Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Uncovering The Mystery of The Beautiful Women at Megan’s House

Episode Date: October 7, 2025

On today’s show: Megan narrowly avoids disaster after forgetting the handbrake… Jono’s phone takes a spin in the washing machine.Jono reviews the new season of Dance Moms, fentanyl dance included. Megan’s daughter drops a bombshell about a “beautiful woman named Cassie.” Ben goes overboard on Disney merch and gives everyone the ick. The team celebrates the small joys of adulthood like matching lids and cancelled plans. Lightning strikes a plane… and even a listener (three times!). Plus, the team gears up for 24 hours of handball for KidsCan. Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFASTFacebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The John O'Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to Dilma. Goodness really does taste great. Dilma, making the world a better tea. Hey, welcome to the podcast. Today we got talking about miracle stories of your phone surviving through all sorts of things. Geez, stories that give you a hope, you know, in this world that we live in nowadays. And we've actually got someone who's called through after the show. And Dakin, what happened to your phone in Wellington?

Well, I was actually overseas in camera at the time. I was employed working at a summer camp. Unfortunately, on this particular day, they left me on charge. So I had to have the emergency phone in case anything happened, all that just as. Long story short, we had the fire brigade on scene to do lots of training. And I forgot that they were doing a water fight. A water fight. Oh, no.

A water fight. So they had their whole hoses galore, everything, rari, righty, rah. And I had a person I'd to go help because they slipped over and got there. And I was like, I'll go back to the office and go get my phone, just, you know, for precautionary reasons. And, yeah, it didn't turn on for about three whole months. Oh, three, oh, wow. But it eventually worked. Yeah.

Did it work again? Oh, it worked again, eventually. I love how you stuck with it for three months. Every day. It's like, maybe today's a day. Won't be making any calls today, but tomorrow, maybe. Wow. That's optimism.

It wasn't nice going back to, like, the touch pad phone, like the old school, like early 2000s phone, because that's what I had to rock for that time. It's impressive. You always think about that, because back in the day, you used to be a great gag around a pool, you'd push someone in,

you know, they'd pull you in as well. But nowadays, the first thing you're like, phone, no, no, go, fine, yeah. It's a real monstrous acting. It's got to ruin

that bit of horseplay around the pool, isn't it? Yeah. I think, like, the highlight in the whole story is, as though having the water fire, there were,

I could you not, two black bears that just started running through the water. Well, bears? Actual bears. Actual beers. And I was like, you know, being from New York, I was like, is that normal?

They go, oh, yeah, they do that all the time. Yeah. They weren't blackberries, were they? I'm just super concerned about my phone at the moment. I just, hang on, I have quality joke. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, quality joke for me just went. I heard it. I heard it.

Blackberry, fine. Anyway, so it's fine. Yeah. I made that all good. Dakin, he's trying to get some, he won't want some recognition for his game. He said they weren't black berries, were they? as in the phone they could have been

but you had to be there to know unfortunately they were beers yeah they were actual bears hey good on your day I really appreciate you listening and you got to have a great day you too

kaki te have a good day enjoy the podcast John O'Benn and Megan The podcast The Hits I almost died yesterday I just for the sixth or seventh time this year

yeah you know there's going to be a point when you actually die and they'll be like Megan's funeral's on today and we're like is it? Don't believe it.

Don't believe it. I feel like final destination like I feel like it's coming for me because I keep dodging it. What happened? We'll find out.

Now. That was a good tease then. You like that? You like that? It's going to be like What happened? We'll find out. Oh yeah.

We'll tell us. Come on. That was great teasing. That was something about teasing in the radio game. Keep people around while I can. We're here now. Another second out of them there, bro. Look, what do they call it when, like, especially women, they have a lot on that.

The mental lows. Yeah. The mental, like, I've just got a lot in my head at the moment. And so I was, like, going to get some medication for my daughter from the great people at Kimmer's Warehouse. pulled up, this is not their fault, pulled up to the car park, and the car park, very, very slight, very slight, lean. So I pulled up, and I was about to get out of the car,

open the door, and I was like, oh, the person beside me is reversing. I was like, so I'll just wait. I had literally had my foot out the door. I was like, oh, wait, I'll wait, I'll wait. And then I was like, oh, the person on the other side of me is reversing as well. I was like, gee, I'll wait. And then I was like, oh, no, they're not, I'm moving. I had, like, I'm getting out of the car.

and my car slowly rolls backwards as I'm trying to get out but I didn't realize it's happening So you haven't to dive back in I'm diving back into the car as it's rolling out into traffic Visit like you know chemist's warehouse is always busy Because it's a pumping car park Had you locked the car? Do you have to relock it again or did you? No I hadn't got that far

So I'm diving back in trying to like And in that moment I'm like What do you do to stop the car? It's hard to play Yeah once the car gathers momentum hard to stop It's like when, you know, a drunk uncle starts the story with, I'm not racist, but I'd really like to stop this story, but here we are. I know if someone's tooting at me.

I was like, I know, obviously, I'm not supposed to be rolling out here. But I stopped it just in time, and I didn't die. Can I just say, we've reached an age of motoring where, you know, sometimes there's driverless vehicles. Yeah. You know, cars are very smart nowadays. Surely a car can figure out, oh, my owner's not in me at the moment. I'm rolling backwards.

Maybe they don't want me moving. Yeah. I'm not in gear. Oh, yeah, I probably hadn't put in a park either. Yeah. Oh, my owner's 50. 50 meters behind me screaming, stop. Yeah.

Yeah. Too much going on. Too much going on. But I didn't die. John Ovenin and Megan. The podcast. That. When Megan, you had your car rolling away at the chemist warehouse and put your handbrake or your car into park.

Yeah, I must have just like rolled up, jumped out. And it started rolling back into traffic. I was like, oh, my Lord. Labelling it's, uh, it's, uh, misbranding it to another near-death experience at, what, maybe 1 to 0.5 a kilometre per hour. I had it happen to, yeah. Okay. I had it happened to me a few years ago.

