Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Should I Stay With My Husband For Money?

Episode Date: February 10, 2025

ON THE SHOW TODAY How many anniversaries can you have?  We can't believe Megan lost her keys here... Did we guess the best gatorade colour? Jono was caught stealing at the golf course 25,000 UNREAD EMAILS!!! I run 50km every day... for 400 days straight! Stay to the end to hear why New Orleans grease their poles?!?! Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganInstagram: THEHITSBREAKFAST  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jono, Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to HelloFresh. Your home advantage for delicious midweek dinners everyone will love. Welcome to the podcast on a Tuesday. Good to have you with us. Lovely to have you with us. Jesus, whenever there's a pack of dead old wipes in the studio, I just can't resist wiping. You know, it's like when hand sanitizers are around.

You just can't. You just have to give it a squirt, don't you? You just have to. It's just one of those. Are you a dead old wipe person? Oh, now and again. Yeah. Probably dropped, dipped in sales since COVID, the old Dettol wipes. Yeah. I quite like the Dettol spray actually, if we're going to give a shout out to Dettol. Yeah. I've got an apple one that's

quite yummy. Do you know my father-in-law first? Look at Ben's glazing over it. Oh, they're all quite yummy. I was thinking, what do you even make yummy? It's like, it's apple and cucumber. Oh, so now it's like it's apple and cucumber it smells nice yeah some of those chemicals can smell amazing my father-in-law one of my first interactions with him

I went over to their house for dinner and I had a sore throat and he said gargle ditto it's what we used to do back on the farm

in Taranaki so I'm bloody I do a shot glass of ditto and I'm going I mean it a shot glass of Dettol. And I'm going, I mean, it's a fine line between gargling it and swallowing it and killing yourself. Yeah, some, you're definitely drinking some. Yeah, this is not medical advice. Which is not recommended.

This is not medical advice. Maybe he didn't like you from the get go. Yeah. Maybe there's an ulterior motive. Yeah. Oh, you know, I was just trying to fix his sore throat. Yeah. There's other sore throat gargles that are made for that.

But he got rid of it. To his credit. I'm not saying do it. I'm not saying don't do it. It's probably your immune system that got rid of it. That's a lasting memory I have of Deadhole. Jesus, but he's still the test of time, Deadhole, isn't it? He really is.

A brand that is trusted and loved. And gargled by some. I'm not recommending it for that. All right, let's get into the podcast which involves me kicking things off with a bit of a debate I'm having with my wife and a lot of people weighed in on it. Have a listen.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Anniversary is one of those things, you know, in relationships that everyone always lives in fear of forgetting, right? You know, you get your anniversary and I'm pretty good with dates and stuff. I love going to a party and then just asking, hey, what's your wedding anniversary?

You just see the fear in the person's eyes. It's not that hard to remember, is it? No, it's not. No, it's not. Yeah, and I've got your wedding anniversary, like, you know, it's the thing. But what my wife is starting to say, there's a date coming up, and that's our date where we first sort of got together in a relationship.

You can't have multiple anniversaries. No, that's what I said to her. Because I was like, something's coming up on that particular date. And she goes, oh, we can't. That's our anniversary. I'm like, that's not an anniversary. And she's like, what do you mean it's not an anniversary? I'm like, well, our anniversary is our wedding anniversary.

That's our anniversary. The anniversary anniversary. Once we have a wedding, that first first date that's out the window you can't have it's like putting a valentine's day in there as well as your wedding but you can't have multiple things the first time we held hands anniversary and i'm like hey for me that you know great it was a memorable time but we've moved past that we've got a wedding date to celebrate so i'm what are you saying so anything before the wedding anniversary then gets cancelled yeah what's the wedding once you've got a wedding you're like this is it you know this is it megan well i mean i still remember the the meeting date

but we don't have to celebrate but i bring it up every year i bring it up every year and he doesn't remember he never remembers i'm like, I just go happy. But he's got your wedding date. Yeah, but like, it wouldn't hurt to just like acknowledge the day. And also the day that we said I love you for the first time. I always remember that. Oh, you're one of those. Yeah. So you're just making a platform for future disagreements. Multiple special days in your relationship.

Okay, what about the anniversary of your first marriage? Do you still celebrate that? He's getting personal now. Ironically, the date that we said I love you was also on my first wedding anniversary. So she does celebrate it. In a different way.

