Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: We call Ben's wife and some man picks up!

Episode Date: August 11, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Why Jono made someone with crutches walk up stairs... A Dear Megan with no Megan... What could go wrong! Don't  ask how someone is! Producer Tayla tears up The craziest birth story you'll ever hear! Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFASTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This John O'Byrne podcast, hey that's us, brought to you by HelloFresh, the experts and tastes that Kiwis love. It is the final of the Olympics today, the opening, sorry the closing ceremony is about to take place right now and it's been our most successful Olympics ever, 20 medals, 10 gold, which is just incredible, just seems like a flurry of gold medals over the week. Yeah, towards the end there, I think we were sitting fourth on the per capita table, don't worry I checked that yesterday. Fourth on the per capita table, Australian eighth. So hey, who's, hey, hey. That's just, I didn't do too much digging,

but Aussie are eighth, we're fourth. It's been so good. So many amazing performances. Lisa Carrington, of course, in the kayaks. Lydia Coe, golf. Elise Andrews, cycling. Finn Butcher, Hamish Kerr, high jump. It's been just amazing to watch.

Yeah, we're going to cross to Paris very shortly. Hamish Kerr, the high jump gold medalist. We're going to talk to him. I think he's walking into the closing ceremony. So no better setting for Hamish to do a radio interview. We're going to talk to him. Megan's away today. She's got the vid.

Yeah. Hit with the vid. Still around, isn't it? I think it's always going to. Noah Lyles had the vid, the sprinter. Yeah, he did. Yeah. And he came, still got a bronze.

He's got bronze on the 200 metres as well. He got a gold and then a bronze as well, yeah. Bloody floating around everywhere, isn't it? I think it's always going to be like the flu. They always said that. It was going to end up kind of like the flu. Yeah. Why don't we just treat it like that from the get-go?

Hey, let's not go back there. Why don't we have all that weird little, don't you knock on your neighbour's sort of period? I don't know. It was a crazy time of the world. Here's a new thing. People are going to catch it. Just welcome it.

Embrace it. Wow. We have now. Yeah, you're right. It was a crazy time in the world. Hey, I'll tell you, I invented a new Olympic sport over the weekend. Now, this is something that on Friday afternoon, I had to take the cat to the vet. Now, it's interesting because the cat doesn't know he has to go to the vet.

So, come home, the cat's, you know, nine times out of 10, the cat's sleeping inside. Not this day. Yeah, but you never know where a cat is. At least with a dog, they're within the confines of the property. So I walked around the neighborhood like shaking cat biscuits and stuff like that, trying to get the cat, you know,

Does the cat, does the cat, speaking of, you got this cat during lockdown. I did, yeah, bubble, yeah. We caught it because it was in our bubble. But cat didn't come back. So I had to ring the vet and say, look, can't find the cat. You can't whistle a cat you can't whistle a cat no you can't like cat cat cat and they're like um they're like it's fine if uh keep you'll probably come back for food tonight

and then in the morning and if you want to just keep them inside after breakfast then bring them in first thing saturday morning i'm like yeah no worries i can do that saturday morning textbook keep the cat inside about five minutes away from when I need to go to the vet which is not far from home and I'm like cool got the cat in his little cat cage ready to go

and went to leave and then went uh oh the car because my wife one of my wife and daughters had gone to netball the other car

my wife's car that I was going to drive we'd left it up the road at the pub the night before oh no said to walk with the cage no so I was like okay well here's what I'm going to do

it's new and I was inspired by the Olympic athletes I was like it's about a K so I was like, okay, here's what I'm going to do. I was inspired by the Olympic athletes. I was like, it's about a K, I'm going to run, I'm going to sprint. That's the first part of the cat-tathon. It's a sprint to get your car, then to drive back, get the cat in the cat, and then get to the vet within an amount of time.

Was the cat still in the cage when you got home? Yeah, the cat's sitting by the doorstep. So what are you doing here, mate? What's going on? I'm sprinting down the road. I did feel like an Olympic athlete as well. And got to the, I was a couple of minutes late to be honest. Uber?

Could you have Ubered? I probably could have. Yeah, I think you can get pet Ubers now. Oh, you can take your pet in Ubers? I think a special pet Ubers, but I was like, no, it's all right. It's all right. What I'll do is I'll stressful sprint to the car,

hungover. Drive it back. It's hungover part of the event as well? Yeah, I think. A bit dusty cat tathlon that's how it works and then yeah

get back and there you go so if that's a little Olympic sport you want to play if you've got withdrawals you can do that this week it involves a cat you've got to buy yourself a cat I guess I know

a booking an event very expensive event booking maybe there's other things you can do the hits the Jono and Ben podcast yeah it was a big weekend actually it was fun we emceed we hosted an awards night for the House of the Year,

the Master Builders House of the Year. And it was a lot of fun. It was great until one moment. Now, the rugby was on at the same time. We're like, ooh, this is a room full of builders, architects. They'll want to know the rugby. We may lose their attention. So we're like, maybe we should give rugby updates throughout the evening.

