Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: We Reveal Our Most Memorable And Secret On-Air Mistakes!

Episode Date: June 9, 2025

On today’s show: Swearing, going off air, drinking during shows... we reveal our secret radio fumbles! How Megan ended up flashing a ferry full of people! Ben got asked to speak at his old school but not for something inspirational... Dear Megan: My husband’s angry with me for being besties with his ex-wife! Megan gives advice. Megan is back, but why is she so secretive about where she’s been? We chat to Jemma, our Bingo winner! A listener just realised he can’t imagine because of us Ben gets confronted by his past! Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFASTFacebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jono, Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to Dilma. Goodness really does taste great. Dilma, making the world a better team. Welcome to the podcast. We're just getting distracted. We've got a TV now in the radio studio, which we haven't had before working on. We're just normally, you know, concentrating on radio. I think that's probably why they've never put one in here before,

because we're easily distracted. And to be honest, I haven't actually noticed what has been playing while the show was on, but they just looked up when the show had ended and there was some rugby highlights going on and they were doing a countdown of the worst fumbles

over the line. Yeah, so people were about to score a try and then they dropped the ball and you'd be stoked to make that list. I was like, what monster put that one together? What do you think's been

your greatest fumble in your career? Can't say the airport because we've talked about it. Yeah, I mean a fumble in general. There's plenty of fumbles, I guess. I would say for me, when I was on the Rock radio station, I was working with a gentleman called Robert Taylor. And not every day, but sometimes you would record sort of from 6.30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at night.

Yeah. Okay. And then I'm driving home. I'm kilometres away from the radio station. I'm listening to the show play out, the final 30 minutes. And this break starts playing and I'm like, oh, God. A sinking feeling. I haven't edited this.

Oh, no. And boy, oh, boy, did we cover some ground. Once the break kind of unfurled, I was like, oh, no, I screwed that. Well, I didn't say screwed that up. And then it just went into this, like, expletive-laden montage of, we weren't bagging anyone, but just some of the language. Some of the language. And you're just listening to it play out.

I can't do anything. I was in the car. There's no one on the station. I would have turned it off. I'd just been like, I can't listen. You can't listen to that. Oh, that the car. There's no one on the station. I would have turned it off. I'd just be like, I can't listen. You can't listen to that. Oh, that was funny. Did you get in trouble?

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. A lot. Yep. Yeah. There was one too because Midnight to Dawn,

a lot of us got our starts in Midnight to Dawn and a friend of mine, he recorded and went out to town and then while he was out in town, the station went off air. And then he thought, I'll make it back before 6 a.m.

before the next host turns up. He turns up at 5 o'clock and the boss is in the studio. Oh, waiting for him. And nothing like me. I mean, he was probably a young adult, but you're getting told off. I think the first thing he said was, do you think I enjoy coming in here at 4.30 on a Sunday morning? I don't know how he answered that question.

Is it a rhetorical one? You think that's it? You're just quiet. You're just quiet. You just have to take it. You just have to go, yep, yep, yep. Oh, that's tough. That's tough.

What about you, Megan? Biggest bummer? I've sworn on live radio because I didn't realize the microphones were on. Were you in trouble for it? No, I don't think I did. But I, yeah, it was a very forceful swearing at my other host. Oh, was it? Oh, really?

You know Clint Roberts on ZM, yes. I didn't know he had left the microphones on. Oh, so it was off air, like not something you were recording. And you just like, you just started. I was swearing at him. It sounds a lot like worse. It's happened before where I think we haven't edited something that I, it sounds a lot worse coming out of the speakers.

Yeah. It's just so much more harsher. It does. Yeah. And it was like. If I'm not edited you. Yeah, once I think it was on the edge. You're like, I'll get that.

And then midway through you're like I'll get that and then move away through you're like hey I didn't get that I don't I don't generally I always

wait now I try not to swear you know like I can't even tell you because like

I'm so tuned into not swearing in front of a microphone now I can't even like relay it even though it's okay in a podcast

yeah and we can if you want to say it go on if you want to say something you can I think the worst words you could to say it, go on. If you want to say something, you can. Think of the worst words you could say.

No, don't say that. No, it wasn't that. It wasn't that. I don't say that. That'd be a fumble if you didn't. Imagine that. Don't think of the worst words you could say. Oh, well, Megan, really.

There's a lot of words you can't say. There was, you know, I was wondering if anyone heard it. Well, all the text machines said, he did what? And I was like, okay, they heard it. That's what you pray. You pray, oh, maybe there was a glitch in transmission or the satellite went out, but yeah. You do learn those lessons the hard way.

Surprise, surprise, we're still working. First up of the podcast, though, a little bit of... Another faux pas from me. A little fumble. A little naked fumble. Yeah, naked fumble. Enjoy. Jono, Ben and Megan.

The podcast. The hits. Megan, lowering the class of the show. Flashing people. Flashing people overseas. What happened? What happened? So I was in Australia on an island.

Don't want to brag about it. It was very warm. Must be nice. But I had a room. Sorry, is that when you were meant to be here with us? Yeah, but if you were offered a trip on a tropical island instead of being here with you guys, what would you do? Not me, mate.

It's my commitment to the hits. Now, hold on. Does this come fresh off the fast pass scandal as well where you're offered free fast passes at the theme park? I know. Ben, you're coming across quite jealous. Hey, I am. I am. She jumped the queue in front of Ben at a theme park. I know, Ben, you're coming across quite jealous. Hey, I am. I am.

She jumped the queue in front of Ben at a theme park. Not coming across quite jealous, yeah. She got gifted Fastpass access. Who am I to say no? The common person standing in the line waiting for hours. That's me and my family. You could have bought the Fastpasses. But you didn't, so I have a crank about that.

