Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Trump vs Taylor?

Episode Date: January 27, 2025

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The Jono, Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to Dilma. Goodness really does taste great. Dilma, making the world a better team. Welcome to the podcast on a Tuesday, and we start with a heated debate, don't we? Which I don't know why it got so heated. We just got very invested in our arguments. Yeah, and that's why at the end of the day,

I'm right and you're wrong, and that's why. Oh, yay. Yeah, no. It's one of those ones that it's just a fun thing to debate. Yeah. You know, like it really is, and everyone has that it's just a fun thing to debate. Yeah. You know, like it really is. And everyone has got an opinion on it. And we're still friends.

And there's probably no way of really working out who is right or who is wrong. Because we're like, oh, you can take this debate to Africa. Well, no one's got to do that. Although I did go to check GPT. Yeah. Which it did give us a definitive answer. And you'll hear it. And it surprised me.

Because as soon as you said you were doing that, I was like, oh, here you go. This is like, this is loaded evidence. It's coming my way. But it ended up in your favour. It did, but yes. Slightly. Slightly.

I reckon it's a 50-50 split. If you categorise it, you're about to hear what the debate is, but if you categorise it down into facial recognition, or just knowing of the person, yeah, there's a lot of debates you can have within that. Subcategories. And my opinion would probably vary depending on that debate. Like, depending on if it was facial recognition

or just knowing of that person. He's being diplomatic now, but you're about to hear how heated Ben got. Yeah, well, no. Well, yeah, have a listen. That's all. Yeah, I'm right. Jono, Ben and Megan.

The podcast. The Hats. We spent an hour Last night Just as we were Sort of heading to bed And hadn't planned on it But there was I could hear an argument

Brewing between Poppy my daughter And my son Oscar And they were Arguing over Who's more famous LeBron James The basketballer

Right Or Taylor Swift Now They weren't Neither was backing down and they were going round for round, and it dragged Jen and myself. We got into the argument. And basically the whole room went against Oscar. We were like, Taylor Swift?

You would have to say, on an international, global level, if you put the two faces in front of people, more would recognise Taylor Swift Surely What can be you at? Well yeah As you guys know I am LeBron James

He's one of my Hard You're LeBron hard I was on a bucket list Of mine to go see him play I got emotional Seeing him play Even though I was

Sitting way back But I would agree with you Were you just a weird guy Sobbing in the Nosebleeds Yeah But I would say Taylor Swift is more famous than the Broncos. I mean, they're both super famous, but yeah, I would agree that Taylor Swift is famous.

And we just keep going round and round, and there was no like, you can go off Instagram followers, I guess. Yeah, that's what I was just looking up. But does that prove it? Does that prove? Like, there's no real definitive way to end that argument. Because it was really like, if you put them in a police lineup. But like, not everyone's into basketball.

You know? And I feel like when she's a musician it's not as easy to escape her music. Whereas you kind of don't hear as much unless you're into basketball. Yeah, I started to get very heated last night.

There was no real winner at the end of the day. No one really won out of this. Okay, I'll throw another name into the mix. A new duo? No, off the top of my head. Okay, Taylor Swift. Okay, she wins that battle. I'm going to bring Donald Trump.

Oh, Trump. Trump. Absolutely. No, I'm not saying everyone's like, oh, he's my idol. But people know him. But people know him than Taylor Swift. If you took... That's a tough one. I don't know.

Tex Pole, 4487, who's more famous? Donald Trump, Taylor Swift. That's a good combo. Like if you took them both to I don't know, somewhere very exotic. Somewhere like the North Pole where there's hardly anyone living. Valentine's. Seafood buffet. That's exotic. You're right.

And they went, went Hey just put down The prawns Just for a second Do you know who These people are Trump You'd have to say Trump

Just because he Spans Everything Alright But does everyone Care about American Politics No no

But you know Often though I would Whereas like Again music So you're going to Say Taylor Swift I would. Whereas, like, again, music. So you're going to say Taylor Swift? I reckon I'm going to go Taylor. Oh, okay, okay, this is a good new one.

Now this is adding, you know, zero value to anyone's life right now. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. So while you're on the phone, then, we've got into a heated debate. Trump or Taylor Swift? Who's more famous? Not popular.

Who's more famous? Who's more famous? Who would, like, if you took their faces around all the world, who would know? More people would know. Who's more famous? Not popular. Who's more famous? Who's more famous? If you took their faces around all the world, who would know? More people would know. Who? Probably Trump. Yeah, I'm team Trump as well. Nah, I'm team Taylor. See, Megan's very passionate about that. I mean, I would

turn up to watch Taylor Swift. I wouldn't turn up to watch Donald Trump. Producer Grace had a very good argument. Generation Alpha. She's coming in from the younger end of the scale. What do you want to say, Grace? The kids won't know who Trump is, but the kids will know who Taylor is.

He's so distinctive, though. Yeah, but my kids don't know who Trump is, but they know who Taylor is. And there's a lot of countries throughout the world that may be not a huge Taylor Swift fan. You know, you may be parts of India and Africa and stuff like that. But are they playing on the radio? No, but do they even know who she is? Her face. Like, you know, we're of india no but you think they don't have to be fans but are they playing on the radio do they even know who she is her face like you know is everyone interested in american

politics no but they know who trump is that's so i reckon but does he even get broadcast john is just gesticulating in the background i don't know i'm just saying his mate i'm not i'm not you know for once i'm probably team trump. No, I think you're wrong, Ben. I just totally think you're wrong. Some texts coming through. Who's more famous? Definitely Trump. More popular, Taylor, obviously.

