Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Why Ben was that guy watching the game from outside the bar...

Episode Date: June 2, 2025

On today’s show: Why Ben had to sit outside to watch the Warriors Jono’s now a godparent... and has no clue what that actually means Megan said the cheugiest thing in front of a young retail employee! What's the best parenting advice you've ever received? Ben is live from the supermarket to see our Dilmah tea... but how awkward can we make him feel? Why Jono got invited to go dress shopping with the girls Do you remember these sounds from your childhood? Instagram: @thehitsbreakfastFacebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jono, Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to HelloFresh, your home advantage for delicious midweek dinners everyone will love. Welcome to the podcast and before we get into things, we need to just hear about something that you said at a shop yesterday. I literally had to turn around and cringe. I turned around and was like, oh my gosh. Self-cringe, not second-hand cringe. I'm not good at small talk and And I panicked in the moment. What happened, mate? So I was asking to get a size of top in for my husband. So you know how they like courier from another shop?

Great service from them. And he was like, oh, do you want me to do that? Oh, I can get two sizes in case, you know, you don't know what size. I was like, amazing. Instead of saying amazing, I said rad. I was like, rad? Sounded a little sarcastic. Nah, because he was like this young, cool dude in the shop.

And I was like, rad. And I turned around and I was like, oh my God. But just a grace, come on here quickly, just quickly. Because definitely don't ask me what words young people are using. I'm pretty sure not rad. Yeah, I just want to check that one up as well. I have been doing a lot of research on words that young people have been using.

Has rad come back? Rad doesn't seem like it's come back, in my opinion, has it? Rad has most definitely not come back. Yeah, I thought so. So he wouldn't even know what you were saying. Rad, radical. You could have said radical.

No, that's worse. No, yeah. Should we call him? I was like, what are you... I never say rad. He told us what shop it was. It's Hellenstein Brothers in your local mall. Great service from them.

We'll just see if it's been passed around in the staff room. It's Hellenstein Brothers speaking. Oh, g'day, mate. How are you? I'm good. How are you today? We're doing really well. Listen, it's just Jono, Ben and Megan.

We're phoning from the Hits radio station. Yeah. And Megan, our friend, she came in yesterday and she bought two shirts. And she might have been Speaking to you Behind the counter You were going to Order them in I ordered

Yeah ordered a couple Of shirts from Different stores Do you remember The person who Served the shirt The shirts had all Been ordered

She said it was Fantastic service But she said Something at the end And now she feels Embarrassed about it Why is that Well she

You can relay it, Megan. I meant to say, like, awesome or thank you would have been great, but I said rad. Rad. Yeah. He's like, oh, yeah, you're the one. We've all been talking about you. Hey, rad.

Yeah, it feels bad using rad, so yeah. Has it been the talk of the staff room? No, no, no. We haven't talked about it. Was there a group email sent out? Someone just said rad. So she wanted to apologise for that little bit of uncoolness in your store? Just thank you for that.

That's all good. You guys are so nice. It's lovely. They are lovely. Rad. Don't say rad. Don't say rad. Don't say rad. Well, thank you so much.

And listen, case closed. Yeah, sweet. You guys have a good day. You too. See you, mate. Geez, he even sounds good. Cool, doesn't he? Yeah.

He made you feel good about it. I know. They are very nice. Yeah. Rad. He hung up. He's like, just had the rad lady on the phone. That old duck. She did say, we heard right. She did say rad. Yeah, rad. It's really rad. He hung up, he's like, just had the rad lady on the phone. That old duck.

We heard right, she didn't say rad. Yeah, rad, it's really rad. Now she's apologising for it. Oh, God. Enjoy the podcast. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits.

Now, big weekend of sport over the weekend. Liam Lawson, a Kiwi F1 driver, was doing quite well in the qualifying, wasn't he? Yeah, he was right in the points the whole race, and then there was a safety car at the end, so he went down to 10th place. You went to Producer Ellie's house at 12.30 at night. It was my friend Ellie. She's got two Ellie's in her life, it's quite confusing.

Oh, it was this friend Ellie. I drove there at 12.30 and I drove home at 3.30 in the morning, and I was like oh, this is a lot. Was that an up-to text? Up-to, yeah. You awake? Yeah.

12.30, that's a good way to spend a night, though. Yeah. And a great way for you still not to have to pay for the coverage. You're a serial moocher of, you know. Streaming services. Streaming services, aren't you? You don't like paying. It's like sign up to Formula One, it's $15 a month.

But if I don't have to pay $15 a month, I won't. Oh, so then you can't moan about driving at three in the morning then? No, no, it was great. You know, there's a simple way you could watch that at home. Yeah, like an extreme alternative is driving to the other side of town. No, because it's hanging out. And that's cool. It's fun to watch it with someone.

