Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Why is Ben calling scammers?

Episode Date: August 15, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY: We put the All Black's to a kicking test! Throwback to these Aussie legends You'll never guess what this teacher does! Gold medalist Finn Butcher We chat to Coterie Usher is at New World! Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFASTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This John Owen Ben podcast, hey that's us, brought to you by Hello Fresh, the experts and tastes that Kiwis love. You're back with us, I timed it nicely to a Friday back to work for your first day this week. It's a one day week, so good. And then, oh, the weekend's just around the corner. But listen, we can vouch, you sounded, you just sounded like a goblin or a gremlin when we spoke to you on Zoom on Wednesday. Yeah, and then I refused to turn my camera on because I was like, I'm not in a good way. Show us the visuals. I'll be at work tomorrow.

And we were like, okay, which is fine. But both of us were like, wow, she sounds bad. And then you spoke to our boss, Matt, and he was like, oh, you sound too sick. He's like, you can't go with the radio sounding like that. Was it a wild ride of COVID? It actually, yeah. It actually kicked my butt a little bit.

But not like a flu. I had head pains. Not like a headache, but like pains in my head, and I was just so tired, and yeah, it was not fun actually. It always amazes me how it mutates. You're like, where did I catch this from? I know. But you don't know. I mean, it felt like that with the cold and the flu.

It's like, how do I get this? Usually the things I get are from my kids, but no one in my house has been sick. I was like, where did this come from? Has everyone else avoided it so far? Knock on wood, so far. Good work. Well, since you've been gone, we need to fill you in on the torch.

Oh, yeah. Still going. You're joking. Well, yesterday was still going. The torch that we started Wednesday, like Wednesday, not even this week, the week before, the torch is still hanging in there. Yeah, the torch ceremony. Like, I can't see a future without this torch.

No. Now, yeah, so the torch, we put it on. We decided that when the batteries ran out, you could win $500 if you predicted the closest time to the minute, to the hour of when the torch runs out, thinking it would be a couple of days. Yesterday, I was over by reception in the afternoon. It's the talk of reception. Is it?

It's the talk, the security guards, and then another one was like, oh, just turn it off. He goes, no, I can't turn it off, mate. Can't turn it off. They need to know when it runs out of battery. I mean, this torch couldn't be in a safer period. This torch has more security than the Prime Minister at the moment. Yeah.

Do you want to go do an update? Go out to reception? On me? Yeah, we'll cross live to Ben Boyce. I feel like we need to decorate it and give it like a name now. Because it's part of the family. Could be due a knighthood. Could be due a knighthood.

So we have been checking every morning with security. There was the meeting that someone suggested if it was an LED one. Could be years on it. Could be six or seven years. Here we go. We're coming. Morning. Morning.

How are you doing? I've just come to check on the torch. Is it still going? It's still going. You were working yesterday afternoon and you're back here again today. Jeez, you're working hard. Has he been home? Oh, my God.

Can you not get a, like, how far away is he? It's still going. Yeah. Can you just verify that the torch is still going? Still going. Still going strong. It just shined into my eyes. It's amazing.

The torch just keeps going. Yeah. I reckon eventually, you know, when the world ends, when we finally end up ruining this planet, the only three things left will be this torch and Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos and some sort of weird futuristic survival

apocalyptic capsules. That'll be it. Yeah. Are people still commenting on Facebook? You can go to His Breakfast on Facebook and yeah.

Lodge your guess in as to when you think it'll run out of battery. It's anyone's guess at the moment. Is someone pranking us with this? Are they putting

new batteries in or something? Because it's just unbelievable how it's still going. I'm back, obviously, back from reception just for those who can't see me walking back into the studio. Ben's returned. I should have said you're back. Hey, next though, Bargain Chemists. If you want to win some vouchers

from the Bargain Chemists, we're just going to rattle off a whole bunch of items that they have on offer. You've just got to remember as many as you can. And you get a $20 voucher for every correctly membered... Oh, God, you get it. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Playing Saturday night, Eden Park, after last week, a bit of an upset, losing to Argentina. We've got two of the All Blacks with us right now. Great to have you guys in here.