Yeah, I 100% agree. You misread that. It said Taylor wins both. Now the next one here is Taylor can sell at stadiums. Trump can't even do that in his own campaign. That's true. I'm not saying popularity-wise. Sadly, I'd say Trump more popular. Spans three generations. Trump Industries't even do that in his own campaign. That's true. I'm not saying popularity-wise. Sadly,

I'd say Trump, more popular, spans three generations. Trump Industries, The Apprentice, now Politics. Split down the middle, guys. The thing is there's no way we're going to know. You can't quantify it. You've got to have an opinion. Happened last night with the kids. We just spent an hour arguing round and round and round. But again, the kids aren't going to know. You've got a whole generation alpha who

probably don't know who Trump is. I reckon. 100% they would know who a lot of them are. But all of the oldies't going to know. You've got a whole generation alpha who probably don't know who Trump is. I reckon 100% they would know who a lot of them are. But all of the oldies know who Trump and Taylor is. I reckon some of them by facial. They'd know their name, but would you go, oh, that's Taylor Swift. Okay, play the song and we'll continue. What I love is the passion and the arguing over two people who have no idea who you are. I go to rest time, they take 10 photos of blonde white woman and they go, oh, which one is Taylor Swift?

Whereas Trump, yeah, 100%, they're going to know exactly who it is. Why do I need to do that now? I just need to prove being wrong. No one is going to change their mind. You know, you've got, you've put your foot in the sand. You can keep the text coming through. John O'Bannon Megan, the podcast, the hits. They just did a concert in India to 134,000 people.

One concert. So India knows who Cole Platt is. They do, they do, yeah. So maybe they know who Taylor Swift is. I'm just going on. Guys, if you just join the show, 20 minutes ago, we'll just bring you up to speed. I said that my family spent an hour last night arguing

who was more famous over LeBron James, Taylor Swift. Ben then took the ball and ran with it and said, who's more famous, Trump or Taylor Swift? I agree that Taylor Swift is more famous over LeBron James, Taylor Swift. Ben then took the ball and ran with it and said, who's more famous, Trump or Taylor Swift? I agree that Taylor Swift is more famous than LeBron. Both, I mean, very famous. And ever since then, for the last 23 minutes, Mum and Dad have been fighting. Megan and Ben have been fighting on air, off air,

dragging other people into it. And it hasn't stopped. I just reckon you take the two photos around, one of Taylor, one of Trump, more people around the world would say, I know Trump than Taylor. Do you know, you just said Coldplay played in India. She's never had a number one in India. Right.

So maybe she's not hugely famous. Billion people in India. Over a billion people. Okay, so we're going to roll with this? Who's more famous? I went to an Ivy League school. I'm very highly educated. I know words.

I have the best words. He's got the best words. We're not talking more popular. Oh, no, just popular. Recognisable. Recognisable. Recognisable place. Well known.

Trumbull Taylor, GB, you're on. You know, I was just saying, if you walked down the street, which one would you recognise? And unfortunately, it's got to be Trump, I'd say. I just reckon he's so distinctive. That's my thing. He's just with the fake tan and the hair and stuff.

People go, oh, that's Trump. Whereas Trailer Swift could be in like a whole lot of blonde girls. What's that? Trailer Swift. That's what I call a Trailer Swift. That's her redneck. I don't even know her name. The redneck impersonator.

We should do Trailer Swift. Yee-hehaw Great call GB Another text here The retirement village Argument was brought out by Was that you Ben? Yeah I was like

Yeah would they know Who Taylor Swift They would have heard Of Taylor Swift The residents of the Rest home I work at Would know Donald Trump But most wouldn't have

A clue who Taylor Swift was Okay so At all the daycares And schools They know who Taylor Swift is All the rest homes at all the daycares and schools they know who Taylor Swift is. All the rest homes they know who Trump is. What's the population of both? Is there more in rest homes or more in early childhood?

But I'm looking at the picture. I'm going on picture alone, not just name recognition. Oh, you're changing the rules now. No, I'm just going like, who would you put? As I said, you put two pictures up to each other. Most people would go, that's Trump over Taylor Swift. I didn't know we were doing pictures. China's been brought into the argument on the TV.

Everyone in China would know who Trump was. Well, China, how many people in China? There's a lot of people in China. Okay, so someone said put it into chat, GPT. Get a definitive answer. No, but you always manipulate GPT. No, I don't. You do.

Okay, well, I'm not going to read the answer then. Good. I don't want to read the answer. I said, who is more well- Shut up. Who is more well-known, Donald Trump or Taylor Swift? It says they both exist in different realms, but it did give me a definitive answer.

It said, in terms of recognition, Trump may edge out due to his political visibility for popularity and fan base, Taylor Swift. But it's calling it and saying Trump. That's after she manipulated AI. Yeah, Dick, you take it back. It's on your side. I wasn't expecting that.

Her manipulated mind AI is on your side. I take it all back. Great things to say about AI is on your side. Well, I take it all back. Great things to say about AI and Megan right now. I feel we'll continue this debate on throughout the week. The podcast. The hits. Very awkward experience. I was telling you guys about an elevator.

So the place where we're staying in the Gold Coast, you know, a lot of the Gold Coast, a lot of apartments, a lot of rooms, all in the one building. So there's like three elevators downstairs and the foyer sort of area that you have to ride up and down all day to get to your accommodation. And I was, I just walked into the elevator by myself to go up. And I'd noticed there was kids running around in that sort of foyer area, playing about. And just as the door started closing, this kid, must have been three or four years old, young boy, just was running and ran inside the doors.

Uh-oh. And I sort of, by the time I noticed, the doors had closed. By the time he noticed, the doors had closed. And that was just me and this young kid. You're like the bloody child catcher. That's what I felt like. That's what I felt like.

Because I just looked at the kid, and he looked at me, and then he looked at the doors, and then he just burst into tears the poor little kid and what do you do you're like please don't cry it's okay it's okay it's okay now i was like i'll take you back to you know your parents but of course you're that's like 40 something stories in this thing so yeah and you go i'm on my way up who's more panicked you or the kid at this point i think it's probably equal part both of you are crying. But for different reasons.

Different reasons. And I sort of like, I was like, please, dear God, no one get in the elevator. But of course, that's what happens. You know, you go up and you start to go down and someone gets in and then they're looking at me and this kid's crying and I'm like, why? It's not my kid. What have you been doing to him? Have you been bullying him?

