Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: The Biggest Life Events You Slept Through!

Episode Date: August 17, 2025

On today’s show: The boys put Megan’s ‘healthy’ pancakes to the test! Megan body shames Ben... Jono drops a wild fact about President Putin, but is it actually true? How early is too early for Christmas shopping? Our New York reporter Nicole sets the record straight on the true meaning of “fanny.” Listeners reveal the biggest events they’ve slept through: concerts, earthquakes, even a war! Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFASTFacebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The John O'Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to HelloFresh. Your home advantage for delicious midweek dinners, everyone will love. Welcome to the podcast on a Monday. We're going to get to us trying Megan's pancake recipe next. My new recipe. It's healthy. I'm all down for healthy, but that's not disappointing. That's definitely when you're like.

It's different, I guess, when you haven't been eating sugar anyway. So it still feels like a treat. For you, you're like, so for health-based reasons you've gone on a no-sugar diet. So I didn't realize, well, obviously, I didn't even think about it, but no fruit. Well, just, yeah, limited fruit. Because, yeah, obviously fruit have more natural sugars, but they are sugary, you know, like it, but not like... And usually I would smash a lot of fruit, but it's, you know, still a bit of sugar. Do you feel, because fruits, you know, that's an important part of the food pyramid.

Do you feel like you're lacking anything, not having fruit? No, I don't, so I have berries and stuff, and I might have half a banana every now and then. Treat yourself? Just just trying to do everything in moderation, you know. Yeah, got to me. Now, do you feel better with this new regime? All the same. You do.

But you're miserable inside, though, right? No, I'm not. Your insights are better at the same time. Inside you're miserable. Like, you're feeling better, but miserable. No, I'm not miserable. You are. You're miserable, like, you're living.

No, but the cravings go away. So I'm like, I'm not really seeing there. I don't know if I can have this apple because it's got high in sugar. You know, it's an apple. No, but if I want the apple or just eat the apple, it's not that serious. So you won't have, like, you can't have chocolate now? Nah. Well, I mean, I can, but I'm choosing not to

For health reasons Do I say miserable? Miserable existence I'm not miserable No, you're not actually Do you have more energy or you feel? Yeah, I do, I do, yeah But I'm not, I don't need to preach to anyone else You either want to do it

And you don't, you don't preach it's why I'm asking you Because you hardly ever speak about it But I just bring in my horrible pancakes So you try it, you'll hear it in a second You know, it was fine It just felt like it would need a lot of like syruple Which defeats the pears. You know, a lot of fruit on top of it with natural sugar.

That's what I'm a banana. Half a banana. Treat you out. Love a half banana on top of that. And we also got talking about what you accidentally stole as well. And Glenys, welcome to the podcast intro. You ran away from a restaurant. I did.

I accidentally did a bit of a dime day. Oh, accidentally. So what did you sit? Well, I think, did Robert Irwin admit to doing that the other day? Yeah. So did you just walk out without paying? Yeah, so I went to lunch with colleagues And normally you'd pay when you ordered

And the cafe on this day was quite busy So they said just go to the table And we'll take your order So we did that and we ordered And we sat and had a beautiful lunch And then we left and didn't pay And it wasn't until I was driving home that night That suddenly I realised

Jiminy Cricket I haven't actually paid for my lunch And I rang them up and apologise for a firstly and had to go back the next day and pay and found out another work colleague hadn't paid either so it was a complete accident and I did rectify the situation Oh good on you, Glenys, yeah

I imagine a lot of people would do that at dinner too If they have a few wines and then all you know Celebrations going on let's go out let's go out And I'd probably wander out without playing From a busy restaurant Well it hasn't been a bit of a liquid lunch as well So that probably didn't help Yeah I had been a liquid lunch there go

That's why you would have forgotten to pay. We've had a few people. When we owned a cafe, we had a few people accidentally walk off. And my husband was always like, go chase him down. I was like, I'm not bloody chasing down anyone. So you'd have to run down the street and be like, um, sorry. Yeah, I don't know. Were someone chasing me or going back in the street the next day to pay.

No, good on you. So I think the next day is a bit better. Are people embarrassed? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Everyone, no one's ever done it purposefully. It's always, yeah, an accident. Well, good on you, Glenn.

for being an upstanding citizen and also using the phrase Jiminy Crickets as well. Yeah, that was nice. I like that one. You have a great day. We appreciate you listening. No problem.

Have a glimpse. And we appreciate you guys listening to the podcast. Here we go. John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Cool to see James Cameron. They act, sorry,

the director and writer from films like Titanic and Avatar made a New Zealand citizen last week. Oh, wow. Yeah, very, very cool. He would have had to do the ceremony. He did, have to do the ceremony as well with his wife. Imagine being there in James Cameron's in your group.

Hey, Jimmy. Very cool. Now, Megan's brought a sample in for us to try. Now, this is not a Vladimir Putin sample that we were discussing earlier. And Megan wants us to acknowledge, too. She said it's stored, because if you just joined the show, his team, the Secret Service, take his extrament when he's traveling overseas. They don't let it flush.

Take it back to Russia. Take it back to Russia. And Megan said, that goes back in a tin. Yeah, you miss my joke. I said yes. There is, in fact, a poo tin. The Putin, well done.

You missed that. You glazed over it. I was so proud of myself. I was a lot going on in that conversation. Also, I was like, maybe you could just hold it for a few days. He could hold it. You can hold it back. We'll do it when we get back to Russia.

Like, where you're like, how long to go on a road trip? You know, that sort of thing. I think I can hold it for another two days. So it's not one of those samples. No. So at the weekend, my kids were like, I want pancakes. And I'm like doing no sugar. I'm trying to be healthy.

So I was like, I want pancakes too. So I'm going to make pancakes that I can eat. And I've tried lots of different recipes. It's really hard to make healthy ones that have like a good consistency. Are you forcing this upon the rest of the household, though? You're boring pancakes, are you? Yeah, I am. So I...

Why can't they enjoy normal pancakes? Yeah, I know. You know how much I love cottage cheese. So I've made pancakes with cottage cheese, eggs and oats. Sounds horrific. Why just get one of those bottle things, put water in there, shake it up, and the way you go. This has got protein in it. It's healthier for you.

