Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: When Megan Skipped Asking and Put Her Son on the Ride

Episode Date: August 31, 2025

On today’s show:  If your kid’s on a coin-operated ride and there’s a spare seat, would you let another kid on Megan didn’t bother asking—she just plonked her son in!Ben’s wife somehow managed to hitch a ride home with a total stranger...   More drama between Megan and her ultimate boy-band crush, Five! Is Jono officially the world’s most unhandy dad? And Producer Grace goes for glory, attempting a world record live on air! Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFAST Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thanks to Hello Fresh Cookies, and delicious dinners, the whole family will love because nothing beats dinner time. Welcome to the podcast on a Monday morning here. And Megan, you've got some regret. You just sent a DM to Five. I did. Because I was like, you know, I'll be in their inbox.

I won't get lost because they've been, you know, they shared me, so I should come up in there. So this is Five, the boy group, back together again, coming to New Zealand, and yeah, they reshared your content over the weekend, which is great. Yes. and then I reshared what they reshed and then they liked it.

So, like, casual comms. So then you're like, I'm going to message back. Can I just say, I said, really? Do you need to do this? And now you've got instant regret in messaging them, you're saying. Yeah, well, because I can see they're active now and they haven't seen my message. Okay.

Can you read your message? Because I... What do you think, Ben? I don't know. I feel like... Was it too much? Like, I don't like to just... is okay but I feel like that you read your message because I was like just send it

otherwise I'm gonna chicken out but now I'm like yeah can you unsend is that a thing yeah you can't unsend okay yeah but then will they see that you've sent an unsend yeah okay that might be a bit weirder now okay so what I wrote was thanks for the share guys made my day great great all I also thought about like week and I was like too much so I went day my life it's probably more major life but I was like plate chill but you did plate chill but you did plate chill Until this point coming up. Yeah.

And then I said the chat was so much fun. Good, great. Looking forward to the show. Great. Great. Perfect. Stop there. Stop there.

Full stop. No, but I wanted to give them a reason to, like, come back to me. I wanted to like, yeah. Well, then the ball, at this point, I believe, and I'm no expert on back and forth DMs, but the ball's in their court. They could go, hey, great, look forward to seeing you when we're there. I know, but then it's like, per. Done.

Got you, got to, like, you know, fish for a bit. to chat a bit more. So that's when I said, let us know if you need, I said us, not me. Okay. Let us know if you need someone to show you around when you're here. And they'll be like, well, we've got a tour manager. Yeah, someone takes care of all that. There's New Zealand property people on the ground from the record company that we're.

Yeah, and Richie was like some of my good friends live there, so we could rely on his friends. Just so you know, Ben and I can't be, you know, you've loved us into this. You're trying to drag our good names through the mud. Excuse me. If they come and if we get them. in the flesh, I'm sure you'll be like, yay! And then there'll be me to thank. I know, but don't pull us into your weird messaging scam here.

Us. Now we're us. What if they come over there? Hey, we'd like to do, Hobbiton on Tuesday, Wednesday, we're going to do at Queenstown in Arrow Town. You're like, oh jeez, geez, now I'm taking a whole week off to take Fiber out. Who's paid for this? You're a tour.

A tour operator. What, Tomo Caves on Thursday? You're like, yeah, okay, we can probably put that in. Yeah. I've always wanted to see Invercargle and bluff. You're like, oh, Jesus. They've five bad boys with the parents. how to rock you. They can pay for my trip around.

They're not sharing rooms either, too. We've got to put them in five separate rooms. Five star accommodation, five. I demand it. So, yeah, what you got us in for you. Maybe you should have said, hey, coming to the studio? You know, like, hey, when you were in a love to chat to you in the studio? Well, where are these tips before?

I didn't know you were going to read. I said, don't send them a message. That's what I said. No, look at me. Sending a message saying you want to be their tour guide, with you about. I didn't say, it was casual. Let us know if you need someone to show your own when you're here. Yeah.

Love to get you in the studio. The studio may feels a bit more formal, you know? And then it's like, a thing is going... Should I... Should I write that? No, no, let's see. We love to have you in the studio. No, that's not a bad option.

Yeah, just to clarify, I'm not going to be... I don't run my own tour company. I love you. But yeah, no, it says they're active now. How long ago did I send that? About 20 minutes and they've been active that whole time. Oh, well, that's good. We'll keep you up today.

We'll keep you up to date. Guys, I've blown it. Potentially. You might not have, you might not, you might have, you may have made a really great play. But you may have made a huge rod for your own back too. You're right, Ben. All right, well, enjoy the podcast which starts with me. We'd like to go to the zoo.

Do you know how much the zoo is? Family pass? I've got a annual pass. I can take care of the zoo, bye. Okay, you do this. Maybe we'll pair off. We each take different things as well. Maybe one of them's having a birthday.

We can see her do as free meals on the birthday, that sort of thing, you know. My daughter's got a dance for a side, or can have some entertainment, local entertainment. Exactly. All right. the podcast. John O'Benn and Megan The podcast The Hits

What did you hijack over the weekend? You can tell me if you think this is frowned upon or not but in the mall these are things that we avoid Light the Plague with our two-year-old and four-year-old

This is like their candy, right? So you're walking through them all and there seems to be so many at the moment of those cars that you put coins into or now you can swipe I was going to say

they're probably upgraded to paywave now it's got paywave Yeah, a lot of people are You can't avoid the old paywave now, can you? There's no way you can't donate or do anything Some people just put the kids in there And just all the back and forth

My dad used to do that to me, I did that to my kids He's just to rattle it around and I'm like, This is probably not a great lot You're going to have a speed bumps. Also they're like three bucks now, some of them You're like, oh no, forget it And it's the most disappointing ride It's just for me.

So I let them sit in them But we never like pay for it Because I'm like, once we start We're just going to do it all the time And you're usually on a hustle and, yeah, call me a tight-ass. I don't care. But there was... So they don't know that they're meant to move mechanically, your kids?