Why is he not controlling his kid? There's no right thing to say because if you say that's not my kid. You're in a position here. And I was like, geez, when I get back down, hopefully the family know that it was just the kid running around. It wasn't me just like

child catching as Johnno said. You know that's going to be a really formative moment in that child's life. He's going to remember that for the rest of his days it's trapped in the lift with a guy with dyed blonde hair yeah well that was weird i thought that was never going to end so did i kid but anyway we got back down got back down and gave the yeah kid was very relieved the parents were very relieved and luckily the mum had seen him running about and didn't blame me he wasn wasn't going to alert the authorities. I can just imagine Ben explaining

as he gets down. I over-explained it. I don't. I reckon he came in with hands up. Hands in the air. Like I was, the FBI had just raided my house or something. They're like, look, hey,

we just had a lovely elevator ride. When he gets nervous, he starts But doesn't finish them as well There was a lot of trailing off there Very very scary experience for the kid And me over the holiday period Jono, Ben and Megan

The podcast, the hits Whenever it happens to you you're like I must get to that And you never do So every morning what happens to you? So I come into the building up in the lifts and I walk through reception to get here Must be nice to have a car park in the building. I didn't want to bring that up

Must be nice You guys, tension, the sexual tension this morning. Friends in high places you know. Love you Joe I think it's just normal tension, I don't know if it's easy sexual tension this morning Run of the mill tension So I don't know if it's asexual tension this morning. Run-of-the-mill tension. So I go past a reception every morning,

and the early morning security guard is there, and he's so lovely. Every morning, without fail, he says, Good morning, Megan. Have a lovely day. And I'm like, Good morning, you two. I don't know his name. Can't volley back a name now. This would happen to loads of people listening right now.

And how long has he been on that gig for? I'd say over a year. Since I've been doing the show with you guys, so it's just over a year now. I've been saying, good morning. When's the cutoff date where it's inappropriate to ask for the name? Yeah, because it would be weird if you're like, sorry, what was your name again?

You'd be like, what? A month? A month? Yeah. Are you 11 months past that now? I think so. Feels like you might be, right? But we were never formally introduced,

which feels like the moment to do it. So you haven't been given the name and forgotten it? No. You just haven't been given the name. Before he left this morning, we'll try and help our mate Megan out. Why don't we just call the reception desk where he's stationed and he'll answer the phone.

Yeah, you call and hopefully he'll answer. You'll come up with some excuse why you need to call and then hopefully he'll say his name. Okay. Morning, reception. Oh, morning.

Who's this? How can I help you? Um, I was just wondering, um, is there, like, it's Megan here,

morning. Kia ora, Megan. How can I help you? Um, I was just wondering, is there any packages for me that have arrived like yesterday or this morning?

This Megan from who? From the Hits Oh, from Hits? Yeah So you're saying you have a package for your name? Just was there any packages? I don't have any notes here about your package for you. Okay, no worries.

You have a good day. Okay, have a lovely day, Megan. You too. Bye-bye. Oh, use your name so many times. I know, and that's what he says to me every morning. Have a lovely day, Megan. I'm like, oh, damn it.

Tactic didn't work. No. I haven't asked who's this. You had an idea about like doing a birthday card or a condolence card for me or something. Some sort of card that you go around. You're like, oh, you need to sign this. Should we try that tomorrow? Yeah.

So bring in a card tomorrow. I want you to get me a sorry for your loss dot dot dot of hair follicles card. Okay. And then you can take the card around. Okay, we'll do that tomorrow. You can bring it over first thing in the morning and say, hey, we're doing a card, a joke for Jono, sorry for your loss. Just write, you know, write a message in there.

Make sure you say who it's from. So he knows who it's from. Nice and clearly write your name too. Like print it. Like in capitals. Have you got any suggestions about how we can Is it going to work?

Retrieve this business? It might work. Yeah. It's creative. Otherwise, I mean, yes, we could go up and say, what's your name? But this is more fun, right?

Yeah, and he's like, well, I've been saying your name for over a year. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Have you seen the, there's Selena Gomez

very upset on Instagram. Obviously, new administration, President Trump has ordered that any illegal immigrants are caught and sent away. They arrest them. Even some that feel like they've got

actual paperwork seems to be caught into question now. Yeah, and the throes of getting citizenship are being arrested and taken away from their families. Scary, unsettling times over there for a lot of them. And this is your pop star actor, Selena Gomez. I just want to say that I'm so sorry.

All my people are getting attacked. The children. There is concern that parents are going to get ripped away from children. Yeah. Yeah, very sad. I'm so sorry. I wish I could do something, but I can't. Obviously, she's Mexican, isn't she?

Yeah, I saw that this morning, and then she's since deleted it. Oh, really? Yeah. Okay. Not before old Johnny can get the audio. Yeah. All right, dear Megan, here we go. Someone has slid into your DMs, Megan?

They have This is about a friendship that's Potentially one of them wants more out of the friendship It says Hey John, it'd be to Megan I'm in a tricky situation And not sure who else to ask I've been friends with this guy for a while

But recently he's been hinting that he likes me more than just a friend We've always clicked But I don't feel that way about him. He's a great guy, but I'm just not attracted to him. I don't want to hurt his feelings or make things awkward, but when I try to steer things back to a friendly tone, he seems to get closer or make romantic gestures. Should I tell him how I feel directly or just keep things casual and hope he gets the hint?

I really value our friendship and don't want to lose it, but I don't want him to be stuck hoping for something more. Any advice would be appreciated. As I said before, you're going to have to end the friendship, change your name and move country. It's the only sensible solution here. Because you can't

like, if she moves on with another person, what is that friendship slash relationship like then? Because she knows that he likes her. I just feel like that's never going to go away. You're always going to feel a little way about that person. You know? But obviously they're good friends.

It feels weird to throw away a whole friendship for that. I feel like a conversation needs to be had. Keep calling him mate. Hey mate. That's my mate. That's my friend. I do. I've been called mate.

Yeah. Keep saying mate to really rub it in. But probably a conversation to be had and say, hey, look, I want to keep, stay as friends. Really good.