How are you? Geordie Barrett, Dalton Pappaletti, welcome. Thanks for having us. Lovely to see you. I say it every time, but see you guys in real life. You are enormous. He is. You're tall, aren't you, Jordy? You're really tall. Do you get sick of people saying that? Wow, you're tall. It's pretty normal. How tall are you? 6'4". Are you 6'4"? 6'96", whatever that is yeah tv doesn't do you justice but it's lovely to have you guys in the in the studio i thought as a tactic this week you should

have deprived the argentinians of meat or something because that's all they eat right meat yeah heavy meat diet um now this week what do you do to regroup we've done plenty yeah um obviously we're disappointed with with last week but uh back in aucklandgroup we've done plenty yeah obviously we're disappointed with with last week but uh back in Auckland and we've had a great week of prep so far so um hopefully we can have a good one at Eden Park tomorrow tomorrow night so I think there's a bit of weather around which will make it uh difficult for both sides but you'll have had a great week it's hard there's so much pressure on the All Blacks to win. It's almost expected to win. It's sport.

You win, you lose. There's some other great teams out there as well. Megan, you need to apologise. I think maybe to Dalton. I do. I don't know if you'll remember, but when was this? This was two weeks ago. You were heading to Wellington for training.

Do you remember that? You were flying to Wellington. Yeah. Some obnoxious radio announcer may have pushed past everyone in security because of running late. Yeah, I may have pushed past you and some others. Oh, yeah, I think you were that crazy woman screaming. Yeah, that was her.

Screaming, yelling, waving my hands. No, everyone was very accommodating and letting me go past. She pushed past Bowdoin. Yeah. We're like, you pushed past Bowdoin, Paris? It's okay to push past me But Baz You don't push past him And he Will eat you up though

Rugby royalty Now we want to play A quick game with you You guys can do it from there You know You guys like your rolling subs In rugby So what we're going to do

We're going to ask you a question We'll start with you Dalton And then if you don't want to answer it You don't have to You can say sub And pass it on to Geordie Alright Okay

First question What's your banking password Pass Is he going to pass on that one Or do you pass it on You don'tie all right okay okay yeah first question what's your banking password is it gonna pass on that one you don't have to answer that okay i'll ask one to geordie uh worst all black to room with oh um he doesn't want to you can't pass you can't pass you can throw it back to don't you don't know if you double pass, you basically won this game because we're not going to get an answer, so that's fine. I think probably I'd say Tupo Vai. Yeah, why?

He was in the room recently, and I've found a few things about him that I wouldn't really know. He's all right, but he just likes to be in his own bubble and not really talk to me. Oh, right, so it's a room of silence. Yeah, it's a room of silence. Chucks his headphones in, and sometimes I'll be looking, I'll talk to him, and he doesn't even... What's a room of silence Yeah, it's a room of silence Chucks his headphones in And sometimes I'll be looking I'll talk to him and he doesn't even

What's wrong with me? Alright, next one You can both pass, Megan If you could swap places with your coach for a day What's the first thing you'd do? That's a tough question You can pass it back to Geordie. Ah, pass.

Would you bust out a breakdance? Certainly not. He could be there. He could have been at the Olympics, Scott Robinson. Check his bank account, eh? Yeah, that's a good idea. Check his bank account. Okay, you can pass on to the next one.

Dalton, this is your turn. Who's your favourite of the Barrett brothers? Ooh. Ooh. You can pass to one of the Barrett brothers. But I'd like an answer. He's taking a very long time, Geordie. They're all good men, but I'll probably have to go with, you know,

I knew Geordie first. We had a good tour in 2016 together in the 20s and they're all good men I'm close with them all but I knew JB first so I'll go with Geordie oh Geordie it's like she's in the room

so Geordie who's your favourite Barrett brother next question okay Geordie I'll ask you this one worst haircut in the team oh

worst haircut in the team um because I like how much thought has gone into this too you're not just Worst haircut in the team? Oh, worst haircut in the team. Because I like how much thought has gone into this too. You're not just banning it around. I know who's the worst haircut in the radio. You're looking at Dalton. I can't really point and shoot because I've had some shockers through my time. Yeah, me too.

Okay, let's just go worst haircut in the room right now and I'll take my hair. Oh, here we go. You've won that one, that's for sure. Yeah, sorry, mate. Can't we't record a haircut you've got to have hair for that yeah

do you guys like would you get your hair cut like I've seen sometimes on social media someone will cut in the team and stuff like that right generally

whatever depending on what city we're in the local boys will get their barbers that they use and just to save some of the boys time and often cut out of

someone's room for a bit of a cashy. The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I've just pitched the game Jono versus Geordie. Very arrogant of you to pitch your own game. And put my name first as well. But we have the wonderful Dalton Papali and Geordie Barrett here, the All Blacks. Lovely to have you in the studio. It's great to have you here.

