Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Time to cancel Ben?!

Episode Date: October 23, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Jono is convinced that there is a 10km speed allowance... Wonder why he is getting so many tickets! When do you stop a clap? Working with parents... What could go one Megan hack to Christmas shopping! HELP! I put dog wash in my hair!!! Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFASTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is Jono and Ben podcast. Hey, that's us. Brought to you by HelloFresh, the experts and tastes that Kiwis love. Welcome to the podcast on a Thursday morning as we get towards the end of the week. Yeah, welcome. Lovely to have you here. How are you guys? We've just done a show. And how are you feeling after the show? I'm good. I'm having my rhubarb again. You're loving your rhubarb at the moment, aren't you? Yeah. But Ben doesn't want rhubarb again oh you're loving your rhubarb at the moment oh yeah yeah but ben doesn't want rhubarb banter though that's oh no we went into it yeah well no i didn't know producer grace doesn't know who does the podcast intro yesterday after we did it i thought it was quite fun we'd gone on

talked about something else i can't remember what i think we started we talked about something else she was like three and a half minutes for the intro so yes keep it tight keep it tight there's a lot of great stuff that it's yeah yeah no i feel like we're like it's someone going along let's use an example i don't they want to of great stuff. Yeah. I feel like we're like, it's someone going along, let's use an example. They want to see Travis Scott and we're like, we're at the gate

and they just want to get in. They want to see Travis Scott. We're like, hey, good to see you. You know, they're like, just want to get past. Do you like rhubarb?

Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Not the crowd, I don't think. Great, but I'm just going to try and get in and see Travis Scott. You know,

that's what we're doing right now. Are you saying we're ready for Travis Scott now? Yeah, we're holding people up from Travis Scott. That's what we're doing. We're holding people up for ourselves. They have come here to listen. It's like another version. It's like Travis Scott at the gate going, hey guys, how you going?

Well, like back to the future. We're like, get on stage and sing. We send like a future us back somewhere and we stop us and we're stopping us. And we're like, we just want to get to the good. Yeah. Anyway. There's a couple of analogies there. Yeah.

Whatever it is, we need to shut up and just let you listen to the podcast. All right. Here we go. Obviously things get close now to the American election. And Obama's out campaigning at the moment, doing his thing to help out. And Eminem came out. He's like, what can I do to pull this thing back? He brought out Eminem as well.

Oh, that'll do it. Yeah, which was pretty cool. Eminem came out and, you know, said some stuff to the crowd as well. But Obama and his introduction, you know, have a listen. Now, I notice my palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy. I've been bombing on my sweater already Mom's spaghetti I'm nervous but on the surface

I look calm and ready To drop bombs but I keep bomb forgetting I thought I was gonna be performing I was gonna jump out He's a pretty charismatic guy You get caught up in the moment, though, don't you, when everyone's cheering? They're eating the dogs.

They're eating the cats. They're eating the pets of the people that live there. I say that in all due respect to women, and I love women. I love women. So that's what's going on over there in America. What's going on back over here? Obviously, we're heading into the long weekend, and Jono, for some reason, gets his parking fine sent to work.

His speeding fine is parking fine. Do you know why he gets them sent to work? What? So we talk about it? No, so his wife doesn't know about it. No, well, she knows about it because you talk about it on the radio every two seconds. We'd know less about it if he got sent to home. True.

Yeah, you're right. We'd never talk about it at all. We'd have no idea. Yeah, you'd have no clue. But somebody gets it sent here. That would eliminate a quarter of the show's content if I didn't get the parking True. Yeah, you're right. We'd never talk about it at all. We'd have no idea. Yeah, you'd have no clue. Somebody gets a sense, yeah. That would eliminate a quarter of the show's content if I didn't get the parking ticket. So I got more.

Got more. I think for like two days ago he had more and then he's got more since then. I've got two speeding fines. And you know where I'm getting them from? The same bloody speeding camera. They're back.

They're back. Well, that makes you an idiot. Yeah. You haven't learned. It's a hit't learnt It's It's a hit job It's a hit job From the New Zealand police

Oh yeah okay They're clawing back The government's telling them Guys you're not meeting budgets You're going to have to lay off staff They're like Well what's the alternative We fine people more

We bring in more revenue And now My latest ticket Yeah Okay 59 kilometres Yeah that's rough Fine 59 kilometres

Now Here's my issue We all know The unwritten road rule That you've got 10k's Okay, 59 kilometres. Yeah, that's rough. Fine, 59 kilometres. Now, here's my issue. We all know the unwritten road rule that you've got 10Ks grace. Well, that's what I, yeah. You said that the other day, actually, to grace, producer grace. Come and producer grace. And she was like, what? She's a 23-year-old driver. And you're like, oh, it was always the thing.

It was, yeah, 10Ks. What did they tell you when you were getting your licence recently, Grace? That's not a thing. No., yeah, 10Ks. What did they tell you when you were getting your license recently, Grace? That's not a thing. No. The 10K, Grace? They've had recently, they often talk about over summer,

zero tolerance. So if you're going 1K over the speed limit, you can get... But they would allude that there is tolerance other times. Like a 10K tolerance.