I know, but again, if they were gifted to me, why would I say no? Anyway, so we'll put the fast pass candle behind us or have we? I don't know. I don't know. Thank you for bringing it up again,

Jono. No worries. You just like to throw the catamounts the pigeon. That's my role between you two. Sit here in the middle and just chuck bombs. Okay, so we were on an island

in Australia and been in space. In Australia And For free Sounds great It gets worse we were in like a harbour view Like room So we're out looking over the water But it's where the ferry comes in

To this island Was the ferry ride free? Thank you They had a fast pass in the ferry it's fine um and so we were like right by the jetty right by the jetty great view like sunrise and everything sorry i'm trying to paint a picture yeah i get it um and so i came out of the shower and um i was getting ready for the morning but i forgot that um we are right by the the jetty that comes in and it's like we weren't high up we are probably like level with you know a double decker ferry oh no and the curtains what were they doing at this point in time the kids had pulled

the curtains oh no are you in one of those situations, do you think, well, maybe they can't see through? Well, it took me a moment to realise. So my suitcase was right by our window. So I wander over to the suitcase to get dressed and the boat wasn't coming in. It was stationary. So I didn't kind of see it until I looked up with the clothes.

I'm like, oh, bending over, like, what are the clothes I'm going to get? I look up and there is a ferry full of people arriving to the island. Oh, no. And I was like, they can't see me. They can't see me. And that's when a couple of people wave. Oh!

This is the biggest ferry disaster since the Titanic. Excuse me! I didn't say you're the size of the Titanic. I was just saying, I was just trying to tie in You said biggest fairy disaster Since the Titanic I'll be talking about this for years They definitely saw me And I was like

Do you know what? They're lucky Lucky you You won a free show I always find that When I walk out of the shower And go get my underpants from the drawer I'm like

Someone could probably see in here And I underpants from the drawer, I'm like, someone could probably see in here and I can't pay for their therapy, I'm sorry. I did wave back. Yeah, good on you. Embrace it, embrace it.

It came from a family of nudists, you know. Yeah, true. Jono, Ben and Megan, the podcast. The hits. Legend, Stu Wilson

sadly passed away at just age 70 over the weekend. Very young. Very sad, yeah. He went to Wairarapa College where I went to school. I remember him. It's funny, you know, because you get a lot of people coming back to talk,

you know, as kids. And I was like, I don't actually remember too many things that anyone ever said except for Stu Wilson coming back to school after he was an All Black. He made a wonderful gag because everyone that has succeeded at Wairarapa College would get their photos on the back wall. And he's like, last time I was here, my photo was over there. Now he's like, it's above the men's toilets. He's like, next time I come back, I'll be in the

toilet, guys. I was like, that was a great gag. He's a really funny guy as well as an amazing rugby player. Is your photo up on the wall? No, no. We went there once and we tried to put it up on the wall and I think they took it down again. I pre-bought my own photo to put up there.

Have you ever been asked back to your school for an inspirational speech? I have made a speech, but I kind of invited myself because I was like, I've never been asked back. What? Did you phone them and you're like, I think it's about time you booked me

for some inspirational words. I can do a Tuesday under my calendar. That's good. It was like a radio thing and we pushed real hard and they were like, yeah, it was real great to have you, but I don't know if they really wanted me.

What did you say? What inspiring words have you, but I don't know if they really wanted me. What did you say? What inspiring words did you say? I can't remember. I had Michelle Obama in my mind when I wrote the speech. I was like, make it inspirational. But I don't think, I mean, I didn't get a standing ovation or anything. The video didn't go viral on YouTube. No, that's what you dream of because you see like, you know, Jim Carrey and stuff and the

gown and stuff. You really want those good, powerful 30 seconds where people are like, I'm going to change my life after watching that. You've never been invited back for a speech, have you? No, no. Neither? No. Well, you didn't even go, I've had a few years of high school, but you didn't get to three years. So, you're really

not going to bring you back, are they? You didn't even complete fifth form. You're like, stay in school! What message have you got to pass on to the kids there but if anything it's like don't like stick around so they want you to do the five years yeah true true i've got another one this guy left before you know you're 11 of what not to do you know an example of this is how you shouldn't live your life they actually did recently invite me back but do they know truthfully actually they just remember that but they only did it because they wanted me

to do gags like skibbity and riz and stuff like that at my school. It wasn't like inspirational. I've got stuff to say. I can empower the youth. On social media

I make a talk of myself saying all these words that I, you know, What was your speech going to be? I don't know. Skibbity, riz? It was well written.

It was full of funny little things. Oh, did they write it for you? They wrote little things saying hey, hey. No, like saying hey, hey skibbity dad you can do a wristband it was well written it was like full of like funny little things but I was like oh did they write it for you they wrote little things saying hey no like saying hey hey skibbity dad you can do a wristband

I was like oh I can't I could do but it was like it was like a waste of a flight I won't be inspiring anyone with this but

everyone would be like oh that was a fun 30 seconds no I had to make my own way there it wasn't like it wasn't like they were going to put me up or anything fly there and be like

skibbity no cap no cap and're going to be like, Skivity. No cap. No cap. And then they'll be like, yay. Some straight fuss and get a few laughs and then move on. Who is he? I'll head back home. I guess I'll jump back on the plane.

I'll just be able to. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Dear Megan, someone's slipping and sliding into your DMs, which always sounds suspicious when you're like, someone slid into my... You always think of nefarious things, don't you?

But these are all genuine, just people pouring their heart out and waiting for the rest of New Zealand to judge them without all the detail. Yes, this is advice. So feel free to give us some advice for this person. 0800 THE HITS or 4487. The Dear Megan Today reads, I've been married for three years.