Okay. And we're going to play a game, Jono versus Geordie, or Geordie versus Jono, whichever you prefer. And we're both going to kick across the desk of the expensive radio equipment. There's studio lights for the videos as well. There's many obstacles. Geordie, you've been lining up during the Shibuzee song. What are you worried about? Let's come over here and have a quick chat, mate.

What do you see as your concerns? There's about seven uh desktop computers yeah and three or four laptops but these cameras up top yeah the cameras are quite sort of angle off the drink bottles as well there's all sorts of things megan is going to be catching jordy is going to be kicking first i like it we've got megan now we've got dalton and megan options and we've put megan number that's good all right megan's taking her shoes off for some reason i don't know why but anyway okay jordy Barrett stepping up right now trying to kick over the expensive equipment. Here we go. Oh, he's kicked it. That's it.

Oh, it's on to Ben's left. He did it. He did it. He timed it beautifully. He landed it just on the desk, just over the monitors, and that's success. Bounced off the roof. It's high. Okay. Okay. He wants to, okay. Oh, God. Here we go. Here's Jono. Here's Jono. Oh, he wants to, well, it's not

the Olympics. You're not a high jumper. All right. Okay, Jono Pryor. Here we go. He doesn't think about it. Oh, God. Here we go. Here's Jono. Oh, he wants to clap. Well, it's not the Olympics. You're not a high jumper. All right. Okay, Jono Pryor. Here we go. He doesn't think about it. Oh, shit. Oh, he actually did it. Missed the expensive.

Do you want to have another go, Geordie? All right, Geordie. Finish it off. He wants to. Okay, Geordie. Geordie. Geordie. Oh.

He nailed it. It was perfectly weighted. A beautiful kick right now. Geordie Barrett nailed it. He's done that before. Well, not here, but he's done it on the rugby field. Hey, thanks so much for hanging out, fellas. We really appreciate it.

Good luck Saturday night. Can't wait to cheer you guys on. Now, Aussie breakdancer Raegan, she's released a bit of a statement over the last 24 hours. She's been sort of the center of a media storm and a whole lot of people weighing in their opinions on Ray Gunn over the last couple of days. And this is what she had to say on Instagram yesterday. Hi, everyone. Ray Gunn here. I just want to start by thanking all the people who have supported me.

I really appreciate the positivity and I'm glad I was able to bring some joy into your lives. That's what I hoped. I didn't realize that that would also open the door to so much hate, which has frankly been pretty devastating. Yeah, because she was just out there to have fun. Bouncing around like a kangaroo. You're right. You're right. Doing the sport she loves.

And Ben, you said this from the get-go. You were like, listen, we need to take the high road on this. There's a real person behind this. And you're dead right. I think the world and the internet, it's very easy to forget that she's a university lecturer. She's just a normal, but not a politician, not even a celebrity, even though bullying celebrities, you're not allowed to do that now.

And that was fun. That was one of my favorite pastimes, but that's not even kosher now. But you know, this is just an everyday person who has had the entire world. But I thought we were just like lolling at memes, but there are people who are like threatening her and saying awful things like you go into her comments on instagram it's like just horrible

it's like calm down it's like a 50 000 people in australia have signed a petition about you know to do what investigate how she got to the olympics it's only it's break dancing who cares not to talk down the sport of break dancing but like in the grand scheme of life and it sounds like she's like a big part of that community anyway so if if they want to be outraged about it let them do it yeah well that's the thing i find you're right probably megan that people we do get outraged a lot for other for other on other people's behalf but you're right it's like well are these people outraged yeah they're the people that should you know and a lot of them are defending her now being like well you know she might have made some questionable choices

With the choreography, but it was still breakdancing At the end of the day What are we talking about breakdancing Breakdancing's never had as much lip service As well as she's done wonders for the sport of breakdancing In my mind And I feel like she's made her way into the Australian history books Would you say so? Now an Aussie legend

An icon of Australia Whether, you know, you like what she did or you didn't like what she did I liked what she did you're right she is I enjoyed it like you know

did you feel because we put a meme out last night like a fun one how are you feeling about that well I was kind of like to say

it was about Razor Robinson Scott Robinson dances the breakdancing and I was like this is what we want to see on Saturday night two legends of breakdancing doing this.

