasn't it? I mean, the All Blacks lost to England. They won't be completing the Grand Slam, the netball. Silver Ferns lost this morning to England as well,

and most of us lost in lottos, $55 million, must be one drawer. Tell you what we did win. We won a new citizen in Lenny Kravitz. I'm in love already. There really is nothing like love at first sight, is there? He loves New Zealand so much. He said, I'm never leaving. But then his tour continued on and he had to jump on a plane.

I thought he was stung. But yeah, so great. We'll keep him. We'd keep them. Yeah, we would keep it. Plus, you've got to, you know, there's a bit of paperwork you need to get through. You can't just say you love New Zealand. Stick around.

I mean, it would take you. He would take you in your leather pants. But right now, thanks to Dilma, though. You could be winning $100 in a Dilma tea price pack. John O'Ben and Megan's 10 days of trust with Dilma. Now, Dilma has been named New Zealand's most trusted tea brand for 10 years. Dilma, making the world a better tea. Do try.

And we've been asking the office of some questions based around us. Which one would they trust in a certain? scenario. It's been a little bit of a pressure point in the show, hasn't it? Because Megan, when she's not chosen, for whatever topic, whatever the question is. No, that's not true. There's some that I will concede I'm not the one. Reversing a car, Ben won that one and that really... No, it wasn't a reversing car. It was like trusting with the work car. To parallel parking. To parallel parking? Yes, it was.

Trusting with a work car? No, you just talking to a whole... Was it reversing? No, it was just trusting with the work car. No, it was reversing the work car. No, you took it to reversing with a work car. It was reversing. All right. Can I just take you back to women that David Ghetto, Teddy Swims and Tones and I song was playing?

You're like, I'm going to be so chill today. He's gaslighting me about the question. I love lighting. I love gaslighting. Gaslighting is so entertaining. Oh, no, it's fun. Anyway, so let's find out how Mangan's going to get wound up today with the question. You already have got wound up.

The question today is, who would you most trust to pay you back money that they owed you? So, oh, 800 of the hits, we can, should we get Gail on? Gail, how are you? I'm well, how are you this morning? Gail. So chill, Gail. She's chill. I'm, like, I'm really, I'm zen.

Gail, don't be frightened about your answer. You just say what's in your heart right now. Gail, in Christchurch. Who do you think the office voted? We don't know either, too. No, we don't. We know on our hearts. Most trust to pay you back money, Gail.

What, in my life or just one of you? One of us. One of us. John of Ben and Megan. Yeah, do you want to be in Megan? Oh, I'd say Ben. Okay, okay. That's probably a pretty good option.

You know, he's very good at Admin. I don't know if this is the case, so that's fine out. Let's have a listen, Gail. Who would you trust to pay you back money that they owed you? Ben, because he's just, he gets anxious for anything, so he'd be stressing that he owes you money. Megan. Yeah, Megan. Yeah.

Ben, 100%. I just feel like I'd go up to him and be like, can I have the money? And he'd be like, oh, yeah. Probably Megan. Megan you took that out there you go Megan you're to win you say what I said during the song and I said it would probably be Ben

you're actually one you won you didn't back yourself on well there you go yeah okay thanks yeah congratulations it feels like a hollow win well congratulations for megan unfortunately for Gail that's no win for Gail we're going to give you a Dillmartie prize pack

though Gail okay just unfortunately no cash money that's right that's really good that's right you go put some tea down that gob of yours and have a wonderful day. Yeah, so the money will jackpot tomorrow, $200. $200. Does that hurt your feelings that, like, often you're going to get voted for? No, I'm different, mate.

I'm just here playing songs, having a laugh, mate. Serer of responsibility. This industry wore me down years ago, Megan. I've got no life left in me. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, The Hits. Monday morning, congratulations to the three winners of Lotto over the weekend, sharing 18 million each. Just got a text on my daughter actually going,

Did we win $55 million? I was like, just before, I was like, oh, no. She's like, oh, man, I really wanted that money. And I said three winners, 80 million each. She goes, that could have been us. Would have been a good way for her to start the week. Yeah. Oh, great.

I think I would have brought it up before now. Where's Dan go now? He lives in the Bahamas now, sweetheart. Although I didn't actually check it this morning, to be honest. She's just checking you haven't done it right now. Once you hear that it's been divided up between three winners. It's not me. And he goes, bing bongong, you've got it.

bonus ticket you're like mate this is no consolation they shouldn't be allowed to do the Bing Bong winning thing

if it's a bonus ticket it's frost you up it should be a different bingong sound like a

Bing Bongon you're like oh bonus ticket you're okay bonus Megan

we have been tracking with much interest to your flickering eye nonstop flicking yeah it's honestly

about two weeks now my right eye lid yeah has been twitching no we haven't really

noticed it but obviously it's really it's you. I get it. It's affecting you. It's enough of an eye twitch that I can feel it constantly. Doesn't stop. No. That's frustrating it. It's doing it now.

Maybe it's just you two. It's probably us. Just when you talk? It could be stress related and it could be to do with us. I'm trying to think if I had it over the weekend or whether it's just come back. Well, Producer Grace was babysitting and that sounds like a shambles so that's probably... You put a fit bit on that island. It'd be clocking up some

caves, though. Yeah. I've got a very musly island by this point. The opposite of a lazy eyes. Really active eyes. Okay, so you haven't gone to the doctor, which confuses us. So we are taking that as... Well, it just seems like, you know how much the doctor is? And then I go and they're like, what's the issue? And I'll be like, my eyes are doing this little flicker.