It was a lot going on that day. I had an older car that didn't have automatic. And I was pretty sure I put the handbrake on. But if I did, I obviously didn't pull it up far enough. And we parked on the driveway at home. And our driveways kind of goes up a bit, you know, like a slight sort of way. It doesn't need much. And the next thing I know I get a knock on.

on the door and there's a couple of school kids and I was like oh hey and they're like do you own such and such a car and I'm like yeah they're like it's in the middle of the road and it had gone down the driveway through the gate into the road hit the fence across the other side of the road and back into

the middle thankfully didn't have any cars didn't hit any people or the kids or anyone yeah and I was pretty sure I put the head so whether it popped off or the handbrake or didn't put a handbrake on I think the car would argue that you might not have put the handbrake on and I'd say there was no park there it wasn't an automatic so it was like yeah but yeah and so the car had been written off the fence across the road was

written off so yeah and i was like thank god that did not no one was hurt in that situation and the cars are sitting in the middle of the road these cars are still going around it it's just like sitting out classic Auckland everyone's still just going around this car that's sort of nothing's suspicious here tagging the middle of the road parking's a nightmare around this place what's this guy doing oh there's no one in the car yeah very scary so now i take photos of the handbrake everywhere I go, just to make sure if I'm worried about it. Oh, I need to see your camera roll. You take photos of your eye in, take photos of your handbra.

Paranoid, because now, because I was like, sure I put it on, I'm sure I put it on. So whether the handbrake, well, I don't know. Because now I'm like, I'll make sure I do put it on. Was the insurance company like, I'm sure you did it when you had to make a claim? I don't know. Oh, well, the handbrake didn't work. I don't mean, there's the times it pops off. I don't know.

Mel, morning to you. Hey, good morning. You're on the radio, Mel, by the way. Yeah, yeah, cool. Nice to know. How are you? We're doing well, mate, handbrake. You didn't put it on.

Well, yeah, so I was in London. I was on a 10-year exertion over there, and I was working for a big real estate company, Foxton. It's a machine, and so you're just running constantly between, you know, different offices and whatnot. And I was in the, pulled up to the Shepard's Bush office, and it's a main drag from Holland Park through the Hammersmith. And so I only whipped in there like I normally do

in my, like, nice tidy clothes, nice skirt, nice heels, and ripped up, pulled in, got out, went in to get the keys for the next property, and then as I go to turn around, I look out the window, and there's my car, like, rolling bagwards quite fast, and I'm quite a wee while away in my heels, and luckily I'm a sprinter. So I just, I literally just went, like, didn't even think twice, ran outside, and as it's rolling back, it's coming down into this main road with the two big buses coming past.

Oh, jeez. And so I flew the front door open in my heels, threw myself into the front seat as it's rolling, ripped up the handbrake literally only like milled from the bus smashing into the back of my mini coofer that's like the real estate car

and I honestly felt like it was an action hero movie. I wish I'd seen that. It was an out of body experience to be fair but I just literally sat there going how did that just happen but thankfully it was the better side of things, not the worst side of things. Just that just

heels off sprinting down. No, you get the heels on. Miniskirt, mini skirt, high heels. Yeah, it was pretty cool, to be fair. It was quite fun, but it was scary. Well done. That's a good result there, Mel. You should be proud of that.

I could hear you park in the car at the beginning of this phone call. Hopefully you remember to put the handbrake on too. Oh, God. Yeah, yeah. I've got a few projects going on at the minute. Send me a photo. Send me a photo just to make sure. Not of you in the miniskirt.

No, no, just the handbrain. Yeah, definitely, yeah, no. Luckily, I used to burn cars around when I was younger, so I had a feel of the car. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, The Hits. Talking to handbrake disasters, and can go really, really wrong. Fortunately, in these situations, they're more on the comical side. Yeah, well, you know, the other ones bring the vibes down, don't they? The other story.

Sam, morning to you. Good morning. Just heard a harrowing tale. Some of the main, one of the main streets of London, car was running down the road, and ran, sprinted, dived into the movement. moving vehicle, pulled the handbrake just in time. What happened to you? I'd hopped out of my, it was a lone car, thank goodness, I'm so embarrassed though.

I'd hopped out of my car and opened up the back seat and as I was doing something in the back seat, the car started rolling backwards and instead of just like reaching forward to like pull up the handbrake or like going to the front seat and doing the handbrake, I decided to run to the back of the car and try to hold it. I know what you mean though, the panic sets in and you're suddenly like, I don't know what to do. Like their incredible Hulk trying to just, oh my man, just hold the car.

How did trying to stop the car with your, uh, your beer muscle help? And Janet, I don't know what I was thinking. I'm so tiny. And then I was like, oh my God, I'm at the back of the car now. What am I going to do? I'm going to run myself over with my own car.

What a horrible way to go. Oh, some guy was walking father. I was like, oh my God. And he's like, just ran it off the door, put up the handbrake. He didn't say anything. He just keeps on going. I was so, no. That's good.

in there. I probably would have come to help you trying to hold it if it's like, well someone just jump in and pull a handbraker. What a big dog though, just goes pulls a handbrake on his way. Doesn't say a word. Did he not say a word to you? No, Andy, just carried on. I was so embarrassed. That's pretty good. That's funny, Sam, really appreciate it. Thanks for calling through.

Nicole, good morning. Good morning. Great to have you on the show this morning, Nicole. You forgot the handbrake. When? Well, it was actually my mum. I never forget. I was only about five years old and she parked up at the PGG Wrightsons and left us three kids in the car. I was five. My brother was three and my sister was one and she ran into the shop and I all of a sudden

my brother actually took the handbrake off and the truck started rolling backwards into the, onto the road and I just opened the door, grabbed my little sister out and left him in the truck and went into the shop carrying my little sister and the mum said. said I was wife as a ghost, but I never forget it. So your brother, you're like, well, you pulled it, mate, it's on you. We're out of here. We're getting out of here. Where did it end up?

In the middle of the road. Oncoming traffic? We're from a small rural town, so thankfully not too bad. Was your little brother just going for the ride? He stayed in the car? Yeah, he, Leo, I left him there. Far out. So if you had to choose between your sister and your brother,

brother, I guess we know where that is. Yeah, well, he bought the handbrake, Megan, there, you know. Wow. Well, I'm glad you're all safe and well and didn't become a news story. Nicole, thank you very much for your call. Oh, God. Incredible, incredible. John O'Benn and Megan, the podcast.