Well, they do now because we went through the mall and they're doing the usual, oh, no, ride, and I don't want to ride. And there was, it was kind of like a merry-go-round situation with two seats on it. Oh, yeah. And my son was walking past and another kid, their parents had paid for good on them. They'd paid for the ride. Better parents. Better parents.

Love their kids. Actually love their children, yeah. So there was a kid already riding this merry-go-round. It's already going, but there's a spare seat. Oh, you didn't. You didn't. Bassi's like, can I ride it? And we're like, well, go on then.

Jumps in. So you didn't say anything. You didn't front foot it and go. Hijacks the ride. No, what was I supposed to say? No. No, spare seats. No, I ask the person they're saying, did you mind of my seat?

son, you know. We've got halves on the petrol costs. You know, it's a free ride. Yeah. It's just carpool is waiting to work or something. Well, the things are really going. They were happy to pay for the solo ride. It's not a bloody, what's the Uber one?

We can share with random. Yeah, it's not an Uber pool. Everyone could just leap on there. Also, technically, he's only getting half ride. And it already started. So we'd be like, yeah, jump on. Well, the pair is like, excuse me? They did look at us.

There was like, I'd call it a rice. smile like a it wasn't like a yeah go ahead kind of smile but then I was like I don't blame them no one else is sitting in that seat 100% when they were driving home

from the mall they'd be like can you believe that lady yeah let a kid do it didn't say anything did not say anything sorry my kid just jumped in there oh that's okay yeah like at least you could have feigned some sort of performance to be like no bestie don't oh he's there now yeah

sorry sorry yeah well it's definitely going to backfire on me now because he knows that they move. Yeah. Yeah, so... Top dollar for that. We need every time now. John O'Bennon and Megan. It's a podcast. The Hits. It's a Friday night heartbreaking loss as well. I thought we'd won and

the try got disallowed and they looked at it multiple times. It's very controversial call. Here's my theory. I don't think the Australians will ever let us win the NRL grand final. Honestly don't. They don't want to... It's not a good look for an Australian sport to have a New Zealand team winning it, you know? Maybe, maybe.

There's a conspiracy theory. Let's go to the bunker, really? Because the bunker's never going to go in our favour. Yeah, it definitely felt like that. So you disagree with the bunker? Well, that won on the weekend, I thought, very contentious because the referee had awarded the try. And so that means that it's a good,

it means really conclusive evidence to overturn it if the referee is. And it felt like it was 50-50, yeah. So it felt like, well, maybe we should have got it. But anyway, the Warriors are still on the top eight, but no longer in the top four. But after the game, went along there with my family as well. And love being there for the atmosphere. It was awesome.

Go Media Stadium Mount Smart, but getting in and out of, well, particularly getting out is hard because there's nowhere really to go afterwards. So everyone's kind of just leaving at the same time. Yeah. So to get yourself, get yourself an Uber or a taxi or get to public transport, it's tricky. You're left in the wild, wild industrial area of Penrose. And it's a close game, you know, so it's not like anyone left early because it was in nail, no bite us. So we're all leaving together, we're walking along and it's, you know, the weather's not the best,

we're walking along, and we're like, we'll get an Uber and we're walking down the road. And then suddenly my wife's like, she was on the other side. She's like, get in, get in this car. It's all good. And she says this guy's name. I'm like, oh, sweet, great. What are the chances? Lovely car.

We're getting in. And we're like, get in. The whole family, we clamber in the car. I get in the front seat. And I'm like, hey, mate, good to see you. How do you know Amanda? And he's like, I don't. Is this an Uber driver?

No. Who is it? I'm like, oh, I thought, because my way, my wife said, get in and she said the guy's name, which I won't say now. I was like, oh, they must know each other. They go away. he's like, no, I don't. Your wife just came up and said, hey, you got a nice car,

you're driving, you're drinking, we can pay you to take his home. He's like, ah, you don't need to pay me. Just hop in. What? Yeah. You're at the beginning of a news story. She is so opposite to you.

You'd be like, oh my God, this is terrifying when we're about to be like, kidnapped, and she's like, I'm cool, with the kids in the back, well, there's a lovely guy, we've had a chat in a way, and I'm like, well, this is lovely, you're doing this, you sure you don't want any money, goes, nah, no, it's all good.

But then midway through, I'm like, well, I'd better front foot to the kids and go, hey, guys, normally we wouldn't do this. Imagine. Don't make a habit of this. Normally, we want to do this. Like, at this occasion, you seem like a lovely bloke. It's very kind going out of your way to take us home.

It's lovely. We did not often, you know. I'm sure some of the world's greatest kidnappers seem like lovely blokes on the surface. What was he doing just, like, cruising through that area? No, he'd been to the game. He'd been to the game as well. He'd been looking after some clients as well. Hadn't drunk in his car, you know.

How far out of his? his way was it to take you home? Well, yeah, he was like, it's only nine minutes out of my way. And I'm like, still nine minutes out of your way. Yeah, but what a lovely, I mean, a lovely thing to do with the, from a stranger's point of view. But at the same time, I was very confused when I got in and I was like, so how do you guys know each other?

He's like, we don't. Boom, doors are locked. Yeah, I know, it's the doors locked. Oh, my gosh. So thank you very much to that gentleman. We didn't end up on the news and we got home. Ben, your wife is a mad dog. Yeah, that is full mad dog behavior.

I don't even think I'd hop on it. Ben, yeah. So we're all getting in the whole family. I had baby seats in the back. We all clambered around that, you know, as well. So, yeah, and you would have to turn to the girls and go, hey, listen, this is, yeah. This is not a normal thing, but on this occasion, hey, a great win. Yeah, great one.

Even though the warriors didn't have a great one. The bunker would have disallowed that one, but hey. John O'Bennon and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. Now, Megan, on Friday, this happened. There was around 9.30. That was the reaction. Now, the back story.

well you might have heard that I got to interview my teenage heart throbs five or five of them we were there too but anyway it's more about you it was more about you actually well you weren't as excited at as I was no no we weren't giving that squarely reaction so we we hooked you up to a heart rate monitor and the gag was you know if you went over 150 then you're going to end the interview we're going to cut off the zoom link which I didn't want to happen so I was trying to control myself Scott I'm going to I'm going to confess that you Might have been my favourite. But how long...