Alright, well I'm going to say 4, 4, 8, 7, 8. So you just want to focus on one relationship anniversary if you're married Sure, you can say, oh this is the day But it's not like we have to do a special thing on that day I mean you can, but it's not like But you're not going to I'm not obligated to do that

It's my obligation Yeah, 4487 on the text Yeah, that's what I want to know right now He refuses to get in trouble for forgetting it Yeah, exactly It's funny And for Judas That we'd be talking about this

Because yesterday I had to rescue my keys I went to the gym And before I You know like Went and did my workout I had to get changed So I went into the toilet

And I had a bunch of stuff I had a bag of my clothes I had my keys and my phone And I always do this I put my keys and my phone On the sister phone on the sister like on the back of the toilet risky that's quite it's flat i know where this is heading yeah it's flat and i was like it'll be fine it'll be fine i always do it so i went to the bathroom went to

the toilet and flushed the toilet picked up my keys as the toilet's flushing, but didn't quite pick them up. Oh, no. So my keys dropped into the toilet as they're flushing, as it's flushing. Now, this is a communal situation, too. This is out in public. First, yeah, first thought was, oh, my God, are my keys going to actually go down the toilet?

Are they going to flush fully? Yeah, was the flush strong enough for that? No. Okay. Didn't get caught up in a fatberg. No. Great news news but that meant that they were just sitting at the bottom of the toilet so i'm like oh no did you don't well you have to i mean the other option is you just walk away leave your car there for the rest of eternity all right that's no i've lost that now i was like do i put my drink bottle down there to try and what I even thought about do I go and get help and see if they've got like.

A hook. Tongs. Yeah. Rubber gloves, something like that. Oh, rubber gloves. Yeah, that would have been the first, yeah. Yeah, they probably did. Yeah, they probably would have.

They probably did. Damn it. Did you get in there? Well, you got to work today. I put my hand in there. Also time. I was thinking time. My keys still have a key

so it's not like a flash beeper but it does have an alarm on it. So I was like oh my god the water's infiltrating the thing. So I put my hand in the toilet. Good on you. Thanks. That's not the response I thought I was going to get. We've all been there. Did it work?

It still works. Knock on wood. For now it still works. That on wood. Like for now, it still works. That's impressive. I wash my hands so many times. I know. One of those things where you're like, are they clean? I've got to keep washing these. But then I tried to tell myself, well, they're clean.

It's like a well-used toilet. They must clean those every day, right? Probably more than we clean our toilet at home. Yeah, definitely. Yeah, of course. I wouldn't even put my phone on the top of it like you did. That seems like a risk, you know. Yeah, well, I won't be doing that again.

What's the worst thing you think you've had your hands on? I have inseminated a cow before. So you have to do that with the guidance of a farmer. So that was getting right in there. Was it successful? What's it feel like? It was just kind of like, just kind of, I guess you don't know. Warm.

Your hands is warm. You're in there. Your hands there. You're like, okay, we're doing this thing. Your feel bits. It was just kind of like, just kind of, I guess you don't know. Warm. Your hands is warm. You're in there, your hands there. You're like, okay, we're doing this thing. Your feel bits. It was kind of,

yeah. What were you feeling for? I don't know. It was like, but this way there and this is, but there. So I was like,

just doing what I was told, but it was kind of an unusual. But did it work? Oh, I don't know. Oh, where's the follow up? They haven't sent me little photos

like World Vision or anything like that. That's to say, your cow quite enjoyed his time with you. Yeah. Didn't even buy him dinner first. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits.

Slipping meat into her pram and also people slipping into her DMs. Megan. Okay, full disclosure, this message was quite long. So we did simplify it so I could chuck it up on social media. So I do have some extra details that I didn't include in here in case we need them. But this is the dilemma. Hey guys,

I need some advice. I've been with my husband for nearly nine years and recently discovered he's cheating. I'm 100% certain and it's been devastating. I haven't told anyone out of embarrassment. We have a prenup that gives me a decent settlement after 10 years of marriage.

Now I'm torn. Do I stay for 13 more months and secure that, or leave now and cut my losses? Has anyone been through this? What should I do? My initial thoughts are suck it up. Keep quiet. play it cool, don't give anything away for 13 months,

and then, you know, set yourself up financially. Well, yeah, yeah. But we also need to ask, does she love the man? She does, yeah. So there's a chance to reconcile. Like if she's figured out he's cheating, then maybe she'll be like, hey, can we work through this? She, so extended message says she does love him, but she's done with it.

She doesn't want to. She's seen messages and they're explicit. Right. So she doesn't want to continue. So obviously the prenup is that, like, you know, when you're together for a certain amount of time. A de facto relationship.