We're on stage. We're like, who wants who wants that everyone's like yeah and then we you pick someone at random you're like you mate you are going to be our guy right yeah and i was like you better get up on stage here uh because i had a gag prepared as well it was the building industry and i was like i think you've left your tool up here mate come on get up on stage come on you get up on you let's get him up on stage so what was the gag going to be? So the gag was. I know about this, but I'm making it seem like it was your gag. So the gag. You were in on this too.

I know. I think I might have come up with it anyway. So the gag was. The gag was. Oh, one of the builders, you've left your tools in the toilet. And you hold up this mirror. And everyone's going, what? It's a mirror.

I know you think this is just a humble mirror. But no. And then I was like, one of the builders, please come up here. So I picked this gentleman. So what's your name? Near the front, great. Near the front. Great location to get up on stage.

What's your name? My name's Rhys. Come up here, Rhys. Give him a big round of applause for Rhys to get up here. And then you went on stage, you were going to go, hey, it's a mirror. No, no, it's a stud finder. That was the game. I knew this was coming.

And then you hold the mirror to the face, and it's a stud finder. So it's a great bit of comedy, a bit of prop comedy. But you're out-propped in the comedy department. So as I call this guy Rhys up, I see him sort of hobbling and sort of struggling to get out of his seat. And I'm like, uh-oh, dear God. And he pulls out some crutches.

And I'm like, oh, Jesus. Oh, no. Oh, no. And there were stairs up to the stairs. There were stairs. And as he gets up on his crutches, the whole room's like, uh-oh. And I'm thinking, oh, is he? Thankfully, it was a broken foot.

It looked like a cast. The only way it could have been worse was if it was just anyone in a wheelchair. The problem is when you're sitting down, you don't know what the situation is. And then he got up on stage, and you had to half-heartedly put the mirror up for the stunt. And it wasn't worth him, like, all the effort getting up on stage. Sorry, Rhys, mate. This wasn't worth your time. And it took him about 10 minutes to get up the stairs.

Then I kind of helped him down the stairs like an elderly person. And I was, yeah, we won't be asked back there. It was a lot of fun, though. Oh, my God. Next. Sorry, I don't mean to drag this out. The other one, and we're at the fundraiser for cancer. And that guy was finished the big walk. Oh, no, don't mean to drag this out The other one And we're at the The fundraiser for cancer And that guy

The guy Has finished the big walk Oh no Don't do this Sorry The hits The Jono and Ben podcast Dear Megan

Now the wonderful Megan Pappas Away Got a message didn't we On the WhatsApp group chat Guys down with the vid Yeah Haven't heard anyone Catching COVID in eight

Oh look Noah Lyles The sprinter He did Yeah But then he came out And he ran Yeah Like I thought we were

just all meant to pretend we don't have it and you just keep coming to work well yeah but for Noah Lyles it's probably a good reason why he got

3rd in the event that he thought that he was going to win Noah Lyles still came to work with COVID didn't he he got 3rd 3rd fastest in the world

Megan can't even come here and get some words out of her mouth no but we we're missing Megan she'll be hopefully back in a couple of Megan can't even come here and get some words out of her mouth. No, but we're missing Megan. She'll be hopefully back in a couple of days. Don't know how long. You can just return when you feel better now, can't you? Pretty much.

I think I don't know. Who knows? Who knows about the rules anymore? No, Stan, who cares about them anyway? So, Taylor, you're filling in for Megan today, dear Megan. She did send you a message that someone had DM'd her. Yep, yep. Big shoes to fill, so I'll read it out.

Hi, team. I would like to know what Megan and the boys think about my situation. My girlfriend and I have been together since we were in our mid-20s and we did enjoy partying together back in the day, but now I'm in my 30s and I'm pretty keen to settle down and get married. I want to propose to her, but her partying is becoming an issue for me. I have talked to her about it and it does feel like we're at different stages. Even though we are the same age, but I love her like crazy

and I know I want to be with her and settle down, but I also don't want to change her or give her an ultimatum. What do you guys reckon? Ooh, party girl. Yeah. It's hard. Obviously they're in love,

but different stages of the relationship that they're not wanting to settle. Let her run. Party girls don't get hurt. That's what Sia says, isn't it? They just keep her away from the chandeliers, this lady, by the sounds of it. You, I don't know, you don't want to change anyone, do you? No, and will she mellow a little bit from a party?

Why are some of these still people that love having a good time at whatever age? But will she mellow a little bit from a party? Why are some of these still people that love, you know, having a good time at whatever age? But will she mellow? And is it really, is it affecting the, is it seven nights a week or is it? It's probably just on the couple of days on the weekend. Yeah, but I guess if they're both working full time Monday to Friday, he probably cherishes that time they get together

on the weekend. You're right. And if she's going out, I could see how that would be a bit annoying because you'd be like, well, am I not good enough? Am I not a fun time? That's some champagne emotional intelligence there for you, my friend. I feel like I'm speaking from experience. What would you do in this situation?