And pretty other great sport of the weekend as well. NZ Premiership, the Super Rugby qualifying, you know, as well. But yeah, but the Warriors were on and I'm one, I'm not a moocher. I get frustrated with moochers. Like yourself, Megan. You are a sign up for a three month trial

and cancel the trial. But he's not a moocher. Don't you call him a moocher. I've had things in the past where other people have been mooching off my various things and it frustrates me. Well, I won't ask you to mooch.

I won't. But I had a situation over the weekend that I'd never encountered before because I had the weekend where I went away with my daughters, my wife, and they each had friends as well. So there was five girls. It was girls weekend. It wasn't prime league

watching condition. And I said, all I want to do, guys, you know, the weekend, they're like, what do you want to do? I just like to watch the Warriors. That's all. If I can watch some of the Warriors, no one has to be with me or whatever like that i just want to watch the warriors everyone's like great we can make that happen uh and then so around about four o'clock you know when the game was on uh the warriors i went oh i can watch it on my laptop by myself and i went oh someone else is watching your device someone's mooching mooch alert but this wasn't a situation this wasn't

your traditional mooch because this one wasn't a mooch. Because my lovely mother-in-law Joyce, she was looking after our house and our animals and watching at home on our TV. So that was the Prime TV. This is the Skype. So she's just turned on your TV. She's just turned on the TV. And then I was like, oh, someone else is watching. Oh, maybe if I log back in, maybe there'll be some glitch in the system I'll be able to watch.

And she watched. And I was like, yeah, I'm watching. And then I get a message going in the system. I'll be able to watch. And she watched. I was like, yeah, I'm watching. And then I get a message going, are you watching the Warriors? Because I've just been kicked off. So you booted Joyce off? And then I felt like real bad. I was like, she's looking after the house. She's looking after the animals.

Even it's your account. I know. She is mooching. No, but she loves a spy. I said, nah, you watch. You watch. I'll go find it on a screen somewhere. So you handed the mooch over?

I handed it over. Yeah, well. I was like, that's an screen somewhere. So you handed the mooch over? I handed it over. Yeah, well. I was like, that's an interesting situation, because technically I'm, you know, it's my account. Yeah, but she's doing a lot for you that weekend. She is doing a lot. And then I found a very busy bar, very, very busy. And I was like, can I just stand inside and watch

where there's a couple of us? And they're like, oh, it's quite busy, we're over capacity. Can I please, sir? So they're like, you can go outside, and you can see through the window. You can't see, you can sit at a table, but you can't hear the sound. So you watch through a window. You watch through a window.

Like I'm sort of pervert, perving on the Warriors. I sat there. I got my daughter and her friend to sit beside me. She says, oh, I wasn't some loser sitting outside by myself. Staring through the window. Staring at someone inside too? It did look a little bit. I had a couple of beers looking through and he's cheering

with everyone inside but the only one outside as well. So that was my Warriors experience. So now all is said and done, do you wish you had booed a Joyce off? Yeah, maybe a little bit. Just for the commentary. Did you buy anything at the bar? Yeah, I bought a cup of beers and I bought drinks for

my daughter. You're not mooching off the bar. Mind you, they've left him outside. I don't know why he felt obligation to have to buy something. They're like, we sit at this table, you can see through the window. I'm like, okay, cool. Why did you ask? You should have just gone in there. I should have.

You're right, actually. If you climb up that power pole outside, you might just actually, just over the courtyard, you might squeeze a little corner in there. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. 188 New Zealanders honoured over the weekend in the King's Birthday little corner in there. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. 188 New Zealanders honoured over the weekend in the King's Birthday Honours list, which is pretty cool.

Great to see the likes of comedian Di Henwood, children's entertainer Susie Cato, lots of sports stars as well. It was really, really great to see them all be honoured over the weekend. I would have thought Susie Cato would have already had some letters after her name. You would have thought so, right? But it's great for her to get rewarded. Yeah.

So the New Zealand Order of Merit. For some, and then some are Dames and Knights and stuff. Yeah, so different. It's not Dame Susie. No, not Dame Susie. But yeah, they've got some cool letters after her name, which is great. Do you have to change your passport? Would you have your official documentation?

Nah. I guess you could update it, though, to next time. If you've got a degree, technically you've got letters after your name. No one ever uses that. Yeah, true. Like Ben and I have got letters after our name. Yeah, exactly. You've got BBC after your name?

BBC? Bachelor of Broadcast Communications? What have you got? I've got a diploma. I don't have BBC after my name. You're a godparent though. Well, let's see. I don't have that after my name either.