Prenup, yeah, de facto. But obviously prenup takes that out of the equation. That's a whole other agreement. I've done a little bit of research, but if anyone knows and disagrees with me, please message us, 4487. My understanding is you get a prenuptial agreement if you are unequal in finances or assets beforehand,

and that overrides any de facto. Right. So she could just be quiet for 12 13 months treat it as a long-term investment plan yeah and be set up for a lot well it sounds like she'll be set up substantially for life yeah but do you want to do that like for you as your mental health and things like that she's gonna sit there and it's a long time yeah it is a long time and there's money everything you know when you're but what's to stop her still pursuing another relationship He's going to sit there. It's a long time. Yeah, it is a long time. And there's money, everything. But what's to stop her still pursuing another relationship?

She can move on mentally. True. Yeah, well, I guess she moves on mentally, but it sounds like she might still be in love with this person. What happens if he, before this 10-year period, says, hey, I've fallen in love with someone else, I'm going to run off with them. What does that leave her with then? You're right.

They can do that 12 months down the track. She gets nothing. So some people on the text machine have said if he's cheated, that puts the prenup null and void. Not necessarily. So you can have an infidelity clause in some places, but some places around the world they don't let you because they say that's a mistake in marriage

and people shouldn't be punished for mistakes. Okay, put yourself in this messy situation. What are you doing? Help out this person. Are you sticking? What are you doing? Initially, I was like, mental health is everything. Cut it and run.

Because, like, yuck. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. We're already kicking off on the text machine this dear Megan, isn't it? Dear Megan. Just quickly again, the dilemma that came through to you at Megan was? So someone has been with their husband nine years,

recently discovered he's cheating. If she stays with him for 10 years, yeah, 10 years, she gets settlement payout. But she's got to deal with him for another 13 months of his cheating. She's got to hang in there. What does she do? This is kicking off on 4487 on the text machine.

A lot of people starting their comments by saying, I'm not a lawyer, but here's some legal advice. So we do appreciate that. A lot of people saying that a prenup just applies on separation, no matter the reason for the separation. So if you're saying that there's a cheating clause, I guess you can get anything written into an agreement. But she gets a certain amount after 10 years.

Right. There's a time frame on it. We're going to go to Tracy. What would you do? If this was you, are you sticking it out for 13 months, politely nodding and smiling and waiting for your payday? Yeah, I sure am. Yeah, she needs to, first of all, go and see a therapist, talk it out, get herself strong, mentally strong,

get her ducks in a row. And then, you know, if she happens to get herself some as well at the meantime, I mean, who can play that game? If he wants to go somewhere else, why can't she? Oh, right. She was just saying, get some therapy, get a hoon, wait for your cash. Also, someone said she might be, you know,

like struggling to get the payout in the end if he finds out or whatever or breaks it off early. But what's to stop her in the meantime? Siphoning some cash. Yeah, true. Buying some nice things. Appreciate your call. What I love is there's some CEO out there right now. We're all as a nation plotting his demise.

And he has no idea. Denise, we're going to get you on. Now, this is quite personal to you, Denise, this situation. Yes, it is. My daughter was with her partner 14 years. Had been married for two and a half years and bought a house three, four months before he told her. Well, yeah, he sort of admitted it.

Said they were just friends. But to watch the mental anguish that she went through, nah. I wouldn't recommend anybody fix it out. I just don't think that you can have that person coming home to you every day and being okay with that. My daughter's a strong person, but nah. Especially if she's... I would walk away.

He's probably done it before the 10 years, knowing that there's a clause anyway. And who says this is the only one that he's with? Yeah, that's a pretty good point. Especially because she says she's still in love with him. So you're saying it's not worth the anguish. The money ain't worth the anguish, Denise. No, money's not worth that, I tell you.

She doesn't say how much money, though. Yeah, you're right. Yeah, Megan. How much money? Is there a figure that you'd put on mental anguish, is there? Megan, please. I would try my best. So many texts and calls coming through, like heaps.

Do you know what? I really thought more people would say cut and run. But to be honest, most people are saying try and stick it out and take him for all he's worth. Chevelle, quickly, we'll get yours quickly before Megan gives the response. What would you do, stay or leave? Absolutely leave. Absolutely leave.

My ex-husband also peed on me. I could have taken him for half of his money, half of his businesses, everything else, and honestly, I would rather just walk away with my head held high, and it's exactly what I did. Wow. It's just not worth the hassle. You're a better woman than Megan. No, this is the thing.

And you don't know what you're doing unless you're in that actual... That's what I was going to say. We're all saying this in theory, but you're coming from experience and when you're in that moment, you just want to get free, get away from it. Exactly. But the other thing is, is he's probably also aware of the prenup. So he's probably going to end up leaving here right before then anyway. And if she stayed for another year and still got nothing because it was just before the other thing is, he's probably also aware of the prenup, so he's probably going to end up leaving here right before then anyway,

and if she stayed for another year and still got nothing because it was just before the cut-off time, I mean, what's that going to do for her mental health, right? Yeah, exactly. But I'm thinking he's quite egotistical, right? Because he feels like he's got away with it this long. He thinks he's getting away with it. What's your advice?