Just got some fist bump. I'm rubbing his nipples for you. I'm rubbing his nipples for you, man. Oh, Megan's a heart rate. Heart rate's going up, guys. It's going up 140 now. 140. They were really entertaining.

They're coming to New Zealand next year too, which is pretty cool. Five back together again. So what caused this? That is usually for someone who's won lotto or seen a cockroach in the shower. Yeah. Okay. So 9.36 a.m. Yeah.

We just were recording the intro to our podcast. producer grace comes in with some news i have some news for megan and i want to get a reaction oh okay so we interviewed five yesterday and we did a social video and five have put it on their story and tagged you wow wow tagged me they tagged you oh my god wow that's great greatest day of her life a little bit of week came out a little bit of a week hey john i borrowed the warriors undies oh my god that's so cool if you get change in these days i got a spare pair of Okay, thank you.

Best tag ever! That's great. Well done. That's my goodness. Congratulations. What a way to end the week. God, teenage Megan is tiny. Now, if you're wondering why there were Warriors undies, we gifted some for Ben's birthday here, two peers.

It's all part of the back story. Yeah. Yeah. So they reposted the video with you and then tagged you. And tagged me in. Wow. Yeah. Wow, here we go.

And then over the way, I of course shared that that they had tagged me in a post. It was just like a bit of back and forth, a bit of tit for tat with me and the boys. Let's not talk about those things mate, don't get those out but you've done enough The boys don't need to see those Their account hearted my re-share

I said them a wee pitch Tit for tat There was nipple playing In that video It was a tit But they liked my Reeshaer Oh okay

I bet they did So here's my thing Tit for tat Now I'm obviously In their messages So I'm like Now's my moment to message them back be like, hey, loved it.

Like, when you hear, come in the sand. Why would you do that? Why would you do that? What do you mean? The interaction's been textbook. You leave it now. No, but they're coming to the country. I need in the flesh interaction.

Honestly, saying let's meet up when you're here. Yeah. Tit for tit. You know, I want to push it too far. But yeah, okay. I'm going to try my luck. You know what this is? This is the sound of a 16-year-old Megan

escaping out of adult Megan's body. Yeah, yeah. You know when you hear something back and you're like, oh. No, it was, it was nice. It was exciting news. It was a quick moment. For you, more you than the show, but more you. That was great.

But you're wanting to message them again. Yeah, I don't know. What are you going to say? What's your game plan here, mate? I was just going to be like, thanks, thanks boys. I don't know, I needed you help to come across cool and chill. Like, love to see you again when you come. When you're here, New Zealand.

Yeah, okay. Well, it was with a shot. Hey, what do you got to lose? My point is my response is not going to be hidden because they've now replied to me. So they're going to have to see it. Yeah. Well, you could go, would you like me to show you around?

Yeah. Oh, that sounds a bit. Yeah, it sounds a bit. Yeah, yeah. John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast. The Hits. We're just talking about,

I'd love your calls, actually. 0800 that hits our telephone number. Text us too anytime. 4487. We've got double past the new Downton Abbey movie. Ben, you saw that with your mother. Didn't it get a bit...

Not the movie, but yeah, some of the show. It gets a little saucy. Does it? Ben had to remove himself from the lounge and leave Jenny in there on her own. Yeah, but not Bridget. Not Bridgeton. Oh, I think actually Bridgeton. Yeah, I'm getting confused.

We've got double past it down to Abbey. Basically, when you've faked an injury to get out of something, because we have a friend and a colleague of ours in here from the office. Jesse, welcome in. Lovely to see you. Thank you. This is a wonderful story of faking an injury to get out of something. Yes.

So what happened? So I was asked on a date by a guy. Don't know why I said yes in the first place. Oh, so you said yes? Yeah. He asked to play tennis. So it kind of started casual, but then it became a parent who thought it was more of a date. Okay.

So it wasn't just a deal. You're like, I'm down for tennis, but not down for anything. Not down for the love part of tennis. No. So once I kind of gauge it, it was a bit more romantically inclined. Romantic tennis. Yeah, romantic tennis. I just...

Nothing more romantic than sweating and puffing and wheezing your way around a tennis court. All right. There's a lot of love, 40 love, 30 love. Yeah, that's true. So maybe it's the game of love. I don't know. So instead of like, just, you know, being... a good human and saying I wasn't interested.

I just opted for the easy route, which was to fake an injury and pretend I'd hurt my wrist. He must have been really wanting to play tennis because there's still options to go out on a date if you hit your arm. Yeah, you should have gone for something more like bedridden because I would be scared

tennis or nothing. I was like, he only wants to tennis. Because he'd be like, why don't we just go to a restaurant and you're like, I can't use a fork. He needs to expand his date locations. Maybe he just wanted to play, I feel like he just wanted to play tennis. I don't feel like you've taken it to another place. Because a year after that went, oh, okay, and moved on,

then he clearly just wanted to play tennis. True. Well, anyway, I was strapping my wrist in the middle of the office, which was a dumb idea because, like, now, I was working at a radio station then, and one of the radio hosts came out, saw me strapping my wrist, asked what had happened.