I brought one in. Granted, it's cold and I made it yesterday. Yeah, all right. And it's got blueberries in it. Blueberry pancakes, okay. It's got a blueberry in it. Jono's having a bite, a good bit of blueberry in there. Okay.

Taste like I'm eating a foam mattress. Taste like a foam mattress. Yeah, like you stay a sleepover as a kid and you're like, oh, I got that one. You know, those little, yeah, the mattress is that. Oh, it's actually bad. You look like you're going for seconds It doesn't taste like It's not offensive

But it just doesn't taste like anything Yeah So I did give it to my kids And I put a little bit of chocolate chip in it And my I was like What do you think? You're going to have to put a lot of syrup on this really Or something

It had a couple of chocolate chips in it And my kids turned around And I'm bashing was like Are these new? And I was like yes Yeah they are best deep And he said These are the worst I've ever eaten

He's not wrong. He's not going, I might as well get a knife, put a hole in the wall here and eat the sponge out of the wall. He said these are the worst pancakes I've ever eaten. I was like, oh. Like the, yeah. Even the blueberries have given up on tasting flavor. That's why we put another bite.

I was like, maybe I didn't get enough of a blueberry. They're so high in protein. Proofs are like, oh, well, this is bland. Time to give up, blueberries. Lenders with the background on that one. Well, thank you, make it. Lovely. You can take a rest of that.

You're not going to eat the whole thing. No, hell no. John O'Bennon and Megan. The podcast. The Hits. Winter, not quite over yet. The next couple of days around the country, you expect it to be cooler.

Thunderstorms potentially in the north later on today, but things getting a little better as we head towards the weekends. Two weeks today till spring. What does that mean? That's probably still going to be cold in there. Yeah, I don't hold much over spring here. Daylight savings count down. You love that, don't you?

Three, four, five, six weeks. Six weeks until daylight savings. But it was nice of weather over the weekend I don't mind the cold nice days though Something refreshing about that gun deep into your nostrils Isn't it? Having a clear day I do some stuff outside or you know outside

And it was actually quite nice weather So I put on some shorts And I decided to wear some short shorts I bought myself a pair of Warriors shorts Many many years ago But I don't have the confidence to wear them in public I don't say that Why?

Well because my legs are not conducive to shorts They're not and I put them on and you could tell my family even my family You wear the shorts Don't let the shorts wear you I know but I know I know as well too

His legs look like they've got an eating disorder Very skinny They're like honestly the smaller side They still look like I'm wearing like a parachute You know like they're a lot bigger My legs don't fill them out You should just wear the shorts And my kids started shaming me

He started body shaming leg shaming you I know I know you don't know you're not meant to I was like yeah you don't mean to body shame in 2025 But they were like Even my daughter seen it's just like Like my legs are bigger than your legs. And she stood next to me, I'm like, you're right. My legs are just, they're not big.

You skipped leg day for his entire life. Yeah. I feel really bad for you. Don't, don't, don't, day. It's not. They're only legs, they still work. Yeah, they still work. There's bigger problems in the world.

You know, like, I found it funny. This summer, you need to wear the shorts. I do, but John, I knows every year I would go, hey, this is the year. Because guys look cool on the beach. I'm always like, they're wearing the leg shorts. You look cold, too. It sounds like my mum This show's not me to make you feel sad for him

I do The more you feel sad for him He's like this is pitiful It's because he's wearing a warrior's jacket today And I know how much he loves it And he's bought a peer of warrior shorts And now he's like They're just sitting at home staring at him

I know Even around the house The kids are like Don't wear them around the house They don't even allow they around it Well they were fine But they still mock me for it You know like

I didn't even wear them in the public What about like When you get like tanned legs Is it better? No, it's not really, well, it's not really the tanned, you know. Can you take a photo of you in them? I can, yeah. And we'll put that on the hits breakfast.

Maybe everyone can pump you up. My legs can be pumped up. It's totally nice. I'll tell you what, if you're looking for some confidence, I tell you, the internet is the place to go for it. So definitely put that photo up, mate. What do you think, internet? Yeah.

Now we've got Nicole's husband on the phone. Nicole, good morning to you. You haven't got the husband. He wouldn't put his hand up to say that he's got, legs like Ben and wear shorts every day. Okay, so he wears shorts. Now, I can we get away with shorts that are longer, more towards the knee? But as soon as they start creeping up towards the crotch, it's just my legs aren't,

they're not the legs for it. Yeah, well, the only suggestion I have for them, Ben, is do it Jono and ink your whole leg. Oh, right. And then no one can tell. Okay. Like full leg tats. Or I can draw on some shorts, ink shorts.

Yeah, get tattooed shorts on, yeah. Get a little logo. As you guys listening right now, New Balance, Nike, whatever, I put your logo on the corner as well. That's sponsored. The thing is I don't think anyone apart from league players can really pull off league shorts Yes For the most part

I just think Like people always say Oh I couldn't possibly wear that The only thing that's stopping you is you Just wear the shorts Yeah I know but I know Deep down that it's not for me And there's a huge risk

They're so short That you know Precious parts could actually dangled out the bottom You got away underpants Ben's not at risk No Don't pretend like he's at risk

From going to say Now you've started body chatting me You're a roller coaster, mate You're in my back before now So, no, I see It's okay when your body shame is private part Is it? Okay, all right, I see the line in the sand here

You can't mock Ben's small legs But you can mock a small genitalia I see how this works Yeah, all right John O'Ben and Megan The podcast The Hits Okay, how are you going to segue

From costumes to Putin? Well, over the weekend, obviously, the big piece I haven't got a Putin costume Put it away You should get a Putin costume No, I'm not that keen. I've got a Trump mask. No, I'm not that keen on that either.