If I was him, I know he said he already talked to her, but I would still have another sit down with her and be like, look, I want to take that next step in our relationship, but this is bothering me a bit, so I don't want to jump unless you're fully committed too. I'm prepared to meet halfway. I'll come out with you and your friends here and there. Let's have some quiet times as well. We need a Netflix and chill as well.

Yeah, 0800, so we'd love your advice on this, 4487. Should this guy back out of proposing to his partner? Early 30s, she still loves partying. He wants to button off the partying. Yeah. He's done with it. I mean, it does reach a stage where you're like, I remember we used to go out and then one of my friend's dads would come out with us.

And we'd be like, oh. Because all his mates are like, oh, mate, mate. But he still had it in him. He still had the party juice in him. I feel like sometimes we age shame people as well, too. I mean, maybe hanging out with young people. But if you want to go out and party, go out and party. You know?

Why should you be judged? What would you do? Would you back out of the proposal? Oh, well. If you were wanting to settle down, but she was still wanting to. I feel like you're conversating. No, I don't know if you'd back out of the proposal, but probably there's a way to navigate through that.

And I'm sure there's people listening right now that probably had someone in their relationship party too much. Does it stop eventually? Or do you find some sort of middle ground? Or do you just call time on the relationship? I don't know. Maybe it's happened to you.

Oh, under the hits, 4, 4, 8, 7. Let's get some good advice together. Megan's away today, so geez, we need some good advice to go back. We'll let down dear Megan without Megan, don't we? No. We could tarnish this wonderful part of the show. It's on us.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. First of all, Dear Megan. Poor Megan away. Got the vid. Tested positive. And Megan handed over the reins to you, Producer Taylor. Yep. Don't mess this up, mate.

Quick summary now of what we need to get a reply back on. All right. My girlfriend and I have been together since we were in our mid-20s and we did enjoy partying together back in the day. But now I'm in my 30s and I'm pretty keen to settle down and get married. I'd want to propose to her, but her partying is becoming an issue for me. I've talked to her about it and it does feel like we are at different stages in life, even though we are at the same age.

But I love her like crazy and I know I want to be with her. But I also don't want to change her or give her an ultimatum. Oh, well, yeah, early 30s. For me personally, my early 30s, I started to. Well, by the end of my 30s, I started to be that person that I was low-key stoked when an event was cancelled. Oh, preach. You know, those are good. Sometimes there's those ones where you're like, oh, thank goodness we don't have to do that.

Yeah. That's what stage he wants his partner to be at. He's there already. We'll get some advice from you. Carlene, what do you think should happen here? Should he back out of the engagement? Maybe put it on pause a little bit. Okay, just put it on nice.

Still stay with her. Don't leave her. No, no, no. But I definitely think they need to set up a date night where it's just the two of them, they go out and do stuff every Saturday night, if she can't manage to keep one night that's solely for them, then maybe

she's just not the one. Are they getting wasted on the date night? That's the big question. That's a good idea. That's a really good idea. Set up one night. That would work, wouldn't it, Taylor? Yeah, absolutely. And like what you said, Carleen, if she can't stick to that, well then obviously her priorities aren't the same as yours and something doesn't add up here.

Yeah, well maybe she's not as into it. Exactly. No, 100%. Maybe. That's your partner. If you can't put them as number one at least once a week, then mate. Like I put my dog number one every week. Where's Marcelo?

Number two. I saw a video of you on social media the other weekend. Jeez, you were bawling your eyes out about how much you loved your dog. Oh my God, how sweet was that?

The dog is not sick. I was like, oh my God, is the dog sick? Is it dying? It's like, no, you're just like, I love that dog so much. I'm like, oh my God,

get a hold of yourself. I know you're pregnant and all minor, but I'm like, jeez. Oh, you were at a hen's do a weekend too. Yeah, yeah. This isn't even

at the hen's do. This is just. Oh, was were at a hen's do all weekend too. Yeah, yeah. This isn't even at the hen's do. This is just a... Oh, was the dog there with you? No, I'll show you with the outbreak. It's a horrible thing. I was like, jeez. I was like, poor Louie, is he going? And he's like, no, he's just...

People would think he's going through cancer or something. Can we play the audio of it? Is it good audio? It's just me bawling. Yeah, great. We'll play it next. Okay, great. In the meantime, Martin, this gentleman, he wants to propose to his partner.

She's partying hard, bruh. What does he do? Buy her champagne. Nah, seriously. Women mature differently than men, right? I guess everyone does at different times, yeah. Yeah, exactly. So, I mean, give her time. Maybe she's so

stressed at work she needs to relax a little bit. You don't know the work situation. You don't know anything, really. That's true. Just that he wants to propose, and at the end of the day, give her time. If he loves her, he'll stay with her. Oh, good on you, Martin. Great advice.