I said, oh, I'm just trying to get out of a date. Next thing, a lot like this, I was pulled into the studio. Who would do that? And he worked in radio too, so I didn't. realized that radio station was playing in their office and he heard the whole story did he hit you up about it 100% he said oh you could just let me know you know if you're not interested you don't want to play tennis yeah and it was even insult to my fake injury I had to rip the strapping tape off my poor hairy little arms so did you you had you had you'd gone to the length

of taping it up and so he came and saw you and you had your fake tape on your wrist was he like you could probably take that off now yeah should have let him rip it Oh wow That's commitment That's commitment I didn't end up playing And I got another date So that's win win

Have you played tennis since I have played tennis since I have played tennis Just with other guys Okay 0800 of the hits 4487 Have you faked an injury

To get out of something I must share a story of my friend What he did with a prosthetic gash Yeah John O'Ben and Megan The podcast The Hits Just talking about

The lengths you've gone to To get out of something By faking an injury A friend of mine And he was saying that when he was at school, he didn't want to do, it was like a biology exam or something. So he had a fake, like, prosthetic gash that he put on his hand and with a bit of, you know, a bit of Shobar's blood is where you can put that on as well. And came in from the lunch break and was like, oh, I've damaged my hand playing bull rush or some sport that's no longer a thing, thanks to head injuries. And they're like, oh, quickly get to the sick bay.

Didn't make it to the sick bay because he's like, well, the nurse is going to know. And then just left. Got out of the exam. Oh, wow. It actually worked. Commitment. Yeah. Good commitment.

And it's a big, high risk, high reward, isn't it with a fake gash? You're not looking too closely, are they? Taylor, morning to you. You faked an injury to get out of something? Yes, I did. What was it was it? I was at work one day, and I was having a really, really bad day, and I just had enough. And I decided to pretend I fell over and hurt my knee really there.

Did you actually do the falling over part? Yes, I did I made it look very real It's hard to make a full look Yeah, not a bit Hammy You know And not actually hurt yourself

I worked with a lot of plastic wrapping And stuff like that So I made it look like I tripped over And there was someone there Good on you, Taylor That was good How long were you brainstorming that Before you actually executed it

Probably the moment I stepped in the door Okay, I'm going to fake a fall here That's good Well good on you Taylor Appreciate it You're in the draw for the downtown Abbey tickets Luana, welcome. Hello, good morning.

Good to have you on. You faked something. Faked an injury to get out of what? Well, it wasn't so much an injury, but I faked having my period for about six weeks to get a school swimming. Nice. That's a good one, because no one asked for all details.

You're not really, you know. You guys have got a great advantage with that. Well, we've got to use it for something. Yeah. And it's fair play. You should use it for something, too, because I've got no follow-up questions. No, no.

All the male teacher's like, oh, yeah, fine, fine, yeah. You can't leave the class. Oh, no. and now you can. Yeah. Hey, good on you, Louie. And at work, no one questioned anything?

No, well, no. I mean, my mum wrote a note every day for me, but... She was in on the lie too. Yeah, well, I just reused the same note. Hey, good on you, mate. Appreciate it. And let's get Sarah on. How are you, mate?

Hey, good. You faked an injury to get out of what, Sarah? Beat tests all through high school. Oh, the beat test. What was your injury? So horrendous. I used to say I rolled I played netball a lot

So I'd just say I rolled my ankle at netball And I literally I only did one test my whole time At high school You threw out your whole career Wow Yeah well I was very consistent That is yeah

That's like mate Strip your ankles up before you Yeah you're playing netball over weekends Hey we'll give you the tickets To Downton Abbey You're off to the movies All right You have a good one

John O'Bin and Megan The podcast The Hats Father's Day It's Father's Day on Sunday Is it New Zealand's unhandiest dad We are on the lookout

Thanks to MITA 10 for New Zealand's unhandiest dad And someone at the end of the week One unhandy dad will win themselves A $500 Miter 10 gift card Get something the dad will actually use a father Stay at Miter 10 Well look no further Because a potential unhandy dad winner

Is in studio with us Oh hands down Both of us yourself confess Unhandy people around us I'm not good at that It's not my thing I have these flashes like, oh, you can do this. Like this false sense of inner confidence.

Blind confidence? You have that in all aspects of your life. I do. Blind confidence. That's great though. 100% of the time I've never been able to do it. But for whatever reason, it's like, this is the time that you're going to have patience. You're going to read all the instructions you're going to do everything to the tea.

And it never happens. Just not a person who should do any fixing or anything. Because there was a, my son plays basketball. And at a school, this is a very niche problem. So they had the basketball hoop And the net had come undone from the hoop This is at the school Right, this is not at your house

This is not a me problem Okay, but I'm at the gym on the weekend with him And I'm like, okay Now this is an unusual setting Usually you just hook it over little ringlets Oh yeah, the net, yeah yeah Not the system for whatever reason So this has got like a wire

That threads through the orange round bit of the hoop And so you hold the net up And you put a bit of wire through that holds the net And you keep going around around around The wire's hanging out The net's dangling down I'm like, someone needs to fix that, you know. Someone, Duncan could get a bloody piece of wire to the eyeball.

Right, yeah. And so I get a wheelie bin out and I climb on top of that. That someone could be the caretaker from the school. The school could employ the services of someone to come in and do it. Isn't those ACC ads where it's like have a him? Him, hit him, exactly. Just a little wheelie bin. Yeah, no, it was all kinds of wrong.

It was definitely a public service of advert. So I climbed on top of the thing. And my son asks, like, whatever you do, just don't rip out the wire. Just leave it, dad. Leave it, Dad. He was saying, I was like, don't tell me to leave it, son. Boom, ripped out the whole wire from the whole thing. And I'm like, this to be easy.

I'll just hook it through and thread it. Oh, my God. The most painstaking job I've ever had. Five separate trips to the hardware store to buy new bits of wire, new, like, fishing line. Also, like, you know, washing, you know how you have the pull-out washing line, that sort of cord as well. Oh, yeah. Couldn't do it.

I can't do it. So then I'm like, oh, God, this is two days back and four. So the net had taken the net completely off. the net's completely got. There's still a hoop though, right? Still a hoop, yeah. But then they've got a game coming up on Monday, so I'm like, well, there needs to be a net there. So then I've just gaffer taped the net onto the hoop, and

I went along to the game, and they're just doing the warm-ups, and the net's come undone with the gaffer tape. And then I have to get the way. I was like, hold the game, please, and then I bring them out the wheelie, but and then tape it up again. Oscar's like, I don't know that, man. I don't even watch the game. I was just watching the net the whole time. So, yeah, I can't fix anything. I would say I could probably easily win the unhandiest

father in New Zealand. At no point were you like, maybe I'll talk to someone at the school who knows what they're doing and can fix it? No point. No point. At no point. Afterwards I was like, hey, listen, this thing's coming down. You might need to get someone here to look at it. I've done all I can do. I've used every hand-east girl I can.