You know on that as well? He's got morals when it comes to costumes. There's a line in the sand. So, yeah, they had the big peace summit, didn't they, in Alaska? Which I didn't realize it was part of Russia, once upon a time, Alaska. Right. Now, US, of course. And so Trump flew Putin over there, and he arrived in his plane, and there was a big

crazy jet. Do you see that stealth jet flying over his head when he landed? Insanity. But anyway, from what I gather, I don't think much happened. No, I think it was meant to. like negotiate a ceasefire but it didn't happen Putin said

I want to keep everything that we got from the Ukraine already and I want a little bit more so I don't know where that Trump went to oh I can't do that Trump was like nothing less than peace how about a snail costume so anyway

I'm on Instagram okay and I want a disclaimer I'll front foot this that I haven't fact checked it and I only even fact checked this has been in our run sheet for three ducks this has been in a thing go

Jono's got this crazy fact so you haven't I've avoided fact-checking because I want it to be true. Okay. Okay. So this is when Putin... Megan's already typing. She's on her, buddy.

What is it? Perplexity. Perplexity is the most factually correct piece of AI in the market. That's what she always says, didn't she? It sounded just like Megan, too. So this pops up on my Instagram feed. Putin, so when he travels abroad, Putin's bodyguards collect his excrement on trips aboard and take them back to Russia with them.

now it sounds so that like you're on a camper van holiday correct and so once once he's done something they put it in a bag and it travels in its own special briefcase back to Russia and this sounds crazy on the surface but the reason being is there's been long standing rum is that he has terminal

cancer so he doesn't want everyone like who's sifting through it like if international relations have got to the point where we're sifting through Putin's let's let's reset let's push the reset. Yeah, true. He'll come out one of those things that'll come out in New Zealand.

There's still COVID around this area in the waste of water. Meth usage is high. Oh, and Putin's been here. Okay, Megan. Now, they do this for security reasons. I guess, in theory, it would be like, oh, he's not well.

You know, if we just buy a time, he'll die soon and we can... Seems like a lot of effort to go to, but Megan... A fact checked. Yeah. Oh, please don't let me down. Don't let me down.

Yes. It's true! They put his poo in a tin. They do! Oh, it's a win. It's a win for prior. They collect his feces and his urine, and they take it back to Russia. Wow.

It is done by the Russian Federal Protection Service. When you signed up to the special service, the secret service in Russia, when you're a child, you're like, I wonder I'm going to work for the secret service? You never would have imagined that in your wildest dreams. How do they? No. I really hope it's like when I walk the dog. He starts sniffing around.

You're like, oh, here we go. This is not what I thought I'd be asking AI this morning. I'm like, how do they collect it? They get out a bag, and they're like, oh, yeah, the bread bag from home. They're like, okay. The bread bag, the tip-top bread bag. Put it in the suitcase. So they get back to Russia.

They have special packets that they then seal. Oh, my goodness. And there's their dedicated suitcase. It's called the stool suitcase. The whole time I'm thinking. And it's guarded. Has you not heard of flushing? Just flush it down, mate.

There's not someone from the US waiting for it to come down the tube. There are going. Yeah, we got it, we got it, guys. They're six or seven security personnel dedicated to the storm service. Wow, what a wild fact. You think you're having a rough day at work. John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast.

The Hids. Pacifiers are a thing in China, just reading about at the moment. Apparently lots of adults are getting them like the babies would have, but they're apparently quite good for anxiety, smoking. A lot of people are using them to anti-smoking and improve sleep as well. Not so good. Like, isn't that just what a lollipop is? Yeah, I guess it's not as healthy.

Does it improve your street cred too? Well, I don't know if it's improved street cred at the moment. I guess it's probably like the COVID mask. When everyone's doing it, it's fine. But when you're all by yourself. Yeah, just wear a mask over top and no one or not. Well, that's a good way. Just see it going back and forward.

Yeah. But do you say Japan? China. China. Yeah. Do you know, I've been tempted to try. No, actually, I'm not missing it. You got driving gloves, didn't you?

I did. No, but do not think that sometimes. it looks quite soothing when the kids have like a bottle. Oh, you want to drink out of a baby bottle? I guess it would probably be quite so. You can't put your chardonnay there in there on a Friday night. Yeah, I suppose you could, yeah.

Because then you can drink it lying down. So they do that at hens parties and things, don't they? That's right. Someone's going to come over, I'm going to be lying and be it on a Friday night, drinking wine, drinking a savvy out of a more kids bottle. No, there would be less judgment. Less judgment over that if I came over and you were sucking a pacifier. Oh, really?

Yeah. Okay, good. So feel safe. now you've you've begun a task which is 129 days away I've just looked 129 days away wow okay and it's not to make anyone feel bad this is honestly like a wee hack of mine I started my Christmas shopping god you're a nerd but it's because you can spread the costs out oh yeah that's smart that is very smart so I can I have an idea in my mind of you know who I need to buy for and then when I see something pop up on sale I get it I just get it

and then I tick it off my list, and I get an early run-in. I guess it's smart. Because otherwise, you're doing it all in December or whatever, and that's a huge cost and more of a burden. I prefer the panicked stress and drowning in debt of doing it on the week off. That's what I like. The malls, you know, the traffic, the chaos. That's Christmas.

Everyone's all the thrill of Christmas. Not even Santa would have begun. You know, you're more organised than Santa Claus himself. No, Santa does it all year. He doesn't get around to October, I reckon in October maybe. What is he doing in the first seven months? Chills. Chills.

He's bloody retirement age as the poor fella. He's still working. That's pretty impressive. So how much of Christmas shopping would you have done so far? So I've started for my kids and my husband. Wow. And I said, I was like, also I said don't check the bag you count because I've started for Christmas showing.

Good play from me. Oh, I see. I see. And I'm like, one for Christmas, one for me. Do you know, honestly, we didn't get around to gifting presents with some friends of their family was going to come over, we're going to have a present exchange. That exchange never happened.

Oh my God. Have you still got the present? Still got the present. So we've collectively agreed it's rolled over. Rolled over to this Christmas. But like it's for the kids, right? It's for the kids, yeah. Is it a timely, like, are they going to age out of it?

It's their problem. That's their problem for growing up. Poor Patrol, I'm 16. It's been a long time since we've called up to. Okay, 0800, we want to put this out there. 4487 is the text. We'd love you to call us all text us this morning. Has anyone completed their Christmas shopping?

No one's, surely no one's as nerdy as Megan. Have you started it? Yeah, like surely someone hasn't had it now. We did it. Like, you do it with your Christmas shopping. People like, you know, save up and do what is it called to get tokens and stuff for Christmas so you can buy all your groceries? Why not spread out the presents as well?