Before we met, my husband was with his ex for nine years and their breakup was amicable. A few months ago, I ran into her at a mutual friends party and we really hit it off. Since then, we've become close. We get coffee weekly, text often, and she's even come over for dinner. My husband hates it.

He says it's weird and disrespectful and that it feels like I'm choosing her over him. But honestly, she's become one of the funniest, most supportive people in my life. She's moved on. I feel secure in our marriage and to me, it feels like he's being controlling. Am I crossing a line or is he just being insecure? My initial thought is there's so many more friends, potential friends out there in the market than your current husband's ex-wife. There's a reason they're ex-partners and it's because he probably didn't want to see her much more, or her, they didn't want to see each other much more than they had to.

But they were amicable when they broke off. So like... Doesn't mean let's go hang out all the time. Was you and my new wife... You'd just be constantly being like, what stories is she telling her? What is she saying? It's like if Andrew became besties

with husband number one of yours. Oh no, that's weird. No, no, no, no. But it really depends on the circumstances because I think if he was cool with it, obviously we wouldn't be having this conversation. But you know, in some situations they would be cool with it. But obviously he's not.

So then for me, that feels like something maybe you shouldn't do. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? You know, like if he was cool with it, a lot of people are like, yeah, sweet, whatever, I don't care. And then it's fine. But in this situation, he's a bit weird about it. So you need to, I feel like maybe you need to respect that and go, hey, it is a bit weird. Making my current husband, you know, my I feel like maybe you need to respect that and go, hey, it is a bit weird. Making my current husband, you know,

my husband feel weird. Well, like, just catch up casually but maybe don't be besties. I like her, she's sweet. You know, but maybe. Feels like a great bit of subject matter for a documentary too. We could film a doco on them.

Me and my two wives, the ex and current one. Has she got a new partner, the ex-wife? Yes. Right, so everyone's moved on. Everyone's coming. So it's not like... Purely platonic.

Yeah, worried about a relationship or anything, but just... I just often, like, when your partner's feeling uncomfortable about something, like, talk to them and make them feel heard. And if it really is making them just feel awkward, then who do you care more about? Really? Oh, wait, hold on a minute. really your lifelong partner or where are you on this actually are you in this situation are you and the ex-partner a happy three-person friendship situation yeah i'm sure it's done like you said it's done lots of times i know but but on this occasion it does feel a bit like

not everyone's comfortable with it. Do you know I knew someone who moved out to the shed while his partner moved in with the new person in the main house? Oh, really? And they all got along like a house on fire. Well, his was a shed. Shed could catch fire, I guess, but they all got along fine. Which questions would be asked if the shed caught fire? Help us out this morning.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The us out this morning. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Dear Megan. Someone has slid into your DMs again, Megan, with a bit of dilemma involving the husband's ex. Yeah, so the husband was with his ex for nine years. Their breakup was amicable,

but the new wife has become friends with the ex-wife and the husband doesn't like it. She says she's become one of the funniest, most supportive people in my life. Am I crossing a line or is he being insecure is the question she wants to know. We're going to get Lucy Lou Sue on the show. Welcome. How are you, Sue? Right?

I'm doing well, thank you. You are in this situation. You're friends with your partner's ex. I'm friends with all of my exes and all of, at Christmas time I'm at my ex's house with his partner and their two children my son's father

who was my ex, he goes there as well and there's no there was an issue at the very, very, very beginning when my ex-partner and his new girlfriend got together and she didn't like us speaking and that was fine so I respect that but now now we go out um you know leave the kids with him we'll go clubbing not an issue not an issue not an issue so what are you what are you saying in

this situation we're clear there is an issue for her current husband there is yeah so for me I would say that there's he feels insecure because he thinks maybe they're talking about him or they're discussing their relationship. That's probably more the issue. Yeah. Okay, well, that's a personal insight there. How many exes have you got there, Sue? I've got two, but we just all hang out.

And my son's dad, he'll go over and spend the day with my other ex. And yeah, Christmas Day is fabulous. Good on you. Very mature from Sue. Have a harmonious household. Well done, Sue. I mean, you know, when there's kids you've got to get along. What's the point? Yeah, that's a good way to live.

Sensible Sue will call her from this day forward. Catherine, morning to you. If this was your best friend, it wouldn't be your best friend because she's best friends with her husband's ex, but what would you be saying to her? Oh, I think I'd probably side with the partner because friends can come and go, but your partner should be forever, and I guess it is just respecting them

and understanding where they're coming from. It's probably easier to find a new friend than it is to find a new husband if it got that bad. Yeah, that's kind of what you were saying before, right, Megan? Yeah, if your partner's got an issue with anything in life, you should sit down and talk it through. Absolutely.

He doesn't want to be psychologically locked in a room with his ex-partner and his current partner. That's where he's coming from. Let's go to one more and then I just hang up on them so they will never make it onto the radio and we'll never know what great stuff they had to say. If your wives were friends with

one of your exes, would you be okay with it? I guess it depends on who the ex is. Yeah, it depends. Probably a lot of circumstances involved. Yeah. It'd be a horses for courses situation, wouldn't it? I do really agree though if there's kids involved, that is really great for the kid's sake. Haven't gone through that

as a kid, you know, like with parents's not a not a fun time could you use it to your advantage as a child oh well did you play them off against each other and get some stuff even two christmases was still a logistical pain you know like oh would you do double christmas christmas day yeah christmas morning you know like it is a lot for go through as a kid yeah like you know so that is present it would be nice if everyone could at least get along for the kids. So I do. If I can. I know it's hard.

Or just pretend. Just smile for two hours. You know? Or just sit there in silence and smile weirdly. Okay, there we go. What's the advice you're giving them, mate? Why communication is key is always ask your husband why he's so upset about it. What makes him uncomfortable and see if you can work through it.