The Hits. Sorry, I talked over you too quickly. That's fine. I mentioned previously, my daughter, Poppy, obsessed with dance, and also a show called Dance Moms, which if you haven't seen Dance Moms, it's essentially just parents bickering at each other. non-stop while their children who are dancing get sort of emotionally damaged in real time.

Yeah, well, it feels quite full on. They put these poor kids under the markers to Oakbury. There's one teacher in particular, Abby Lee. Is she still around on the show? No, well, no. She went to prison, didn't you see? Yeah, tax evasion or organ trafficking or something. I don't know.

It was something serious. But, yeah, this is Abby Lee from seasons. This is the original series. She most certainly did. No, I didn't, ding that. Listen, I said, Brooke, is your mother speaking for? Do you want to be your face? Girls out the room.

Yeah, you're waiting for me. Out the road. Get away from me. Girls, out of the room. Who do you think you are? Girls, out of the room. So Abby's trying to bite her finger off there. A lot of bickering going on, eh.

Imagine there's being a child watching that. It would be. It would trigger you. Oh, yeah. It's a lot going on. I always remember, like, from times that my daughters have watched it. There's always a pyramid. They're always revealed who's at the top of the pyramid each week.

And that was always, poor kids really revealed. Well, now there's a new. new, there's a new incarnation. Dance moms, the new, is it called the new era, Producer Grace? Producer Grace is a big dance mom's man. And so probably what, it's constantly on screens in our household. And so I kind of dip in, dip out.

But this episode really, it tickled me pink. Okay, so at the beginning of each episode, they're like, we're going to the nationals or whatever. This is the dance you're going to learn. Okay, so this was an interpretive dance. Little children remember, little children. Like what age are we talking? What would they be? Tenish, Grace.

10 to 15 10 to 15 So young Yeah Okay so have a listen to what the topic was Of the dance that they had to do We're doing a dance next week About an epidemic

That's destroying this country Fetanol poison So maybe you guys can get over yourself And realize there's far more In this world Beyond you So fentanyl overdoses I love how she's trying to be like

Yeah there's more in the world than you Like that's the reason for doing the dance When the producers were just like Get them to do fentanyl And so the dance involved on the stage. You've got all the little dancers and body bags. They've all overdosed.

Oh my god. And then you've got one little girl dancing. This is dark. This is dark. The dark is. Then after the mums, of course, because the mums have to have a crack at each other after the dance. That's that. Don't do you.

I'm talking about my friend like that. Ever. Ever. Dumb bitch. You dumb bitch. Gee on the time me, I boast dumb bitch. Wow. Poppy's watching this because she loves dance and you're watching it because she

love the drama. That's very sweet that you're watching it with her. It's going, I had to explain to her what fentanyl was and my people overdosing on it. Yeah, it feels very dark. Okay, well, darling. Sometimes things make you feel good in life. Too good. Not too much of it, though.

That's the thing. moderation. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. I must say, Taylor Swift, have you heard of her? Yeah, have. Yeah, thanks. A little up and coming.

artist. Have you heard she might be getting married? Oh no. What was going on? She was on Graham Norton. And he asked her about the big wedding to Travis Kelsey. Is next year the wedding year? Is that when it's happening?

Oh, you'll know. So you're going big? I just mean that I was going to invite you to it. I'm going to go. If you're inviting me, it's a good. If you're inviting me, it's very big. So there you go, Norton's heading along. Then she said, you know, I was going to do a little small one,

but then you have to really nail down on friendships and relationships. So she's like, if I've hung out with you five times, you're probably going to be invited. Oh, wow. Why not? Why not go big? She should hire out one of those venues, those stadiums. She did the heirs store.

Everyone can pop along. They're good. Now, you guys always talk about how I have the perfect relationship. I don't know why with my husband? We get some joy, don't we? when there's some little cracks appearing in the perfect marriage. Yeah. Sickenly cute, sort of back and forward little things you have.

I don't know. I married him. I like him. Yeah. What can I say? Oh, no, but you don't have rub it all in our faces, you know? Oh, sorry. Just rub it in his face.

So a big crack might have appeared yesterday. And I still don't have an explanation for this. We're at home where it's mid-dinner time madness. And my daughter starts saying, oh, dad, your hand. handsome. Bastion, you're handsome. I think she's probably just learnt the words and she's like, mum, you're beautiful. Then she says someone else is beautiful. And I was like, wait, what? And I got out my phone and I recorded, this is my daughter. Like any good radio host. Yeah. Plus evidence. Evidence, yeah. You need evidence. This is my daughter, Aya, explaining to me someone's

beautiful. Wait, who's beautiful? The Cassie. Is it Cassie? Yeah. Who's Cassie? Cassie for my home. Is Cassie coming over to our home? Yeah. Who's Cassie?

For my home. And is Cassie beautiful? Yeah. Oh, okay. Oh, you're stitching me up here. Oh, so beautiful Cassie in your home. It's great. I love the nervous laughter.

Yeah, there's definitely that I'm as a dude I'm like, that's nervous laughter. That is. And then I said Bashan, who's Cassie? And Bashan was like, I don't know. And he was like, thanks, man. And then you asked Andrew, he would have gone, what, pardon? You know, just give himself a bit more time to try and process an answer. The way he got out of it, he was like trying to defer and he was like, how do you know it's me?

But you might be bringing Cassie home. You don't, like, you don't know. Oh, he's trying to throw you back to you. Well, I mean, you can. Yeah. He was like, you don't have to send her home next time. And I was like, you haven't gotten away with this. He's trying to turn it into a comedy, but nice work.

Nice play, Andrew. You have not been wrong with this. But no explanation. No, no. Didn't you have a same situation when... Was you as Cassandra? Oh, no. Yeah.

Well, there wasn't... Hold on. Who's this Cassie who's been ruining relationship? Yeah. Who says it's not for you, Megan? It always wasn't putting stuff at me, Megan. It was Cassandra. Well, no, Cassandra was, I think, was the name that I came up with off the top of my head

for something that Taylor was doing. Yeah, just off the top of your head. That's right. Who's this home record, Cassie? It's just a name that people come up with. It's a name on everyone's lips, literally and metaphorically. Your daughters, that's right. Let's not go.