You know, that's great. We get on well. And then, then hopefully the friendship will carry on. Surely this has happened to someone listening. This happened to me when I was a teenager. What happened to you when you were a teenager?

We've read some of the diaries. Jeez. But our friendship didn't survive that. No, it can't. So it might have been the fact that I dated his friend. Could have been that. That's a kick in the bloody gut. Kick in the gut.

But, like, I just don't see how once you say I don't like you like that, the ego's going to be hurt, you know? Yeah, you say that and you can watch the poor gentleman's heart break into a thousand pieces. All right, so 4487, as Jono said before, someone might have been going through the same situation. What advice would you give? Can a friendship last this once the... Little hackers, if someone tells you that they love you and you don't love them back, just say, I love YouTube. Sounds like I'm saying I love you too,

but you're saying I love YouTube. Who doesn't love YouTube? A lot of people do. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. It is 2025 and we're doing a countdown here on the hits, trying to decide on the top 100 songs of the last 25 years.

If you want to vote for your favourites head to the hits.co.nz Someone slid into Megan Pappas' DMs. Again, this is a tricky one that we've got today. So they have said

they've been friends with this guy for a while but recently he's been hinting that he likes me more than just a friend. We've always clicked but I don't feel that way about him. He's a great guy, but I'm not attracted to him.

She obviously doesn't want to hurt his feelings, but she wants to remain friends. What's she going to do? Can she pretend she didn't hear him and just continue on life as normal? When she talks, like when she stays friendly with him, he keeps making romantic gestures. So it's obviously making her feel a bit uncomfortable as well. I know there are, I don't want to generalise here,

but there are heterosexual male-female friendships. Yeah. But a lot of the times they can't work, can they? A lot of the times. I'm not saying all the time. No, that's what player mates do. I have female mates that you're like, you know. There's many instances where, and it's always the guy

it's always the guy ruining it why does the guy have to ruin the friendship well that's the scenario here the trouble is you don't like it's obviously

going to hurt his ego a little bit he's going to feel weird and embarrassed I guess for her it feels like she sees her

and it's back on him she wants to remain friends she's made it clear otherwise it's just a weird situation. Let's go to the phones. We've got Anonymous. Welcome. How are you? I'm good. This has happened to you. Did the guy ruin the friendship? Well, this one didn't. I see lots of people

are making rocks. And so I just said to her, I don't have a good family, but I see you as my family, like a brother. Oh, yeah. And that's how I dealt with it, really. And how was it after that? Yeah, he seemed to understand. Oh, that's good.

And he's been a good friend to me. So you can make it. That's really good to know. Thank you for sharing that with us. Appreciate it. Thanks. That is along the lines of what Marg's has messaged on Facebook. She said, tell him how you feel non-romantically connected but you value him

for X, Y, Z reasons. Empathise, you can understand he might still feel uncomfortable around you which is valid but also remind him you'll still be there

in the same friend capacity as always when he's ready. This is very wise. Can I ask, Anonymous, did you move on with anyone else? Have you got a partner now?

No. No, right. How do you think that will happen? How will that play out when that eventually happens? Well, some people don't like you having a friend.

You're like a friend that I don't understand you have a friend. Yeah, right. Well, thank you. Thank you very much Anonymous. A lot of texts coming through here as well. Never thought I'd say this, but I agree with Jono. There's no coming back from that sort of friendship bombshell. Don't know how to take that text. Take it as a compliment.

I think, yeah. Can I just say too, someone else texted and I tried to call them back on this particular issue and this happened to me. Okay, listen to this. Yeah, this was funny. Hello? Hello, Jono Ben and

Megan here. How are you? You there? there hi it's john o'bannon megan here from the hits hi it's john o'bannon oh he's getting answer phone that's a good one it's a good one should be illegal uh that should be illegal by death punishment by death something's up megan summarize that what's the result here everyone is saying Be honest This is kind of The let them theory Be honest Tell him your True feelings

And then you can't Control how he reacts If he gets upset Let them Let them Let them Let them Let them

Let them There we go That's the new book That's the whole Self help book That's still in the rounds Our mantra for 2025 Jono, Ben and Megan

The podcast The hits You know the old If you're in the front seat If you're in the back Click Go to your seat for 2025. Hey, Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. You know the old, if you're in the front seat, if you're in the back, click, go to seatbelt before you hit the track.

Yeah, the iconic make it click. It's been around for a long time, right? Yeah. McDonald's, yeah. Yeah, it's a bit of a road safety campaign.

Well, if you've ever wondered what Ronald McDonald would be like if he were at Northern Base, well, they've remixed it. Did you hear it? Yeah, I've heard it on the radio this morning when I was driving it.

It's called Kiwi DJ. Is it Kiwi DJ? Yeah. Yeah, she's done it. Jess. Guys, you must remember every time you're in the car. And it makes no difference if you're going there or far. Sounds like the songs at 12 Red Bulls.

Jess Rhodes is the name, yeah. This would go off. It would, eh? If I was at like a dance party, Rhythm and Vines, I'd be like, yeah! You're like, yeah! Click, guys, just email. Hopefully the road safety message is getting through as well at the same time when you're doing that. Oh yeah, definitely.

Yeah. Well, good on them for doing that. Oh yeah, definitely. Yeah. Well, good on them for doing that. Did it need a remix? Oh, I suppose we brought it back. You know, like it's for a whole new generation. The old one was quite slow, wasn't it? It was, yeah.

Nowadays, you've got to have the kids, you've got to get their attention in under six seconds and put a bloody drum and bass beat behind it. Otherwise they're skipping to something else, aren't they? Jono, Ben and Megan.

The podcast. The hits Someone's going around the streets Tampering with the signs The street signs And doing what looks like a professional job Of going over the top Changing the names

To funny things Cornwall Road is now Pornwell Road It's costing about $5,000 so far In replacements for signs and stuff like that as well There's another one apparently deemed unfit for publication on the New Zealand Herald. Oh, wow. Is that bad? Kent Terrace has obviously been changed into something else.