John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Have you already started your Christmas shopping like Megan or maybe you've completed it already? 129 days away. Now, this is the Christmas shopping for the family. Santa's got his own shopping regime that he does for his presence. But he's also started.

Yeah. Well, like I said, I think he's organized. He gets all the labour. They get all that done. He's surprised he hasn't been in a investigation into that labour. Oh, yeah, right, you're talking about the elves. Yeah, the elves. He works those elves pretty hard all year round, doesn't he?

They've got deadlines, though. They've got deadlines. Just the delivery guy. I knew about it when they signed up for it. Natalie, good morning. Good morning. How are you? It's good.

It's good. We're good. Something's good. How are you though, Becky? I'm very good, thank you. She's organised. You sound organised. You know when you hear someone speaking, you're like they have their life in order. I am a nerd. I do my Christmas shopping way too early. When would you have it done by? By July. Wow. Does that make you jealous, Megan Pappas? Does, yeah. Why do you get it done so early? I'm not against it.

because I normally decorate my house for Christmas and so by doing all of that is when we sing later Yeah Okay go on so it's done already for this year Yes Done Are you a Christmasy person are you

I am I'm a real Christmas nerd My mum's like that Every time she comes from Christchurch Another box or decorations and so Which is lovely It'll be lovely heirloons But I'm not as into Christmas as any prior

I don't understand like How Because it's like It's such a cool all time. There's like festivities. Don't get me wrong. I love it, but I'm not Christmas lights, decorations. I'm not spending three weeks putting lights on the house

or anything. Is that what you do, Becky? I leave them up. I leave the lights up. Oh, that's smart. I normally make decorations from plywood and paint them and put them up in my front yard. Okay. You need to leave your number with our producer because we need

to be best friends. We're on the same vibe. Can you both schedule that into your calendars? None. Friend time. How are you going on you, Becky? Have a good one. That's impressive.

Thank you. See you, mate. There we go. Lou, good morning to you. Good morning. Great to have you on. Again, another. You can just hear the organisation immediately, can't you?

Yeah, well organised every year. So when have you done your Christmas shopping by? So I always start in August every year after my birthday. And I'm usually done by October. beginning November. Wow. What about your Halloween costume? When are you sorting that out?

That is my big thought now. I'm like, Halloween's coming up, guys. You've got to get that done first. Yeah, yeah. I've already investigated Halloween costume. Good. God, I'm glad that's on your radar as well. It's on on Megan's radar.

She hasn't even thought about it. How is Lizzie Isick is your family about Halloween compared to you? My wife, very little. My kids, a lot. A lot. So there's a passion for that project. Yeah, that's good. Good on you, Lou.

down on being better than the rest of us. And Elizabeth, when do you get the Christmas shopping done, mate and Megan's already started? I start on Boxing Day just because it was a sales. What, you start Boxing Day for the next Christmas? Yeah, I just find

a really good hiding place and just keep them all. That is diabolical. Wow. You forget what you'd had. You'd be like, Def, I bought, but obviously you don't. Some of those people you might not even love in 12 months time. Listen, I've got you a present anyway

I know it's had a falling out Is it all completed, is it Elizabeth? It's not completed Yeah, I'll kind of just go along the year And then wrap them up close to Christmas Good on you, good on you Listen, I know I keep going nerd nerd nerd But I wish I was as an organised

You know, it would relieve a lot of pressure At the tail end of the year Where does this stem from, Megan? I think it might be the fact That my dad does his Christmas shopping on Christmas Eve Oh, Christmas Eve He would always go like four, five o'clock. And he's like, do you know what, if there's a boxing day sale in the window?

Because they put up their stuff, you know, the boxing day sales. Because they've got the next day off, so they have to be organised, I see. If it's in the window, he's like, you can argue that you get that sale price. So he's gone in 50% off before. Probably because they just wanted him to leave. There might be stuff that's going to go. I know, it's a real roll of the dice. No, that's too late.

So this is from childhood trauma. You're organising. Yeah, I'm like, no, I'll do it. Well in advance. My mum's terrible Christmas rapping so I'm like Yes, make it better

Yeah John O'Benn and Megan The podcast The Hads Taylor Swift podcast Her first ever podcast It was on her boyfriend Travis Kelsey's

podcast that he does with his brother Jason The former football Well one is a former footballer One still plays Normally a bit more of a footballing podcast And I thought it was really smart

They started with some football banter with Taylor Swift at the start And she actually showed That she said that She knew nothing at the start knew nothing of that world and now she's obsessed with it

and she even called out a whole lot of defensive place we're talking about cover two cover four cover zero man we're talking we're we're learning I continue to learn maybe somebody else that even knows what those coverages are yeah I'm not ready to be an analyst

right now but give me 16 months she's obsessed with all the trades to the player trades that are happening smart play I thought for a podcast where some dudes would probably come to it going on Oh, this is normally about, you know, football.

And it was fact they talked football at the start. I thought it was smart. Did you hear any of that, me? And because you fell asleep pretty quickly. I heard that, but at the start, yeah. We listened to it in the car ride, back from Tohunga. And, yeah, it was a good long podcast, and Megan missed every part of it.

I woke up to them saying goodbye in our bottom was. Now, there's theories going around the internet that she's been planting seed. She's playing half-time Super Bowl next year. I did mention this on Friday, I said to you, because it's orange, the colour of the Kansas City Chief, or the colours of red and yellow. What does that mix together? Orange, that's what she's promoting for a new album.

Also, Orange is California, hint to that. But there's new theories as well. She talked about loving sourdough at the moment, and she's thinking about sourdough 60% of the time. This Super Bowl will be the 60th, and it's going to be played at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara. Their mascot is a sourdough, sourdough Sam. Boom, and then she said when old mate was screaming her name

at the beginning, Jason Kelsey, Thanks for screaming for 47 seconds. Yeah. And then 47 means something apparently. I can't remember what that is. Yeah. Okay, so yeah. So theories here again next year?

Super Bowl. I reckon she's doing the Super Bowl halftime show. 100%. Here she is talking about sourdough. Sourd has taken over my life in a huge way. I'm really talking about bread 60% of the time. It's a loaf story.