Yeah, we'll see you out at some hell pizza. That's great advice. That seems to be the general consensus. Yeah, give her time, and maybe the date night is a really good suggestion yeah okay that's what we'll go back with there we go my mate went out 45 years old he went to a bar the bouncer's like you're not gonna like it in there mate he's like you don't know me he went in there walked out three minutes later like you're dead right the hits the jonathan ben podcast it's a national middle child day around the world today the sort of day that's probably usually forgotten about.

Yeah, they're recognising the importance and special place of middle children. Not the oldest, nor the youngest, but the middle child. Yeah, they are. Were you,

how many in your family? Oh, I got lots of, you know, lots of, well, sister, half-sisters. Lended job, yep. Yeah, so I'm the oldest. So I'm not sitting in the middle there or anything like that.

But mind you, you were left off two trips to Movie World Hollywood on the Gold Coast, weren't you? I think because I was old and they kind of moved to a new relationship. They moved on. Hello, we've got better kids now. We've got cooler kids. I was like, hey, I'm over here.

So I kind of, I can sympathise with the middle child. You know, the middle child. Well, you celebrate today as well. Yeah. Get acknowledged too. Someone texted in too about our torch. We've got our own torch ceremony going on. The closing ceremony happens at the moment in no way associated, but we turned a dolphin torch last Wednesday six o'clock in the morning someone's texting

going how's the torch going still gone still blazing blazing like I shone it and producer Taylor's eyes this morning and she was like pulling the fingers like it's still bright yeah so we'll keep an eye on it we're one of us is keeping an eye on it all through the night as well we're setting up little cameras as well. So when it does run out of battery, if it ever runs out of battery someone will know you're going to enter at the hits breakfast on Facebook. Yeah. Now, fresh back from the weekend

aren't we? And a pretty generic question that's asked around most office places or workplaces in the country is, you know, how was your weekend? How was your weekend? And firstly, no one cares how your weekend was. Secondly, you just always, I think I asked you, you were like, good. I'm like, it's been 48 hours and you're just coming back with good? I know, but I do know, I know that when someone says that,

they probably don't really want to hear. Everyone's in the frame of mind that rip the plaster off, get the week started, let's not worry. Yeah, now and again, I might mention one little thing. It just is a little thing. I go, good, I went to, you know, and see if that gets something. And sometimes people just go, oh, yeah. Yeah.

But. Sometimes you go, oh, bad, I had a, you know, crashed the car. And they're like, oh, yeah, great. You know. Just keep listening to what I said. No. But then the other one, too, is on email where you go, hope all is well. Oh, yeah.

Which is, that's just a bunch of filler content. That annoys me. It's like, no one, you know, hope this email finds you. You know, you need to say it because you can't just cut to the chase. We can't, yeah. We should. Yeah. And even if, like, all is not well in that person's life,

they're hardly about to bloody unload over email, are they? On a work email. Actually, the wife and kids left me. I'm sleeping out of my car. Oh, great. I was just asking about a meeting But here's a bit of advice When you ask someone how's it going

You shouldn't actually say How's it going Have a listen I've ripped this off Instagram Stop asking the question how's it going Because nobody's listening to the answer In our society Stop asking the question

What question should they be asking What's coming up for you right now What's the best thing that happened to you over the weekend in our society. Stop asking the question. What question should they be asking? What's coming up for you right now? What's the best thing that happened to you over the weekend? What excites you about going home to your family? That is when we start hearing what's going on inside of individuals. Okay, Dean. They are great questions, but at the same time,

do you still like the care factor? Is the care factor there? I do like Talking to people But what excites you About going home To your family I'm like

That's a weird question Why is this guy Asking me about that Why am I getting Excited about my family I go home to them Every night I mean I love

Seeing my family But yeah But what does Excite you about Going home to your family Well good thanks I'll just come back With a good thanks

I also love a Oh we should really We should hang out sometime We should catch up No one in the history Of ever saying We should catch up sometime Has ever caught up sometime

No Or keep in touch Make sure you keep in touch I'm going to keep in touch I'll be there in five minutes No you won't No you won't You're just leaving the location now

Because you've forgotten You had to meet me. Yeah, that's all things that happen. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Well, Ben, something you saw on social media that unsettled you. I just saw the you know how sometimes you're scrolling through social

media and you don't have the sound. The sound doesn't always come on. So I just saw photos of producer Taylor's's dog i was gonna say the lovely louis but he's a bit snarly to me he's a bit snarly he's lovely when you get to know louis i think we're good now but um at the start we're a little bit yeah but anyway so i saw some some it was like photos of louis go make a phone and just producer taylor just bawling her eyes you know like crying and I'm like, oh dear

God, has something happened? Because Louis is your baby. I know you're having babies, but. Yeah, he's my number one, number one baby. And I'm like, oh God, has something happened to Louis? So what? What's going on? Okay, so absolutely nothing happened. Me and my husband were just in our spare bedroom waiting to record the podcast

that we're doing. Oh, it's the Montoyers out now on iHeartRadio. Download it. Thank you. And our producer was setting up, and Marcelo happened to get a notification from Apple saying that they created a new slideshow for him to watch about the dog, and he just showed me and started playing it. I love how they do that on the phone.