But we went to church on Sunday. Now, I was playing away. You know, as the show Resident Catholic. I wasn't playing on the home gang pad. We're at another church. So you turn up and, you know, very, very welcoming community. And we're sitting in the service and they're like, oh, we'll bring you up at some point during the service

and you'll stand up in front of everyone. And the priest during the service is like, have we got anyone new here today? And I could feel Jennifer, my wife, going, please don't put your hand up. Please don't put your hand up. Please don't put your hand up. And I was like, we're new. And this is Jen's worst nightmare,

is being singled out in front of a crowd of people. She's a behind-the-scenes player. And he's like, stand up. And I'm like, and she's like, I'm not standing up. I'm not standing up. And then I stood up in front of the church, and you know how you do that kind of that wave to everyone, the celebrity hold your hand out wave,

waiting for some acknowledgement from the crowd. I was waiting for like a round of applause, welcome to the church. Got no applause. Cold as ice. And then you get pulled up in front of everyone, which is nice. They're like, you know, these are the godparents to Kenzie and Cooper. And then they start firing questions at you. Oh, do they?

Do they? And he's like, you know the role of the godparents, don't you? And he's like looking at me. And I'm in front of, you know, the fans are out there, hundreds of people. And I'm thinking, what is the role of the godparents? Probably forget your birthday in a couple of years' time. Look after them if something happens.

Something happens, yeah. And it was one of those moments where I was like, please don't get me to explain what the role is. Did you just nod? I just went, yeah, of course, of course. Who doesn't know the role of the Godparent? In a religious sense, is it to teach them about? I don't know. Is that part of it? I'm not sure. I've never been one. In a religious sense, is it to teach them about? I don't know.

Is that part of it? I'm not sure. I've never been one. Don't ask me, buddy. Well, you should. You should. I think it's, I know it's to guide them spiritually. Yeah, right.

And if you look at me, what am I screaming? Spiritual guidance. Spiritual guidance. Yeah. It's an honour. So when you're nodding at the priest You're lying You're lying to a priest I'm not lying

So how are you going to honour them spiritually Guide them spiritually I'm going to go, well if they come to me I'll be like, hey If they come to you They come to me They're like, what's going on I was like, go talk to God

And back to your point Megan, I wasn't lying to the priest. I was keeping things moving. I mean, the last thing anyone wants is, oh, no, I don't actually know. Mate, can we sit down and have a half-hour lesson? Well, if you were keeping things moving, you should never have put your hand up and stood up in the first place. Everyone's like, this is taking long enough. Yeah, true, that's taking longer.

I'm a shaman. I'm a shaman. It's like you don't ask questions in a meeting, and you don't put your hand up in church. Next. Jono, Ben and Megan. The Podcast. The Hits. Taylor Swift, I knew you were trouble. Great to see she's brought back

all her own music. It seems weird that she didn't own the rights to her own music, but she's got it all now. It's all Taylor's, which is awesome, right? So does that mean she's not going to record any more Taylor versions? Taylor's versions are her versions now, which is great. She was pretty stoked over the weekend.

Oh, that's a good one. Cause she was a scooter brawn. Justin Bieber's manager bought the rights to it for a while. Yeah. And then I think he was the one that sold them off and she was like, what? Kind of weird as an artist.

If you know your songs can become somebody else's. But now Megan, we just heard about something that you said at a shop yesterday. I literally had to turn around and cringe. I turned around and was like, oh. Self-cringe. I'm not good at small talk and I panicked in

the moment. What happened, mate? So I was asking to get a size of top in for my husband. So you know how they like courier from another shop? Great service from them. And he was like, oh, do you want me to do that? Oh, I can get two sizes in case, you know, you don't know what size.

I was like, amazing. Instead of saying amazing, I said rad. I was like, rad? Because he was like this young, cool dude in the shop. And I was like, rad? And I turned around and I was like, oh my God. But just a grace Grace come on here quickly just quickly because definitely don't ask me

what words young people are using because I'm pretty sure not Rad. Yeah I just wanted to check that one up as well. I have been doing a lot of research on words that young people have been using. Has Rad come back? Rad doesn't seem like it's come back in my opinion has it? Rad has most definitely not come back. So he wouldn't even know what you were

saying. Rad, radical. You could have said radical. No, that's worse. I never say rad. You told us what shop it was. It's Helenstine

Brothers in your local mall. Great service from them. We'll just see if it's been passed around in the staff room.

Hello, hello, hello speaking. Oh, g'day mate. How are you? I'm good. How are you today? We're doing really

well. Listen, it's just Jono, Ben and Megan. We're phoning from the Hits radio station. Yeah. And Megan, our friend, she came in yesterday and she bought two shirts. And she might have been speaking to you behind the counter. You were going to order them in?

I ordered, yeah, ordered a couple of shirts from different stores. Do you remember the person who served them? Oh, look, the shirts have all been ordered. She said it was fantastic service. But she said something at the end and now she feels embarrassed about it. Why is that? You can relay it, Megan. I meant to say awesome or thank you would have been great, but I said rad.

Rad. Yeah. He's like, oh, yeah, you're the one. We've all been talking about you. Yeah, it feels bad using Rad, so yeah. Has it been the talk of the staff room? No, no, no. We haven't talked about it.