No, I think there's like one or two Ks, not 10K. Oh, Grace, when we were doing our license back in the day, you'd sit with the driving instructor

and they'd be like, hey mate, you got 10Ks on this. You know, you go 50s, just so you know, when you're doing our licence back in the day You'd sit with the driving instructor And they'd be like, hey mate, you've got 10k's on this You know, you're going 50's Just so you know, when you're out there in the real world And they'd give you a wink It says 50, but we all know it's 60 That's exactly right And we all knew it, it was unwritten law The police knew it, I think I've even passed police

That were going 50, and I'm going 61 I'm like, g'day guys, g'day mate 10k's, Grace, we all know it The hint there police that were going 50 and I'm going 61. I'm like, g'day, guys. They're like, g'day, mate. 10 Ks, graceful. We all know it. The hint there is they were going 50. They've got to stick to the limit. I mean, they're the police. But they know the rules.

We all know the rules. No, we don't. Clearly you don't. This is Jono's audition for News Talk ZB. It's great. It's PC gone mad. It's the woke brigade. Coming in here, fining me for going 9 Ks over the speed limit. The thing is, it's the same speed Coming in here Finding me for going 9km over the speed limit

The thing is It's the same speed camera And that's my other issue Grace thank you for informing me She even got Google Street View out She's like here's the camera It's a mounted one isn't it So obvious

Can I also say Why don't we program the speed cameras To go we've already snapped this poor bugger Let's not go two times. Let's not even go three times. Three times. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We had another banger yesterday.

We're out at Foodstuffs, and we're just hosting a little thing for them. But they're celebrating Diwali at the moment. Jeez, I tell you what, we were talking about the best cuisine across the board last week, weren't we? I'd say Indian. One of my top three. That's great. Love it. It is beautiful. Quite rich, though, isn't it, in the sauces? But, boy't we? I'd say Indian. One of my top three. That's great. Love it.

Quite rich, though, isn't it, in the sauces? But boy, it's a banging cuisine. The Indian cuisine was sucking back on some samosas, weren't we? And there was a Diwali performance. They weren't even fundraising samosas. Normally we get sucked up with that into the school thing. They love samosas for fundraising. You wait till your kids start school, mate.

Do you want to buy samosas? I love samosas. We've got so many samosas in our freezer, though. I kids start school, mate. Okay. Do you want to buy samosas? I love samosas. We've got so many samosas in our freezer, though. But you still sucked some back the other day. Yeah, well, yeah, because they were cooked

and prepared and good to go. And you didn't have to donate to charity. I'd have to try and get my daughter's netball team to the Ames Games or anything. You'll be a professional samosa salesperson

once they hit school, mate. Friends of ours were like, hey, can you, because my daughter, Sienna, she's two years older than Indy, she went to hit school mate friends of ours were like hey can you yeah because my daughter Sienna she's two years older than Indy she went to Ames Games and friends were like hey can you buy some samosas

and most of them were like we've still got ones from two years ago in the freezer for the last time you got us to buy some you don't get through the samosas enough

they're delicious but one of those things you're like oh I need to get them out of the freezer and you're good to go but yes there was a wonderful Diwali performance. Now my issue is

and it's not just with Diwali music or Indian music, it's just any music. You know, some brave soul starts a clap along. Okay.

Yesterday it was me. I was clapping along. Now that comes with a certain level of responsibility. If you are the initiator of the group clap, you're responsible

for carrying on the clap. But at some point people lose confidence in clapping, don't they? This is how it played out yesterday. We're here watching a wonderful Diwali performance. It's wonderful. And I've started to clap, but I don't know when to stop. Yeah. Ben fades out.

Slows down to just a single clap and there's a smattering of clapping in the rest of the audience and that's the problem with clapping too is because once you start clapping you're like I'm focusing more on the clapping than the performance of the song when you're at a concert

and you become very aware of who else is clapping and you lose timing sometimes oh I do I'm a white guy I lose timing sometimes I'm like oh I missed that one who else is clapping. And you lose timing sometimes. Oh, I do. I'm a white guy. I lose timing sometimes. I'm like, oh, I missed that one. Everyone else is in on the timing.

Yeah. It's musical peer pressure. But when everyone else is clapping, you've got to get up. Yeah, it's great. Can you still call it the Mexican wave? I think so, yeah. Yeah. Originated, I think, at the Mexican,

does the background. I bet you have. Originated at a big tournament. I can't remember if it was the Olympics or a football tournament in Mexico. Nothing from a cultural sense as far as, you know. Just where it started. If it's got the name of a race or a country, he's going to do some research. Well, I keep going.

Is this all right? Is this all right? But it's like a musical way. I mean, I'm definitely not the expert on what you can and can't do. But I did look into this and I think it's okay. All right, Jose. The amazing wave.

You get bullied into doing the amazing wave because if you're the only one sitting down and everyone else is doing the amazing wave. Yeah, it's fun. How many times round though? That's my thing as well.

Same as clapping. One, two, three. I'm starting to go. But then the fun becomes how many times can you go round? Three or four, I'm starting to go, I want to watch the cricket here, guys.