Spent bloody 48 bucks at the hardware store on various bits of wire. So yeah, 0-800 the hits a telephone number. Have you got New Zealand's unhandiest dad? Is it, you know, partner is it your actual dad or maybe you want to even nominate yourself as new zealand's unhandiest dad john o ben and megan the podcast the hits gordon ramsi celebrity chef has thanked the medical staff removing skin cancer from his face and urged there's millions

of social media followers uh to remember their sunscreen as well too yeah it's a big life lesson isn't it yeah you give me so much crap when i do sunscreen and i have those driving gloves on and then we ordered ramsas like i wore them the other day oh good on you go on you to you To the driving gloves. I don't think good on you now. You're like, yes, when Gordon Ramsey says we're sunscreen, you should do it. I respect Gordon Ramsey. But he's not wandering around in driving gloves.

How do you know? He's not saying we've got, he just says sunscreen. He's not say put on pretentious driving gloves. They're not pretentious. They're so losery. Can they also be used for other glove activity? Absolutely not. Just driving, specifically driving.

Very horrible. Definitely not going to be our getaway driver for ever poor heist. You'll be like, hang on guys, they're going to put the gloves on. Be sunsafe, even when, you know, driving a getaway car. Okay, so 800 the hits telephone number. After New Zealand's an unhandiest dad, thanks to MITA 10. We're going to be broadcasting from their Friday morning with some unhandy dads. They're going to be given a project that they need to complete during the course of the show.

And the winner will walk away with the $500. Miter 10 vouchers, some great calls and texts coming through. And we're going to get Liz on the phone. Do you think you've got New Zealand's unhandiest dad, Liz? Yes, yes, we do. Yeah. Because, you know, a lot, and it's a stereotype, isn't it, that, you know, Dad's will fix everything, and don't worry, Dad will have it. A lot of fathers do, a lot of don't.

There's no shame in it, though. It's like Ben's not handy, but he knows that about himself. My wife's really handy, she does that, so that's cool. I take care of a lot of the stuff, I guess, traditionally, that would be. It's like, it's cool. It's the blind confidence, like, Jono, when you go into a bang, you got this man, and then you fail every time. I know, I know, I just sometimes... It's definitely how we roll it out.

Oh, really? What's your dad's name, Liz? Oh, it's actually my hubby that I'm dobbing in today. Yeah, what's the attempt to do in the past? Does he have to crack at things? Oh, look, the absolute crem d'allet cream was we were trying to put up a whiteboard. Simple task? Simple task you would have thought multiple trips to the hardware store, multiple holes in the wall,

finally got it right, thought we'd nailed it, and then went to slide the sliding cavity door. and realized that all the bolts had gone through the cavity door. He drilled the door closed too. He had drilled it closed. He didn't quite nail it. Well, he literally nailed it, actually. Yeah.

Yeah, but that's the thing where you're like, I should be able to put up a wipe on the wall. That should be the thing. 100%. What about just one of those, like, 3M, sticky hooks, you know? That's it. You would have thought simple thing. And is he one of the type of guy to get slowly more and more stress

and wound up as the project goes on? Yes, yes, yes. Yeah, he ticks all those classic boxes, absolutely. We could be hearing that live on the radio this Friday. He could be joining us at Miter 10 to be New Zealand's unhandiest dad. Hold there, Liz. Thank you. If you want to register your dad for New Zealand's unhandiest dad competition,

you just head to the Hitsstocko.com. They could be winning thanks to Miter 10. John O'Bennon and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. Producer Grace, Gen Z producer Grace. You've taken upon yourself to learn something over the last couple of, well, probably the last sort of month or so, right? Yeah, it's been a month now, wow.

And if you're part of the 6 o'clock club, tuning into the show, you would know that this is something that's very dear to your heart for some reason. I'm very emotionally attached to learning all 47 presidents in the United States. What's even more impressive is you've done it on work time too. You're all 47 presidents. It's content, guys. Well, yeah, it's great to content.

Why? Like, how did the start? I actually, me and Troy, producer, Troy, you're talking about how much we loved Hamilton. And I was like, oh, I'd love to know all 47 residents. So now I watch Hamilton, I'm like, I know. Hamilton, the musical, not Hamilton, the place. Although Hamilton, the place gets a bad rap.

I like Hamilton. What's your favourite part? Hamilton Gardens. Hamilton Gardens. I bang on about that all the time. What's your second favourite part? Well, I like that, the statue of you or the Rocky Horror Picture guy. I'm not sure who it is.

Okay, so over the weekends, you put out a video on your social media, which I claim has been sped up. I know you talk quite fast, but this is you, you're saying this is in real time. It is in real time. Not AI, you're saying the 47 presidents as fast as you can. And this is a Guinness World Record, you claim. Well, she looked afterwards. I recorded it.

I did it like 10 times over, guys. It took a while. And then I was like, oh my gosh, I posted it. I was like, wow, I look so cool. I'm doing it so fast. And then I was like, oh, wonder how long the record is? And then, bam, I bet it. Just Washington, John Adams, Thomas, Thomas, James, James, James, John,

Samara, Van Gail, William, Harrison, John, Thomas, John, Thomas, Howard, Taylor, look for more, Franklin Piers, James Rennon, Abraham, Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses, he says, Grant Rutherford, Behaves, Jones, Arthur, Grover, Clever, Benjamin Harrison, Grover, Grover, Cleveland, Grover, Clever, William McIntyrevee, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin, Kevin Coulogne, Kevin Coulouse, Herbert Hoover, Franklin, Delano, Rosemary, Lyndon, Lyndon, Lyndon, Richard Nixon, Joe, George, Bush, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Donald Trump again.