Baby just say yeast. There's an odd line of when you actually reflect on it. They really zeroed down on the sourdough banter, didn't they? We were listening to it. The number 47 is she played at that stadium. It was her 47th gig of her eras tour at Levi Stadium. Yeah, do you think they went through and they're going to plant these little moments here? The podcast, she loves numerology.

So she's planting Easter. You don't remember any of that. You sleep for the whole thing. No, it's just what I've read on the internet. I read on the Instagram videos. Yeah, dirty money and views on YouTube in 24 hours on that. It's just climbing. It's huge.

Now you said they're going to be interesting to see what their next podcast is like Megan once they go back to old Barry, Barry Football. I mean they have had Brad Pitt and Adam Sandler recently on podcasts. They've had a good run. Yeah, but they are going back into the football season a couple of weeks. Now go back to the defensive linebacker Gary, Gary Football and see how he goes. See how his numbers are. Or maybe this is a whole new thing.

Maybe this becomes that, you know. Might expand it out. Not again. Spencer Boone, it is the Hits Breakfast, John I've been and Megan. The All Blacks had a win over the weekend, as did the Warriors back inside the top four, which is good news, and huge amount of people watching the darts over the weekend to 10,000 people at Spark Arena over two days. It looked very epic as well, the world champs of darts in New Zealand.

I love a sport where you don't have to be athletic, you know? It takes a lot of skill, don't you? Oh, yeah. They're very talented, aren't they? A huge amount of skill, and the oldest-looking 18-year-old you'll ever see. We won. Talk at the competition. It was like 35.

Luke, Luke, congratulations. Yeah, the darts is massive all around the world, isn't it? It's pretty cool. It looks like a great vibe. And our also great vibe was Taranga. Last week we were there for 24 hours hanging out, and we went out for dinner, took Daniela, our Italian correspondent out for dinner. She's been living in Tauranga for many years.

We took out for dinner, and it was great. We had a great time. It was lovely to meet Daniela face to face because she was very much looking forward to meeting us. We will finally see each other on flesh. We did see each other on flesh. We did see each other on flesh. Right, we did. But we had a moment, and we touched on this very briefly on Friday,

and we need to bring this back, that one of us was caught in, well, theft. Red-handed. Yeah, a bag-snatching scandal. Okay, so can I paint the picture here? Because I feel like I really need to explain where this all came from. So we were leaving the restaurant that we were in with Danielle. We'd fed her the McCain pizza, fed her the canned spaghetti. been in wonderful evening

walking out waiter comes up to me and goes oh there's a bag and a jacket and I'm thinking must be Megan's bag and jacket because I can see her wandering out with no bag or jacket

Right So this is at the table where we were sitting at Okay Hand it over to me Okay Now as we're wandering around the rest of it I'm like what I'll do

is a gag reveal Okay with Megan So I'm holding it behind my back So if you see that CCTV footage It might look like I'm trying to hide or conceal The content Definitely definitely does

So I'm walking around with it behind my bag. And we walk outside the restaurant, and Megan turns around, and I'm like, here's going to be the moment. She's like, thank you for bringing my bag and jacket. And I hold it out in front. You stopped wide-eyed looking at me holding it, and I said, going, hmm, mm-hmm, what are you doing? And you said, whose bag and jacket is that? Words you never want to hear.

No, you're right. And you were like, it's yours. It's like, it is it. I tried to gaslight her into thinking it was. It is not. We were staying literally across the road. So I'd left everything at the hotel. I'd just taken my phone.

Which I found out then in that moment. So I'm like, dear God, who's bag of jacket is this? Okay, then I go back in. Poor Daniela. Daniela's in a right fluster. She's in the kitchen, she's looking at the kitchen, she's asking the stuff. She's panicking, and I'm like, is this your bag of a jacket? She's like, thank God, I thought someone stole it.

Technically someone did. Yeah, we never met it before. It would have been a long play for us to finally build up the trust with our over months talking to her on the radio, finally get to meet her and then snatch your bag and jacket. Complex. Scams. We went through her head at some stage.

Like, did they take my thing? This whole thing was about. So, yeah, then the next morning the police were there. They were in the cafe. We did tell them that you'd stolen a bag. Comically got out the handcuffs. And I was like, no, please. Taser him.

Please use the taser. It might help him. So, Giorno, accidentally stole a handbag in a jacket. If there's anything I've learned about Italians is you don't cross Italians. No. I'll be waking up with the table. bloody horses getting my bed or something.

So, whenever you accidentally stolen something? We'd love to hear from you this morning. Oh, 800, the hits. So 4487.

I'll tell you how I accidentally stole the shoes from an Uber driver. Really? Yeah. You pull them off his feet. Yeah, well, well. We'll find out.

John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Hits. Now we are heading to the States, New York correspondent, fresh off the record-breaking Taylor Swift podcast. How's it going over there, Nicole in New York?

I'm cool um it's going okay it's going okay I'm still in like a like I'm in like Taylor shock I need to get it together like we all need to get a life but like I can't really giving you are you are that hot are you Jason Kelsey on the podcast hype yes and you want to know the truth you want to know the freaking truth well that man is a legend okay yeah yeah every time he skis the man he is the man he is a question if if you got Taylor on your your show, like right now in this moment in time, would you scream like that? I would be hype. The precedent now, too, when she comes in, she's going to need that level of intro? He's, you know, he's a sports star. He's what people would call a jock. And so someone to get that excited about, you know, and I know, realize she's part of the family, but it's awesome.

I mean, it's so cool to see. Yeah. I mean, also, like, the thing is, is he always does, like, if you actually watch the podcast or listen to the podcast, that's like his thing. Not screaming like that, but he loves to give these over the time. intros for whoever's coming on whether they're just like a random football player and like this is probably the biggest get you could get right now right like it's because you know he's in the family or she's in the family but it still was

freaking legendary I've seen him like he goes to football games and his jandals and things and they'll get him on top of buses you know how they do the boot the boot what are they yeah the tailgate tailgate yeah do you know what jandals are do you know what jandles there's a question for you as you said jandals I don't know Oh, have a guess. Let's see what you think jandals are. What a jandle is? Yeah, this is a fun game.