So it was a nice meme. That's what it's meant to be. But now, you know, I don't know. Megan, I get something ahead about all this stuff. You're not sliding into her DMs threatening her life, though, are you? I guarantee Ben's going to get that meme pulled down before the end of the show. But yeah, Reagan, Australian legend now. And I just want to have, out of these three,

who do you think is the more legendary Australian legend? Okay, first up uh lara bingle where the bloody hell are you so where the bloody hell are you and probably one of the more aggressive tourism campaigns you'll find you're like oh i'm at home why why she's the same way the same sentence i say to my son when he calls me to tell him me to pick him up From somewhere He's not there Where the bloody hell are you Nowadays She is married to Sam Worthington Who is the main actor

In Avatar The Avatar movie Really They've got three kids Yeah There you go That's where the bloody hell she is She's with Sam

Well congratulations to Lara Bingle Ray Who was the gentleman Who is retelling a story Of his encounter With some aggressive dogs in the neighbourhood. I came out into the front yard and the dogs were across the road. And as soon as they saw me, they came bounding over. I love it the whole time.

His wife is standing right beside him, deadpan. Doesn't even flinch. She's like, oh, Ray's telling the dog story again. Here we go. Or Alf Stewart. I don't give a damn if you've got two eyes or 15 flaming eyes. And you don't just go wandering off leaving the flaming chips in the fryer. Stone the flaming crow.

Why are you, Stewart? I mean, why the hell? Truth. Flaming technology. What's the point of having this flaming thing if it's not on the emergency channel? Zach McGuire's an innocent man, you flaming drongo. I feel like Alf,

his blood pressure must have been through the roof. He woke up and he was just angry. Angry at anyone in Summer Bay. Wandering around Summer Bay just abusing people. Has Ray Gunn beaten those people? His name's Ray Ma, Alf Stewart. And then the other guy's Ray, And then there's Ray Gunn.

Oh, yes. Good thread. Aussie heroes all Ray. Ray Hadley. Yeah. All right, there you go. The Australian legends. We love Ray Gunn.

Congratulations. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Producer Taylor, we love the stories that you tell us about what happens with your parents over there in Australia. Mate, never a dull moment in that house, honestly. What will start off with an innocent FaceTime ends up being such a debacle. So I FaceTimed them when I was off sick because I was like, help me, I'm by myself.

You were a few days at home, weren't you? I was, yeah. Now you FaceTime Sue, which I find very interesting. You FaceTime Sue your mum every day. Yeah, well, like I'm about to say, there's always something going on in that hour. It's the best soap opera going. So I FaceTimed them and mum was being fine on the phone, but I could sense dad was hovering over her shoulder a bit

and he wasn't saying much. Tension. There was tension, which is rare for them because they're the type of people that if there's an issue, they'll just go at each other in the moment. And I was like, oh, God, this must be serious. And I was like, what's wrong with you two? And she goes, nothing. And I was like.

Oh, that's when something's wrong. I know. I've been married for a few years now. Nothing means there's a whole lot of stuff going on. Normally she'd just say, oh, I'm married to an idiot. But, you know, this time I was like, nothing. I was like, oh, come on. Tell me now what's wrong and

she goes oh do you want to explain it angie and he's gone i didn't do anything sue and i was like here we go tell me what's happened so my mom has hung up this brand new mirror on a wall right nice decorative piece yeah um and the the wall faces my dad's study, which is like his man cave. He's in there for hours at a day. God knows doing what. He's got a huge iTunes library. It's just his room. He can go away.

It's his time out room. But she can see now everything he's doing in the study from the couch. So the reflection of the mirror. Yes. Some may say it was a strategic move by Sue. Smart place. She's a witty lady. Angie hasn't figured out

he needs to just shut their door a touch. Exactly, exactly. So she's watching a harmless episode of The Sopranos, as they do. That's their favourite show, I think, because they can relate a lot. And Dad's away in the computer. Violent Italians?

Exactly. And Dad's away at the computer typing. And Tony Soprano starts complaining about his chef and how miserable he's been and he won't help around the business and he's a real, like, low lifer. And my mom goes, just being funny, goes, huh, sounds familiar. And my dad has gone and stuck the bird up at her. Oh, so he's in the study though. He's not with us. He's in Oh, so he's in the study, though. He's not with her.