I know, it's weird. I get one like, Indy by the beach, my daughter. I'm like, okay, well, great. I'm glad you went through all the photos of my daughter by the beach. You created a montage of Indy by the beach. Indy by the water. Oh, yeah, it was like Indy by the beach, my daughter. I'm like, okay, well, great. I'm glad you went all through the photos of my daughter by the beach. She's created a montage of Indy by the beach. Oh, yeah, it was like Indy by the water or something. I'm like, oh, this is great. This is weird.

Who's doing this at Apple? I hope no one is actually, like, it's a real person going through. Oh, God, mate, that one. Oh, Jonah on the toilet. She's a montage of you sitting on the toilet. Oh, dear God. I was like, well, who's doing this? Anyway, I hope it's just the phone doing it

No one's looking through your stream? Yeah Okay so we have audio here This is Taylor watching a montage An algorithm Sorry an AI Edited to get a montage of her dog Louie Okay

This is gonna make me cry He's so funny Can I say I love the music first and foremost? Yeah. I'm crying. Why? I'm crying. Why?

Because I love him so much. Oh, that's him. Chance's dog. Oh, my God. You're really sobbing. I'm crying. Well, it's lovely that you love him so much. Yeah, and you know what?

I could probably cry right now. You look like you're about to, aren't you? Just thinking. He's been my number one since I moved to this country. And I hope he doesn't think that now I'm pregnant. Well, I don't know if he knows I'm pregnant. He definitely doesn't. He's a dog.

I'm scared that when the babies come, he'll think that he's second fiddle and that's not the case. Well, third fiddle, actually. You've got twins. Yeah. So we're going to try and move his bed in the baby rooms every time I have to wake up and feed them.

So we're going to keep, producer Grace, can we keep this bit of audio right now? We're going to check back in on a year's time and we're going to find out where things have changed. Maybe they haven't. Where is Louis in the pecking order? But I know that Megan was saying the same thing. She was like, before the race, my dog and now she's like, oh, the dog is outside or whatever. That won't be me.

My words. My words. And it might not be, but that's a year's time. That's chicken, all right? We'll find out. Very sweet. Hormones are actually genuine. That's how you would do that if you weren't pregnant, cry like that.

I think I would cry like that without hormones. Yeah, I'd say you would. Yeah. Yeah, you love that feisty little guy. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Yeah, I'd say you would. Yeah, you love that feisty little guy. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We played this earlier this morning and it was very poignant given the life stage you're in because you've got some big news. Yeah, preggers with twins.

Preggers with twins. Is that your standard line? Preggers with twins. Yeah, yeah. When I told my dad, I said, I'm knocked up. That's a good term to use. Were your parents surprised when you were like twins? Yes.

Oh, my God, yes. There's none in our family, so it wasn't. Does it feel like you're carrying two human beings? Yes. Can you guys see my face? Don't you think I've lost a bit of my pizzazz in the past five months? Ben's kind of going, yeah, yeah. Listen to him. Listen to him. going, yeah, listen to him.

Listen to him. Old Billy Eilish over here. Okay, I'll be honest. The amount of beanbags sitting in your life has gone from zero to 100 quite a lot. Exactly. And I get it because you're carrying two humans around. Yeah, these chairs are not twin friendly. So I've probably noticed that to be here.

Yeah, that's right. I haven't hit it from anyone. Exactly, yeah. You look dead inside, which is a relic because you're creating humans inside. Exactly, and girls. And so they apparently drain the beauty out of you. Boys make you glow.

Oh, really? Sap the beauty out of you. Well, you still look radiant in our eyes. I don't believe you, but thank you. I'm sorry. It's the fellas thing I had to say. Taylor, we played this audio. Now, this is a lady who's just given birth only two days previous, 48 hours previous.

The demand from her partner to make a meal, to prepare a meal because his parents are coming over. Take a listen. You want me to do a roast? Yeah. Can I just remind you of something? I gave birth two days ago. Yeah, two days ago. And you came out of the hospital straight away.

You've been sitting around all this time. So you can make a roast. Send me home to get rest at home but you've been doing nothing but resting look at all these cups of tea for a start i mean look i'm just sorry that i need caffeine to keep going with a newborn baby yeah and it's not easy for me either right i didn't give birth no but i'm not sleeping like you so i'm not bro. Bro, stop talking now. You know what I'm saying? I always want a roast. They always want a roast, but I've not just given birth two days before. Wow.

Wow. Good on you, yeah. Absolutely not acceptable. Yeah, no, no, you're right. Someone needs to tell him about roast shops and other takeaway outlets and stuff. I mean, bro, you're just chucking a hunk of, well, to be fair to him, you're just chucking a hunk of meat and some veggies in a tray into the oven. He can do it himself.

Actually, it's not the hardest thing to cook, right? No. Can I just say, my mum went through pretty much the exact same thing as that. So she had just given birth to me. She's been dispatched at home with the baby. My dad's gotten a case of man flu. His parents have come over to meet me. Just so you know, she did the finger thing.