This is a real New Zealand's way of saying. You'll know what the item, I would say, item of clothing is, but you won't necessarily have ever called it jandals. Jandals, I'm so American. He walks around in his jandles. In his thong? Yeah, well, you thought. A thong for us is like a G-string.

Yeah, a G-string. We see that too. Australian is called jandles. a thong. Like flip flops. Yeah. There you go. Yeah.

I got there. You know, don't start calling a G-string a jandle. You don't want to jandle up your butts, that's for sure, I'll tell you that. Do you know what we call a fanny over here? Like a butt? That's what you call it. Yeah. We're the front bum.

We call it the front. That's the front bum over here. That's what you and me have. Yeah. So we, yeah. So anytime in America ever says a fanny pack, we're like. Do you remember the theme song from The Nanny, which was like she was out on her fanny, killed us. Okay, so it's so funny because I have friends who have a boy and a girl twins.

And when they started getting old enough, when they were like taking a bath, I remember her son said, why does Addison have a front butt? Because I mean, it does look like it. It looks like it. We were talking about Taylor Swift. Somehow we've ended up here. Oh, God. So Nicole, thank you so much.

Thank you so much. Really do appreciate it. John O'Benn and Megan, the podcast, The Hits. We took the scroda away, didn't we, to Tauranga, the car you can win in pretty much an hour's time with cash and car. Great driving, Megan. We put all that responsibility on you. We didn't want to scratch it, dent it, do anything to it. She's a beauty to drive, actually.

It's very comfortable. Yeah, a lot of features. Any part of your body you want heated can do so. Feet, hands. Feet, hands. And we did, you know, mention as we were heading down, we were scared that we were going to crash it. And so when borrowing a car went bad, and we've had to get Lynn back on, we called her back this morning. When borrowing car goes bad, good morning, Lynn.

Good morning. Good morning. Was it you borrowing the car or someone else? No, it was me. My brother had a forge V8, and I had just got a job in a calf. I was actually early stages of pregnancy. And that morning I didn't have a car. And he said, I'll take mine.

And I said, nah, nah, it's V8. I've never driven. No, no, you'll be right. And anyway, I went around, around, about, and I kind of skidded on the white lines. And I looked to my left, there was water, and I've got a phobia about water other than the shower or the bath. On my left was a car park with an entrance and an exit. And I thought, oh, private one, I can do it around then I'll come back out, you know. Well, I raised off three cars in that car park. Three cars.

You were three cars on that same at that day, that moment. That moment When I've Someone come running finally I said before I'm exhalated But I couldn't go anywhere You said to the car still go Yeah

Yep yep yep yep And everyone was course You're all right You're all right And I'm like Tell with me I'm worried about these three cars You know

And I'm just And my brother's car And had just got back on the road Oh Lynn Yeah Yeah I was so shamed man And would you believe it He is a panibre to spray painter

And he got talking to someone probably less than six months ago they work at this particular building that I tried to do a, you know, whatever, they still talk about it. Oh, wow, still to this day. So the lady who rode off three cars.

Yes, yes, yes, yes. Was your brother angry? No, he was just worried about me. I think that annoyed me more, you know, like he said, oh, it's only cars, don't worry about it, but I knew it was his pride and joy man, and even to the day if anything happened to

cars and that, and he's like, Fuck of the car as long as you're all right. Oh, that's so sweet. That's very nice. Oh, but I'm so shame day. Good on you, Lynn. Love your work, mate. Legend.

Lynn the legend we're going to call you. You have a great one. Now, actually producer Troy, you borrowed a car, rental, and it went bad. Rental. It was my first time ever renting a car in Hawaii a couple months ago. I just wanted to get a real, just the Toyota Corolla. Little vits or something. Little vits.

Yeah. Because I was worried that if I crashed it, it was first time left-hand drive. on the right hand side of the road first time renting a car you do veer towards the middle of the road i find yeah yeah you do uh so rented that that was fine and then when we went to pick it up we got a free upgrade to a very flash convertible bmdwell oh wow nice i couldn't really tell the guy who had gone through all the trouble to get me this upgrade that i didn't want it you're like to be honest i'm worried about crashing so give me the crappy one but he sold me too he was like oh you know you're here with the misses you want to put the top down get the wind in your

here and you get like yeah i do you live in the tree and so we took it out it was a beautiful day why was he trying to upsell you on a free upgrade no i think he was just trying to make me feel good and give him a good review yeah right so took it out put the top down he's doing you the favor put the top down was driving some was out it was really nice and we went through a tunnel this massive tunnel kind of went under like almost like a mountain in hawaii and as we're starting to come and see the light at the other side and and come out of it it looked quite like hazy and like quite like oh it's a bit like a white light and as we got close I realized it was absolutely bucketing down on the other side of this mountain and we had the top down and so we

care care careening out of this tunnel at 100 k's an hour and just got wrenched and the screaming me and my partner trying to put the top up don't touch it! So your partner's trying to pull it up as you're driving. It just became like a parachute so we had to pull over on the on the highway put the hazards on and put the top up, which came up so slowly as we're still getting charmed. How is the wind in your hair? You love it. You're in the buses.

Feeling good. To be honest, so when you're on the motorway and you see some asshole and a flash converter on it's raining, you're like sucked in. It's the universe giving the every person a little wind. We couldn't look more like tourists.

John O'Benn and Megan, the podcast. Now, Megan, you've had a shocking start to a Monday morning. We've got a message, didn't we? A panicked message. So usually my alarm would go off at 4 a.m. And I kind of woke up and I was like, oh, yeah, felt quite rested. And I looked at my phone and it said five.

So that's a good hour sleeping, which is usually when we'd be at work. That's an abrupt wake-up, yeah. You had that moment where you're like five, five, five. No, that's not right. Where am I supposed to be? Hope it's Saturday. I know. Yeah.

I was very certain it was Monday and that's when I panic texts you. A mad panic into work. I don't want to know what speed you were doing. She lives ages away and she got here. Wow. Phenomenal time. Did you like my response?

You said, oh no, I've just woken up. You said must be nice. You didn't appreciate that in the moment. I said no time to reply. Just did that time for your banter. Yeah, she was coming into work. She was using her hair straighteners and her makeup and work and everything done at work.