Same with clapping. People fade out of it. So don't start it in the beginning. We'll have a rule. We'll clap for the first sort of chorus verse situation. We'll clap for it. We'll do a couple of Mexican waves around the stadium. Then we'll call time on it.

And we enjoy what we're there for. We've got your time. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Something that was quite an awesome moment, actually. It happened in the sports world yesterday, but it's made quite a lot of attention. LeBron James, one of the greatest basketballers ever. Your hero. Yeah, I really love LeBron.

And he got to play with his son. Bronny James got to play on an NBA game. He played the first game yesterday. Because he plays for the Lakers now, his son, doesn't he? Yeah, and they got onto the court together, and it's pretty historic. I think the first time a father and son has ever played on the same team

in the NBA, so it's pretty specific. History tonight, the first father-son duo to play together in an NBA game. This is all in the family, and what a celebration for the James family Pretty impressive

Yeah very cool So how old Bronny's a son He's what 20? Yeah I think Yeah around 20 LeBron's turning 40 this year So yeah

It's still part It's just incredible If you've watched the Netflix show The thing is he You know spends And does on his body And he you know There's a rumour that he spends

A million dollars a year on his body He talks about that I don't know where People got that from But he does do a lot his wife i get that his wife talks about he's got like this coffin thing that he sort of puts him she's like calls it a coffin he goes and zips up it's almost like a little tent and it sort of helps him it's like a cryo little thing you know yeah well like when i'm hit 40 now i get out of bed and i hurt myself yeah well sometimes you hurt yourself you don't even know where it came from i've done my

neck and i was just pushing ben on a swing on yourself and you don't even know where it came from. I've done my neck in and I was just pushing Ben on a swing on Tuesday. I don't know what's happened. Actually, just breaking news, we've got audio of LeBron. He was mic'd up as this moment was happening. Yeah, it was.

You see the intensity, right? Just play carefree though. Don't worry about mistakes, just go out and play hard. That was pretty cool actually. That was the bit that got me. It was just like, you ready? Just go out there, don't worry about mistakes. just go out and play hard. That was pretty cool, actually. That was the bit that got me. It was just like, you ready? You ready?

You know, just go out there, don't worry about mistakes. And it was a really lovely moment. What a special moment. Can you do it? It is special. It is really, it is a heartwarming moment. And history probably will never be repeated, I imagine. For that to work out timeline-wise is incredible.

Yeah. And the thing is, you can't, well, can you work with your parents? Because it's going to get to the point, they're going to get deep into the season. You can't tell me what to do, Dad. You know, that sort of thing. It's sweet at the start. But then they're going to do training together and like. And you call him Dad, you call him LeBron.

My mate's also worried about the changing rooms. He's like, what's the showering situation? Oh, Dad. Put it away, Dad. And when you're asking for the ball, are you like, Dad! I mean, you look like... LeBron, yeah.

I mean, I just try and ask my son to do it. We end up bickering and we're firing away at each other. You can't tell me what to do. Exactly. I mean, you do a podcast with your daughter. How does that work out? It works out for the most part pretty well. Actually, of all the things we do together,

it's actually really special. It's a really cool thing to do, to be able to do that with it you know there's not many things that i know a little bit a little bit about so it's quite nice to be able to you know i'm not calling myself an expert but it's quite nice to be able to do that with and there'd be some you know you've all done broadcasting and radio and stuff and you all so many things you're like what was this or what's this it's nice to have someone to kind of well I hope I'm that person for CNN I don't know is she ever like

yeah get it dad well sometimes she's like you've explained that three times now okay now it's weird

does it border on offering advice and there's a grey area between advice and punishing parenting yeah you've got to watch yourself on that one I guess

but you were saying Andrew wants to do something with your son he would love to my husband is a singer and does musical theatre. He would love to do a show with our son. I was like, does he want to? I'm not sure.

Does your son want to? Yeah. I mean, he likes singing and stuff, but I don't know if he's keen on it. He's already looked up into theatre schools. Here's the script. It's ready to go, mate. Costumes are ready to go dance monkey

me me me me okay so can you can you work are you working with your parents and does it work out yeah because there's a lot

of time together isn't it if you're doing a day in day out but some people do it successfully we said before we haven't heard from

Mumford and Sons for a while so maybe it didn't maybe that didn't work out it's true all the sons are like screw you Mumford don't sing in your while, so maybe that didn't work out. It's true. All the sons were like, screw you, Mumford. You're not singing in your band anymore.

Go to your bedroom, sons. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. About LeBron James in the NBA. A very sweet moment where he got to play the first time with his son. History. Tonight, the first father-son duo to play together in an NBA game. And he had some wonderful words for his son as they're going out.

He was all mic'd up. About ready? Yep. You see the intensity, right? Just play carefree, though. What about mistakes? Just go out and play hard. Yeah, that's pretty cool.