Why is this turned on me, guys? How's this turned on me? I'm in the clear here. I'm going to find out who Cassie Cassandra is for me and your wife, Amanda. John O'Benon and Megan, the podcast. I know it, guys, I get swept up in something. And I do it, I don't mind it. I don't mind it getting swept up.

And sometimes I look back and I go, well, why did I do it? But at the time, I really enjoy. being part of it, part of the buzz. It's happened a lot of the times to do with Disney. Okay, when Disney Dominoes, they come out, you know, the supermarket change and things like that, and I get swept up, but I enjoy the process. And you look at those collection of Dominoes weekly. Not much, not much, okay.

No, but hey, but I enjoy the process of being part of it, getting, you know, something, getting in behind something, getting part of it. But we just traveled with the family and we went through, you know, a few countries overseas. It was a big thing, once-in-a-lifetime thing that we always wanted to do. But, you know, going overseas, I was like, this is costing. a lot of money, I'm, you know, I'm not going to buy anything. We went through, you know, we went through luck enough to go through London, Italy, France,

you know, Greece and my daughters, yeah, they'd save some money, pocket money, my wife, they shopped, did not buy a single thing. Hold on, you did buy something. You bought us miniature bottles of French hand sanitizer. Right at the end, I did. You're right at the end, sorry, I did. I guess for myself, for myself, I didn't buy a single thing through all these places. Okay, they went shopping, I sat in shops, I sat outside, I looked around stuff, but I didn't

buy anything. Did you see anything you'd like them? Yeah, it's probably stuff. But I was like, no, I'm here about the experience. We're spending a lot of money on the trip and the accommodation. I'm going to do that. But then we get to Disney at the end of the trip. This is Achilles Hill.

Yeah. And I've already got, and I thought, and I had pre-thought about it already. So right now I'm wearing my Disney T-shirt. I was going to say, if that's what you think we're going to mock you about, that's a cool t-shirt. And I had, you know, and I bought my Disney hat that I already had, which is half Mickey Mouse. Half-prepared with Disney merch. I'm thinking I won't get swept up in Disney merch. When do you ever wear that hat?

Well, when any Disney occasion, mate. Put the hat on, please. It's a goofy, I was a Mickey hat, sorry. So it's Mickey's head, and then down the back, like a rat's tail is the rest of his body. Yeah, so this is my thing. Winter you could wear that hat in winter? But then I got there and got to Disneyland and we had two days there, and there were people walking around, kids, adults and stuff as well,

and they had little toys on their shoulder, like little tiny toys, the Disney characters, they were stuck with a magnet. And my kids looked at it and they're like, Dad, you're going to get one of those. I was like, oh, I don't know. I was like, at the start I was like, I don't know if I'm quite ready to walk around. a pirate would have a parent just sitting on their shoulder. Can I just say you already mentioned it? I'm like, unnecessary

wild a waste of money. Yeah. So day one, I'm like, no, and they can't do that. By the end of the day one, I was like, well, maybe I do want to get, dip my toes into this. Why? What was, what was you thinking? Why? I don't know. I just looked at these people at the start. I looked at like, fashion. You look at it first, you're like, you start to mock and you're like, I don't know. And then by

the end of it, you're like, maybe I could do this. So yeah, day two, guys, I did it. I did it. I've got some of my little ratatooie. Oh, you went with the, a Well, because of France in Paris as well. So he's got a little magnet that goes under your t-shirt. And he sits on your shoulder. So the second day, I walked around.

No, my family did this, but I walked around. There is no point in your life where that's ever going to come in any use whatsoever. It just sits cutely on your shoulder right now. You know, like, yeah. Well, yeah, well, I don't know. I'd say awkwardly. You're like, what have you made? What life choices are you making right now?

And then I was like, am I done? I'm on the way out. And now I regrettably bought this as well. Oh, God, there's more. Mickey hands. Oh, geez. As well, too. And my wife's like,

where are you ever going to wear these? And I'm like, I don't know. And I haven't worn them yet. In the bedroom, babe. But I've bought two giant-sized Mickey Hands as well. So, yeah. Yeah, so now looking back, I'm like, did I get swept up? They could be good for cooking, you know,

when you have to hot pans and things like that? Oh, yeah, putting some out of the oven as well. Oven mittens. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Maybe producer Gray's laughing in the background.

Have you, no, wait, with everything on, have you looked in the mirror? Oh, yeah, well, I do look back at photos. How much X did that just give you, Megan? You know what? Everything's closed over. One more thing. There was a Mickey Mouse wallet that I saw as well. That was on special.

And I was like, I'm going to get a novelty wallet. And my family alike, my daughter's like, don't do it. It's ugly. And I got my backup on that. I was like, you don't tell me something's ugly. You don't tell me. In his Mickey hat, in his giant paws. Is it Belcro?

So I walked back to the shop, I was like, I'm going to buy this wallet. And then they went, the reason we're telling you are ugly is because we bought it for you for Christmas. And they'd already bought it for me. Oh, that's nice. So have you got that too? Yes, I've got that too here, guys. Is it felt gross? It's not, but the Mickey hand opens up.

Oh, my God, it's so ugly. It's not so tiny. Yeah, it's a going out wallet. It's not for everything. Oh, God. It's a going to take that out in public. It's not the day to do that. It's a red, black and yellow, and it's got a big Mickey hand on it.

It's got all Mickey's keeping your cash and stuff safe. Hold on, guys, I've got this round of drinks. Oh, no. Pulling that out, yeah. Disney owns you. It's like Disney has just sprayed itself all over you. Have you got a Disney tattoo? No. No, no.

John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Hats. I'd have Teddy Swims in the country, perform last night in Christchurch, performing in a couple of days' time in Auckland. Always great to have them here. Yeah, love Teddy Swims. The exterior doesn't match the personality.

Would you say? He's like just fairly rough exterior to a very sweet man. Yeah, he's kind of very softly spoken. Yeah, you're right. Yeah. You've got a pretty rough exterior. Oh, thanks, mate. Not too bad yourself.