And if you can't, then I can't. Jon megan the podcast the hits thursday if we could cast your mind back to thursday a day before the new zealand radio and podcast awards we've been trying to angle for friday off because it's a late night early start and this happened no i will not physically be here with you and you lived up to that word. You did not physically turn up here on the Friday. We were like, well, that's okay. That was kind of half expected. We thought you were joking.

But anyway, you followed through. I got a message from you saying you're on a plane. Yeah. Quite cryptic. Said you're on a plane. I wondered if you're playing YouTube sound effects behind you. No, it was just perfectly timed that they made an announcement. I was like, this is brilliant. AI, AI.

Doesn't trust anything nowadays. And then yesterday we turned up to work. We're like, oh, it'll be good to see Megan again. Back in the hot seat, you know, working the tools again. And then we get this message. Hey, guys. Coming to you from actually another country. And then you're in another country.

Fled. We didn't win at the radio awards, so I fled the country. And then you're in another country. Fled. We didn't win at the radio award so I fled the country. You're gone. Even last night we were at the netball and they were like, oh, John and Ben and Megan, they'll be there. Oh, Megan. We keep saying Megan's not here. I think she's been replaced by AI.

Yes, even the office didn't know that you weren't going to be there for that. Did you join a cult? What did you do? No, I messaged Larissa who always organises it, I messaged Larissa, who always organises it. I messaged Larissa, just in my defence. We were thinking all the worst case scenarios. Like what? That you'd gone to another better radio show.

We'd started, people were phoning through with their favourite Megan moments. We were going to do that today, the whole show. Eulogy. No, I was on an activist boat that had been hijacked. It looked like you were away doing some work for a little bit of a project for social media, so it looked like quite a fun couple of days away. This little company, Disney, you might know.

What is it, mate? Can you finally tell us now? Because it's been shrouded in secrecy. No, you can't, mate, because we're all about How to Save Your Dragon on this show, mate. And that's right now. We won't be talking about any other movies. Okay?

Okay. So we'll never know why she was away. Well, you could if you followed her on social media. It's been all over there for the last three days. But we've ignored that because it's a lot funnier to go, where's Megan? It's good to have you back, though. Was it fun? Yeah, and it was warm.

I was in shock coming back yesterday. There was hail. Like, we had big hailstones. And I was like, oh, Ryan, here you back, though. Was it fun? Yeah, and it was warm. I was in shock coming back yesterday. There was hail. We had big hailstones, and I was like, oh, right, here we go, winter. You couldn't have arrived back on a better day yesterday. Yeah, yeah. You have no idea, though, working in this radio studio sometimes, what is going on outside. Because we can honestly not see outside.

There's no windows. There's windows out to a foyer in an office, but you don't see out to anywhere. So you walk outside after the show you're like oh my god people get to work and they're like it was wild out there yeah some of them walk in saturated and you're like okay yeah someone said yesterday it was like the worst thunderstorms i'd ever seen you know like and i was like really no idea that was going on so yeah today there's meant to be a few more thunderstorms uh particularly in the top of the north but hopefully things get a little bit better because it's been pretty shocking.

We've been playing at this time for many weeks now. The Hits 20k bingo playing throughout the day where people had their bingo cards, they downloaded them, they got them from ANZ Premiership Games right all across the country. Everyone was hanging out for the bingo numbers at 8, 12 and 5 to cross off all their numbers and be the first to call and get on the air to claim their prize if they cross off every number.

Dozens and dozens of balls, hundreds and hundreds of innuendos, and we finally, we had a winner yesterday afternoon. Her name was Gemma. Gemma, you've won $20,000! Oh my God! Gemma! Gemma, you've won $20,000! Oh my God. Gemma! Oh my God. Congratulations!

How do you feel, Gemma? Oh my God. My husband's in shock as well. Yes, very emotional scenes and we head to the Hawke's Bay now with our winner, our 20k winner. Gemma, good morning. Good morning. Gee whiz, after that, how are we feeling? I'm feeling very overwhelmed still.

Have you reached the point where you think you're better than some extended family members, cousins and things? You're a better grade of human being now. Oh, now my mum's still beating me, to be honest. It's pretty incredible. I mean, $20,000. Did you miss any bingo numbers across the last couple of weeks? You did. Yes. And even with that, you crossed them.

Thankfully, somebody put them online and I nabbed them. Oh, well done. Have you spent it in your head already? You're like, what is this $20,000 going to go towards? I actually spent it before I won it. On what? I'm going to take my kids to the South Island because they've never been or my husband hasn't been either. Awesome.

Yeah, I bought a salon a year ago and I'm going to renovate that. Oh, good on you. Well, we heard that you just knew, you had a feeling that you were going to win. I did have a feeling. Well, how did that come about? I don't know. I just decided one day, I had my little bingo card paper next to it, and I wrote all the numbers, and I was crossing them off

so I could cross-check if I was close to my bingo card. And I wrote on there, I will win this. Wow. You manifested it. A lot of other people would have thought they were going to win too. But did they write it down? Yeah. It's pretty life-changing in a lot of ways.

It's only 20 grand just to have like that. I mean, yesterday you didn't have it. Now you do. It's incredible. It is incredible. Over the last 24 hours, has anyone actually asked you for money? Oh, my dad said, oh, I need a loan. Well, you probably owe him a bit of money over the years

with compounding interest. The other question I wanted to know was what were you doing and what were you wearing at the time? Oh, I was sitting at my house. Were you like in track pants? I always wonder what people are doing as they win a huge life-changing amount of money. No, I was just in my normal day clothes.