Yeah, what's your advice, Vinnie? The advice on the text is to take him for all that he's worth and hang in there for 13 months. Someone who's a lawyer has just texted me saying the worst thing you can do is listen to people on the radio. What I was going to say, go to a lawyer. Go to a lawyer. Relationship property lawyer is what they said.

I was going to say go to a lawyer and read through your prenup and get assistance from someone who really knows the details. It literally is the worst thing you do is take advice from people. That, of course, was the Super Bowl. And it was quite a one-sided game in the end. Everyone thought the Chiefs potentially could win their third game in a row. But Philadelphia Eagles had other ideas, and they won pretty easy in the end. It took them to the third quarter for the Chiefs to even score.

They were at nil for such a long time. Don't know much about the game, but they did a good job of shutting down Mahomes. That's right. Feels like if the quarterback can't do anything, then you're kind of, you're hamstrung, aren't you? Yeah, exactly. In that game.

Yeah, and we had a bet on though. It wasn't to win. Who was going to win the Super Bowl? It was the big thing the big thing that everyone's talking about what colour was the Gatorade that's something you can bet on overseas, now Ben who's Australian, works overseas

in America, we spoke to him yesterday and he talked about some of the odds of what colour the Gatorade would be that they tip on the coach at the end of the game So they say that about a $2 billion American is going to get bet on the Super Bowl this year. That's about 30% more than last year. I think that maybe purple is going to be the color.

But I will say in the last about 48 hours, I've done the research for you guys. This is the level that I go to for you guys. Thank you. That yellow and orange, which are grouped together on the betting website, have really firmed as a favorite. But someone obviously has contacted the Gatorade supplier and has gotten the inside scoop. Make with that what you will. We didn't listen. Listen back to that, you're right. He said yellow, but

for some reason we contacted him afterwards and we were like well purple, chuck it on purple. No, it's because we just thought the Chiefs were going to win. And the last couple of times the Chiefs have dumped purple Gatorade. That was a theory, that was a good theory. It's a great theory. And unfortunately, it ended up being yellow.

This is the moment at the end of the game where it was 40 litres of Gatorade. And it wasn't even the end of the game. They did it with a few minutes to go. That was the thing. It's a real power move, eh? They're like, we're so short. I know. We've got this game in the bag.

The coach would be like, hang on, I'm still calling. Humiliating if they actually, the other team, make a huge comeback and you're just sitting there drenched in Gatorade. Yeah, this is what happened. And speed away. Uh-oh. Good move there.

Great manoeuvre. A little okey-doke. Oh! Did he have his expensive-looking headphones on? I don't think he did in that moment. Yeah, you want to take those off. Cell phone in your pocket. Is that what everyone was cheering for?

I think so, yeah. So no one's even watching the game anymore either? No, by that stage it was, you know. Oh, that's really funny. You can guarantee someone somewhere on the internet is getting their bee in a bonnet over Gatorade wastage. Well, that Gatorade could have gone to Gaza. You're right, yeah.

But a lot of talk about all the celebrities were there. Of course, Taylor Swift, Paul Rudd, so many celebrities as well. And Kendrick Lamar performed. And Megan, flared jeans. He had flared jeans on. Yeah, but I was here for it. Yeah, that's a real millennial thing. I had a pair of flared jeans back in the day.

They used to get very wet when you'd wear them around. Oh, down beyond your shoes, yeah. But hey, they're back. They're back, apparently. Are you going to run out and buy a pair of their jeans? No, the trick is we're at an age where we can't go too early on this. No, no. Kendrick sees a fashion leader.

He's an icon. We need to give it 12 months. When they're available at Helen Stone Brothers, then we can. Then you're in. John O'Byrne and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Took my son. Neither of us have golfing experience,

but he's like, I want to go and have a bash at golf. So we went to the, you know, the battler, the nine hole public course. No pressure at all. How many holes is it usually? 18. Yeah, but you can always play half, you know, half a round, nine holes if you want. Yeah, right. So this is the kind of golf course where you spend more time apologising

for hitting people with balls than you do getting it in the hole. So it was fine. There was no pressure and sort of meandering around the course. And this guy comes running up. He's bubbing, he's bubbing. He's like, oh, have you seen my mum's range finder? Now, I didn't know what a range finder was. Yeah, what's a range finder?