Yeah, right. Was there a group email sent out? Someone just said Rad. So she wanted to apologise for that little bit of uncoolness in your store? Just thank you Thank you so much And listen Case closed

Yeah sweet You guys have a good day You too He even sounds He sounds good Cool doesn't he He's cool He made you feel good about it

I know they are very nice Yeah Rad He hung up He's like Just had the rad lady On the phone That old duck

She did say We heard right. She did say rad. Yeah, rad. It's really rad. John O, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits.

...into a short week, which is always a good feeling. It feels like a Monday, but it's already Tuesday. Already got to Tuesday. You've already done that heavy lifting, maybe? Weather looking pretty good right around the country over the next couple of days. Warm, wet and windy. A little bit windy, but then Friday things start to get very, very cold. This is Megan's mum, Ray Ray, who's basically the Dalai Lama of advice.

The Dalai Lama of Nelson. No, you've spoken to her. She's not. No. Actually, one of my favourite pieces of Ray Ray advice was, there's no such thing as can't. Oh, God, she used to tell me that all the time. That's a good way of looking at it, though, eh? But it's also a get-out-of-jail-free card for her to do whatever she wants.

Yeah, true. Like, she's shutting off the road with her own road cones. Yeah. There's no such thing as can't. Well, I'm pretty sure the council... Well, it's like when you're little and she asks you to do something, you're like, I can't. She's like, there's no such word as can't. It's just do something, you're like, I can't. She's like, there's no such word as can't.

It's just won't. You're like, oh, okay. In some ways she's right, but there's also laws that tell us otherwise. That say you can't do this. Yeah, that's true. She's a bit of a loose cannon, but there is one thing that she told me that has stuck with me for a long time. And it's important to...

Wait. It's stuck with me. Lifelong advice. It's stuck with me. It's nice to be important but it's important to be nice. It's really stuck with you there. That's a good one though, eh?

It's a good saying. We were talking about someone that everyone in the country knows who is a bit feisty, and I was like, yeah, I don't understand that because it's nice to be important, but it's important to be nice. It is nice to be important. It's a good saying. So that's what we wanted to know this morning.

0800 the hits, 4487. What's the one bit of advice, the little saying that your parents have passed on to you that you're like, it still sticks with you? I'm going to pass on to my kids, don't get good at what you don't want to do. Great life advice. It's a bit of underhanded advice, isn't it? Yeah, this is for you, like, well, if I don't want to do something, I don't get good at it. Yeah, because then everyone asks you to do it all the time.

Yeah, but that's a frustrating thing, isn't it? You know, like, that can cause a lot of frustration to people. If you get good at it. Because then other people have to pick up that stuff. Oh, that's okay. It's okay for you. It's like when you pretend to load the dishwasher really poorly then my husband's always like i'll do it do you do that on purpose yeah girl all right

it's great i you know we get to an age when you're a parent where you do want to hand over advice now instagram is great for this because i find something inspirational instagram i'm like forward that to oscar you can watch that watch that but my only advice would be never pass up the opportunity to use a toilet that's a good one yeah that's actually quite good

whenever Emma's like do you need to go to the toilet always go to the toilet like if you're going on a trip because you don't know when the next bathroom's going to be no I go

even if you're like just like you've got a prostate issue and you're like come on just a couple of little there we go no if someone's like

should we use the bathroom before we go use the bathroom because then at least you have you've done it you never regret it yeah

my dad you know my school teacher so loves a saying and I think without a word of a lie he maybe drilled this into me

this may be why it's about planning you fail to plan you plan to fail that's why he was always and oh jeez I'm a planner too he really drilled it into you.

He really did. I mean, that stuck with you a lot more than that. Maybe too much. Maybe I could ease back just a little bit from all the planning. It's the old failing to prepare is preparing to fail is the other thing. Yeah, compared to the planning he does and I do,

I'm like, I've taken that and run with it. He's like, I don't want to fail. Chill, chill out just a little bit. Feels like that resonated with you more than the Megan one, where she was like, oh, this one stuck with me. Something's important anyway. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The hits. Getting parent advice. Your quotes are coming through. The best advice from your parents or sometimes grandparents. On 4487, there's some great ones on the text. Although this one, questionable. My nan always said, wherever you be, let your wind go free. Does that literally mean farts or is it more poetic than that?

I think there's occasions where you do need to squeeze. You need to clench every now and then. My mum used to say, you win more flies with honey than vinegar. It's quite good. Do I want to win flies? Well, you know what I mean. It's then. My mum used to say you win more flies with honey than vinegar. It's quite good. Do I want to win flies? Well, you know what I mean. It's just like if you're nicer. Yeah, right.

Yes, you're right. Okay, don't pull these apart, Megan. Dad always said happy wife, happy life as well. And then my granddad said if a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well. That's a good one. Happy wife, happy life's a good one. It sounds misogynistic, but if things are happy at home, then the life is happy. Yeah, but it doesn't mean just appease your wife.

No, it does sound a bit, yeah. Your happiness and what you think is still important. Yeah, exactly. Be happy. Happiness at home would be better. Yeah. Just everyone try and be happy. Yeah.