Yeah, because it doesn't exist. It's no such thing. Quotation marks, yeah. You don't know that. And my grandma, my dad's mom, goes, oh, Sue, do you mind making Ange, her husband, some soup? Like, he's not looking too good. How'd that go down with Sue?

Oh, well, she's a chip off the old block, mate, so you can just imagine. All right, so. Passionate Italians. Did Ange get a soup? Oh, I think she told him to go shove it up his. It's where he'd drink it

or he'd eat that with soup. Exactly. All right. This is what we want to chuck open. I'll eat 100 of the hits. Have you done an outrageous activity

after giving birth? Yeah. Just only a matter of hours or days after giving birth? Or even in the process of giving birth. We. Just only a matter of hours or days after giving birth. Or even in the process of giving birth. People drive themselves to the hospital and stuff like that. There was a lady we spoke to once.

She drove herself to the hospital. Her partner was in the passenger seat. Why? Well, he didn't like driving in Wellington traffic. Oh, my God. I get it. I get it. I'm entering the hits.

What did you do after giving birth or on the way to giving birth? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. And we're just talking about what you did as you were giving birth or straight after giving birth. Now, Sam joins New Zealand's Breakfast on 0800 The Hits. How are you this morning, Sam? Good, thanks. How are you? We're doing really well.

It's lovely to have you on the show this morning. Now, Sam, what did you do either as you were giving birth or straight after birth? Well, when I was giving birth, so my midwife was on the way to home because I was in labour. Can I just say the birth must have been successful about hearing the soundtrack in the background? Yes. Sorry. I told them to. No, that's all good.

It's real. I'm not homeschooled, so yeah. These kids need to learn to shut up, Ben, this is radio. Alright, they need to respect audio as a medium. Continue on, sorry, Sam. And, yes, so I was in labour, and this was my second child, so

I knew what was going on, and I said to my husband, he's coming out, he's coming, and so he was listening, he was talking to uh the ambulance you know to get them here and um they said can you see anything and he had a look no no and i'm like he is and then i just realized well i'm just going to have to do it he's not really being any help so i just crouched down and delivered my baby myself oh yourself what do you mean you crouched down? Do you sort of like hunch over and

what are you doing? And it's crazy because I've been induced with my daughter and had all this intervention and then she got taken away to the NICU ward and everything. So this was very different but I was just thinking, gosh, I have

to do it. I know he's coming out and I didn't want him to fall like, fall down or anything. So I got on my knees so there wasn't, like, much room between the ground and him coming out. And just kind of grabbed him as he came out. Oh, right. So you're kind of, like, on your knees. Your hands are on the. Like, down, yeah.

Like, the head's going to come out. And you just caught it yourself. You caught the baby yourself? Grabbed him out and put him up and held him. And then obviously the umbilical cord's still attached, so I just had to sit there holding him while waiting for somebody to turn up. She's quite the Lion King moment. Yeah.

Yeah. It was amazing. Was it hard? No. I mean, my daughter was a toddler. She it hard? No. I mean, my daughter was a toddler. She was, be quiet. She was two, so she was asleep, and the dogs were going crazy, so I was worrying that, oh, she's going to wake up and be scared,

and like, where's mummy? And so, yeah, in the time, I just did it. I'm sorry, I forgot what your question was now. Oh, that's all right. I actually forgot what it was too, to be honest. I'm just thinking back did it. I'm sorry, I forgot what your question was now. Oh, that's all right. I actually forgot what it was too, to be honest. I'm just thinking back to it. That is a traumatic event, but really impressive. The dogs are involved.

No, it wasn't. It was very easy, just because I was walking around in the bathroom, like trying to be quiet as to, you know, not wake my daughter up and everything. And then when it happened, you know, I don't know, he just came out. And it was just time, I guess. He was ready to come out. You know, there's moments and conversations that you have like this where you go, the women are just a far superior species, really, aren't they?

It was easier than the first birth, anyway, I tell you that. It's not as hard as you think to deliver your own baby, and it's amazing. Don't talk it down, down mate There's many doctors going No no it is hard We get paid a lot of money to tell everyone it's hard That's very impressive Thank you so much for sharing that with us You have yourself a great day

Awesome thank you you too And just on the text 4487 My husband wanted to go through McDonald's drive through On the way to the hospital while I was in labour Then at the hospital complained so hospital while I was in labour. Then at the hospital complained so much that he was hungry and needed coffee that the midwife had to send him to the cafe. There you go. You do need sustenance, don't you?

To support, you need sustenance. I've always said it. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. This is Internet Outrage, where we each try and find a headline from the internet. We read the headline. We all have to decipher maybe what the story is behind the headline. Ben, you want to kick things off?

Yeah, there's a school in Texas. They're a school that you can – they don't have uniforms, but they've caused outrage for something. They've made a rule. What do you think the rule is regarding to what the students wear to school? Oh, they haven't banned cell phones. They haven't gone the national approach. Do you know I reckon that cell phone banning is not working?