Normal day clothes, yeah, okay, all good. A blouse, suit pants situation. Jersey and some jeans, there we go. Jersey, jeans, yeah, good combo, good combo. And the other thing was when you get through on the phones, because the phones I imagine were overloaded. They were crazy. Did you get through first time when you dialed?

No, 12 phone calls. I literally was pushing that button so much. Far out. Well, can be done. Like a lot of people I would imagine don't enter competitions because they're like, you know. I won't win. Yeah, probably not going to win. But you've just proven that you can do it and you can actually manifest it to happen for you.

Gemma, congratulations. Life changing amount of money. You go and enjoy the 20 grand and just rest safe with the knowledge that there are tens of thousands of people who wish they were you right now and are probably talking behind your back. Oh, wow. Oh, wow. Have a great day.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. French Open, of course, has been taking place in France, and Carlos Alcaraz won the men's final. Five hours, 29 minutes is how long the final's final. Five hours 29 minutes is how long the final went for. Five hours 29 minutes. I always feel sorry for the

crowd in that situation because there'd be babysitters that come into play, work, meetings. Yeah but they're sitting on their bums. Yeah but they haven't backed on it being that long. I'll give you three hours tops. Three hours, you're right. You're like, hey guys I don't want to leave

but I kind of need to leave sometimes when the Australian opens playing some of the matches are still going to like two in the morning yeah they just keep going right can you just tap out

and be like actually I'm done I'm tired I guess you could but you probably wouldn't play too many more top tournaments you've definitely

chosen the wrong profession if you're like you know what now's a good time I get bored with Monopoly and that's not exercise. It'd be like us getting to now and going,

oh, we're done for the show. They'd be like, it goes to night. I know it's the Wimbledon final, but I thought halfway through set number two, I'm done. I'm done.

Well, we had a bit of an inspirational speaker come in to talk to the team. You know, rally the troops sort of stuff happens in a lot of workplaces, doesn't it? And this gentleman,

he was a psychologist and for the most part worked with New Zealand's high performance athletes he was great I loved him

he was amazing and all I could imagine is he was looking out to us low performance radio hosts going well uh what can I do here he literally

I think he said that at one point he's like I'm not sure how um I'm gonna inspire you guys or like well it's probably quite different for him

yeah you guys sitting on your bums again yeah but I guess a lot of the things everyone's trying to do their best in any job

it's a mental game yeah and teamwork working as a team and stuff a lot of the things I found it really really fascinating

he had a great little theory which was instead of a to-do list Ben Boyce he said do a to-do list do a to-do list but have a

to-be list every day what do you want to do a to-do list. Do a to-do list, but have a to-be list every day. What do you want to be? To be. Do you want to be present? Do you want to be a good husband, wife? Do you want to be a good workmate? Do you want to be a positive person? All those sorts of things.

And have three little things maybe on your to-be list. And I imagine once you've got your to-be list sorted, your to-do list then probably falls into place. Yeah. You prioritise that on everything. But the other thing that he got us to do, and this, your to-do list then probably falls into place. Yeah. You prioritise that on everything. But the other thing that he got us to do, and this is what I need to confess to, is we're all sitting around the table and he's like, close your eyes. And I'm like, uh-oh, sleepy Jono.

Sleepy condition. You were nodding off on some other one. Some other guy's talk. I was like, he's definitely going. Because he gets fidgeting around. Do you know that we were all talking about you when you were nodding off? I took a video. You're like, he's nodding off and he's fidgeting around. Do you know that we were all talking about you when you were nodding off? I took a video. You're like, he's nodding off and he's fidgeting around.

Even the boss up on stage was looking at you. Trying to be like. I was trying to keep awake. I was fidgeting to keep myself awake. We all saw. I won't lie. They did lose me in the data analysis part of the presentation. But anyway, this wonderful guy, he's like, you know, close your eyes.

And imagine, I know he started with saying, imagine your 80th birthday and what you want people to be saying about you on your 80th birthday. And I got that bit. And then I kind of zoned off into my own little world. And then all of a sudden I hear, great, now open your eyes and write down all the answers to the questions I've just asked you. And I'm like, dear God, what were all the questions? I know that exercise is really good actually.

Same. Not mocking you or whatever. Really helpful. It was really like to put yourself at 80 and who's around and what are they saying about you

and what are the, you know, who are the important, you know, like it made you kind of go, a lot of your life is not based around you at that stage.

It's based around other people like your kids and stuff. And who do you like least in your workplace? What have they done in their lives? Who do you like least and what did everyone say?

What was everyone saying in their heads? No, we didn't do that. We all said that out loud and you got mentioned but that's fine, you're asleep. But then after that

there was a conversation going on that our boss Matt has a friend, she can't visualise stuff so she can't shut her eyes and imagine herself at an 80th birthday party

because she has this aphantasia, it's a certain syndrome I guess, where she's not able to visualize anything. Just darkness. So you know how you're like, Megan, can you imagine yourself flashing your derriere

to a ferryload of people? I can straight away take myself there. She can't do it. Yeah, well, some people can't. Apparently, some people can't. Would love to talk to those people. Yeah, 0100 the Hats, 4487. Are you one of these people that gets, you can't do it. Yeah, well, some people can't. Some people can't. Would love to talk to those people. Yeah, 0100 the Hats, 4487.

Are you one of these people that gets, you can't. Like, it's fascinating. I can play out whole scenarios in my mind. Oh, there's all sorts. Ones that haven't happened. Yeah. Ones that I want to happen. And when did you find out about it? We'd love to hear from you.

You know, because I can imagine that's not something you think would be, like, maybe you think everyone's the same as you. Mate, if I could get rid of some of the dark things I can see in my head, I'd be a treat. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Are you a person that can't actually visualise anything inside your mind?