But it's hard to run home with anything, isn't it? As a wife, life kind of works quite well for the old. Let's get Catherine on. Morning to you, Catherine. Your parents' pearls of wisdom. Morning. Oh, yes. My mum always used to say, don't put it down, put it away.

Sounds like that would grate you through your teenage years. You've got the one-touch rule in your house, don't you? Yeah, that's pretty much the one-touch rule that my husband puts on me all the time. Don't put it down, put it away. Well, that's good. We're going to hook you up to the movies, a double pass to the materialists as well. I've got to get that right by the end of the week.

A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and an imperfect ex since the most June 12th. That was all off the top of his dome as well. Thank you very much, Catherine. It's my only catchphrase

I live by. A young, ambitious New York matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and an imperfect ex. Remember that one, kids. That's what I'll pass

on to my kids. Delia, welcome to you. Good morning. Yeah, the parental advice. What was shoved down your throat? Oh, my mum always used to say when we see other kids getting into stuff they shouldn't, it's like don't do what others are doing,

do what is right. That's not a bad one. Yeah, if such and such jumped off the Harbour Bridge, would you? That was always the thing. But what if what others are doing looks fun? Yeah. Well, A.J. Hackett put a bungee on the Harbour Bridge, didn't he? Yeah always the thing. But what if what others are doing looks fun? Yeah. Well, AJ Hackett put a bungee

on the Harbour Bridge, didn't they? Yeah. Plenty of people jumped off that bridge. Good on you, Dealey. You have a great day. Appreciate it. I like this text. It says my mum always says to me, piss off, don't worry, at the end of the day it's night time. And at the end of the day it is night time. Yeah. Let's go

to the phone now. Ricky, your advice from your mum. My mum always taught me that for the grace of God, go I. Grace of God, go I. Okay. So what is it? In my opinion, that I was no better than anybody, but nobody was as better than me. That's quite good.

Keep you humble. Yeah. That's good. But also build you up at the same time. That's it. Yeah. No, At the same time Yeah That's it Yeah No that's a good one Yeah Yeah

Have you taken that Through life Ricky Yes I have Because I always look at people As the same as me No one's better than me But I'm no better Than anybody else

You know We're all the same Yeah That's good Annie My mother She used to quote A Shakespeare one

Which was Never a borrower Nor lender be Yes So you don't lend stuff To people You don't borrow stuff Alright quote a Shakespeare one, which was never a borrower nor lender be. So you don't lend stuff to people, you don't borrow stuff. Tell that to Instant Finance, my 30 year mortgage. You borrowed my car last week.

Yeah, so I haven't really stuck by it. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Ben is not in studio with us. He has taken my car down to the supermarket To buy Del Mar tea boxes With his picture on the cover Our anchor, our rock

Is away from us We're just like a bottle bobbing in the ocean without him But the undercover shopper At the moment, boxes of Del Mar If you'll see our faces on it Giving you a chance to win one of two Trips for two To Sri Lanka.

Ben Boyce out in market. There are hordes of people, lines of people queuing up for the tea there, Ben. Over to you. Oh, well, because you're on radio, I'll just say yes. Out the door, guys. Out the door. Out the door. But your car, Megan, Jesus has got some pep, hasn't it?

Yeah. That's not ideal. Your car. Your car. It's quite dirty, so I thought Ben was going to... It's incredibly messy. There's all sorts of active wear sprawled all over the passenger seat. Do you get changed in your car, do you?

No, I go straight to the gym, so I need my gym gear. Yeah, she just wants to brag that she goes to the gym. Yeah. Thank you for not bringing it up, though, Ben, because I know you would have gone in and been like, I need to hand sanitise as soon as I get out of this. Well, old CrossFit pappers, we're not here to talk about her right now. We're here to focus on tea and the boxes.

Are they on the shelf already, undercover shopper boys? Yeah, well, I'm not really that undercover. You've got me in the gold suit that we wore all the way to Sri Lanka. But, yes, they are on the shelves right now. There is a poster of us next to the tea as well. It says, Dilmar, winner, the way to Sri Lanka but yes they are on the on the shelves right there there is a poster of us uh next to the tee as well it says Dilma winner luxury trip to Sri Lanka our face is next to it uh our faces on the boxes hello there do you see this do you recognize that face yeah cool who's that yeah Ben yeah that's me did he just go up to someone and say do you recognize that face what's that sorry I saw you on you on a kids' card on a morning show.

You saw me on a morning show? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. On the hits. Yes. You listen? Yeah, I listen. Yeah, yeah, here we go.

Ask him if he wants an autograph. He does. He's so lovely. Ask him if he wants a selfie. Okay. Go on, go on. Do it, do it. Don't make me do that. Do it. Sorry, do you wants a selfie. Okay. Go on. Do it. Don't make me do this. Do it.