They do that to Cook Street. Ah, nice. And that changes sometimes. When I drive back from the Coromandel, there's a long stretch of road off, I think it's State Highway 2 or the Hauraki Plains, and it's called Canal East Road. And I always just want to pull over and just, you know what I want to do. Twink out the seat. You know what I want to do.

I don't. Because I'm an adult. That's right. But you thought about it. Yeah, many times. Every time I drive past it. Well, I was going around the streets actually yesterday with the kids. Biking.

Biking with the kids. Well, this is a lovely way to spend the afternoon. You know, you don't realise how much of your legs you need to use while you're biking, do you? It's quite hard. I can see why Lance Armstrong went for the assistance that he went for. Yeah. Well, that's all you're using, right? Yeah.

I think I'm reaching the boomer biking age. You know when they just say, oh, we've been out for a bike ride, but they just sat on an electric bike and rotated it. You do kind of use a little bit of fitness. The bike's doing the heavy lifting. Kevin Boyce got an electric bike? Yes, yeah, yeah. He loves it.

Goes on big rides. Big rides. Of course he does. You've got electricity helping you. Anyway, we just pulled over for an ice cream. And what we witnessed when I before, a hit and run. So there was a lady parked, and there was another driver who pulled out of the car park and reversed into the parked car.

Dink! Everyone looks, obviously, and the driver comes out and says, Oh, hey, listen, I just think you hit my car. And then the other motorist is like, Well, I have insurance. I'll give you my phone number. This is all great. I'm over here in this stuff She's like, great I'll just go and get a pen and paper Or my phone already

Now, at that point in time The other motorist drives off I'm thinking maybe Maybe she'll text it later on Maybe she's gone home to get pen and paper Yeah, yeah. So then everyone's sort of sitting there going, well, even though she hasn't handed over her phone number,

she's also got another very important number on the back of her car. Yeah, the license plate, right? License plate. And there was a giant CCTV camera too on the lamppost as well. You can't get away with stuff nowadays, can you? Not like the good old days. She would have got away with it. CCTV everywhere yeah

you just expect to be on camera the whole time yeah and you don't really know like you see those things on

the news and things like that you're like oh jeez there are cameras everywhere yeah when you actually look up and

notice them yeah we ain't getting away with anything Jono, Ben and Megan the podcast the hits

you see on Friday night as I mentioned before he was in Hobbiton over the weekend which is pretty cool I reckon he's still here guys because John O'Bannon Megan The podcast The hits He's sailing Friday night As I mentioned before He was in Hobbiton Over the weekend Which is pretty cool I reckon he's still here guys Because it was the last show

Of his tour He's got some time He might be doing A little travelling around So keep your eyes Peered for Ben Go on to the private jet Flight tracker

If you're really interested That's what a lot of people Do nowadays isn't it Do you think he's A private jet guy I reckon he's reached Private jet status I don't know We're making a lot of people do nowadays isn't it Do you think he's a private jet guy I reckon he's reached private jet status I don't know we're making a lot of assumptions

We were his biggest show ever so That deserves a private jet Had an incident Where ran into A work colleague well She actually used to work here but she's now at another Company and it was At the beach

And she was in her bikini i was in my togs and it was like you know ankles deep in the ocean and were you wearing speedos what kind of togs were you wearing no i'm not a speedos person dear god no i'm just shorts yeah and i could feel the uncut i mean it's never not awkward that situation and the whole time I'm like eye to eye keep eye contact keep eye contact even the slightest slip of eye contact

you're in unintentional pervert territory and she gets to the stage where she kind of wraps both arms around her chest oh really you were really making

me feel that uncomfortable I wasn't looking but she she was obviously just in your presence she's like and she's like oh this is not good.

She called it. The elephant needed it because we were discussing work issues. She's essentially standing there in her underpants, except like you said, just different material. Yeah. The thing is, I wouldn't come to work in a bikini because that's weird. Also, I wouldn't let you see me in my bra and undies,

which is the same thing, but different material. I mean, some people are probably comfortable with that. Other people, yeah, but it is kind of weird

when it's your work colleagues. Yeah, when she was like, this is an ideal and I was like, well, we've got two options here. Okay,

as far as I can see. Okay, number one, we both walk away and pretend this never happened. Number two, we go shoulders deep into the ocean and continue the conversation It just comes to mind, I had a similar way at a work trip

we were working for TV3 and there was a pool at the place and I was like, I'll go for a swim no one in the pool, I'm like, great Then it turns up, Samantha Hayes from the news and David Farrier, the reporter they turn up, they're friends and I'm like, oh this is a bit weird now I'm going to have to leave now.

I just felt a bit weird. Because you are in a state of undress. Yeah. It was like, you know, colleagues. They're friends. They're just hanging out. And I'm like, who's the weird guy tagging along here? Nothing worse than bumping into people out of the natural environment.

Yeah. That's all it will teach us. My dad being a principal, we'd see it all the time too. Particularly as guys got, you know, sort of our age now. The people with the wild. Right? My dad being a principal, we'd see it all the time too. You know, guys, particularly as guys got, you know, sort of our age now, the people were boozed and then he would come along

and they'd be like, hello, Mr. Boyce. You know, suddenly sober up and they're like nine years old. You can never cut, you like always have to call them Mr. Boyce.

Yeah. It will never be anything else. Yeah. Like seeing teachers in the supermarket. Exactly. It's weird. It's the worst. Yeah.

Okay. So we're seeing people out of the natural environment. Has this happened to you? Have you seen your boss, your CEO? Imagine seeing Bogsy, our CEO, at the gym or something. In a singlet. Must happen all the time to him. There's so many people in the company. He must bump into people all the time.

And shorty shorts. It's so weird. I'd like to assume that Bogsy wears shorty shorts. He's got a good pair of legs on him I've never seen Bogsy's legs Only suit pant legs If he bumped into him in the wild You might have In the wild we mean outside of work

For some reason Had an incident where I ran into a colleague In the ocean And she She was bikini clad and thankfully she did too. You try and no one's prepared to have a conversation with a work colleague while you're 75% naked. No one is ever prepared for that situation. And she thankfully called the elephant in the room or the bikini clad colleague in the ocean and said, listen, this is not ideal. She's going, I'm going to walk away and let's try and never speak of this again.