Well, on hole three, I did find a contraption that looked like something that a doctor would inspect suspicious-looking moles with. Oh, yeah. Or like a private investigator would spy on a cheating spouse with. So it was like a magnifying, you put your eye through it, it would sort of magnify. I saw you look ahead on the course and kind of get to see the terrain that you're trying

to work with. It was a new contraption to me. I had no idea what it was. I gave myself a prostate examination with it actually. But I put it in my pocket and on it it had a name and a number. A guy came in, have you seen my mum's rangefinder? And I assumed he was talking about the thing in my pocket. The guy came in, have you seen my mum's rangefinder? And I assumed he was talking about the thing in my pocket. Yeah, right.

And I was like, oh, here it is here. He's like, I think she left on the second hole or the third hole. We were nearly at the end of the course by now. I was like, I had planned on, there's a number on here. I was going to call it and say. He's like, but you haven't. I was like, no, no, no.

I'm playing golf. and i was gonna hand it into the front desk on the way and then i started over explaining yeah i've got no use for a rangefinder i need a rangefinder yeah but then i was it looked like you had it in your pocket it was in my pocket yeah because you can see to have you see my mind's rangefinder as he's staring at my pocket so he can see the bulky no and so you get to the point where you're over explaining yourself therefore making yourself look good i was like is this how many gold razors ended up in these situations you just want to put stuff in your pocket you forget it's there you walked into a supermarket with an apple once and then ended up paying for it you felt so bad

yeah i felt real guilty about it yeah because i'm like oh god i've got an apple in my pocket so i had to put it in the bag and pay for it on the way out as well. I didn't have to, but I felt like I needed to. Yeah, like, and sometimes you put stuff on the bottom of the pram

in the supermarket and you forget it's there. Do you? Ten packs of meat. Yeah, you do. Yeah, yeah,

yeah. Who are you looking around to for support? I don't know. She's looking at Ellie who doesn't even have a baby. Anyone? She's like,

yeah, yeah, totally do that pram. Hey, four, four, eight, seven.

Okay. Jono, Ben and seven. Hey, that's it. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hit. And I looked at my email program and I had 10,224 unread emails on Gmail. You've really let that get away, haven't you? I have. But then I also try to make myself feel better that, you know,

how sometimes you can read the message without actually opening it. You know, it pops up on a window. So I'd assume like 9,982 of those have all been read. Question, right from the get-go. This is on your Gmail. Yeah. Correct me if I'm wrong. Your work email sends back a little thing and says, I don't check this one.

Yeah, I don't know what's happening on the work one, mate. So this is the email that you do check. Oh, yeah. Good point, actually. He's got a work email and he's like, I don't check this one, so don't bother, basically. Please email this one and then I might look. But I probably won't. That's a very good point, actually. He's got a work email and he's like, I don't check this one, so don't bother, basically. Please email this one and then I might look. But I probably won't. That's a very good point, Megan.

You're right, this is the one he's meant to be across. Yeah. I've just opened the work one. Hey, it's not too bad. 5,171 unread emails on the old work one. Yeah. Yeah, no, that one's just doing its own thing. It's living its best life, the work email.

You're right, I do have a default message. So yeah, I was like, oh, I need to do something to try and clear up space. I have no tech expertise, but I assume this is what was lagging the computer. So, boom! Erratic, impulsive behaviour again. Boom!

Mark all. Boom! I don't know if it would be lagging, because isn't Gmail a house of its own thing? I know. It's stored on your computer. I know. I wasn't know if it would be lagging because isn't Gmail it's housing it's own thing I know it's stored on your computer I know I wasn't going to tell him that

look at your photos look at your videos look at your documents all those sort of things you saved on your computer would be the first step now you're like grandad you're the guy

like you're going to have to check on you with your tech stuff I know I know but you know what I've done is I've gone boom control all

tick tick tick you can click that one button delete and it's like are you sure you want to delete damn right I am clear out the computer boom I know, but you know what I've done is I've gone, boom, control all, tick, tick, tick, you can click that one button, delete. And it's like, are you sure you want to delete? Damn right, I am. Clear out the computer. Boom. So I've got rid of all of my deleted items, all of my sent items.

And as it's transpired over the last seven days, a lot of important information, boom, just gone. Contact, things where I'm like, oh, yeah, there was an email about that. Go to search for it, no trace. And as you said, Ben, I have done further research and clearing Gmail doesn't do anything to increase the speed of your computer. It probably helps out the Google people,

the Gmail people, you know. Oh, thank God. Thanks, mate. Cleared up a bit of disk space. All right, so I'll enter the hits, 4487, let's try and make Jono feel a little bit better. Who has got more unread messages than Jono? Jono, Ben and Megan.