Thank you for the no comments about like literally the hair words. I'm out. No place for me to comment on here. Don't you worry about me, but you've been straightening you here for the last 60 minutes and are you match fit now, your game ready?

I think so. But you know how it just throws you? I feel a bit of... It does, eh? You feel a bit frazzled, you know? That feeling kind of lasts for the whole day. Jeez, sleep's a funny thing, isn't it?

Here we go. I'll never get over the facts that all you do is... What's he got here. All you do is you lie there. It's the only thing in the world that you lie there and then you pretend to do the act

then eventually as time passes you're doing the act now you shut your eyes and you pretend to sleep you're not asleep for a long period of time fake it till you make it's crazy and you don't know when that happens no I know it's crazy that you don't know you're just kind of drifting and then

suddenly you wake up again it's crazy you're right close my mind sometimes you wake up later then you tend to. But then we also love it so much but we don't actually we're not actually there for it I know for something so enjoyable wild Wild, wild chat for a Monday morning.

Okay, 0-800. Let's bring it back to basics, shall we? What have you slept through? The biggest event you've slept through? Yeah, we've had a lot of calls and texts on this already this morning. So, yeah, we'd love to know 4,48, 7. There's probably some big life events that people have slept right through. Or, like, something that's not a big life event, like the dude that was supposed to be doing something for his partner. Oh, the test machine.

Yeah, big trouble. Yeah, picking people up, work, weddings. I wonder if anyone slept through their wedding. I hope not. We've never got the whole wedding, but maybe. Who knows? I'll be happy with 15% of the wedding. Okay.

Okay, under the Hits, 4487 is our text number. We'd love to hear from him this morning. The worst thing you've slept with make Megan feel a bit better next on the Hits. Did you say the worst thing you've slept with? No, we've slept through. Did he say sleep with? Oh, we can take that as well. We'll take those calls too.

Yeah, that's fun. John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast. The Hits. Megan was a little bit frazzled. You started things that a little bit late. behind the eight ball, you alarm didn't go off this morning? No, I don't know what happened there, but, you know, it frazzles you for the whole morning.

I had an hour sleeping, though, so I feel rested and frazzled at the same time. It's an odd feeling, yeah. Georgina, Megan, not the only one this morning? No, no, she's not the only one this morning. Must be something in the air. Both my husband is meant to take my son to hockey practice this morning. He has slept in. My son then also slept in because there's no one to kind of get him moving.

So it was up to me to get him up And then get him to hockey practice Oh, okay That sounds like a good play from your husband But now I've got to go home And hopefully he's awake Because he's still got all the other children To get off to school

And someone's got a showcase on today So they've got to get to a theatre Rather than their schools Sounds like he's made that of you problems Regina Why have you not woken him up? Because, you know, I know better Gotcha

It sounds like you need a camera We're going to flick out one of those as well this morning. Cabri Price Pack. That would be amazing. They'll make up for it. That's when you like throw the pillow at them and you'd be like, oh, I don't know what happened. You're okay? To Jean is a saint for not waking up.

Yeah. Hey, we've got Selvin on the phone. One of you slept through, Selvin? Well, I had a back when my daughter was about maybe 14, 15 months old and she was going through that, you know, being constantly sick and all that. So one night I've woken up, hadn't had enough sleep. looked after her, fell asleep. I had a dream that I had called my work, and then I went back to sleep.

So I woke up, did my usual stuff in the morning, in about 9 o'clock I get a call from work saying, why am I not at work? And I said, look, I've already phoned you guys through, and so and so on to the phone. And so I hung up, and then went back to my phone to check back to actually I had never made me a phone call. So you dreamed it up. Yeah, wow. It's like when you dream you're on the toilet. Then you quickly realize you're not on the toilet.

I'm definitely called work. And you're like, no, you haven't. Wow. Oh, that's so. Well, I mean, what does that count? Does that count as a call to work or not? Because you're like, in your head you believe you've done it? Yeah, you've done it.

You've got, yeah. Appreciate that. You're going to have a great day. All righty, thank you. Just so you know, you have actually spoken to us this morning. This isn't a dream. See you, mate. Have a good one.

Cody. Good to have you on. Cody. How was the weekend? And why can I? You're not too bad. It's pretty good. Now, the worst thing you slept through, Cody?

I managed to sleep through the whole weekend when I was like 19. What, that, everything? Yeah, well, I fell asleep at 5 o'clock on a Friday and woke up at 4 o'clock on a Sunday. Oh, my gosh! No way. It's a coma! Whoa! Yes, I was pretty naked, to say the least.

So I was working seven to five in construction, and then during the week I'd go hang out with my mates until like 3 o'clock in the morning. That'll do it That'll do it Did anyone check on you? I was at my parents' house I fell asleep on the couch And woke up in my bed So I'm not sure exactly how that happened

That's a prolific sleep God you would have been hungry when you got up Yeah, a wee bit And yeah my phone was flat So I had quite a few missed calls So it was 47 hours of sleeping Wow Yeah pretty much, yeah

Good on you, Cody Have a great one you too we're getting a bunch of texts on this now what do we do let's have a team

man let's keep he's coming through do on another break right there's some incredible making me feel great full concerts up

gunshots going on John O'Benn and Megan The podcast The Hits Now Megan started today A little behind the 8 ball where the alarm

didn't go off Do you know if we didn't say anything no one would have noticed because I was here I know You weren't late for the 6 o'clock start

on radio No you went Thank you too for the bottom of our hearts It's provided, you know, endless content for an hour and a half of radio. So if anything, you've done the show a huge favour this morning. You're welcome.

You're prepared, like, from 7 to 7.30, our show for us by just sleeping out slightly later. God's work out there, bro. We're going to go to Christchurch and get Olivia on the show, Mordena. Olivia? Morena. Great to have you on. What did you sleep through, mate?

A big event. A couple of years back went to a Killers concert and was absolutely exhausted. ended up just kind of catch in five minutes. The killer's concert? And I was ready to go. Did you hear Mr Brightside? Did you like, surely?

No, no, I got Mr. Brightside, got all the good stuff. You got the good stuff and then just slept there the rest of it. The fill of B side sort of, you know, 20 minutes. That would have been loud too. That would have been loud. It's a rock concert. Well, then, Megan's seen through the whole Taylor Swift podcast as well. I know, but they had soothing.