Yeah, it's hard to get your head around, isn't it? Aphantasia is called, Ed Sheeran apparently suffers. Oh, really? I don't know if you suffer from it, but he's got it. So we can't imagine, and for a guy who writes. Oh, really? I don't know if you suffer from it, but he's got it. So we can't imagine. And for a guy who writes... Beautiful, descriptive music, you'd think he would be able to. He's not imagining the scenes in his head.

Wow. There we go. A lot of texts and calls coming through. We've got Cherie on the phone. You're doing this aphantasia thing, Cherie. Morena. Oh, morena. Morena.

Morena caught you off guard there. You can't visualise things. No, no, I can't. I figured out through a team building visualisation exercise that I can't actually see anything. It was a bit awkward. And you couldn't picture anything? No, and I kind of like thought it was a bit of a joke.

Can you do the round table? I'm like, oh, I've got a box and a pink ball and this ladder's this big and it's tipped this way. And yeah, it got the round table? I'm like, oh, I've got a box and a pink ball and this ladder's this big and it's tipped this way and it got round to me and I was like, I see nothing. So if I ask you now, can you picture an apple? Yeah, no, I can't. I can't create images in my mind.

I can see colour because I do a lot of mindfulness therapy and that as well, which I kind of figured out, yeah, definitely got aphantasia because i can't uh conjure like spaces or shapes all night manipulate anything like that so you'll just see either darkness or colors yeah colors and it's like a fade um or like when your laptop goes to sleep and it has like different things oh like this is a screen saver sort of wallpaper sort of thing just sort of rotating through but But just colours. Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, which is really weird because I'm actually a creative person, so people don't really understand how I can't visualise. That's what it says. It says you're highly intelligent and creative, and you often excel in fields that rely on logic analysis or verbal. Yeah, yeah. So I'm a musician, so I song write and I play with other musicians. So they really don't understand how I can develop music and song

without being able to visualise it. But I guess everyone can see it. I don't know any different. So it took obviously until you were an adult to know that this was something that you had and it wasn't, I guess, common. No, yeah. And I don't, like, recall it, like, just happening. Like, I kind of, I mean, every child has imagination, right?

I guess mine was just a little bit different. So, I mean, like we were saying earlier, you would have just gone through life thinking, oh, this is how everyone operates. Yeah, pretty much. Pretty much, yeah. And it was just through that exercise I was like, oh, this is a bit weird.

Amazing. Really really interesting Sherry hey thanks so much for your call oh good thank you we'll send you out some Del Marti hopefully you can win

a trip to Sri Lanka imagine that oh you can't Leah you can't imagine stuff you can't you can't visualise stuff no

I didn't even know it was a thing I honestly thought everyone was kind of full of it when they said that they could see these things. I was like, oh yeah, whatever. How long did it take you to find out?

35 years. Wow. What was the, you know, what was the feeling when you're like, oh, everyone else can see stuff in their head? No, I honestly just thought that that was just something people said, that it wasn't a trigger at all. And so are you the same as Sher sherry you can just visualize colors no when i close my eyes it's just black although if i close them really hard i can see stars but that that's about it it was only when

i i'm like absolutely terrified of dogs and um one of my business networking things, I met this lady who was recommended to me by a psychologist for fear and all the rest of it. And I was in the session and Paula was saying, so close your eyes and picture a big, friendly golden retriever or something. And I'm like, sure, but what do you mean by picture? Because I don't do that. She'd done these tests about how you learn, and mine's highly visual,

so I can look at things, I can tell you if something's like two millimetres out. And I'm sitting there explaining this to her, and she's saying, no, when you close your eyes, create a picture in your mind. And I'm going, wait, so people can actually see pictures in their minds with their eyes closed and that was like a real uh like light bulb moment a revelation so that is cool yeah or like what i imagine a light bulb would look like um i love radio I bet you do It's great You've got something going on

In your head When radio's playing Thank you Leah Thank you so much for sharing Oh not a problem I really appreciate You know these highly Intelligent people

Listening to this show You're going to have A great day Oh you too guys We've just been talking About people who can't Visualise stuff Can't visualize stuff, can't imagine stuff in their head.

And Joe, good morning. Good morning. Now, how old are you? I'm 43. And you're just saying, you just texted us through, you're saying that you discovered, well, now that you couldn't. Yeah, this morning listening to your radio show, yeah. One of those people that can't actually visualize something.

You thought it was just normal. I literally thought everyone, like when we talk about visualization they were just closing their eyes and thinking about it so i figured i was doing it i didn't realize until this morning that people can actually see pictures and actually put pictures in their mind well you're not the only one that uh that has that though a lot of people have said that as well but many people not discovering like yourself until much later in life. Yeah, that's crazy. We were talking about you can't visualize an apple and I was sitting in my car dropping my kids off and I closed my eyes and I'm like, no, I can't see an apple. What do you get? I can think about an apple.

What's in your mind? Is it just nothing or colors or what's in your mind? If I close my eyes, I can think about anything, but I don't see anything i just see black it's just like i don't think it's helped me in any way like i don't think you're missing out necessarily oh yeah no and and and like the other lady that called in said like i'm very creative like i'm a graphic designer yeah um i do 3d modeling and stuff like i yeah i'm very creative i just i can't visualize like that i can think about it and i can think in detail you don't need to visualize it because you can draw it in detail better drawer than most of us it's uh it's interesting though but maybe that's freeze

your mind up you're not being distracted by all these crazy visuals freeze your mind up to be focused on what you're doing i don't know i i kind of feel really left out like i feel like like i'm missing out like on something that's really cool that could be a really cool part of life. What about, like, when you dream? Do you see things when you dream? Yeah, I have really vivid dreams. Okay, you do.