The amount of comms I'm having with kids in schoolyards. My kids, my kids. Oh wow, I was going to say. Not random. That sounded really terrible. It did. Sorry, Taylor. Sorry, Taylor.

But, you know, I feel like policing it is really difficult. Well, also because, you know, they're using a lot of laptops and like, you can, you know, there's holes all through it. Anyway, so that's dog-legging. Something to do with uniform. Yeah. Texas.

Making them wear long trousers in the 40 plus degree heat in Texas? That would probably cause them outrage. No, they banned students wearing all black outfits, black tops and black pants. They reckon it's associated with the school, and it's caused outrage. They've said it's associated with maybe people, you know, mental health, depression, also criminals as well. So we want students to have fun, learning environment, wearing bright-colored clothes to the school, and it's caused outrage.

People are like, what? Scott Robinson, the All Blacks, not happy about the... No, you're banning Blacks? Yeah, as well. I'm pretty sure they're pretty happy, the All Blacks. Maybe not today, actually, but generally. Bogans in the hut. Oh, yeah.

Black's my thing. It goes with my skin tone. Yeah, so I think it's going to change, but that's caused outrage from back to school in America. With my very pasty white skin and my all black clothing, I look like a zebra. Here's my headline. Internet outraged over wife refusing to cook for in-laws. Why?

Well, I've pretty much given you the answer leading into this. Well, yeah, I think, yeah, I think, and you brought Producer Taylor in. Yeah, that indicates one thing. All the planets are aligning uh it's producer taylor pregnant with twins yeah uh the internet is outraged over a man's request of his wife uh to cook a roast for his parents now for some reason she recorded this and put it online i don't know why got to do it for the views baby have a listen you want me to do it for the views, baby. Have a listen. You want me to do a roast? Yeah. Can I just remind you of something? I gave birth two days ago.

Yeah. Two days ago. And you came out of the hospital straight away. You've been sitting around all this time. So if you make a roast, it's your own. Send me home to get rest at home. But you've been doing nothing but resting. Look at all these cups of tea for a start.

I mean, I'm just saying that. Crazy. I forgot. You didn't even stop the audio. But I said the guy stopped. Oh, mean stop stop stop you didn't even stop the audio but I said the guy stop oh you said stop to the guy not stop the audio stop what does he do I feel like I'm listening

to Coronation Street stop talking what an absolute idiot wow how much would you fire up if that was mate are you for real

Marcello's mum's coming over she loves a roast yeah Marcello's like hey because Marcello wouldn't say this but he did say I would have put it past him

he loves his bloody dinners but to be fair he's like to be fair to the guy he's like you just do roasts better than I do that might be a fair point

but at the same time it's just a bit risky it's just I'm trying to I'm trying to find words that aren't natural to my vocabulary right now because I can I think you guys know exactly what I'm trying to find words that aren't natural to my vocabulary right now. Because I think you guys know exactly what I'd say to you.

I'm with you as well. I think the world's with you. That's why the internet's with you. 48 hours after giving birth. I can see why that's causing backlash. Go to the roast shop. Exactly, exactly. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

I feel like, do I need to come clean about something? Or do I just kind of... I feel like I've taken credit for something because my wife. Can I ask a question? Yeah. Do you need to fill three minutes of radio? Oh, yeah. Well, then you need to come clean. Yeah.

Well, so what happens, you know, my wife runs a busy operation as, you know, a lot of people do around the country. And every time I get in her car, drive her car from time to time, I get a little frustrated when it's not in a great state. I'm like, okay, right, I'm going to, so I drove it the other day, I was like, I'm going to get it cleaned. Oh, right, it was a bit messy. Yeah, it was a bit messy. Do you, every time you get in another person's car,

probably in particular your partner's, do you move the seat? Do you change the seating arrangement? That's a giant bugbear in our relationship. I probably do, but it's never a bugbear. No, I've never, either way, but I do know some people do get quite. Because she literally got her face against the windscreen that's how tight she runs the seat to move it back yeah forget to move it forward and stuff like that but anyway i was like

i'll get it and you know my wife's busy so i'm like i'll get it cleaned and it was one of those occasions normally i would go to like a wash world or whatever but i just drove past a place that does the cleaning for you and i was like great i'll go inside and have a hot drink, do some work while they clean the car. Then I came home and I was like, said to Amanda, oh, I've cleaned your car. Now, I kind of wasn't trying to take credit for it, but I just kind of said clean your car, meaning like the car's clean. No, when you said I've cleaned your car, you definitely took credit for it. There's no, I didn't try and take credit for it.

I get this lovely text later when she gets down in the car, go, it was so nice, you took the time to clean it. No, you're busy try and take credit for it. And then I get this lovely text later when she gets down in the car, going, oh, so nice you took the time to clean it. No, you're busy, you clean it. And I'm kind of like, oh, she thinks that I've cleaned the car. But I've got the car cleaned, but I haven't actually cleaned the car. And now I feel like, well, do I just – I've taken the credit, but it's been three or four days now. Just call her.