The podcast. The hits. So if you've just joined us, I was just saying I've done a thoughtless purge of my email. Over 10,000 unread emails. I thought I'll get rid of them all on Gmail, clear up some space on the computer. And there's a part of me going,

at some point, I would instantly regret this. Well, not instantly regret. I would regret it in the future. But I didn't realize how quickly I would regret it. Within hours, I was missing emails that I needed to find and very important information. So that's gone.

But we thought we might try and make you feel a little bit better by seeing if there's anyone out there with more unread emails or messages than you. Yeah. What do you say? Are you quite good at your emails? Mine's currently at 31, and that's quite a lot for me.

What have I got? One. I've got one. One? Oh, yeah, he's even better. He's Edmund Guy. And done. It's gone.

Now back to zero. I hate seeing it, like up on the thing on your phone, the little number. Do you just keep it clear the whole time? Yeah, just keep going. He's the type of guy, like he'll get an email,

and he's responding to it straight away. It's gone. Get rid of it. What's kind of like that whole thing your husband works this one touch deal with it now or you know otherwise you're like oh i forgot that email that was like a week ago yeah so well i can't find the email from a week mine's open but i haven't responded megan good morning to you oh good morning great it's lovely to have you On the show this morning Megan Unread emails

What are you sitting at? A little embarrassing 25,186 That's got away on you Now what Have you missed anything Important in your life Because of this?

Probably She's like I don't know She doesn't know This is your final payment This is your final thing. Ignorance is bliss. She wonders whether the power is not on at home.

There's no running water. But then I kind of think it's my approach to phone calls. I'm like, they'll call back if it's important. So like they'll email or there's other ways to get in touch with you. What number do you think it reached where you're like, ah, the horse is bolted? I'm getting a little bit grumpy with me. They said that, yeah, you need to start looking at that and

deleting a few, but you know, I'm enjoying this number. It's good. Well, it's a good conversation starter at parties. Fulfill a radio content on a Tuesday morning. It's done you well. Thank you so much, Megan. Appreciate it. Have a great day, team. You too. Thanks for listening. listening Heather you're on

good morning and Nelson good morning now it's not you yes it is me I mean it's Heather it's not you that's got the

unread messages is what I think he's trying to say yeah I have 25,000 oh you do so it is you yeah

it is you we take it all back it's all you it's all you that information So it is you. It is you. We take it all back. It's all you. It's all you. That information was sent to you by email, John. 25,000, Heather. Yep, 869. I just checked just because you were talking about it.

Wow. Now, are there other areas of your life where you've just really, you've checked out? I read the subject line and go, oh, that's just junk mail. I'll leave it there. Yeah, or a lot of spam too. Yeah, there is a lot of spam.

You're right. Great text through here. My boss has 97,000 unread emails. That's from Ali. I feel like they're just gunning for the 100 now. Yeah, it's true. You're right. You've got to leave it to 100,000 unread emails. That's from Ali. I feel like they're just gunning for the 100 now. Yeah, it's true. You're right. You've got to leave it to 100,000.

God, how do you even approach that? That's just a delete haul. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Now, we read this story the other day about a Northland woman who has broken a world record for the most amount of consecutive ultra marathons. She runs one every single day before work.

51 kilometers at least. That's crazy. I get tired just talking out of breath. Yeah. It's incredible. And she joins us right now on the phone to tell us why. Shannon Lee Litt is her name. Good morning.

Thanks so much for hanging out with us. Oh, good morning, guys. Hope you're well. Great to be on the show. Now, we've done some stuff this morning, but I don't think no one listening, none of us three or anyone listening has done nearly as much as you have already. So what have you already done today? Well, I'll tell you what I've already done.

I have run 51K before work, so very early start. Usually start around 2 a.m. And I, yeah. So you've run an ultra marathon today, but not just today. We read this article on you and we were like, is this a typo? Like how long have you been doing, running ultra marathons for every day before work? Yeah, I've been doing a consecutive ultra marathon. I just finished day 402 and it's part of a Guinness World Record,

an official attempt to do the most consecutive ultramarathons for a female. And so I'm on day 402. The record is 200. So I've gone well over the record, doubled the record. You can stop now. Stop, Shannon, stop. You're forest gumping it. Wow.

That's incredible. And just to put that, so it's 51Ks a day you're doing. And to put that in perspective for people people maybe you live in Christchurch that's like running from Christchurch CBD to Rangiora and back again every day or in Auckland running from Auckland to Pukakohe every day. It's crazy.