So if you're, like, drawing an apple in your job, like, you're just basically just thinking about that, but you can't actually picture an apple in your mind to draw from. Yeah, I mean, I can think about every detail of the apple, but I don't see any of it. That is, yeah, really, to people who do see stuff, I suppose you've got the two groups. The people who see stuff probably think,

well, everyone sees stuff, and then the people who don't see stuff have gone through life going, well, this is how everyone operates. Yeah. I just thought that when people were like, I was in the U.S. Army and we would do visualization and stuff. I literally just thought that they meant close your eyes and think about it.

Because I figured everyone was just seeing nothing like me. Yeah. Well, because I suppose afterwards you don't go, oh, what were you looking at? But, you know. Yeah, yeah. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits.

Now, I guess we've been lucky enough, or for you, maybe unlucky, that we've stuck around in the media for radio TV over the years. Years and years and years. And you mentioned it the other day, John O'Vear. Thanks, Megan. You never say years so many times. Clinging on for dear life. You mentioned the other day how you were somewhere and someone's like,

you pranked me at one stage. Two of the chemists, yeah. The lady behind the counter was like, you pranked me. And then someone from behind them was like, you pranked me as well. And I was like chemists, yeah. The lady behind the counter was like, you pranked me. And then someone from behind them was like, you pranked me as well. And I was like, jeez, you've been doing this job too long. I know. Or New Zealand's too small. Yeah.

And I had exactly the same situation happen to me yesterday, walking across to get the car, you know, and we walk across the road, and there was a guy sort of standing outside. And he started with like, oh, you. You made a joke 10 years ago. That's the thing, because you say so much stuff, and it sits with certain people. And he started with like, oh, you, you made a joke 10 years ago. That's the thing, because you say so much stuff and it sits with certain people. And I was like, 10 years ago?

I mean, what's the thing that I say that could be cancelled myself now? You're a little more careful now, but you're just like, oh God, previous Ben is going to get me. He was like, you made a joke 10 years ago and it stuck with me. Oh my gosh. This is the worst sentence of the ever one. It's like saying, I think you might have sent that to the whole group chat yeah it's in that category uh now to be very fortunately it wasn't a bad that he's and to be honest i don't even remember doing it he's like you made a joke uh about korea the country oh god but you also said about korea and having a career like your job career being the same thing it was like a mix up between career and Korea

oh we did that as a game on the radio yeah is that what we did and I was like geez it was funny I loved it I'll play it with you now so am I saying career oh no it was Korea or Korea oh there was it

so you need to figure out if I'm saying Korea or Korea. Korea. Korea. No, I was actually saying Korea there. I still don't know which one you were saying. Okay, here we go again. I don't know which one you were saying back to him. Korea.

It's a stupid game. Korea. So that's all we must have done. Oh, now I remember it. Yeah. But I was like, oh, thank goodness it wasn't anything. Can't stop all the soonest you said Korea as well. I was like, oh, thank goodness it wasn't anything. Can't you see Korea as well? I was like, oh, God, this is going to be real bad.

But it wasn't. You dodged a bullet. It wasn't. But then I got into the elevator and the lady went, oh, you pranked me some years ago. And again, we've done so many things and I don't for the life of me remember this one either. Was it better than the Korea, Korea one? Obviously not. We stand by that, mate. She was like, I was playing tennis. I of me remember this one either. Was it better than the Korea Korea one? Well, obviously not. We stand by that, mate.

She was like, I was playing tennis. I was like, okay, yeah. And you turned up in a mankini. And I was like, me? Me? Did I? I wish I was one of those people that couldn't see things in my mind. I was like, you sure it was me?

And she was like, yeah. And it pops up on social media all the time. I was like, me? I don me? And she was like, yeah. And it pops up on social media all the time. I was like, me? I don't remember wearing a mankini ever. Look, I feel like I would remember that. That if I ever put on a mankini. It's an exotic piece of clothing. Was it Jono?

Well, yeah, mate. We sometimes get confused for the two of us. I can't remember putting on a mankini before. If anyone has a picture of Jono and or Ben wearing a mankini, you know where to send it. But yeah, this lady was vividly remembering me turning up at a tennis game she was at in a mankini. Well, no one wants that. You know where to send it. But yeah, this lady was vividly remembering me turning up at a tennis game she was at in a mankini. Oh, God, yes.

One of the most unflattering pieces of clothing. And not conducive to tennis. When you bend over to pick up the balls and things. Oh, stop. So I'd like to, yeah. I need a spasure or whatever it is. Imagine him bending. Imagine him going up.

No. You know when you're playing doubles with him And he's up the front of the net He's so many yellow balls I'm not playing tennis in a bank In fact I don't even remember turning up anywhere But I just want to say again We'd like to apologise for all that we've done Get that on record

And things we don't even remember Maybe it's for therapy reasons Korea The country And things we don't even remember. Maybe it's for therapy reasons. Korea. The country. Yeah, well done. Nice one. Jono, Ben and Megan.

The podcast. The hits. Now, Kiwis, well, a lot of Kiwis are pretty stoked to see this back in the supermarkets, but it seems to be for a limited time only. Megan, you didn't even realise you'd be gone. I didn't know it had gone. From supermarkets. Listen, Nick. You know, it doesn't seem like a Megan food.

Processed cheese in a plastic container doesn't scream Megan Pe peppers so it's a kiwi lunchbox classic uh for more than 30 years it was in it was run it was made out of new zealand uh it was discontinued in 2022 so a few years ago but in saying that they do make it in australia still and so this is what's happened the kiwi supermarket um well worse i think i've got it got it from Australia for a limited time only. Although we're making it again here, but it's the same sort of thing. I didn't realise, though, they never had the C in snack. The snack. Does it have a K?

Snack. S-N-A-K. Did it? Well, it's French. Probably wanted to give them a French vibe, didn't they? The whole time. Oh, you're right. The whole time, I never noticed that the C had gone missing.