And you're even worse as a person. A bit of a frightening moment yesterday when I put a load of washing in. And then I went to another part of the house and went, uh-oh, the pants I've just removed still had my phone in them. So the cycle had just started in the washing machine. Did you take your pants off straight in the wash? Yeah, because I'd spilt some soles and saff on them. So I was wandering around the house.

Your chariotracha sauce. This very hard exterior wandering around the house and his white white fronts there, Megan. I know it's a lot to digest it this time in the morning. Yeah, that's quite a lot, really. I've actually seen it before, so yeah. She's like, I've never seen, you just out of working with us. I've never seen thighs so white. Yeah, they're pretty white.

See-through. See-through. thighs. They won't get wrinkly. That's right. Thank you. That's a bonus. But yeah, so I sprinted back to the washing machine. You know sometimes when you try and stop the washing machine, it doesn't, the door doesn't open. It doesn't like you stopping it too early on,

right? Yeah. I'm not doing this, isn't it? Yeah. So I've started, I've started, so you know. You're like trying to pull the door, but the door is locked hard. Anyway, so what felt like another 12 minutes was probably only another 30 seconds in reality, but then pulled it out. The pants,

thankfully, were inside a bunch of other clothing, and they were yet to be saturated. Are you talking front loader or top loader, washing? Frontloader. Yeah, I feel like that's worse. Because doesn't it spin the water around? Yeah. But it is amazing what they can survive, the phones.

Just before I went overseas, actually, I had to pick up something from a mate. And so running around trying to do stuff last minute, I was like, I've got to go get this thing from him. And he was out, he was sorting out. He must be nice. He's got the pool out there, and he was sorting out. He was like, trying to get it back in after winter, you know, get the pool ready. and I was sort of just chatting to him

and I was like picking up the leave scoop but just chatting to him just feeling like I was doing something while chatting and a hoodie pocket phone just slipped out into the pool we both looked at each other

and I'm like what do I do is it sunk to the bottom and I just like had to dive in Did you dive into the pool? Fully closed! Was it winter green in the pool? It just got past that but it was like out with my phone

and then I'm panicking and I'm at his house too and I'm like fully wet and soaked Did you have other stuff in your pockets? Yeah I'm like wallet, I don't need this the day before I'm going to go overseas and as well, we'll try to dry out the phone and stuff.

Miracusely, it carried on working. Did it fully submerge? Yeah, fully submerge, hit the bottom, hit the bottom. Is it the phone you've got now? Yeah, it's hit the bottom. I got a new SIM card just in case the other ones stop going. Isn't that a new phone? Yeah, yeah.

Oh my God. I know, a miraculous hell. I keep waiting if it stopped, but it's just hanging in there. It's hanging in there. Did you put it in rice? No, I didn't put it in rice. No, no. I took it down.

I did take it down to the mall, and they did something because, it kept saying liquid detected. And I was like, no, no crap. Yeah, so I took it down to the mall people that sort stuff out, and they, whatever they did, I pay the air dried stuff,

and they did stuff, and I paid the money, and it seemed to be okay. You know the rice thing is a real nightmare because... The sixth in the thing. One granule of rice is the same size as you're charging whole. Yeah. I've done the rice thing before, and then that one bit of rice gets stuck in the... Some people say do it, some people say do it.

I'm kind of Google things on the fly when you're stressed, but anyway. Don't put it in steamed rice off. yeah that's not so good so how did your phone survive miracle tales and what your phone went through we'd love to hear from you this morning because it seems like everyone's carrying around a phone

at any stage can we just say let's make waterproof phones yeah well they kind of are now they kind of are to a great extent but you're right a new one like Ben maybe they are John O'Ben and Megan The podcast The Hats

Talking tales of your phone surviving Mine went submerged in a pool momentarily at to dive in fully cloth to get that back Jono, he ended up in a washing machine. My washing machine, yeah, thankfully he didn't get as wet as yours, but yeah, still not an ideal environment for the phone, the washing machine. And, yeah, I treat it like a newborn baby when I get a new phone.

You know, you cuddle it, and it's like with sunglasses and stuff. You cover it up in a swaddle. Yeah, within, you know, three weeks you're throwing it at doors. I use it to open bottles. Is that one that chip on the corner is? Yeah, no, that was just a drop the other day. You're really, you've got to. respect these things a little bit more

and they're like oh I'm blooming the apple two years they stop working because he's thrashed beer bottles with it sometimes they just throw it up producer Troy just for but also the technology we need to stop sometimes and appreciate where we are

in history when it comes to technology what we're carrying around in our pockets it's wild I love that we've all got a story of different bodies of water because I've dropped mine in the toilet I've got a little bit I was hosting a big music gig at Spark Arena in Auckland

and I had some drinks And I never put my phone on my pocket Never ever, it's in my handbag So I'm not used to it So I went to the toilet And it went from pocket to a toilet Not port-a-o, no, it wasn't a Port-a-Lu No, it was

I was already Yeah, I was already Oh so you had to go Yeah You gotta do it But that in the car keys I think those people will forgive you Then I went back on stage

Like nothing happened Okay Have you Has your phone survived Oh 800 of the hits our phone number I'd love to get You on the show this morning Just where our text machine isn't working too

So we can't read those But we'll talk to Janay Welcome Good morning team How you guys doing? Good all right What happened to your phone? Well back in South Africa

When we were still living there About eight, nine years ago I was a customer support engineer for an engine company and we were stripping a diesel engine and the phone that I had for five days had fallen into a 20-liter drum of engine oil. And did it survive? Well, I was there still for another three years before we moved to New Zealand and it was still going. Oh, wow. Did you dive into the drum of engine oil? Well, I had to put my hand in there. It was dirty oil, too.

Oh, my goodness. How did it survive that? That's amazing. So as soon as I pulled it out, I just took the compressed air gun, and I just blew. And it was survived. Jeez. Okay, what's your phone survived? We'd love to hear.