Pretty awesome moments. Wearing a microphone would be a bloody nightmare, wouldn't it? Yeah. Yeah, I think they've got to be quite careful, too, I think, what bits they broadcast and what they don't. wearing a microphone would be a bloody nightmare wouldn't it yeah for you it would be they've got to be quite careful too I think what bits they broadcast

and what they don't I feel like someone goes through and goes oh this was said before rather than let's just go live on that whole chat

yelling at the ref and stuff so we just want to know you're working with your parents have you worked with your parents Ben you're doing a podcast yeah when I grow up another episode out tomorrow

there's a Kiwi version of that too Portia Woodman-Whitcliffe she has has signed up for Super Rugby Alpaca again to work with, to play with her niece. I guess it's a job at the same time, but it's awesome. So that's why she's coming back? Yeah. Back for the Blues, right?

Yeah, so she can play with her niece. Oh, isn't that sweet? Okay, let's go to the phone. Does it always work out though? Because that whole parent-child dynamic can be volatile at times, particularly with you can't tell me what to do, you're not the boss of me yeah that sort of stuff yeah well no no i am i'm your manager in this situation steph morning to you good morning you work with your parents i used to this is ages ago now um my sisters and i were with my first when we were in high school and university.

And it started out kind of as like a punishment for my younger sister. She got caught like underage drinking or something. And she was about to start her lifeguarding course. And so my mom decided to take it with her to kind of like keep tabs on her. And so we all ended up lifeguarding together for the majority of our high school and university. Oh, you're a family of lifeguards. Yeah, we were, yeah. And my mum actually still works for the pool.

She's continued on like doing aqua aerobics and stuff. She's been there for ages. There you go. I know your phone line's just a little bit shaky. Stephanie's whole family heads a lifeguard together. Mum's still lifeguarding at the pool. Wow. Did you ever have to mouth-to-mouth anyone?

No, thankfully. No. Ben, you know mouth-to-mouth. He doesn't know the resuscitation part, just the mouth-to-mouth bit. I'll mouth-to-mouth you. Oh, will you? Okay. I'm breathing. You're still lifeless. I'm just mouth to mouthing.

Oh, Stephen. No, that's cool. Great story. That's very cool. You do put it in one of these relationships. I was just thinking before

because we were saying how awkward it is when someone's got to let the other person go. You know, in other words. And I'm like, in this situation with my daughter,

it's definitely me. I'm the one getting let go. She's like, I don't need you anymore. It's going to be the moment. It'll be the heartbreaking moment for me. Going to have to trim the fat. Times are tough in the media game.

Sorry, Dad. Got to get rid of one of you, the dead weight. Hey, Steph, go and have a great day. Appreciate that. Let's get Lisa on the phone. Good morning to you. Good morning. How are you?

We're doing well. You working with your parents, Lisa? Yeah, yeah. My father works for my husband and I. And? And it has a lot of challenges. Does he take direction well from his daughter? No.

No, there's a lot of tantrums. And then he sucks it up and does as he's told. But, yeah, there's a lot of eye rolling, a lot of where words that get past. But overall, we had some good time. If he was not your father and like another employee, be honest, would he have been fired by now? Yep. He's also taught us to never hire family again. Is he still working for you?

He is, yeah He's done for about four years Oh, that's good Well, hopefully he's not listening to this Because this is some big feedback Monthly feedback for him Yeah, yeah, hopefully Can you disguise my voice or something? Yeah, a little late for that

But anyway Hey, you have a great day, Lisa Appreciate it Good text coming through. A nice text. I worked at a tiny petrol station. It wasn't like a miniature. They worked like miniature pumps and things.

The petrol station was human-sized. But with my mum and dad for three years. My father was the manager. My mum and me were behind the counter. It was good times. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It is only, what's today? Something of October 25th, whatever.

Jeez. It is a week tomorrow. 24th actually, but it's all right, we'll get there. It is steamrolling, yeah. Two more months till Christmas, right? Yeah, and it's a week tomorrow till I put up my Christmas tree. Always goes up on the 1st of November. So it's happening.

And I'm not going to tell you this to make you feel bad, but it's kind of a hack that I've been doing for years. Yesterday, I officially started my Christmas shopping. Well, it's going to make us feel bad. That's exactly what it's done. It's you bragging, grandstanding that you've already done your admin, you're getting on to things. Here's the thing I always say.

Start in October. You can spread out the cost And also A great weekend For doing your Christmas shopping Is Black Friday So like I write myself a list

And then I start Checking things off Don't roll your eyes at me I'm trying to be helpful No that's helpful He's nodding and rolling his eyes Like Are you crying baby?

No Also I just like Really fizz Christmas Yeah I've got on you, I just like really fizz Christmas. Yeah, I've got on you. So I really like. Stretch it out as long as you can. Yeah. I understand that.

It's a smart idea. I'm beginning, yeah. I haven't bought you anything, but. I'm not expecting anything. I like to do my present shopping like my lovemaking. Last minute panicked and frenzied. It's a frenzy in there. Real quick.

Real quick. Get it done. Get it out. Panicked and frenzied. It's a frenzy in there. Real quick. Real quick. Get it done. Get it out. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Someone won Powerball last night, Megan. You were saying before, $30 million.