Just call her. She'll be at school, I think. Oh, she'll be at school. She'll be teaching already. Yeah. We can try. I mean, we can try. Yeah, we can try.

Has she still got the same number? Yeah, yeah you can try i'll have a look here um so no suspicions have been raised well no i mean yeah she did say it was lovely that she might have thought that but yeah um was it usually was it more clean or more professional than you would yeah well that's what i wondered i felt like it was better than if I had done it. This is a long dial out, isn't it? Oh, here we go. It's connecting. The truth line.

I know. We'll just say, did you notice anything different about the cleaning? Oh, yeah. Because you put a lot of effort into it. Oh, so it's still going to take some crap for it. Yeah, I'm not here to throw you out of the house. Oh, right. Hello?

Oh, who's this? Hi, Amanda's phone. Who's this? Oh, right. Hello? Oh, who's this? Hello, Amanda's phone. Who's this? Oh, hello. Hi, this is Gary. Hi, Gary. I feel like, Gary, what are you doing with my wife's phone? Okay, Gary.

Gary, can we take this off? We'll take this off the radio. You're on the line, Gary. I've just got some words. I've got some things I've got to... Have you noticed that the car's been a bit clean that my wife's got... Anyway, we'll get to...

Have you noticed Amanda's car being a bit cleaner, Gary? Sorry. Yeah, no, I said there's a lot going on, Gary. I'm getting my head around that one as well. Who's Gary? Who's Gary? Okay, now I'm not so worried about the car clean. It's the least you'll worry about.

It is the hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I feel like, do I need to come clean about something, or do I just kind of, I feel like I've taken credit for something, because my wife. Can I ask a question? Yeah. Do you need to fill three minutes of radio? Well, yeah.

Well, then you need to come clean. Yeah. Well, so what happens, you know, my wife runs a busy operation, as a lot of people do around the country, and every time I get in her car, drive her car from time to time, I get a little frustrated when it's not in a great state. I'm like, okay, right, I'm going to – so I drove it the other day. I was like, I'm going to get it cleaned.

Oh, right, it was a bit messy. Yeah, it was a bit messy. Do you – every time you get in another person's car, probably in particular your partner's, do you move the seat, do you change the seating arrangement? That's a giant bugbear in our relationship. I probably do but it's never a bugbear. Either way but I do know some people do get

quite. Because she literally got her face against the windscreen. That's how tight she runs the seat. Yeah then you need to move it back and then you forget to move it forward and stuff like that. But anyway I was like I'll get it and you know my wife's busy, and then you forget to move it forward and stuff like that. But anyway, I was like, oh, I'll get it. And my wife's busy, so I'm like, I'll get it cleaned. And it was one of those occasions. Normally, I would go to a wash world or whatever,

but I just drove past a place that does the cleaning for you. And then I was like, great, I'll go inside and have a hot drink, do some work while they clean the car. Then I came home, and I was like, said to Amanda, oh, I've cleaned your car. Now, I kind of wasn't trying to take credit for it, but I just kind of said, clean your car, meaning the car's clean. No, when you said, I've cleaned your car, trying to take credit for it but i just kind of said to clean your car meaning like the car's clean no when you said i've cleaned your car you definitely took credit

for it there's no there's no i didn't try and take credit for it this lovely text later when she gets down in the car go so nice you took the time to clean it no you're busy you clean it and i'm kind of like oh oh she thinks that i've cleaned the car but i've got the car cleaned but i haven't actually cleaned the car and now i feel like well do i just i've taken the credit but it's been three or four days now just call it oh she's at school i think she was school she'll be teaching already yeah we could we could try i mean yeah i can try she's still got the same number yeah you can try i'll have a look here um so no suspicions have been raised well no, no. I mean, yeah. She did say it was lovely that... She might have thought that, but yeah.

Was it more clean or more professional than you would? Yeah, well, that's what I wondered. I felt like it was better than if I had done it. This is a long dial out, isn't it? Yeah. Oh, here we go. It's connecting. The truth line.

I know. We'll just say, did she notice anything different about the cleaning? Oh, yeah. Because you put a lot of effort into it. Oh, so it's still going to take some crap for it. Yeah, I'm not here to throw you a little mouse. Oh, right. Hello?

Oh, who's this? Hi, Amanda's phone. Who's this? Oh, hello. Hi, this is Gary. Hi, Gary. I feel like, oh, Gary. What are you doing with my wife's phone? Okay, Gary.

Gary, can we take this off? We'll take this off the radio. You're on the line, Gary. I've just got some words. I've got some things I've got to. Have you noticed that the car's been a bit clean that my wife's got? Anyway, we'll get to it. Have you noticed Amanda's car being a bit cleaner, Gary?

Sorry. Yeah, I said there's a lot going on, Gary. I'm getting my head around that one as well. Who's Gary? Who's Gary? Okay, now I'm not so worried about the car cleaner. It's the least you'll worry about.