I thought there's, like, little singy bits. Yeah, because I only know it from the song, so I've been trying to, like, just say it. 27 seconds, that was. Now, that sounds like, you know, it's on double arrows. Yeah, fast-forward double arrows. Like making it watches shows on Netflix. Yeah. A little bit faster.

No, but it has moments where it sounds normal time. Yeah, because I can do the beginning really fast, and then I don't know, the last presidents, I forget. As someone who watches things on 1.5 speed, I actually think it probably is not sped-up. Thank you. You sound like the world's fastest reader. Have you heard him? No, maybe I can. world's fastest free day

for him you've got to take your word like grace you got to take it his word for it yeah you're like did you read that book yeah i did okay well yeah we'll take you word for it but surely if you could record him and slow it down you had to say words like you have to be out of well grace can you do it in real time we'll run a timer on you yeah what is the world record currently i think it's like 28 something i mean when you say world record how many people have tried to do this oh well then are you always We haven't tried to breathe world record.

That's the whole point. The world records mostly are pretty stupid. What I will say about world records is the administration to get the world record signed off by Guinness. You need a record for that. Like they make it so hard. So what we can do is we can record you now. Studio cameras are rolling.

We'll see the video off to Guinness if you want. I'll run a timer on it. Guys, I need more than one go. That's the only thing. This is a lot of pressure doing it life. No, we're already at 3.30. You may have one go right now. I know, but we at least want to hear that.

date, there we go. Hold that up to the cameras. First of September, here we go. Holding up the paper. Okay, here we go. This is proof for the Guinness World Records. One and done, baby. You tell me when you're ready.

Good luck. This is too much. This is too much. It's only 6 o'clock. It's only 6 o'clock. Three, two, one. Goh, Washington, John Anderson, James Mason, James Madison, James Monroe, John Mason, John Perkinson,

William Harrison, John, Taylor, Taylor, Miller, Phyllis, James, Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysson, Elizabeth Bhains, Hayneson, Christopher, Harrison, Christopher, Harrison, Grover, Cleveland, Again, William McKinley, Theatre, Roosevelt, William Taft, Woodrow, Osamor Harding, Kevin Coolidge, Habit Hoover,

fucking Delano, Roosevelt, Harry Tumann, Dwighton, Howard John of Kennedy, Linda Johnson. See, I'm rocking it up, guys. Oh, you did really well, right? You were on 20 seconds when you, when you marked it up. I reckon you could do it. I reckon, we'll keep working at this.

We'll keep working at this. We'll keep working at this. Oh, yeah, see, that wasn't sped up. John O'Bennon and Megan. The podcast. The Hats. It's now, Taylor Swift, Travis, Kelsey. Huge news last week.

They got engaged, everyone around the world, and by everyone, I'm here. Everyone was talking about it. Even our Prime Minister, Chris Veluxon, put out this video on his official social media. Well, Taylor and Travis, a big congratulations on this fantastic news. Getting engaged is such an exciting time. I know you might not be thinking this far ahead, but there would be no better place in the world than to have the wedding here in New Zealand or even your honeymoon.

So there you go, doing a bit of a campaign to get the couple here and their guests. A bit of a stimulation of their local economy is what he's striving for there. And you're saying Travis Kelsey's replied to Chris Luxon now. So he's responded. Yeah, apparently this was news over the weekend. So Christopher Luxin said that he's got a mate who works in business in the States that works with Travis over there. And they have been in contact.

The mate and Travis say. So what does Travis said to the mate who said back to Chris Luxon? What's happened? Could I get a passport? He loved the offer and jokingly asked whether he could get a New Zealand passport. Wait, is this just comms from Luxo? Like we haven't seen it post any. anyway. No, this is like, so he's saying

that his mate told him that his mate talked to Trevor. Yeah. So it's a story. Did his mate record Travis saying that? No, no, but it's Prominus's, you know, whose mate's with Travis, it's, you know, it's one of those stories that's come from, you know. A mate's mate's mate. This is funny that he's like, yeah, no, he did reply, he said this, he said he wanted a passport.

Yeah, I heard about it, yeah, but yeah. Is there a text? No, no, no, oh, well, no, no, I don't know. Maybe that's something we can find out. The whole thing is so cringe. I guess it's, the initial video, the fact that he's like, I heard from him. I guess maybe there's a text or there's got to be some correspondence from Chris Verluxen's mate. Is this the official information act?

Are we allowed to put this out in the official? Show us a text. Release the Epstein list. Like the herald or always put the stuff out and go under the official information act, we found out if this is true or not. Yeah. We can make our first request for the official information. We should actually, see.

Yeah, he has to show text, doesn't he? Show receipts and we just made producer grace trying, you know. This feels like a great use of the official information act. Like I'm ready to put it into play. Show us, show us he like that. Is this text direct from Travis or was it via Travis? You know what? I reckon it sounds like a lot of paperwork too, the official information.

I know, but I like it. I like it. Seven pages says producer Troy. To request. Seven pages. Well, you fill out all seven of those pages, mate. We'll get these receipts. It sounds like a you problem, Troy.

It does. John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. First day of spring, although the weather's been pretty rough over the weekend. But we have teamed up with Hello Fresh. You want to hear how you've made a meal. of it this week we're talking making a meal

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Hullofresh.coma d'an Ted. The other good thing about it is you don't buy unnecessary stuff. It's all there. Everything's there. Every specific thing you need for dinners is there? The meal, yeah. You're right. Yeah. That's a good answer. And it gets you trying stuff that, really enjoying trying stuff that you wouldn't normally probably have sometimes.

You stick to your rotate of about six to nine meals, don't you? Yeah. Yeah. You know, they're safe? That's really good. You're going to learn something, you know? We had a Thai red curry last night, chicken red curry from Hallow Fresh. It was awesome, yeah.

When was the last time you made a Thai red curry? Well, no, I mean, not for a long time. Yeah, exactly. So, yeah. Now, I've made a meal of it at work on Friday. They were having a wonderful daffod all day fundraiser out in reception, okay? So we had finished up for the week. Yeah.