It was in Albany. At a supermarket in Albany, if you bought your ticket from there. $30 million. $30.2 actually. Yeah, just the extra two. I know, even that..2 it would be so nice it would be nice wouldn't it

yeah is there a country you won't return to you can call us 0800 the hits 4487 any country you won't return for whatever reason

I don't really mind what the reason is no no you've enjoyed all the countries you've visited yeah I mean it's always there

I think if you travel and you're lucky enough to travel there's some moments you might go okay I wouldn't go back there or that was a good but you know. Nothing's ever ruined

a whole country for me. It's a big claim, isn't it? Yes. Usually it's something you've done to ruin your reputation in that country.

Yeah. Anything that springs to mind? Well, you know, there's probably a few regrettable things we've filmed in other countries

over the years, you know. I remember I was, oh. Yeah, France. I wouldn't take you back to Paris.

No, I wouldn't be welcome back to Paris no I wouldn't be welcome back to Paris what did you do oh we were just eating like we were gonna eat some you know some of the food that they have

they obviously have some more unusual food for our side of the world you know but we didn't even get there we didn't his stomach we started on beef tartare

which is kind of like raw mince but it was all done properly and he couldn't do that so you have a raw egg on top yeah it wasn't done properly you pulled it out of the To have a raw egg on top Yeah it wasn't done properly You pulled it out Of the supermarket

Freezer fridge And we're like Here quick eat this And I was going Under the Eiffel Tower I'd been got from a French And he was like Yeah so

Did you spill under the Eiffel Tower Yeah It was quite embarrassing The most romantic place on earth Wow Yeah There's probably someone Doing a proposal up there

And they look down And they're like Jono I know It was beef tartare Which is love again But yes My It was Someone I know, it was beef tartare, which is love again. But yes, someone I know through school.

They were dating, they said many years ago, they were dating a lady who was from Fiji. And so he went back. She said, I will come and meet my family. And she lived in a village in Fiji. She said, absolutely, come back. And so what happened is he was invited to a carver session. Yeah, great.

And at some point, he can't remember what happened. You know, at some point in the carver session, he remembers up to a certain point, and he can't, for the love of God, remember what took place after that. But he woke up the next morning lying on the lounge floor of her grandmother's house. Oh, no. And he was just told, you're never welcome back here again. Oh, really? And he doesn't know what he's done. Does he still not know?

No. He's like, I think I might have gone out with your brothers somewhere. Uh-oh. And he doesn't know what he's done. That sounds like a stitch-up from the brothers. It does. She still liked him. She wasn't angry at him. Oh, okay. She's she's just like my family they don't want you and me to be it was like a real lie you know what was the um

shakespeare thing romeo and juliet situation yeah except just a drunk kiwi probably uh but yeah so she she still wanted to be with him but the family were like in no way will you spend the rest of your days so they broke up? Broke up. And he was told, yeah, there's no one sitting in terms, never return to Fiji. Was he fully clothed when he woke up on the grandma's floor? I didn't get into too intimate details.

It feels like there was a lot more of that story. We'd all love to know. And he'd love to know most of all, wouldn't he? Exactly. Anyone would love to know. I do feel like Fiji, he could probably dip his toes back into the water of a resort or a

pool, you know. Sneaking under the... Yeah, like I do feel like they've got him on like a wanted poster or something if he gets to see it. He might be

accustomed. Yeah. The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Hey, welcome to the show if you just joined us. Good morning to you.

Now, talking about traditions, you say weekly traditions or it can be annual traditions or whatever. Yeah, we're talking about your traditions. Yeah, we're just desperate. We'll just take a tradition. A lot of time heading into Christmas. I know in a couple of weeks' time you put your Christmas tree up.

November the 1st is your tradition, Megan? Yeah, and that's when we get the note out of the Christmas tree that we wrote for ourselves last year when we put the Christmas tree down. We write ourselves a note every year. What's the note? Well, it's like what we achieved this year and our hopes for like, it's like a little time capture. Oh, you went around last year. Yeah, we talked about this and wrote ourselves a little note.

Yeah, of the year, like a reflection thing, and then they get to read it every year. Things we'd learnt from the year and then our hopes for the future. And then when we read back, we like to see what came true. We achieved none of that stuff. What a bleak year. I had a tradition where I would take the kids up the road there's a park up the road and uh there was a there's a hill and i'd call it oscar and poppy hill and we'd go sit on top of the hill okay and i was like you can see the whole world from here they were young

kids are really dumb when they're young you can tell them anything and they believe in the whole world i'm like whole world and we're standing on and can tell them anything and they believe anything. The whole world. I'm like, whole world. And we're standing up. And now we go past. And I'm like, look, there's Oscar and Poppy Hill. And now they're of the age where they're like, oh, no, it's just an oversized mound of dirt with a whole bunch of weeds growing on it. You lied to us. You said we could see the whole world from there.