Sorry, do you want a selfie? Now he's taking his phone out of his pocket. They're making me say that from the radio right now. Okay, we're getting a selfie. Here we go. Guys, I'm going to buy some boxes of tea as well. I've got some cottage. Oh, we are getting a selfie. Here we go. Guys, I'm going to buy some boxes of tea as well. I've got some cottage. Oh, we are getting a selfie.

Here we go. Other way around. Here we go. Here we go. He's deleting them. Live selfie. That's Ben's photo noise. He makes that noise.

He goes, ah. No, he's saying Dilma. Dilma. Okay, I've got some tea. I've got a whole lot of tea right now. I'm going to go to the counter right now with the tea. Our face is on the box. Of course, you buy the tea.

These ones could have the golden ticket inside. We could be giving away a trip to Sri Lanka very shortly. I think you need to do some marketing in the store. Can you just yell out at the top of your voice, it's the guy from the tea packet in the supermarket. As loud as you can, please. Bit of campaigning. There's people around. Yeah, that's the point. It's the guy from the teabagget in the supermarket. As loud as you can, please. Bit of campaigning. There's people around.

Yeah, that's the point. It's marketing. It's the guy from the teabagget. It's the guy. It's me. Oh, please don't make me do that. It wasn't loud enough. I hate doing radio in the wild.

It is the worst. Oh, no, because no one knows what you're doing. Hi there. How you doing? It's me from the box. Okay, well, I'm up at the counter right now. I'm just going to the self-service one. Do you see that, though?

See this? Who's on the box? Who's that? Wow. Who? Wow. Join the binge. Join the binge.

Yeah, and I'm, who's that? That's me, dear. That's me. That's me. Have the tea been flying out the door? Lots of people buying the tea? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. That could have gone one of two ways. Lots of people buying the tea? Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

That could have gone one of two ways. All these people are disimpeasing him. Oh, no, they are, aren't they? They're all so lovely here in New World. Did she want a selfie? Ask her for a selfie. No, she doesn't want a selfie. Ask her for a selfie, Ben.

Ask her. You don't know. It's marketing. Don't do it. Let's have a selfie. Okay. They're making me ask you Let's have a selfie. Okay. They're making me ask you if you want a selfie. Would you like a selfie?

Say no. No. No, no, okay, no, no, okay, no, no. Okay, no, she's fine. She's fine. All right, well, Ben's bringing the boxes back, and we're going to do some live unboxing on air. So what's going to happen is you call us up 0800-THE-HITS.

Each caller will have one box. And then it could be very suspicious if we actually pick the golden teabag ticket and give away a trip this morning. I've got the Boss Mando's credit card. Do you want anything else while we're here, guys? Yeah, do you get that cottage cheese? Got the cottage cheese. I got, Jono, that stuff for that rash that you've got.

That's fine. That's all right. Got that from the pharmacy. Thank you. You're a sweetheart. You're a sweetheart. You're a lot. We could have a champagne breakfast, get some bubbles Okay, let's do that, okay, I'll get some bubbles as well, I'll see you back at the studio shortly

Shave tan Thank you Ben All the best live from New World, there we go the Dilmar box is out right now, you buy one you could be in to win one of two trips for two to Sri Lanka Jono,ne and Megan. The podcast.

The hits. It was the King's birthday weekend, of course, which is great for the weekend and great for this week, short week, which is real good. You went away on a girls' weekend, did you? It was. It was, you know, my wife and my two daughters went away, went to the Mount for the weekend,

and each of my daughters brought a friend along. So it was like, you know, it was girls' weekend. weekend outnumbered everyone keeps like girls weekend every time you go away with your family though it could be a girls weekend but you had extra girls extra girls yeah yeah so you know is it a two-car scenario two cars and i was a bug weekend you know i'm used to you know heading around i'm happy to go to glass and sephora whatever it is you know what do you do like while they're shopping when you, well, sometimes I'm helpful. It depends if they need my help. Often they don't.

But sometimes I wander to other shops. Other times I'll sit back. You'll be clearing some emails, I imagine. Yeah, sit back. You don't want to be that creep that sort of hangs around by the changing rooms, even though a few daughters are in there. What do you say if you know something doesn't look good on one of your daughters or your wife?

I don't think they're coming to you for fashion advice no they're probably not like yeah but but sometimes i'm like i don't know i don't know your feedback yeah i don't know you know because they're still young you don't want it and they all everyone wants to grow up and look a lot older than they do but sometimes you're like a little bit too grown up. Is that a belt? Yeah. Or is it a skirt? I got invited, speaking of shopping expeditions, Friday. We went out for Grace's birthday. Went to lunch. Now, before the lunch, me and Grace and Producer Ali were like, we're going to go dress shopping.

Being you were otherwise occupied, it was just me and here. Grace comes in and says, would you like to come dress shopping with us before lunch? It was a genuine invite too. That makes it sound like we knew you were going to say no, but it was a genuine invite. You couldn't pick a worse character to play

shopping with. And the time it took you, by the time we got there, you were still shopping. It was a 45 minute,, hour-long expedition. We were fast, too. That was fast? Yeah. It's probably quite fast, right?