Another textbook week of radio for JBM, pat on the back, and head it off on our way. And so I'm walking through reception, and then this wonderful fundraiser comes out in a yellow shirt. Now, she's looking at me with, we know each other eyes. Oh, yeah. Okay, and I'm looking at her back with, oh, yeah, we know each other eyes. Okay, and so we start to slowly gravitate towards each other and engage. and I can tell she's wanting to say something to me. And so I'm like, okay, well, hopefully this is one of those situations

where we'll get the conversation rolling and the penny will drop as to who I'm talking to at some point. So I open the greeting with open arms, hug. Oh, great. Great to see you. Okay. And then I see. You're confident. You're all confident.

Very confident. And then I see the look in her eyes change from we know each other eyes to sort of, what is this man doing eyes. And then, so I like kind of, I pull out of the hug, and then I'm holding her elbow and her forearm. So I'm kind of like, in half half. And she goes, she said, excuse me, do you know where the toilet is? She just wanted to know where the lappetry was. And I greeted her with a hug. Hands on operation here at NZB.

Oh, no, it shouldn't be. It shouldn't be. When you're like, I think I know this person. I'm not sure. Going in for a hug is... Wrong move. Wrong move. Hot.

And do you know how heartbreaking it was when she's like, do you know where the toilet is? That was, yeah. And then I'm like, still awkwardly holding her forearm in her elbow. And I'm like, oh, you're just located over there in the corner, please. I want to die for you. Yeah, I wanted to die. Oh, God. Okay, so have you made a meal of it at work?

She should have asked me if she was walking. Excuse me? Do you know where the toilet? It doesn't need to be over the last week. John O'Bennon and Megan The podcast. The Hats. Good text coming through, Megan, on 4487.

Yeah, so someone was doing a professional call at work and they said, I love you and hung up. And then realised like it was a supplier, so they had to call them back and say, I don't in fact love you. I don't have to call them back. No, because you could be like, what did they say? Yeah, surely they'd say. I just say, ring with, just to clarify, I don't love you.

But I love it if you bought some more stuff. from us. I made 100 of the hits when you made a meal of it at work, Andy, good morning. Hey, how are you today? Great, yeah, we're good, mate. It's lovely to have you on the show this morning. Andy, when you made a meal of it at work, what happened? It was literally a meal.

It was my first day at a chefing at a cafe, and it was actually Mother's Day, so it was the busiest day of the year. Oh, yeah. And we had, I got this meal up, and it was a kid's hot cakes, and I made it, centered out with a big jug of maple syrup. But I didn't know that the maple syrup, it wasn't, it was sesame oil. Wait, how did you get that confused? They were in squeezy bottles and they weren't labelled.

Yeah, first day nerves. They kind of look similar. I know how you're getting that. Exactly the same. And the poor kid's face, man, I sort of realized as, like, it was too late. Oh, far out. No, no, no. I got no way to go out, but it's too late.

What could you hear from the table? Oh, I didn't hear anything But I just saw the kids It just scrounged I had to I walked away That would be such an offensive mouthful When you're expecting maple syrup

Yeah I know It was like it was like a four year old kid I was like I just ruined his life I did that once With toothpaste in Voltaire and Emu gel Oh my God It's confronting

Yeah It's so good day Anna Lee how are you this morning not so bad how are you we're doing well this was a Christmas party you made a meal of it at work yeah this is my first job

out of university and I got put on the Christmas function organizing committee which obviously involved you know activities and games and things like this there may have been some alcohol involved

and somewhere along the line I don't know a game of truth or dare maybe started and I was dared to pull my boss's trousers down in the middle of a pub in London. That's when you go, ha-ha, no, I want to keep my job. Did you do it?

No comment. Oh, no. Is there a reason why you're living in New Zealand now? Maybe. I don't know if there are two things are related. Oh, that's so good. It's great. She's a, you know, she'll follow through to play a game of truth-will-deal then,

Lee. We'll finish on, Mark. Welcome. Hey, guys, how you going? We're doing well, mate. When you made a meal of it at work, Mark? Oh, well, this was more like a three-course meal. So I was a young lad working in Sydney, working in a contact centre,

and I was a team leader. So I was the man and Gina group, like, I don't know, about 10 or 12. There was probably about 80 people on at work at the time. and I've secretly seen one of the girls that were working for me at the time right under me and I decided to send her an email but I accidentally emailed out the entire floor and just let's say that email that I sent her wasn't for public viewing oh not safe for work not safe for your whole workplace oh no Fire workplace

I wanted to die Basically pulled under my desk And hit there for about five or ten minutes Was it graphic or just Like detailed It wasn't graphic I'll say that But it was definitely detailed

It's a details guy You just want to suck back Suck it back Suck it back Oh we're going to hook you up With a Hullo Fresh For that one You definitely made a meal of that

Yeah thanks guys John O'Ben and Megan The podcast The hits When there's too much internet When you decide They've had enough internet For the day

There are those moments Where you're like, okay Phone down I did it to my wife last night She was trying to show me a video Of a cat And she was cracking up I was like

What's so funny She's like The cat's tapping the other cat To have a look at this What's something going on I'm like I'm not enjoying this as much as you

That happened to me last night too And you're looking at something And you're cracking up And you just know When you pass it on She showed me And I was like What's going to happen

She was, that's it. I'm like, the cat's going to do something. They're like, no, but the cat's, like, motioning to the other cat to have a look. I'm like, you were loving this a lot more than me. I'm like, put the phone down, internet's over. It's never as good when you replay the video to someone else. No, I was like, what's going to happen? She's like, that's it's it.

Time and place. And she's, this might be that exact moment for me because I had to turn the internet off last night. There's actually a video producer Grace sent me. Now, this is some international influencing. So picture this lovely couple. They're at a restaurant sitting opposite each other. I'm gathering. it's an advert for the restaurant.