All we could see was some guy in a weird trench coat in a bush. That's so sweet. Did you give them like inspirational words while you were up there? You can see the whole world, kids. Everything the light touches, Simba. Give me your eyes. All of this is yours. Stay away from

the dark area. I did say all of this is yours and they're like, well no, it's actually local iwi land. Don't try and be all colonial on it, old man. So we want to know your traditions, your yearly traditions, whatever traditions you're doing. It just reminded me of friends. Friends of ours have a tradition where they meet up with other friends

just before Christmas and they give like a naughty secret Santa. So they all get gifts and they get, you know, and it's all kind of like, you know, it's slightly embarrassing, but it's all like friends are in the room. But I didn't realize that one year after someone had hosted it, my friend hosted it, someone had left one of the toys, shall we say, put it up high on the mantelpiece. And they didn't realize until like a year later when they came back

for the next year and they were like, oh, you put it up again, have you? Just because we're here. They're like, put up what? They're like, oh, the toy that we put up on the thing. They're like, oh dear God, they had it on the bookcase for an entire year. How many people, including their parents and stuff, had come around and sat there and just looked up and was like, whoa.

I mean, it's a busy bookcase. There's a lot going on. But at the same time, that was... People definitely noticed. Well, it depends on the detail. Because sometimes you can pass them off as a spaceship or some sort of ornament But if it's very intricately detailed

Then there's no denying it Talking about your traditions I spoke yesterday to a lovely guy Who him and his brother every year Gift each other a Lynx Africa gift pack So you've got the shower gel It always comes with a tiny little miniature towel, a bit bigger than a flannel, a bit smaller than a hand towel.

I don't know what you would use that towel for, but they're always in those weird packs. And a can of Lynx Africa as well. Every year they've done it. And he said we've stockpiled toilet bags. Toilet bags, yeah. Yeah, toilet bags. You've got like 25 of them each.

You can get through the products, but what do you do with the bags? Yeah, you're right. Yeah. But then you always stick with the same toilet bag and you run it into the ground, don't you? And a toilet bag is a weird, I never thought it was a weird name until my kids were like, what is a toilet bag? You keep talking about a bag you take into the toilet. If anything, it's a bathroom sack. Yeah. Or a bathroom bag.

A bathroom bag. Yeah, like call it a bathroom bag or something, rather than toilet bag. It's like, I've gone in and I've bought something out, and they're like, well, leave it there, leave it there. I don't want to see what's in that. We should do a competition, find New Zealand's oldest toilet bag. There'd be some better ones out there.

We've got Honya on the phone this morning. How are you? Hey, I'm good, thank you. How's it going? I feel like I've pronounced, I feel like, getting vibes I might have said your name incorrectly, Honya. It's Sonia, S-O-N-Y-A said your name incorrectly, Honya. It's Sonia. S-O-N-Y-A.

Why did you get Honya? I can't read. Education. You can actually just go, hello, who's this? You don't have to. I think he got stitched up by the producers. I was going to blame the New Zealand education system there for a while, Honya.

Now, Honya, what are you doing? What's your tradition? Good, Hanya. If you could get a more Anchorman moment, I don't know if you could. Sorry, Sonia. Are you listening? Yes, sorry. My gorgeous, lovely husband

and I had our first date on the 22nd of December 2004 and every single, the 22nd of every month, we celebrate Double Two Day. Oh, wow. Oh, my God, every month. It's really awesome and we've been doing it nearly 20 years. You guys are more sickening than me and my husband.

Yeah, that's a lovely thing. What would you do? Me and Jono and Ben, you know my lovely son Tom, he does filming with you. Oh, yeah. Oh, Tom Dyson. Oh, Tom. I love Tom.

My lovely, gorgeous son. Oh, Tom's amazing. We know Tom. We were with Tom creating some gold just days ago. Yeah. Oh, he's awesome. Oh, he's a lovely man. Oh, that's such a sweet thing that you do.

That's awesome. 22nd day, double, oh, I love it. Yep, love it. And you've raised a wonderful child in Tom too there, Tonya. That's awesome. 22nd day. I love it. You've raised a wonderful child in Tom too there, Tonya. He's a sweetheart. I'm so proud of him, man. He's awesome. He's a good guy. You're going to have a good day.

Cheers. Bye. How's he on the phone? What's your tradition? Well, we've got a golf group which started as our over 30s touch team and we were good enough to win a bit of prize money each year And we thought what are we gonna do with this prize money? So we started a green jacket weekend, which means that once a year we go away on a golf trip

Mm-hmm with about 18 guys 16 guys. No, we've been doing that for almost 25 years We just got we just got back this weekend, actually. We're all getting a bit... We were over 30s. I'm now 71. So we're still going strong. You sound sprightly.

I would not have picked you as a 71-year-old. Yeah. You sound 30s now. Yeah. Wow. Maybe he's got the key to youthfulness. Yeah, so where did you go the past weekend? We went to Rotorua this weekend.

We played at Springfield, which was really cool. And then the next, we have a big night, you know, tell a lot of lies and all that sort of thing. And then the next day we did T-Row. Oh, awesome. A beautiful green jacket with all the past winners and gold braid going down the sleeves. It's a very tournament.

Oh, that's very cool. I cannot get over how young you sound. Yeah. Your voice is so, yeah, youthful. Youthful, yeah. Thank you. Good on you, mate. Thank you so much.

You haven't seen the body though, mate. Well, thank you for sharing that with us. Sounds like an awesome time. Yeah, no, good as gold. See you, mate. Thank you. Hannah, what's your weekly tradition? Hi there.

Our weekly tradition is doing gratefulness every night when we have dinner, me and my son. Oh, that is sweet. That's a nightly tradition. So don't they say that's the key to something? Being happy? Happiness or satisfied? What's the...