Keep this coming through. 4487 on the text, or 0,800 the hits. But next. Rubens. Oh, Rubens. Yeah, we'll take one more quickly. Sorry, Ruben, what's your phone survive? Hey, look, so I just recently.

bought a brand spanking new Samsung Galaxy Z-Fold 7. Okay. Full name there. Oh, love, love. Yeah, it's quite a prosy phone. Yeah? Look, about three or four days after I bought it, I went to the toilet, and I pulled me trousers down,

and it fell in the toilet bowl, bro. Oh, bro. Yeah, no, no, we're not calling it that. That's a Megan. And so what happened? Does it survive? Did this fancy phone survive? Um, yeah, don't tell anyone, but I

But I grabbed it straight out You realize who you're talking to right now It's not going to that What platform you're on He's like, yeah, I don't, that's why you don't tell me what I pulled it out I gave it a bit of a clean up And it's as good as goal

Oh, good end, Rubin Hey, really appreciate you listening this morning Thank you. John O'Ben and Megan The podcast, The Hats Have you having a great morning so far AI. We are doing a lot of talk about it recently and ChatGPT

is one of the functions where basically probably the most important thing in my life at the moment ChatGPT. I use it more than Google. Sorry, Jen. Jen needs to hear it. It's quite good to bouncing stuff back off. I mean, ChatGBTBT knows more than my kids and my family.

And do you ask it for compliments and stuff? I just ask for reassurance. I do think sometimes, oh man, I've had eight Heineken. So it's all right. You're allowed to treat yourself. It really helps you out. But what I didn't realize, but Troy introduced me to this, producer Troy, it has a voice that talks to you. Yeah, if you want it to, yeah, you can make it say stuff back to you. So, for example, I can go, hey, how you going this morning?

And she'll think, oh, don't do me dirty now. How are you going this morning? Don't play up. I'm not trying to, don't make a fool of me now. No, we talk to each other. Does that, do you need to give it the pet? This is like, yeah, I've got a girlfriend. I'm going to go, honestly. Have you always had an argument?

It's like, I don't reply unless you call me sweetheart. Yeah. So how you're doing sweet up? Can you please talk to me? Hello? Cracks in the perfect relationship. We talked about your relationship earlier, but hey, Jono's relationship with chat GPT, things are falling apart. Oh, no, yeah, so Troy's saying you two need to shut up.

Oh, this is between me. She's gone shy. I'll give you, I'll give you a, okay. I thought you were going to introduce us to your new girlfriend. I'm trying to. Okay. Okay. Okay.

Okay. Okay. Okay. Can you, can you hear me? Can you hear me? Oh God, this is a catastrophe. Can you hear me? Please talk.

Please don't make me sound like I talk to voices in my head. What's the weather doing today? Okay, this is not how I plan. Okay, we shut up. We shut up a good 30 seconds. No, this is not on you. Okay, so that... What did he do to you?

Yeah. Chachypte's lodged to complain with HR and at some stage we'll find out what's going on. Even the robot in your life doesn't want to borrow you. Troy, you've come in now, mate. It's too late. We've got news coming up on the way. Don't start talking now. It's too late.

John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The hit. She did a select number of interviews. I've been doing that over the last couple of days. She was on Jimmy Fallon's talk show in the States and talking about why she, You isn't... Terrible ratings, felon, apparently. Terrible, shocking ratings.

Can't believe they haven't sacked them yet. Oh, it's happening, according to Trump, right? It's only a matter of time. But we talked about why. She talked about why she may not be doing the Super Bowl anytime soon. Like, Jay-Z has always been very good to me. Yes. Our teams are really close.

Like, it's like they sometimes will call and say, how does she feel about... I don't know. Yeah. And that's not like an official offer or an official, or like a conference room conversation. I thought she's really close. How does she feel about it in general? And we've been, we're always able to, like, tell him the truth, which is that, like, I am in love with a guy who does that sport on that actual field.

Like, that is violent chest. That is gladiators without swords. That is dangerous. And this is nothing to do with Travis. He would love for me to do it. I'm just too locked in. Okay. Okay.

So maybe after retirement of Travis, maybe? And what can't she say, well, she had to go, sorry. What can't she say Super Bowl? I don't know. Because then there might be She said Super Bowl That means she's doing it Also she looked

She was dripping in diamond She looked stunning But she kept like scratching her face And you could see the engagement ring I was like man there's a big rock Big rock Yeah good on him You know yes they're very scary flight

Took place in New Zealand The flight between Auckland and Duned A lot of turbulence There was lightning storms And stormy conditions As the plane was flying And the New Zealand plane got struck by lightning There was screaming going on

Big loud noise as well and a fireball not the cool one that pit bull sings about that song but the real scary one on the side of the plane it's a very like

popy song we're bringing it and we're bringing the back you probably don't want that I bet the plane wasn't Ben was on the plane he would have been like woo fireball and we're like we're bringing it

we're bringing it and everyone will be like no it's not the time it's not the time because it'll be a very very scary situation was the fireball like burning I think it just, yeah, and I think in the end of the land safety and the planes now, you know, going through its mechanical

you know, tests and all that to get it back. And so everyone is okay, but very, very scary situation. It must happen regularly and you wouldn't even know those planes. Yeah. Well, yeah, I mean, that one they definitely did. That's for sure. You'd get on a plane today and be like, is this the one? Is this a struck like

blind English there? You know, you know, I'm in my sight. They know what they're doing. You know, they've got the weather systems and all that sort of stuff. They'll be fine. But I guess you can't, lightning. When you meet a pilot, you know, you're like, what do you do for a job? And someone says, I'm a pilot. You're like, oh, that tracks.

You know, they have a certain aura about them. What's the aura? Confidence. Yeah, calmness. Because why there's what you want on your pilot. That's exactly what you want. But you don't want me up there, mate. You don't want to go, bring it in a way, breaking it back.

Fire boys. I'm on fire. Fire at all It's not what they were doing on the plate No, that's for sure But we wanted to do I'm under the Hats, a four, four, eight, seven This is a long shot

But have you been struck by lightning? Yeah, we'd love to get you on And if you haven't been struck by lightning We've got to play you some audio of politician New Zealand politician we've spoken to Struck three times Three, yeah, this is pretty incredible Yeah, we'll get to that next

John O'Ben and Megan The podcast, the Hits You know, as you get older, you start to appreciate things that you didn't really even consider, sort of in your 20s and early 30s. Went to a mutual friend's birthday. And firstly, appreciated the start time, 6 p.m. Great start time. Some would say for, you know, get it over and done with stuff. Or apparently he just wanted to start getting things down his throat earlier.