You know? It doesn't seem like, I've got to wait till I get a shopping list before I go to the doctor. And then you run through, you're like, here we go. Here's everything I need. Yeah. I've got a lot of pain down my right arm. Got a heart attack. You want to bank them all up.

You do want to get bang for your buck, don't you? I think there's a bone poking out of my leg right now. Yeah. So you have Googled. Google hasn't helped in this occasion. So now we're on to the next act of desperation, which is the radio audience, radio doctors. Now, this is...

They helped out this morning with producer Troy's, you know, flaky scalp, right? It does, yes, with the psoriasis. They came through. So maybe this is what we need to use the radio for. Now, we're not saying this should be trusted, the medical advice. 100%. That's exactly what we're saying.

We're fully endorsing randos. Some rando called Shaga at a panel beaters. I put gasoline in your eye. That'll fix it. Oh, 800 of the hits. It's a flickery eye nonstop. For how long now? How many weeks?

Two weeks. What's your diagnosis? It does sound like I should just go to the doctor. It does sound like it. I keep thinking you should, but anyway, let's try it at the ones. You're not allowed to give me that advice. Something else other than go to the doctor. Well, go to the doctor and dot, dot, dot.

John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. Now we're doing radio doctor, where Megan's twitchy eye has been there for two weeks. Yep, my right eye lid is twitching. Just a little bit. has been for two weeks just enough to annoy me but I haven't got anything else wrong that I know. She's gone through the stages of diagnosis

doesn't want to go to the doctor, has Googled and no results yet so we are taking it to you, the people, Angie. Good morning. Great to have you on. You've heard the symptoms, Angie and with your completely unprofessional medical advice, what would you like to say? Girlfriend, you are tired. That is what it is.

I've had the same thing and Do you have any reason right now to be tired? Yeah. Getting up early in the morning, kids, life. Staying out late at night. Yeah. Yeah. Been there.

You are tired, and it will go away. You just need some good sleep in that. That was not a bad diagnosis. That's not making you take wild pills or anything like that. Do you want to prescribe with some richelinda or something? I mean, does she get a day off work? Yeah, do I get a day off work? I could make a day off work because I'm tired and just sleep.

day. You need a day off. You take a day off, babe. Yeah, good on you, Angie. That was some genuine advice. Yeah, it was good. That was nice. Trina, welcome.

Good morning. How are you? Yeah, good. What sort of chemicals that we need to pump it to Megan to fix this flickering eye? Are you any sort of medical professional? No, I'm not, but I can be doctorate today.

Okay. From past experience, I believe it could be a magnesium and zinc deficiency. speak um and a lot of that comes with stress those things get burnt out and woman pretty fast so i recommend so magnesium and some zinc a lot of tex saying that magnesium uh a lot of them saying that and zinc as well yeah and stress yeah we burn that off we burn it off with stress pretty fast and vitamin b yeah so what i'm hearing it is john oh and ben could be us could be us No, this is not a stressful job.

This is not a stressful job. Let us just sit there just saying stuff. She just wound up about like someone not picking her in a fictitious thing. You're gaslighting me with things every morning. Winding me up that I can't park a car. Do you know what? It could be that. What's the bloody new drink you're drinking G4 dynamite or whatever it's called?

I haven't had one of those for like four days. That could have been the flickering eye. Yeah, they get results. those drinks out of you don't they productive so a lack of caffeine does it as well caffeine oh well I'm not giving that up treat you can forget about it I'll take the twitchy eye she wants the day off but she doesn't want to give that up okay hey thank you very much it's very helpful appreciate it welcome have a great day you too hey well thank you lots of people another person said I had a flicking eye for three weeks went to the optometrists

they said you need a holiday oh I think you're going to say glasses I don't look good in glasses tired of distress but if you're an AMM but can get a free eye appointment expect to spec savers I don't know if I just relayed an ad for spec savers.com. But there you go. But there you go. So, yeah. Great, okay. I'm probably going to do nothing about it and just complain.

Oh, great. Well, what was the point in the last seven minutes of radio, mate? Stop the complaining. You know, exactly. Hey, thank you so much for listening to the show. No, I'm not going to lie. We usually finish the show at 8.59. 59.

And we've found ourselves with a minute to fill. So each of us have to present a very special talent. okay what's the most talented thing you can do in 60 seconds or less Megan you do a doll Megan's the only one that can do talents you're dolphin noise

and you can also put a cherry you can tie a knot with a cherry stalk and it's probably not great for radio She does that with her tongue Yeah I literally resorting to my dolphins on But we could have patted it out without being so obvious about it

But anyway Take us out with some dolphin You would have sent way into a dolphin Here's my dolphin For 25 seconds go No Yes until the show ends go That's all you're getting

It's pretty good You can't look at her in the twitchy eyes When she does that What's your animal I can't do anything I've got no challenge whatsoever It'd be nice to have a giraffe Roof

Roof Okay on that note That's the show Thanks very much And I don't regret this last minute at all We'll catch you tomorrow for mistakes John O'Ben and Megan The podcast

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