It just keeps us humble. And even when we've had a bad day, there's always something that we can be grateful for, that we can find. So it's just the simple things, really. Nothing big, but it just connects us and grounds us before we eat. Oh, that's beautiful. That was the saying I was trying to think of.

I completely blew it. I heard it on Instagram. For a great attitude, you need great gratitude. Oh, that's good. That's a good one for the life. I like that. Yeah, I like that. Forget the first part where I was fumbling around.

Yeah, no, get that one. Yeah. That's a lovely thing for you to do. Hannah, what are you grateful for right now? What am I grateful for right now? I'm grateful that I'm actually just driving. I'm grateful that there's no traffic on the road. Yeah, that's good.

That's good. Grateful that you're on one of New Zealand's radio shows. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, I'm very grateful that I'm talking to you guys. You do, me, and I wouldn't imagine,

but maybe you do. But from time to time when I'm in the bathroom and the shower, like I said, look over there, we've got a little, like a little shelf, the area thing is going,

you know, the shower, or if you open up the little vanity cupboard and stuff like that, you might see a product of my wife's and you're like, Oh, Oh, what's this? And then you'll give it,

you'll give it a little, you know, give it a go. Treat yourself. Yeah. Fine lines and wrinkles, but maybe they'll disappear. I don't know, you know, in one go. And then I'll give it a little, you know, give it a go. Treat yourself. Yeah, fine lines and wrinkles, but maybe they'll disappear. I don't know, you know, in one go. And then I'll be like, oh, that was nice.

Your lines are fine. And then I'll forget about it again later. But I'll be doing it, getting into the purple shampoo of my wife's recently. Now, I didn't know about purple shampoo until I recently started dyeing my hair blonde. And apparently purple shampoo is the thing you need to have. It stops it going orange. Yeah. It's a toner, so you have that nice white. Do you need to have. It stops it going orange for the toner so you have that nice white.

Do you want to get rid of the brassy colour they keep saying? Purple shampoo, we'll get rid of the brassy. I know a lot more about this than I ever have before. As he's doing his hand gestures

with his pinky painted nails talking about his purple shampoo, he's really reached a new era, hasn't he? I like it. I'm here for it. This is all you, the nails I've got right now.

But yeah, so the purple shampoo is a little bit of a bone of contention now because I've started using the shampoo that wasn't mine, and I keep using it as well. And my wife will sometimes take little pottles of it around, you know, until she goes to the gym or whatever it is as well. So there was a little pottle of it in the shower a couple of days ago. I said, oh, I should use this.

You know, it's this thing on the floor. I was like, great, use purple shampoo. Put it in. I was like, I just didn should use this. You know, it's this thing on the floor. I was like, great, use purple shampoo. Put it in. I was like, it just didn't smell like the purple shampoo I knew and loved. And then I said to my wife later, I was like,

oh, I thought I'd better come clean. I was like, the purple shampoo, was that different stuff? What was that? She was like, oh,

the little puddle. That was actually for the dog. That was shampoo for the dog when she was cleaning the dog. So you can't have a friend. Your dog is white. Blonde. Yeah.

It wasn't quite the same tinge, the Pebble Shampoo as well. So, yeah. I was like, oh, geez. It kind of didn't sit with me that well. I have had an urging need to scratch him and pat him this morning for some reason. You can do that. My coat's looking great, guys. Yeah, good boy.

He walked in this morning, started sniffing crotches. We're like, what's going on, buddy? It's a different Ben voice. We're rolling it. Humming Wengen's leg. It's all those sort of things I walked in this morning started sniffing crotches we're like what's going on buddy yeah it's a different Ben voice humming Mingan's leg it's all those sort of things I'm doing every day the hits the Jono and

Ben podcast and a couple more days into a long weekend but we've been playing a music trivia game this week and not doing a very good job of it producer Grace comes in

and plays us just a split second or two of a song with stripped back instruments. We add more instruments to it and we slowly get to what the song is. Now, this is an app you can download too. What's it called? Bandle. Yeah, thank you, Bandle, for providing us this.

It's a great idea. I had an idea for an app this morning. It's called What Is That? And so what you do, if you don't know what something is, like a piece of machinery and you're If you like Don't know what something is Like you know A piece of machinery And you're trying to phone Like a plumber or something

You don't know You just put your camera to it And it tells you what it is Oh yeah That's also a Google image Yeah I know But then you have to

Figure out what the image Like describing the image But if you just hold No you just take a photo Of it on Google And it already does it And you search it Oh what an age we live in

I thought what is that I was thinking you were going to say I was in the shower And I was like, what is that? I thought if I took a photo of that. Does it mean do you have an S-bend? Send that to the plumber. I thought I could upload that somewhere. We'll teach you how to do that, babe.

So I won't. Dog laying there. All right, here's the first one. Okay, so it starts with just the drums, Grace. Mm-hmm. Figure out the song just from the drums. 1982. Ah.

You get this. It feels like it's all a little bit like. Is it like Paula Abdul? A little Gloria Estefan or something like that. Or is it Conga or something? That's what I thought it was. Yeah, something along those lines. It feels like that.