And I'm thinking, I'm definitely speaking of this again, most likely on the radio. And that was that. But as I reiterated before, eye contact, very important. Very important in that scenario. So if you want to chuck it out there, seeing people out of their natural environment. Yeah.

Have you run into teachers outside of school? That's always weird. It's been like mainly in the supermarket and you clam up and then you're like looking in their trolley like, what are you buying? It's weird. Weird. Teachers have a life outside of school. Especially if they're buying like personal items, like, and then you see a student, you're

like, oh, damn it. Yeah. You're saying your dad gets it all the time. Yeah, my dad being a former principal now still teaching all the time. It's funny seeing people run into him. Great text here, 4487. We're on a hen's do and ended up at an adult's nightclub. And I ran into my university lecturer.

He was there on his own. That's a safety in numbers environment, isn't it? You just go up and be like, I need an A. And they kind of had a conversation. What are you doing here? Oh, just, yeah, yeah. No one needs to know, but I need an A. I'm in a strip club by myself on a Saturday night.

That's what I'm doing here. This is not ideal. This is not ideal. This is not ideal. Let's go to the phones. Kez, good morning to you. How are you, Kez? Hey, how are you going? We're doing well.

People out of their natural environment, in the wild. Who did you spot? Good story. Did you have a story? Sorry, i just lost you for a sec um yeah i um we had a teacher from school i'm in my 50s and we had a teacher from our high school i went to school in queenstown and uh and he moved into our local rural town um a couple of years ago and the first time I bumped into the supermarket I'm like well oh hi Mr Jones and you are and he's I'm in my 50s he'd be probably late 70s I'm guessing maybe 80s you never slip out of that do you no whenever I go for a parent teacher interview I always feel like a child do you even know his first name

oh yeah yeah everybody knew his name because he was one of these guys he was like the basketball Parent-teacher interview, I always feel like a child. Do you even know his first name? Oh, yeah, yeah, everybody knew his name because he was one of these guys. He was like the basketball coach. And so everybody knew him. But, yeah, we still call him Mr. Jones. Well, that's great. Well, this is kind of another message here. Thank you for your call, Kaz.

I'm a teacher, and I ran into students at a party after I'd just done a shooey. And using very colourful language. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast. The hits. Sally Ann for the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. This is how we like to start our day. Morning, Sally.

Good morning. How's it going? Good. Loving the new hairdo. So now you can't radio. I don't know if you know, it's not a great medium for visuals. It's not. But Ellie's lightened up her hair, gone a bit of a blonde.

Yeah, it's a bit blondie, brownie, coppery. It's kind of a combo. Having more fun? Yeah, I think so. I feel a bit younger. Grace said I look five years younger. She said I look 27. So I'm going to take that.

Take it, take it. Yeah, thank you. Maybe that's where I'm going wrong. You look like Axl Rose with that hair. All right, question number one for the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. Who is the current Workplace Relations and Safety Minister? Is it David Seymour, Brooke Van Velden, or Karen Shure? I think it's Brooke Van Velden.

I'd want it to be a Karen, but I don't think it's a Karen. Yeah, I don't think it's Seymour, but I don't know. Let's lock in Brooke Van Velden. Nice work, Jono. You've got that right. How do you know that? Did you know that? No. Well, you emceed that for health and safety, and she was there.

She was there, yeah. That makes sense. That was where I was connecting dots. Yeah, that makes sense. It makes a lot of sense now why she was there. She was there, yeah. That makes sense, yeah. That was where I was connecting dots. Yeah, that makes sense. It makes a lot of sense now why she was there. She wasn't there to watch us deliver poor gags to the crowd. All right. Question number two.

Which singer was the youngest winner of the Grammy for Album of the Year? Adele, Billie Eilish, or Taylor Swift? Ooh, jeez. When did Taylor Swift start winning Grammys? Was it off the bat? Yeah, and did she win Grammys Was it off the bat Yeah and did she win Grammys for country Before she kind of

You know Do they have the Country music awards Don't they Well they do actually Yeah It's not Adele Adele was like 25

Or whatever Even like Her first album was 19 Which she didn't win for I don't think So that gets When did Taylor Swift Start making music

What age 17 Yeah But Billie Eilish Was super young too, right? I think I'm younger than that. Yeah. Jesus, one of those two. I reckon, for some reason I think Billie Eilish,

but I don't know. You want to look at it? I'm going to look at Billie Eilish. Lock it in, that's correct. Nice work. Do we know how old? She's like 18. But I think it was even younger.

I feel like it was like 16 or 17. It was very young. I remember it happening. All right, while you Google that, John, I'll go to question number three. What is the main ingredient in Italian dish risotto? Is it pasta, bread or rice? Rice. That is correct.

Nice one. Billie Eilish was 18 years and 39 days old when she won her Grammy. You got that one right, Megan. Alright, question number four. Do you know her full name is Billie Eilish Pirate Beard? Yeah.

It's got pirate beard. Billie Eilish Pirate Beard? B-A-I-R-D or something, right? Buzzy? Wait, what's her brother? Because her brother's name is Phineas. Phineas. Mermaid tail

or something. Please, imagine if he's just Phineas He's probably yeah he's just Phineas O'Connell oh okay she got pirate bed in the

it's so random yeah what does that mean pirate bed why did I not do that to my kids you should have alright question number four

of the New Zealand Herald daily quiz what is the primary purpose of the dotzip file format Is it compressing files Storing images Or streaming videos Compressing files

Compressing files That is correct Well done Wow Should we do it one to the ad break Yeah let's do one Don't answer And we'll come back

Okay The question is Who was the first actor To win the Academy Award For Best Actor In consecutive years Was it Spencer Tracy Tom Hanks Or Frederick March Okay well maybe We'll throw this one out. 4487 on the text.