Yeah, so what made you decide to do this? I just wanted a personal challenge I was going to do the marathon record most consecutive marathons but then someone else did that so I decided I'll just go to do the marathon record, most consecutive marathons, but then someone else did that, so I decided I'll just go and do the ultra record. I love it, and I wouldn't change it for the world. I set myself a personal challenge to try

and not have Heineken's between Monday and Thursday, generally, but I'm having a shocking start to the year, to be honest. But you're running 51km. Now, Grace is also, producer Grace has just sent through too. Every week you're running from Auckland to the Hawke's Bay. Yeah, it's wild.

Oh, wow. I always do a minimum of 51K usually. So every day discipline, this is weekends as well, getting up at 2 o'clock in the morning? Yeah, usually. Although at the weekends sometimes I change it. Like, you know, if I've had a, what should we say, a big night, if I've been having like three or four beers, which is very rare,

but if I do, then, you know, I might change the start time to like 6 a.m. So I get a bit of a sleep in. The beer usually helps with the carb load. Lazy. Going through a pair of running shoes, how often? I usually go through a pair every two weeks, but I alternate shoes. Depends on the terrain I'm running in. I wear a variety of shoes.

I wear lots of different brands. It just depends on availability as well. So, yeah, I burn through a lot of shoes for in. I wear a variety of shoes. I wear lots of different brands. It just depends on availability as well. So yeah, I burn through a lot of shoes for sure. I'm not going to lie. My gym shoes currently, I think I bought them two years ago. Bit of a difference. What motivates you to do this every day? Obviously, you passed the record now.

You're still going. So what makes you get up every morning and do this? What makes me get up? I think it's just now a habit. But it's still a personal challenge, and I've got a number. I have a goal in mind about how many I want to do. Hopefully I don't get knocked out by injury or illness or anything like that. I have had a

few hard runs where I've run on food poisoning at the end of the year, so yeah, it just depends. Anything can come up, so I just take it day by day. Because life as well. You've got to run your life. Have you got a job that you need to go to after you've run since 2 o'clock every morning? Yes. i work i do work i am a criminal lawyer and so i i go to court i work in the whangarei district court and also mainly in the kai koe district court so i

do actually still have to travel a little bit i just find that actually doing the running helps me with a lot of clarity in my job and helps me work things out as well. So if anyone's keen to come for a run, then, yeah, feel free to let me know. Ben is. Ben will meet you tomorrow morning, 2 o'clock. Do you reckon I could just turn up and do 51Ks with you? I don't think so. Oh, tomorrow's one's a really tough one.

It's that I'm heading to Cape Bret, which is really technical and super trail-y. So we're going to do 30K on there, and then I'll just do another 21K to fish hopefully along the road. So that'll be an exciting day. Don't come to that one. No, he likes super trail-y stuff. What time are you heading to bed, if you don't mind me asking? Yeah, sometimes I'll go to bed at 7 o'clock, sometimes 7.30.

Today my alarm went off at 1.15, 1.30 and I started at 2am But ideally seven hours sleep is pretty good So when you say you're running at two, you're actually running by two So you're getting up just after one o'clock Yes, well I usually like to have half an hour before I actually As soon as I jump out of bed I like to have about half an hour before I actually, as soon as I jump out of bed, I like to have about half an hour before I get up and start the day. That's the middle of the night!

I'm getting up pretty early. I'm going to try and be more disciplined. Yeah, you should. You definitely should. You're lacking in discipline, that's for sure. Well done. You've somehow managed to make our entire audience feel lazy. Well done though. This is incredible. This is amazing and all the very best. Well done, though. This is incredible. This is amazing.

And all the very best. Well done on breaking a record, doing this for so long. And good luck for whatever goal you've got in mind. I hope you achieve it. I'm sure you will to get to that. Thank you. Whatever mark you want to get to. Thank you very much.

Lovely talking to you. And I'll come back to you guys once I've finished the goal. Then I'll be back on the radio and telling you all about it. Would love to talk to you. You stay safe out there. Thank you. Have a great day, guys. See you, Shannon.

How incredible is that? Someone's just texting going, what's her daily step count? Looking at it, it's anywhere between 48,000 and 63,000 steps a day. Huge. Amazing thing she's done. Shove you 10,000 steps up your leg. She could just eat anything. That's what I go for.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. The show Ben was at the Super Bowl yesterday to see the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Chiefs, and he joins us again this morning. How's it going, Ben? Hi, guys. How are you?

Still out and about in New Orleans, are we? What's happening? It's 50% off all NFL merch, so I'm going to the NFL shop and I'm stocking up. I'm going to be a full kit guy. That's going to be me tomorrow. Especially the Chiefs. On extra discount. Good time to buy. Now, what was it like being there?