No, you've been thrown off. No. My mum loved Gloria Estefan on The Sound Machine. I'm not going to lie, I have no clue who that is, but okay. This is it with the bass now. Oh, Thriller. Yes. This sounds very Latino without the...

And then, of course, you can add more to it as well. Thriller's an amazing... That's a good song. And then of course you can add more to it as well. But what a thrill. Thrill is it a man? That's a good song. Yeah. Now in my TikTok hole, they reckon Michael Jackson might have been offed. I actually got down a rabbit hole. Have you seen that?

No, I've seen that. You don't have to go down far for that one. Very powerful. He was a very powerful man, and him not being there made a lot of other people rich. Hey, I'll leave that with you. Gosh, you really have fallen down the rabbit hole. I am, I am. I'm in the ditty hole, mate.

I'm sorry. All right, this is the next one. This is just the base of one song. 1994. That's an oldie You say that It feels like a youngie to us But it definitely is an oldie

1994 It sounds really dated It's 30 years ago Yeah Yeah alright I was 13 in 1994 My husband was born in 94 I was already in 1994 My husband was born in 94 I was already alive

Here it is with some synth Do you know this? Yeah I've got nothing. I was still quite young. So was your husband. No, I go through waves of like, I think I'm going to get it. No, it's not.

Yeah. Oh, it's bloody Cotton Eye Joe. Yes! Cotton Eye Joe, where did you come from? Sorry, I'm playing that Well there we go That's the music It did well today Yeah it did really well today

Cotton Eye Joe That was it We had some great novelty hits Back in the Macarena was another beauty In the 90s wasn't it The Ketchup song Was that in the 90s

Yeah Gangnam Was Gangnam Style? No, that's mine. That's my era. That's your Cotton Eye Joe. The Hits. The Jono and Ben Podcast.

We were talking yesterday about the least amount and the most amount of sleep of Producer Grace wowed us with a four-hour nap that she had on Monday and yesterday.

She sent a message saying Had another four-hour nap. Had another four-hour nap yesterday, which we're like Oh, did she back it up? Yeah, she's on the group text. She's living the dream. On the group message saying... Had another four-hour nap. Had another four-hour nap yesterday, which we're like... Oh, did she back it up? Yeah, she's on the group text. She's living the dream. On the group message she messaged through, yeah.

Gee, you must feel like a million bucks, Grace. She doesn't. I feel like you're seeing me too much in that situation. She has a lot of energy all the time. Yeah, maybe that's why. Is it a case of if you have that amount of sleep, your body gets used to needing that amount of sleep? I have the same theory with lip.

You know how you put on lip balm? The more you put on lip balm, the more your lips crave lip balm. I agree with that. Yeah. I agree. You try and cold turkey it and your lips are like. Help. The Sahara Desert.

Yeah. So, yeah, we got talking about most amount, least amount of sleep yesterday. Security guard phoned through through I'm a security guard So I get home Sleep for a bit And then I have to get up again How many hours a day?

Like three hours Three Three hours You must be volatile Yeah he And then he was The poor guy Was trying to string

A sentence together He couldn't even Get a sentence Because he was so tired Three hours a night Seems not That's not enough It's impressive It's impressive.

It's impressive that you can function on that. I imagine that would have some long-term effect, health effect, surely, if you're doing that consistently for.

Did you guys not have to do, they did like a sleep course here. Well, maybe this is like. A sleep course? What's that? Well, they told you how important

sleep was. Well, we all know how important sleep is. It affects your health and everything. It was through our work. Well,

that's great, but like, we still have to get up early. Yeah, what are you going to say? Hey, guys, we did the sleep course. I'm coming in at nine tomorrow. What did they say the ideal number of hours sleep was? I think for a woman it was eight hours, and for a guy it was like seven.

That'd be nice. Andrew's phone threw an 0800. The hits were coming off three hours. How much sleep are you getting? Not that guy. I'll be four to five, basically, every night. Yeah, that's not enough, though, is it? We say that, but then a lot of us are guilty of it.

Yeah, yeah. I prefer six if I can get it. That's my sweet spot, I think. Six or seven will be sweet. But no, four, I've been 20 years, four to five. Jeez. Probably running on caffeine, mate. Yeah. My type's probably caffeine.

Blood type caffeine. St. John's are like, oh, we can put this straight into a coffee machine. When he donates to the blood service, they just fill up their bloody coffee pot. So you reckon you can handle it. What about if you've got like weekends or days off? Do you sleep a little longer then? No, I'm a trainer, so my body just wants to get up and i'll go for a run or something i've got probably cortisol through the roof um but yeah and i've been doing this over 20 years so the body's just so conditioned

to waking up at a certain time if i go to bed early i'd wake up like if i say 8 30 i'd wake up at midnight or one i'm lying awake yeah are personal trainer? Yeah, so I've been in the industry for over 20 plus years, so it's just I've been up at four for as long as I can remember, to be honest. Do you have the Jono effect where you go to a cinema and you can't stay awake? Yep, no, snoring, my wife jabs me, boom. Give me 10 minutes and I'll show you a sleepy middle-aged man.