We're very cocky. I was going to go, hey, we'll come back and answer that, but we will, but we might not get it correct. John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast. The hits. The Daily Quiz is how we like to start our day to see if we can get 10 out of 10.

We're allowed to go the lifeline once on the text machine. But this question is quite a tricky one. Yeah, the question is, who was the first actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor in consecutive years? The first actor to do it. Is it Spencer Tracy, Tom Hanks, or Frederick March? Now, you felt like it could be Tom Hanks winning a back-to-back.

Yeah, I think he's won back-to-back, but then I don't know if he's the first. Okay. Now, John, this is our Lifeline question, so we don't have to lock anything in just yet. We can go to the Lifeline, Johnny. Yes, we do it. Let's get Johnny on. Good morning.

Hey, good morning, guys. Lovely to have you on, John. What's your gut saying? Deep in your loins. What are your waters talking to you about? I think Spencer Tracy is the answer, John. What's your gut saying? Deep in your loins. What are your warders talking to you about? Spencer Tracy. Spencer Tracy. Is this John that you message in

like you help us out a lot of the time, right? Every morning. Yeah. John's always right. Smart guy. Smart guy, John. What do you do, John? Apprentice motor motive. Apprentice mechanic. Nice. One of the smartest mechanics in the game. Are we locking in Spencer Tracy? Apprentice motor-motive. Apprentice mechanic. Nice. Well, one of the smartest mechanics in the game.

Are we locking in Spencer? Yeah, let's go with John. Let's go with John. Sorry, Megan. No, no, let's go with John. Let's go with John. Oh, that is correct. Yay!

Thanks, John. Appreciate it. All right, we're still on it. Thank you, John. I think, surely, yeah, Tom Hanks must have done it a bit later, right? I just did a quick Google. Forrest Gump and Streets of Philadelphia. Two bangers.

He had a great period there. He was just splurting out the bangers, wasn't he? Splurting. Why is that a yucky word? All right, question number six. The TV series Bosch is based on novels written by which author? John Grisham, James Patterson, or Michael Connolly? Oh, jeez.

Some of John Pryor, my dad's favorite authors. Oh, Bosh. Bosh, I don't know. I've never even heard of that. It's spelled B-O-S-C-H, like the brand. Yeah, yeah. Is it a power tool? I think it's an appliance brand.

Oh, right. Speakers and stuff like that. Oh, yeah. But that's not helping us right now no yeah Bosch is based on novels written by

which author John is John still listening I feel like John Grisham he had like movies or TV shows

but they were named after the books I don't remember Bosch being one is Grisham Jack Reacher novels I think he is but yeah

can I just say none of us know the answer Then this conversation Is not going to help us No, let's just take a guess What's the options? John Grisham James Patterson

Or Michael Connolly James James Patterson James Looking at James It's Michael Connolly Your heroes have let you down again Right?

Okay, well Yeah, we didn't deserve To get further than that To be honest Ended where it should have ended John O'Bannon Megan have let you down again, right? Okay, well, yeah, we didn't deserve to get further than that, to be honest. Ended where it should have ended. Jono, Ben and Megan. The Podcast.

The Hits. Big day for American football yesterday in the NFL. The Kansas City Chiefs, who's Travis Kelsey's team, Taylor Swift's boyfriend, very good player too. You laugh, but that's how I know. Yeah, that's how you know them.

They're back in the Super Bowl after they beat the Buffalo Bills yesterday. So they're back and they could win three Super Bowls in a row. The Buffalo Bills? Yeah. It's a fun name, isn't it? It's a fun name. Megan is like if she was in Taylor Swift's friend group, she would be that one friend who was giving Travis the side eye

all through their relationship, not fully trusting him, there's something about him that you don't like, you can't put your finger on it, you've honed to him slightly though surely I mean if she's happy it's all good but I, and it's not a quick like they've been together quite a while right you know we were having these same sort of conversations

last year right and now you've got to accept that they're together and they're in love do we trust trust NFL players? I mean, I'm not hugely trusting of sports, like big professional sports players. That's a sleeping generalisation. They don't have a great track record. He seems like a genuinely lovely guy.

I mean, you sleep with a few women who aren't your wife. I mean, what else are they meant to do? What else are they meant to do, Megan? Not sleep with him? And he loves to party. He does, yeah. Well, the Chiefs won the Super Bowl last year for the second time. They're going for a historic third on February 10th, New Zealand time.

And he got the mic at the end of the game. He was pumped up. He was fired up. He was in Las Vegas. And this is what he had to say. Travis Kelsey. Viva Las Vegas! What, Elvis?

Viva Las Vegas! Makes sense in Las Vegas? Viva! Viva! I love this bit. Las Vegas. But Elvis? Viva Las Vegas. Makes sense in Las Vegas? Viva. Viva. I love this bit. Las Vegas. It is. Okay.

And then it cuts to Taylor Swift and she's like. Well, if anyone knows about singing in front of a crowd, it's her. Yeah. It was pitchy. But yesterday they won again and he busted out another song. Not quite as, I mean, it's not Super Bowl. They haven't won the Super Bowl yet, you know. But it was not quite as pitchy as last time.

But he busted out part of another song. Have a listen. Kansas City! Just do a little dance. Make a little love. Get down tonight. Get down tonight. So what are you thinking?

I like it. I like it. Like instinctively, I just crossed my arms across my chest. I was like, no. I loved it. She looked like she was enjoying this one a lot more than last time. Do a little dance. Make a little love.

Get down tonight. Chance is sitting. Just do a little dance. Make a little love. Get down tonight. She was sitting next to, Taylor Swift's sitting next to his mum too She's probably like what? What's going on tonight?

What's happening? I guess you can't really bust out a Taylor Swift song You're like shake it off Shake it off I don't know if you saw this too Because they're playing the Philadelphia Eagles In the Super Bowl final And the mayor of Philadelphia

Obviously very passionate Getting behind the team And good on her And she was trying to start a chant Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl final. And the mayor of Philadelphia, obviously, very passionate getting behind the team and good on her. And she was trying to start a chart at a press conference, but then quickly realised how difficult it is to spell the word Eagles. Yeah. Now just to... So think of how you spell Eagles in your head. E-A-G-L-E-S.