Apple juice are looking tempting, so I'd like to go for that. Okay, I'll offer you the juice today. Electric. Temptating. So they, he's off to the bar to get the apple juice because it's looking tempting.

Excuse me? Do you have apple juice? Yeah, I had apple juice. How long do you need? Only five minutes. Please don't add sugar. All right? Is this fresh? Totally fresh.

Thank you very much. Five minutes means five minutes, okay? Of course. Very aggressive. Is he the guy that wants the juice? He's gone up to the waiter to order the juice behind the bar. No added sugar. Who added sugar to apple juice anyway?

Yeah. And he's like, five minutes means five minutes, buddy. Yeah, okay. So it was his juice within five minutes. Sounds like he's setting a timer. Yeah, very threatening apple juice to order. Hi, your apple juice is coming within five minutes. Oh, sounds delicious.

It does sound delicious. It does sound delicious. It's coming. And then they don't even have the scene where she's in. enjoying the apple juice. No, then it just cuts to the next scene. Would you like to sit outside? It's beautiful.

Sure, I will. Let's go. Let's get. Didn't even see the apple juice being eaten. Then he goes, then he goes and pays for the apple juice. Excuse me? How much is the juice? 300, sir.

300? Okay. Here you are. Yeah. Sorry, I have no chance. I have changed. Okay. Here you are.

Thank you, sir. What's the name of this restaurant? Skymoon, lounge and rooftop. What is the address of this restaurant? Metro illustration, Midpool, 11. Gate B, Overschoffice. Oh, that's nice. The juice was great.

Thank you, sir. Thank you very much. I will tell my family and friends. Okay? Thank you, sir. Did they get anything else other than juice? No. And he didn't even drink the juice.

She drank the juice. And then he's like, what is the address to this place? You're there, mate. You know where it is. Yeah, what's the name? You walked into it. Oh, my goodness. Yeah, and also, too, all they had was juice.

You know what I mean? Yeah, like, at least. And I love the banter about. the change and the transaction. What a story line. What a storyline. You must go there and try the apple juice. They'll get it to you in under five minutes, mate.

Did it look like a nice place? It looked beautiful. Yeah, it looked lovely. But they could have showcased him more on the menu. Yeah, exactly. John O' Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hats.

And you'll know him. He was the face of the nation on News Hub for many, many years. Mike McRoberts on the news. And right now he's got a brand new book out. More than a Mike McRoberts. How you doing? Mordana, very well, thank you. Great to be here.

Now, you've got a book out just released now. Speaking my language, a really cool thing that you've been doing. You've been going on a bit of a journey, I guess, over the last couple of years. Can you tell us about it? Yeah, I have been a to do a learning journey. I did a documentary a couple of years ago called Kilda Good Evening, and I guess this is sort of the book version, but quite a lot of things have happened since then. I did a year of full immersion, and so I feel a lot more confident in the language.

So it's really an invitation for those, Marty, who haven't done. started their journeys yet to have to think about it and the non-martie to see what all the fuss is about. What does full immersion entail? Like, did you just go and stay on a marai or? It was proper school, like nine or three every day. And after the first five or six weeks, they only spoke Māori. Yeah, it's sink or swim.

Yeah. I managed to keep the top of my head above water most of the year. What is it like learning a new language as an adult? Because I imagine, you know, when you're a teenager or a young child, it's a lot easier to soak that all in. But you've got so much useless information in your head that you could probably get rid of and fill with a new language. Is it tough? I know. I mean, and it gets worse and worse as the odd way you get.

I've turned into one of those people who can't remember his kids' names and can't remember his own name half the time. It is tough. And learning any language is tough. But I think for Māori learning to the old Māori, it's massive because it's not a second language for us. it's our language and so if you're a little bit shit at it like what the hell

what does this mean what's my what's my Māi identity here I'm struggling with it but it's just one of those things you need to keep working on Heidi Toonu is a phrase that I've heard so often

in my language journey it means keep going so it's Heidi Tornu in McRoberts Heidi Tornu because that's the thing what's Māori for stop I want to stop

actually even worse than McRobberts my name at Taki Uroana I always, Papa Mike, said, Papa Mike. Hii, Tony, hi,ri, tawny, hi,dy, for you. Flicking through the book the other night, she bought himself a copy, and I haven't read the whole thing yet, but I know that we went to an Auckland FC game, you and me,

and our wives over the holiday period, and you're like, I've got to go home afterwards and write the book. And I was like, oh, maybe you could write about the going to the Auckland FC and, you know, like taking me home, drop me home. Is that in the book? I haven't quite got to that part. No, no, no, no. Okay.

You don't be true at all. As much of a gripping story as it was. He said, Kakita at the end of the night. Okay, so next book, maybe the second one. That's fine, that's fine. Something else I've loved seeing you at, too. I know you're a huge fan of the Warriors as am I as well. Pukana Cam, as well, at the Warriors games.

You often get to start that off in the crowd as well. I know. It's much to the embarrassment of my kids and my father, and probably anyone who knows me, but because it's been turned into a meme now. Well, it's less embarrassing than the cold play, mate so you're dodging a bullet on that one Mike one you can be proud of and also just you know you've got like talking about you know and the news and news hub as well you know reporting

on that would have been such a surreal time in your life when you had to basically announce your news was ending as well that's in the book as well it's like being at a funeral and doing your own eulogy it's kind of weird but my my experience now with chalmari really helped me through that period and I talk about that in the book you know it made me feel a lot more settled and and I knew myself as a person and it was probably time for a change so I'm a Tiao Māori editor now for the NBR which is very grown up like and I'm loving it it's a great chance to work and cope up a Māori and telling those really important stories oh good on you too I was just thinking you realize you were hosting the news you could have changed the narrative

of that whole story and the board have just decided to keep it going for another 500 years rolling contracts for everybody Now to sport. Well, congratulations on the book. What a huge achievement. And your journey. That's epic. Oh, thank you, guys.

I really appreciate it. And I love your support. And as always, and yeah, if you're out and about and you want to try and get a copy of it, it's available at all good bookstores.