I mean, apart from Travis, Jason Kelsey being like, Taylor! Yeah, you can't sleep after that. After that, yeah, when he stopped yelling. He doesn't keep up that intensity for the entire two hours. He can't listen if it was. Yeah, how you're good on you? Olivia, I really appreciate your phoning through this morning.

Marco, great to have our friend Marco back on. How are you, mate? Hey, I'm good, I'm good. Great to have you on Marco. Now, what you slept through, we know you were a medic in many war zones overseas. Yes, yes, that's right, yeah. So this particular one was actually in the heart of Bangkok, when the red shirts were taken over protesting

and ended up being this huge firefight and it went on for about two days and I was inside this temple hiding and the guy next to me was in the army and every now and then he let off a shot but after the first day I was like so tired I just fell asleep and their bullets were okay

they were just hitting the walls but every time the guy next to me fired I was like got to the point while I was getting annoyed with him and I wanted to say It's not fine. Shosh, I'm trying to sleep. In general, you know, war and conflict, it doesn't really conduit.

You're not conducive to napping, is it? No, well, yeah, that tired. That went on for like three weeks that event. She was. Wow, and you slept for a large part of it, Marco. You forget that you probably need to have a nap at some point. Yeah, you need to have a sleep. Yeah, you're right.

That's why, buddy, the Germans back in the day, he had them all on amphetamines, didn't they? Trying to get productive out there on the war zone. And Tracy, good morning to you. Good morning. And what did you sleep through? The big event you slept through. Well, I was absolutely exhausted.

And I woke up, and then next morning, my flatmates told me that we actually had an intruder in our house. What? And we'd had police actually go through our house because of intruder. And I slept through it. And they just left me in bed. Let's not wake, Tracy. She doesn't need to know anything. The intruder was actually in my room.

The intruder was in your room? No, but the only thing it was. Oh my gosh. They could have just kept that from you and you never would have known what took place. Liz, everyone. Oh my goodness, that's incredible. Someone else texted except through a 7.4 earthquake.

Magnitude earthquake in Bali. Pretty incredible. Why were you so tired, Tracy? I've been working. Oh, that'll do it to you, mate. No, I've been working. Apparently they had dogs and all in there. Oh, wow.

It's probably for the best there You don't have that trauma Yeah, exactly John O'Benn and Megan The podcast The Hids They're not quite over yet Expecting cold temperatures

Right across the country Over the next couple of days Maybe some thunderstorms in the north It felt a bit warmer Over the weekend across the country Is it two weeks till spring? I don't know You're the one who has the countdown time

Two weeks till spring And I'm just checking I think I do have it written on my phone I think it's five weeks Until Daylight Saving Well Guys Tell you what she didn't factor in this morning

was waking up in time. We got a text from Megan I've only just woken up guys It was about half an hour ago You look 45% ready Yeah Do you feel 45% ready? Pretty much

Yeah I think even when I get ready I'm not going to feel ready now No, really really throws you out So obviously you're not sure alarm didn't go off or whatever You just woke up and you're like Oh that's the time I'd normally be at work

Yeah you know you roll over And you look at the time casually And it's like a five And I was like And I had a moment I'm like five Five No that's I'm not supposed to be here

And sometimes if you head you're like What day is it what day is it I know where am I supposed to be Yeah It's it's amazing You know how impressive the human body Really is when it kicks into gear Running late

Jeez you get you get here quickly Don't you I imagine record time Yeah What were we doing down the motorway Um I'm at the speed limit Liam Lawson's speeds

Or not quite Because you know how my car goes Lights out No way we go And I was like yes We do this one morning you get your ass into gear. Just factoring in from when we got the text and when she arrived.

I was like, oh, that's a damn. And I live very far away. Although you haven't, you know, you're coming to work without doing some of the things you would normally do, right? I've done half my makeup and my hair is as it is when I woke up. That's fine. So thank you for the no comments. You've got hair straighteners.

So we're going to be straightening hair and doing radio at the same time. Instead of putting my headphones on my head, I almost put my hair straightener on my head just before. So it's going well. I put those on your ears. Okay, text 4 for 8.7. You open this first thing on a Monday morning. Worst thing you've slept through. People would do it all the time.

Did you have an alarm set? I think so. But you just ignored it. No, well, I don't know if it didn't go off or if I had turned it off and went back to sleep. Which you do sometimes when you said, I woke up last night and I ate. I must have eaten pizza. Because I got, this morning there was pizza on the bench, and I'd put the pizza in the fridge. Oh.

And then my mouth retainers that I wear, they were on the bench. I was like, oh, we wake up and had some pizza and you go back to sleep? Yeah, and I was like, vaguely remember doing that? Oh, wow. Oh, because the dog wakes me up to go outside. So he taps my head and I'm like, oh, well, waiting for him

him has to eat some pizza. Yeah. Okay, well, yeah, what do you want to know? What do you sleep through? Whatever you slept through? Okay. Oh, 800, the hits, 4487 gives a text. Listen, I know it's 6-07 on Monday morning.

I don't think anyone's going to call. No. But if you do, you're a Kiwi hero. It's tough, tough radio conditions right now. 4487 on the text. Look, here we go. Oh, Nathan. Good morning.

Good morning. You are a Kiwi hero, Nathan, from Christchurch. How cold is it? It is four degrees. Woo! Okay, hopefully you're phoning for the topic. What was the worst thing you slept through? My Apple Watch turns my alarm off.

Oh, did it? Yep, it has a habit of doing it. It's like, you know what? You need more sleep. It's all high sense. Wow. So it figures out that Nathan's not ready to face the day just yet. Yeah, and it turns it off.

Well, that'd be a, that's a nightmare. That's thoughtful, but also very inconvenient. Tell you what, never let you down. Ben, you've got one, the old trusty bedside alarm clock. Yeah, I don't use it for alarms, though. I just use it for just so I can see the time. Was it purely time-based? Just shining at me, because I, you know, yeah.

So if I look up at any stage, I'm going to, not exactly, like a bat signal in the room. Hey, good on you, Nathan. Go and have a wonderful week, my friend. Appreciate you listening.