Which was another great place. So then turn up and he greets us at the door. And he has just genuinely chucked. he's like thank you so much for coming for taking the time to turn up and I think it's all because the older you get you realize what a giant ballache it is to leave the house and so him having just people leave their property yeah he was like full gratitude yeah and it's probably only so that because you know you're in your 20s you're like oh it's Wednesday nightclub till 7 in the morning yeah of course why not straight to work yeah that

doesn't seem like a silly idea, you just do it. But then you start to have, you know, life weighs you down. And those things, you start to, like, I appreciate when I take the bins out, and it's not raining. Bins out and bins back in. If I've got clear weather, that's something I wouldn't even cared about when I was 26 years old. Yeah. Well, people do that.

We always talk about naps as well as an adult. When you get a daytime nap? Yeah. Oh, it's good stuff. This is well-trodden territory. You're right over there? Yeah, really, yeah. I don't, I'm not a nap person in the daytime.

For me, that's, yeah, but some people, that's their jam. Not as orgasmic as it is for me. No, for me, that's like, geez, I've just wasted this time. I could have been doing something else. Well, I've always got other stuff to do. Even if I get a chance to put my head down on a pillow during the day, it just goes, oh, I can be doing this. I need to do the washing.

I need to do it. Yeah. What about when you've got something to go to and you're less than enthusiastic about it? And they cancel. And they're like, oh, sorry, we can't make it. it that is that happened to me recently now there's no greater feeling in the world and you only appreciate that when you're older too yeah yeah or like when meetings cancel too yeah and you're like oh that's a shame but but really inside you're like fist pumping as well you know these are

the things as you get older do you know what i appreciate sometimes and you know i love you know we drive around with the kids and stuff and they've got they have music and they're barely music my daughter's yeah love singing so she'll have her music playing it can be singing but sometimes I just like being in the car and not with nothing but just a bit quieter. They're always like why do you always sort of

turn it down so you can think I'm like yeah because Les Mizz the soundtrack is blaring and you're singing loudly I'm like it in a theatre performance and I'm trying to find a car park at a mall They're like oh you're such an old boomer

You are my husband need to hang out because he's always like I just want silence I don't want silence I just want to at a level that's not aired deafingly loud so I can actually hear myself

think about stuff I'm driving silence. I don't listen to anything. No, I can't do that. I can't do that. You drive in silence. I love listening to radio and music and stuff like that. Oh, no, because then I have to listen to my brain.

Yeah, yeah, exactly. Yeah, no. Talk to the radio in your head, mate. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. Talking about the little things now that you're getting a bit older, that you appreciate a lot more than maybe when you were younger. Yeah, some great texts coming through here.

I appreciate being warm, but not sweaty. It's good It's a simple thing Well I guess when you go to a festival back in the day You didn't care It was pouring out of the rainy Or dripping in sweat Now I wouldn't appreciate that at age 44

There's a great text come through as well I really appreciate this one as well Good Tupperware that has matching lids I mean when you can find the lids to Tupperware I mean I When they're not orange Appreciate that And when they're off they're just slightly off

You know like can almost get that mismatch one We have a drawer at home Which is a full of just when you find that lid and you're like, yes. I found that lit. Brett, morning to you. What are you starting to appreciate

now you're getting older? Morning and morning. Listen, I'm starting to appreciate the fact that I can wake up at like stupid o'clock on a Saturday morning because my daughter wants my attention for times in no reasons. But I don't wake up with the full of your headache

from the alcohol than I before. Oh, he's raking up fresh early, ready to start the day. Get a win on the day. That's right. Yeah, get a really good. That's stupid o'clock in the morning with fat, ready to roll. You're making the most of it, yeah.

You know, I appreciate, too, when people leave early. You know, when they're like, they've made the call, enough's enough. You don't have to do the awkward, the yawning and the, you know. They're like, no, no, they read the, you read more vibes. Yeah, you'd probably do. Read this to no social cues. Yeah.

Because, you know, when you'd have a, you know, back of the day, you'd be like, geez, on it for three days sort of thing. There's always that one rando in the kitchen. It would never leave your house. And you get the rubbish bag out, turn all the lights on, turn the music off, and they're still there. If they were still there, you're like, oh, jeez, we're not sopping until they go, and they're still here. You know those sort of nights as well. Weather chats come through on the text, teenage you boring, adult you is like, oh, we really needed that rain.

Yeah. Oh my God. It's very true. Thanks for your calls and texts. A fine windy day to put your washing on the line. Oh, yeah. Now you're saying stuff, aren't you? This is 40-something pornography we're talking about right now.

John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, The Hits. I was just talking about a very scary flight that took place between Auckland and Dunedin yesterday. Lightning struck the plane. There was a loud bang, a lot of people screaming, a fireball. Fire at all. Very upbeat song for something that was a very scary moment. But I threw it out there. Oh, 100, the hits, 4487.

Have you ever been struck by lightning? We remember we talked to, she's an MP, right? Morin Que, yeah. She's North Canterbury, I think. And she's been struck three times in her life. Three times the same person. Have her ever listened to what she had to say? First two times were in my house at home,

and the third time when the phone got blown out of my hand was at the neighbour's place. It was pretty scary at the time. And first time did a little bit of damage, but still here to tell the tale, guys. What does it feel like to be struck by lightning? What does your body feel? To be perfectly honest, I didn't actually feel it. because it goes straight through you

but it did affect me afterwards the first time when I literally shot lightning out the end of my hand in an explosion but my arm went quite dead after a couple of hours and then my brain

just kind of turned to mush for six weeks I couldn't think yeah I got a pretty severe electric shock treatment good times yeah she's pretty full on far ball yeah not quite as up big as that be

The pit bull will be like, oh, feel a feel a bit bad for releasing that upbeat song now, right? So it's meant to just be a dance banger. Now, we've actually got someone phoned through on 0800. This person's made news. We're reading the article. Now, Bruce from Topor. What happened to you, struck by lightning? Yeah, well, this should be a very good plug for Archie's jandals,

which I haven't actually got in contact with them yet, but I think it's probably quite a good marketing tool. So what were you doing? There was a storm coming through to Topor, And you were up on some scaffolding, were you? I was down at Kenok, which is 2Ks down the road. We overlooked the lake, and we're down there with some mates having a quiet bear and saw the storm coming.