Now have a listen to what she said. Let me hear you all say E-L-G-L-E-S. E-L-G-L-E-S. E-L-G-L-E-S. E-L-G-L-E-S. E-L-G-L-E-S. E-L-G-L-E-S.

E-L-G-L-E-S. E-L-G-L-E-S. E-L-G-L-E-S. E-L-G-L-E-S. E-L-G-L-E-S. E-L-G-L-E-S. E-L-G-L-E-S. E-L-G-L-E-S.

E-L-G-L-E-S. E-L-G-L-E-S. Let's go, birds! Egliseses. Egliseses. You know, there's probably going to be T-shirts and stuff supporting the Egliseses. Egliseses!

At the Super Bowl, but very exciting. Tough when you start a chant, though, isn't it? You're kind of, yeah. And she committed to it. She finished it. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits.

We'd like to tease you with a riddle to see if you can guess it correct. Thanks to Dilmar Tea. That's a bit of a teaser. The Riddler. And you can win $100 and a Dilmar Tea hot and cold tea prize pack. The Riddler. Now, we didn't fulfill my dream of the Riddler on the roof at any point last year. No, we haven't done it yet.

One morning we'll get you on the roof doing your riddles. Now, I'd like to try and do a bespoke riddle for the room for you guys to try and come up with something. And I thought, well, Producer Ellie's never had a chance to come up with a riddle. No, hello. I wonder why you brought me in here. So I thought, well, today, why don't we give her the opportunity to come up with the answer to the riddle. Is that all right with you guys? Yeah, I mean...

Why do I feel like this is loaded? You're calling us dumb. I understand it's loaded. This is just the one that you can answer. This feels loaded, eh? Okay. So have a listen. Okay, producer Ellie, this is for you.

Okay. I'm small and discreet. I'm easy to pack. I clean what's behind and bring freshness back. Ellie bought me online thinking I added some class, but really I'm just here to rinse off my... Arse! Yeah, what is it?

That's my portable bidet. There we go. Have you been giving it a good water blast? Yesterday morning, I had a go here. I don't know if you saw me poddle off to the toilet there. And I was gone for about seven minutes. And man, it works well. For the rest of the day i felt so clean i

genuinely cannot recommend it enough a portable bidet you bought online uh yeah you can see the video at the hits breakfast instagram just in my backpack just in my bag and then i went off to the toilet popped it in this hits jacket uh so i didn't look weird yeah and then i went into the bigger toilet with the sink sat down filled her up at the sink and away we go really you fill it up in the bathroom, right? Yeah, yeah. Does it make a noise? Did we establish that?

It does slightly, but not too bad. But luckily, most of the time, I'm on my own in there because we're here early. So that's good. It's in the shape of an electric toothbrush, isn't it? It is. How did you find the velocity of it? It was quite good. I had it on high, and I think it did it did get the spot

you know what I'm saying the spot okay okay that's probably enough information that we had on that one okay thanks to Dilmar T

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there's only so many riddles in the game this one what can you hold in your left hand but not in your right is now if Megan is game. This one, what can you hold in your left hand but not in your right? Is that it? That's it.

No, we haven't done that before. What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right? What can you hold? 800-THE-HITS or 4487 if you know $100 and a Dilmar tea hot and cold tea price pack coming your way. What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right? I know. I'm getting better, I think. Write it down.

Write it down just so you can verify that if you do get the answer correct. Oh, a few calls starting to come through now. Is it one of those spelling ones? No, it's not a spelling. No, it's not a spelling one. It's actually quite logical, I would say. Yeah, I think I've got it. Oh, okay.

Oh, there's a lot of calls coming through right now. Let's go. We're going to go. Sean, morning to you. Good morning, okay. Oh, there's a lot of calls coming through right now. Let's go. We're going to go. Sean, morning to you. Good morning, Dave. How are you, Shorty? I'm John. Is this John again?

Yeah, yeah. Oh, John, who just helped us out before in the New Zealand Herald quiz. John, literally the only person listening to the show. Again. All right, John, what is the answer to the riddle? It is your elbow. Is it your elbow? Oh, well, it's not the answer I was looking for.

Oh, but it is logical. It is logical. Hold your left hand. No, but you can hold. You can hold your elbow. You can't hold your left elbow. No, but you can hold. You can hold your elbow. You can't hold your left elbow. Well, you can lift it up. No, you're right.

But not the answer. Not the answer I was looking for. It's along the same lines. I feel a bit mean, but it's not the answer. It's not the answer from the internet. Hey, thank you, Johnny. Thank you, Johnny. But it's along the same lines.

Ezra Morena. Morena. What are we thinking, Ezra? You can't hold in your left hand. You can't hold in your left hand. You can't hold in your right. But he can hold in your left hand or he can't hold in your left? I don't know. I think I've stuffed it up.

Yeah, well, can you hold in your left hand but not in your right? What's that? The opposite hand. I don't know what one is this. Yeah, you can't hold your right hand. You can't hold your right hand. Yes. In your right hand because it's your right hand.

Oh. Well, can you hold in your right hand. Yes. In your right hand because it's your right hand. Well, can you hold your left hand? I can hold my right hand in my left hand but I can't hold my right hand in my right hand. I did. I wrote it down.

You got it. Jono's like, I'm disappointed he didn't get it. Well done. You've got $100 in a Dilmar tea hot and cold tea prize pack. Thank you.

Talk to us about what are you doing today? What's happening on Tuesday for you, Ezra? Back at work today. Yeah, what do you do? I'm a nurse. Oh, good on you. You keep up the good work. Have you ever used a portable bidet? No,

no, I have not. Must give it a try. Maybe. She's not going to give it a try. Maybe not. I'm with you, Ezra. $100 coming your way. We appreciate it. You have yourself a great day. Thank you.