Yeah. I'm used to heading around. I'll come with you next time. I don't mind. Okay, great. I'm happy to come along. Yeah. Yeah.

But I feel like you've got to have input. You're a part of a team there. Yeah. Like we're all there focused on Ali's dress buying. Yeah. Megan, you obviously played head fashionista. I did. Head designer.

After 45 minutes, we did find a full outfit. But my line is when there was a dress and I didn't think it was very good on Ali. So my line is always, the dress isn't worthy of you. That's how you get away with it. Oh, that's good. That dress isn't worthy of you. A.K.A. that looks like a sack. Yeah.

It looks like a sack. The dress, so you blame it on the dress. Yeah. The dress is like, hey, what? The dress is not worthy. It's like you put your head

in one of those big black sacks, you know. You're like, the sack isn't worthy of you. John O, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Now, over the weekend,

you know, when you go to get something, I've just got like a hits. Now, over the weekend, you know, when you go to get something, I've just got like a little box full of like electric stuff. Oh, like cords and cables. Cords and cables and old stuff, bits and pieces, headphones, things like that. And I found in there over the weekend this, and I thought I'd bring it in there. Oh, my God. Well, I have not seen one of those in 15 years.

A Walkman. Like this is a Walkman. A cassette Walkman. A cassette. You can open it up now. It's got a cassette inside it. I have no idea what the cassette is inside it.

Have you got like the Rhythm Volume 17 or something? Probably like that. It's a compilation of various artists at the moment. Does it go?

It's very generic. Does it work? I don't know. Has it got batteries in it? Maybe I should have got batteries from the supermarket earlier. There'll be batteries around here somewhere. Yeah, we'll get that working.

So, yeah, and I just thought they're working because I showed it to my kids, my daughters, and I was like, this is sounds, you know, like a tape playing and all those things. This is sounds they'd never know. And I asked them, do you know what this is? Looks like a really old music recorder. Yeah, like the music thing, like the radio. Like the airplane headphones. Yeah, yeah.

It's like you used to listen to music. It's called a Walkman. Do you know what decade it's from? Like 1930s? So they weren't quite as excited about it as I was, reminiscing, because they've got iPhones and stuff and they can play music from. Nowadays, it wouldn't stack up, the old Walkman.

Walk person. Yeah, you're right. It's 2025. I thought, you know 2025 I thought you know sound you know because kids will never understand the sound of a tape opening

and a tape you know getting a court and all that sort of things sounds from your childhood that younger generations would never know Like this Yeah

The excruciating 12 seconds You didn't know if it was going to connect to the internet That's the internet connecting kids I need to use the phone Jono, Ben and Megan The Podcast 12 seconds. You didn't know if it was going to connect to the internet? That's the internet connecting, kids. I need to use the phone.

What's the old school sound that kids these days would have no idea about? A lot of it brings back trauma, doesn't it? Trauma of a more tedious technological period in life where 100% things are a lot better now. Far more convenient now. Yeah, right. But that doesn't mean old people can't bang on about how tough it used to be.

Ben, you just, you brought your Walkman in, your Sony Walkman in, which, have you put batteries in it yet? No, I haven't. We need to see if it can get going and we can see, find out, find out what various artists are on this cassette. And the headphones are like that thin metal band

and then it just has like those little foamy pads on your ears. I know, I know. As my daughter said, it's like the airplane headphones they might get me on the airplane right it probably cost a lot of money but those headphones are pretty rubbish walking around with a walkman and i had a cd discman as well they'll just it would skip the cd one would skip all the time that was just it but remember you could get anti-shock ones and then you turn on the anti-shock and you're like well why isn't it just always anti-shock ones, and then you turn on the anti-shock, and you're like, well, why isn't it just always anti-shock? Let's go to Mel.

Welcome. The sounds from your childhood, Mel, that no one will appreciate nowadays apart from us. It's the chipmunk noise when you skip on a Walkman. You know when you skip a tape and it goes really quick? Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's it. That was really good.

That was from Megan's mouth. That was really good. That was from Megan's mouth. That was really good. That was from your mouth. I thought that was a sound effect. No, Megan's going to do the sound effects now because it's quite hard to find sound effects on the fly. So that's a new thing. That was really good.

Okay, so if I'm going to go forward, fast forward on my walkway. Press the button. Yeah, you hold it down. I'll go hold it down here. Go. Oh, there's a dolphin. There's a dolphin in the studio.

She's good's a dolphin. There's a dolphin in the studio. She's good at a dolphin. She's good at dolphins and fast forward on a walkman. Yeah, I've found a new talent. We'll find out what else she's good at. We're going to flick you out a box of tea. You can win a trip to Sri Lanka thanks to Dilmara. Awesome, thank you. No, good on you.