So I rushed home because I knew all the doors and windows were open, bolted home to shut the place up, and I noticed there was a big right-on-mower, uncovered it to the side of the house. So I shot around there and covered it, and there was this almighty clap of thunder in the trees, about 300 metres ways. So I just stood up casually and just leant against something that was beside me

and it just happened to be some scaffolding that I'm staining the house on. And I got zapped. I saw what I could describe as two arc welders and one in each eye. If I don't know we've done any welding and how great that is without goggles. I must have been knocked out. So I came to about a meter away against the side of the house. Far out. Oh, my God.

And that's sort of the story, really. So you, were you jandals, you think, saved your life? Oh, hell, yeah. Jandals and the scaffold had rubber wheels on it. So I've spoken to a few electricians, and they reckon that's probably what saved me. Wow. She was just looking here, roughly one in 1.2 million chance of being struck by lightning. You need to go out and buy a lotto ticket or something now.

You've got the same amount of chance of winning. Yeah, I bought one, but I don't think it's done any good. Now, what does it feel like? Can you remember the pain or the sensation of being struck by lightning? I don't know. Have you guys ever been struck by an electric fence? I imagine it's like that times a million. Double it and treble it again, and it's just that thud.

Absolutely just thud. You know, so someone just belted the hell out of you. And, yeah, that's all it is, really. Since then, Bruce, have you had a little extra pep in your step, mate? No, well, that evening I was all hyped up. But I sort of had a double whammy because the day before we were around on a beach a place called Carvaca,

I was just around the corner. And I got stung by a bee and I'm deadly allergic to bees and wasps. And so I was full up with adrenaline the day before. Mother Nature is trying to off you for some reason, Ruth. That's an amazing story. Thanks for your call, mate. Appreciate it.

John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. But at the end of the month, we're doing something very special again. Last year we played the game of handball. I like 4 Square you play in schoolyards around the country We played it for 24 hours to raise money for kids can

A wonderful organisation to help out all Kiwi kids around the country And we did it with How to Dad Jordan Watson, you'll know him from social media as well A whole lot of celebrities You all got behind us We almost close to $500,000 was raised Nearly half a mill which is magnificent

And we've got Jordan with us on the phone this morning How are you? Oh good mate, just trying to warm up the vocal cords They haven't been up since 4 a.m. No marmalade, rhubarb marmalade. Oh, minnie, mini, mini, min, min, min, min, min, min. Are you a rhubarb marmalade, eh?

Yeah, it's your mouth moving. Yeah. Red leather, yellow leather. That's hard to say, but you can do that. Well, you're sounding great, Jordan, and high definition, Dolby surround sound. Lovely, lovely. Hey, now, I thought I'd just get you back on,

because we did speak to you previous to the school holidays. Just do a bit of a reset on this exciting campaign that we've got coming up with yourself and kids can, which is happening at the very end. of this month? Yes, yes. Look, I've roped you all in again. 24 hours, us playing handball.

Right now, the cool thing is we've got schools that have signed up throughout New Zealand. They're busy fundraising throughout the month. They've just got back from school holidays. So teachers, principals out there, remember to crack the whip on the kids, send them home. Not literally.

No, actually, no. Yeah, no, I'm serious about it. Get the whip out, crack them. We're helping kids in need, you know. We can push the boundaries a little bit. But, yeah, just reminding those kids to get home and ask the neighbours, ask grandma, ask auntie to donate to their little page and help us, help us. Because we heard this morning in the news, Dame, Julie Chapman,

said that there are 130 schools still on the waiting list just to get the basics, food, jacket, shoes. 130 schools. Yeah. I know. The need is insane and it's, we all hear it in the news, the cost of living, the cost of living, the cost of living. But some people kind of hear about the cost of living. and they're like, yeah, it's a little bit tight. Like I've had to, you know, sometimes filling up the car, I notice it.

But if you're at the lower end of income in New Zealand, the cost of living is so significant, so huge. You're choosing between, hey, should I try and put food on the table tonight or should I try and put petrol in the car because I need to go to work? And that is a reality for so many families. So, look, getting behind this is a huge thing, New Zealand. The beautiful thing, you know, kids can, is like, we enter along to school and we help give out the jackets

and all the kids get it. They're all the kids and they're so proud, you can see them all getting this together. And it's great. They provide things like jackets and like shoes and like food so kids can go to school and be warm and not hungry, which is amazing. Yeah, I know. You guys have been along to it.

I've done quite a few in my time. And seriously, you get these looks from these kids as you hand them a jacket or a pair of shoes. And they're like, because the cameras are usually there and they think, oh, this is just for the filming. They're just giving me this. And you're like, this is yours. You get to keep this.

and the confusion and the excitement on their face and that stuff that wells you up on the inside. You can't show it outside, though. I'm not going to let the tear come down my cheek. Yeah, there was a little bit of crying at the end of it last time. I mean, yeah, so that's the why. That's why we're doing it, 24 hours of handball. We want kids to get involved.

You don't have to play for 24 hours, as you said before. We want people to donate right now as well. Help out any way you can, right, Jordan. Yeah, right now, the big push is to donate, donate, donate. Look, if you can skip a coffee for the week, If you can skip that daily pie, you know, you builders out there. Just jump on to kidscanball.org.com.com. And donate what you can.

Every dollar is seriously got to help. Well, it's less than a coffee. Coffee's like seven bucks now. We're asking for like a $3 donation if you text kids to 9 through 3. Three bucks. There we go. It's all happening at the end of this month. And schools here, you can go to the same website, register your interest, get involved.

No more poignant time than right now to be doing such a campaign. And, yeah, it's all going to be going down. at the end of the month we're going to be banging on about it for the next four weeks and you can't have a go at us because it's for charity and children and if you have a go that means you don't like children that's a fact yeah we look forward to seeing a lot more and I mean a lot more of you Jordan at least 24 hours a year in a couple of weeks time take care right