It looked incredible on the TV, even though the game wasn't quite as close as some people were picking, it still looked like an incredible experience. Yeah, I can imagine that you guys, if you were watching on TV, you probably tuned out straight after the halftime show because the game was pretty much in the bag after the end of the first half. But in terms of an experience, it was unbelievable.

I was in Vegas last year, as you guys know, but this year was like something else entirely. Those Philadelphia Eagles fans, they are rowdy at like the best of times. And then after the game, we saw them at the worst of times where they were pretty mental. What were they doing? What did you see? Okay, so here's the thing, right? In Philly, there's a tradition where the city has to grease the light poles so they don't climb up.

And they had to do the same thing here in New Orleans for the very first time ever. They greased all of the light poles so none of the fans could climb up, and they had to do the same thing here in New Orleans. For the very first time ever, they greased all of the light poles so none of the fans could climb up. We have to grease all the poles around the office for Ben as well, otherwise he's going to be climbing up there at morning tea. So I understand. Feel their pain. No, I've heard.

Now, obviously, a lot of celebrities at the game. We saw Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Adam Sandler, Paul Rudd, Pete Davidson, Taylor Swift, she got booed. But then in some ways I was thinking, well, there Sandler, Paul Rudd, Pete Davidson, Taylor Swift. She got booed. But then in some ways I was thinking, well, there's a lot of Eagles fans, as you say. So maybe it's that connection rather than disliking Taylor. That's what I'm hoping. Pretty much. I put it this way, right?

So when Sean Johnson played for the Warriors, I'd boo him because I'm a Sharks fan. When he played for the Sharks for a couple of years, he was my favorite player. I loved him. And then he went back to the Warriors and I was like, damn, that's Sean Johnson. Same with Taylor. She grew up as an Eagles fan. She grew up in Philadelphia. She's now obviously gone over to the Chiefs.

And the Philadelphia fans, who I've just explained, they take this very seriously, obviously taking that to heart, the fact that she deserted them. So that's why they booed. They're just upset that she jumped ship. She's a traitor. To them, she is, yeah. Yeah just upset that she jumped ship. She's a traitor. To them, she is, yeah. Yeah, right. Now, we put a big bet on,

thank you for putting a bet on for us, for the colour of the Gatorade that was dumped over the winning coach. We blocked in purple, and it turned out to be yellow. Yeah, so that's the start and end of our new gambling segment that we're going to do on the show together.

It turned out to be yellow. But to be fair, I was expecting a Chiefs victory. The last couple of years, it's been purple and the Chiefs have won. So that's my excuse. Do you happen to know if the Chiefs had purple Gatorade in their bucket? You know what? That's a great question. No one has actually said.

Like a few years ago, someone actually saw the powder getting put in to mix up. And I think a lot of people made a lot of money out of that. But I did keep an eye on it. But no one was opening the tub until full time. And obviously with the Chiefs, it didn't get opened at all. If I was, you know, part of an organized crime, I'm too disorganized to be part of organized crime. But I would definitely bribe someone on the staff. Are you sure the yellow Gatorade wasn't all the athletes' urine samples too

and they didn't get it mixed up? It could have been. Hey, here's another one. Can I have permission to be somewhat inappropriate with you guys? Yeah, go for it. Yeah, I guess. It depends how far you're going. We only just kind of know you, but all right.

So there was a market on a betting site of whether Donna Kelsey, who is Travis's mum, whether she would show cleavage on the TV coverage. What? Now, she is a grandparent. And I think it's like, A, somewhat inappropriate to take bets on that. B, if you're Donna Kelsey and you see that, do you maybe put a lot of money on yes, which is like a heavy underdog, and then maybe just get your most revealing outfit out?

And what was the result? How much did you make? I got to say that my suggestions did not get to Donna and she probably got me escorted out of her suite. It's all good. Isn't it like it's the middle of winter over there too? Very cold. Now we need to talk about Kendrick Lamar,

obviously the halftime performance. A lot of people are talking about the track that he played, that this is Drake. Serena Williams, who came out as a cameo. She's Drake's ex. I mean, there seemed to be a few shots fired at Drake. Oh, yeah. And even said, I want to play your favorite song, but I might get sued. Like the whole production, like it took up the whole field.

And you've got to remember that they've only got probably like, I'd say, 90 seconds to two minutes to set it all up. And then even worse, to get it all back off the field because the players need to come on and start, you know, practicing and warming up for the second half. How many people are doing that? Because you're watching it all happen in real time. How many people does it take to set up and pack down? Oh, you'd say hundreds, probably say a couple of hundred people setting it all up. They're running, they've all got all their different jobs. One person's putting the car on the stand and someone's building, you know, there was like four different stages.

Like it was an unbelievable effort. They actually performed better than the Chiefs did during the game.