This one has come through multiple times on text 4487, the MSN messenger noise. This is a medley of them. Because they changed. Tell me which one resonates with you. Was that one? It feels like an old school phone, doesn't it? Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.

Oh yeah, yeah. What did they do on the radio this morning? Oh, they just listened to some sound effects from YouTube and went, oh yeah, yeah, yeah. That rings a bell. You keep these coming through 4487 on the radio this morning? Oh, they just listened to some sound effects from YouTube and went, oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah, that rings a bell. You keep these coming through, 4487 on the text. Now, hopefully this is going to be, you know, remember when you listen to the radio and if you were receiving a cell phone call.

Yes. It would kind of make a. Do you want me to do the sound effect or have you got one? Yeah, you do it. What was that? Yes, it would. On your radio or something. It would come through the speakers and you'd go, oh, there's a call coming through or a text coming through.

Yeah. That was really good. Do that again. Do that again. We shouldn't have played those MSM sound effects. So keep them coming through. There's another one. Just come through the whistle when the jug is boiled.

What's that sound like? Oh, no, you've lost it there. It's so hard to whistle when you're smiling. It was going so well. It was. Go back to duck, duck, duck, duck, duck. Duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck. Jono, Ben and Megan.

The podcast. The hits. Rugby Pacific Final. Qualifying finalists have been found. Crusaders. Friday night game this weekend. The Chiefs and the Blues taking on each other on Saturday. And then, of course, the Hurricanes as well.

So good to see a whole lot of Kiwi teams in there. The Crusaders will be like, how you like me now? Remember last season? They became the butt of the joke because they'd been winning for so many years and they had one bad season, the country turned on them. Yeah, they're pretty good, aren't they, the Crusaders? Amazing. So we interviewed Ryan Tedder, who's the singer from One Republic

and a very talented songwriter as well. He's written some of the world's biggest songs for Taylor Swift, Beyonce, who else? You know, why did I start a list? Never start a list. That's my rule, especially in speeches. Never start

a list in speeches, because you're always going to forget someone. Or someone's going to go, oh, you didn't think me. Yeah. And some other great artists. I could rescue you, but I didn't want to. You could have helped.

You could have helped. Anyway, we spoke to him on Friday, and he loves New Zealand. Now, I know that celebrities all say they love New Zealand, but this guy really loves New Zealand. Have a listen. Got a little memory sick, if you can see right there. Oh, my God. I was just looking at your tattoos on the Zoom and admiring them, New Zealand. Have a listen. I'm actually, funny enough, talking with your prime minister to have me rewrite your national anthem. Oh, well, that'd be nice because we can pick up the pace a little bit.

I mean, you know, so. We're going to pick it up. We're going to pick it up. I hope you guys like Soulja Boy and Sabrina Carpenter. It's really interesting, a lot of fun. Now, White Republic, of course, coming to New Zealand in February next year. So very excited about that. But we did run out of time on the Zoom, didn't we?

Yeah, we wanted to. Well, I actually recorded my son. He loves to sing, loves music, so I recorded him singing a bunch of not only One Republic songs, but songs that Ryan Tedder has written by all those artists. All those amazing artists. John, I listed them off. I could list them off, but we don't have time.

So I wanted to play them to Ben, who loves a musical quiz, really good at that. He hates any lyrical ones where it's like reading out of lyrics. For me, this is easy because he sings to me all the time. But I wanted to see if you could guess what Basti's singing. Okay. Here's the first. How old's your son?

Four. Four years old. Song's written by Ryan Tedder. Yeah. Mumbly. Mumbly. I'm not putting it... His diction needs work. Yeah.

Oh, I'll play it again. I'm a worry about... I worry about it. Yeah. I worry about it right now. One from one. That's good. That's a really tough game.

Isn't it? Okay, yeah, great song by OneRepublic. Yeah, okay. Here we go, here's another one. I love you like XO. Kill me boy, XO. XO, XO, yeah, yeah. Beyonce. Yes, I did make him sing

You Kill Me Boy, XO. It's good when he sings the chorus. I like that. It's good. Helps me out a lot. This one might help you too. It's my dog. What is that noise?

It's my dog. It's like shaking his ears. Leonel Lewis, Bleeding Love. He did a good job with that. Some high notes there, Besty. He wouldn't move on from that bit, though. I like the sound of your dog shaking itself, too. Keep bleeding, keep bleeding, keep bleeding.

He's really satisfied. The dog's like, wrap it up, mate. There's not that many key bleedings in there. And the last one. Too late to apologise. It's too late. It's like, yeah, too late to apologise. Apologise, my Wonder Republic, as well.

He's good at hitting the notes, though. He is, yeah. Well, you know, musical family, both you and your husband can sing, so, yeah. Oh, no one said I could sing. No. Well, even the dog can drum, too. all good oh well there you go that was uh basty sings it'll be back uh when we can milk more content out of your four-year-old son