Just try and shooge up your processed cheese. Yeah, they're trying to, let's make it sound French, chuck a Lee in front of snack and spell snack incorrectly, guys. Did love it. Back in the day,

did love it, but I always felt like there wasn't enough of the processed cheese for me, you know. As a kid, the cheese to cracker ratio was slightly off.

They just needed it 50-50. Like, on the container space. What do you mean? There's heaps of cheese. No, it was never enough as a kid. There was never enough. You were always left, like, scraping the corners. And then you, like, scrape it out with your finger,

and then you just get your tongue in there. I remember they moved from a rectangular box to hold the cheese. It was more of an oval shape, so you could actually get a better scoop. They did. That was some good design work from the Listen Act team. We actually pitched an idea, and it didn't happen many years ago, with the radio, of, like, trying to of trying to fill a school pool with the cheese, and then everyone can bring a cracker along,

and it's like the nationwide Lysnac. And I'm like, that'll clog up all the drainage systems of the process tree. How are you going to get that out? The kids will smell of cheese for the next 10 years. Hey, it was blue sky thinking, as they say. Would you say that's the most iconic item ever to feature in the Kiwi lunchbox? It's up there, eh? Yeah.

It's up there. Or a roll-up, I reckon. Roll-up, yeah. Did you ever wrap a roll-up around your finger and do like a finger lollipop? Yeah. Did them all. A lot of great nutritious fruit in a roll-up as well. What about the tiny teds?

Tiny teddies are pretty iconic when it comes to the care. Okay, 800 of those. We'll open this up before 7 o'clock. People have more time on their hands, it seems, at this time of the morning. Greatest item in the New Zealand lunchbox. It didn't feel like back in the day there was as many, you know, didn't have as many options.

You're right. You know? A little bag of chippies. Yeah. Mum might chuck in an animal cracker. Oh, I love those. Yes, with the chippies. Yeah, mum might chuck in an animal cracker. Oh, I love those! Yes, with the frosting! Yes! Damn!

You might get one of those if you're lucky. Do they still make those? Yeah. They do? They are so good. Do you like munchos? Little black and red bags of munchos? Yeah, munchos. They still make munchos? Yeah, but I don't know if they make the black flavour. It was like cheese and onion. The red spicy tomato.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. From doing some mysterious work in Australia, Megan, over the weekend. What was that transition like? It was freezing. Also, came home to hail. We had massive hailstones in our house.

We were like, oh yeah, great. Turn the plane around, mate. Thank you. Ben, you just mentioned the snacks are coming back for a limited time. Yeah, we're importing Australians. Australians are sending our criminals back home and also their snacks to supermarkets. One we're more stoked about, I think. But it's good to have our criminals back on our shore.

Sealing our good, hardworking criminals. But 0800, the biggest banger item from your lunchbox from yesteryear. Let's get Claire on. What was it for you, Claire? Mine was the triangle of cheese. Oh, yes. Yeah, they came in this sort of silvery sort of. Little segments.

Yeah. The laughing cow. Yes. And it was like you were opening up an Easter egg, but it wasn't. It was cheese and it was soft and it was delicious. And yeah, it was well before the snack. It was so good. Isn't that, it's kind of like cream cheese, right?

Is that what would class it? Well, it was really soft. So it's not like, you know, you get the sticker cheese these days. So yeah, maybe it's kind of creamy cheesy. It was a good cheese. You couldn't leave it till the late afternoon to digest though. It was a morning tea job.

Great memories. The laughing cow's still around. Our kids munch on it every now and then. Claire, hey, thank you so much for participating in the show. Appreciate it. You're going to have a great day. Let's go to Aaron. Morning to you, Aaron. Morning, mate. How are you yeah the biggest item

from the kiwi lunch box what was it for you well unfortunately it was those little red boxes of raisins and uh to be fair i wasn't a fan but mum used to just keep putting them in my lunch every single day and i sort of come up with a bit of a deal with one of my mates who uh ironically had those little cheese, what are they, little triangle cheese? I'm laughing now. We're talking about those, yeah, yeah. I heard it just before. We used to swap like every day, so it was a bit of a win-win for both of us because he didn't like the cheese and I didn't like the raisins.

The sun-made raisin lady, she was there going, come on, you're going to have to back again. Did you not ever, when you finished the box of raisins, you put it in your mouth and you're like, prrrr, prrr, prrr, prrr. Yeah, make the old squeaky noise out of it. Yep, absolutely. You could also try and stand on it too and try and make a noise. You did that with the zap milk containers too. That's right, that makes a much better noise out of that one.

You ate a box of sun-made raisins and it was just all ants. Oh, yeah. Mum and I, we had an ant problem at home. It wasn't sun-made, so it was my fault. And I did it and I was like, these taste a bit weird. Why are my raisins moving? Extra protein. Yeah, so that one kind of traumatised me as a kid a bit.

Good on you, Aaron. You're going to have a great day. You guys, cheers, mate. Thank you. Head to Parmy. Jenna, biggest item in your lunchbox? Mine? Mine was the Viguerre yoghurt.

You know, the little pot? Yes. The Viguerre. I do remember the Viguerre. Was that that The little pot. Yes. The Viguerre. I do remember the Viguerre. Was that that ad? No, that was your play. Your play, yeah. Kick the ball, Philip.

Problematic accent, probably. But, Megan, I do have an update for you. You can still get the cheese and onion manchos. Oh, the black manchos. I didn't think I'd seen them for a while. I've seen spicy tomato. Are they still as good? Yeah, they are.

And I just introduced them to the kids because they've never tried anything like this before. They take your mouth back in time, don't they? Yeah, they do.