He's in the study. He's in the study. And she's looked in the mirror and she goes, sucked in it. I saw that. And he gets up so fast. Like, you hear the study. Chair move.

No, no. Saw what? Saw what? Sue in the chair says, you've been caught. I saw everything in the mirror. And he goes, saw what? I didn't do anything. There was a fly in my hair.

I just moved my head. Oh, so he's denying the figures. And he goes, you saw what? I didn't do anything. There was a fly in my hair. I just moved my hair. Oh, so he's denying the fingers. He's denying it, mate. He's swatting a fly with one finger. As you do. As you do. You don't need a full hand for a fly swat. Literally.

And he's denying it. And she goes, I saw everything. You. I won't say this. Because then she's thinking, how many other times has he pulled the fingers at me? And they're telling me this.

And I go Mum I've been around you All the time When dad's turning his back And you've done the finger To his back And she's like

Yeah But he's too dumb To realise Taylor And I said You know what I'm gonna go guys This is good They probably say

Worse things to each other's faces Yeah I think so But this is This is really taking it on Sue She's not coping well It could be like a traditional Italian gesture

where it's like I love you so the finger is the eye he's like you didn't even see me do the heart and then pointed you in the moment

though you can't come up with that you just have to deny alright so I'm 100 the hats 4, 4, 8, 7 I don't know if it's imagine it's not the only one

in this relationship there are a lot of people listening right now who are relating to that finger story you know let's open up the finger confessional okay in this relationship? There are a lot of people listening right now who are relating to that finger story. Let's open up the finger confessional. Oh, 800 Hits.

Do you need to confess to secretly pulling the fingers at your partner in the finger confessional? Yeah, you don't have to say what the dead hood is or anything like that. You can just be like, hi, my name's Jono

and I pulled the fingers at my wife Jennifer. This is what happened. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. It's five o'clock somewhere. That's all right. Is it always five o'clock?

I feel like it's not five o'clock. It's probably after five o'clock somewhere. Very early in the morning where you are, mum. You're right. A very shaky excuse. Hey, listen, no one's wanting to take part in my finger confessional. We had producer Taylor on saying her dad was caught... Who wants to admit to pulling fingers to their partner?

In another room. So he was caught on mirror by... Would you like to admit to it? Like, when's the occasions that you've secretly pulled the fingers at, you know, Jen, your wife, or work colleagues, bosses, you know? Listen, I'd say in every relationship there's been times where people have, Megan, we've all admitted to eye rolls. Oh, I've definitely done eye rolls.

Yeah, Ben, have you done them? I do like, you used to like the, back in the day when you wanted to pull the fingers in the car but you didn't want them to see and you sort of pull it against the door, you know, like the door so you weren't actually, it was like trying to be cool but not actually cool because I was never, I was always too scared. We didn't want to deal with the conflict.

Who were you doing that to? I was always too scared, like someone, it might be someone at school, you're like, oh, mate, or whatever, but I was always too scared for them to actually see me pull their fingers. Remember at school, so you could put your hand in front of the finger too

so you'd just be like, yeah, a little surreptitious little thing. You don't know what's behind here. But listen, I do a lot of shaky things in our relationship, so I'm sure the fingers have been pulled at me. The other day I was standing beside the fridge and we've reached that stage in marriage

where Jen was like, move aside, cutie. And then she looked at me, she's like, just so you know, I'm talking to the dog. And the dog was down there. And I was like, I know you're talking to me. She's like, I definitely wasn't. So we got that. Someone's phoned through for the finger confessional.

Anonymous. Welcome. Welcome. Hello. You've secretly pulled the fingers at your partner in another room when they weren't watching? Well, actually, I just heard that no one had called for her about the partner one, but I'm a teacher, hence why I'm anonymous right now. Okay. And I can just confess on behalf of a lot of teachers, especially of high school students, that when we have a big argument with them or they decide they're going to get smart,

we don't get to say what we want to say, but they get to say whatever they want. They leave the room and we will pretty much always just pull their finger. I do not blame you. I'll be back in the second class and you're like... I don't know how you do it.

Get your textbooks out, we'll go back to... Very professional. Teachers are amazing, aren't know how you do it. Get your textbooks out. We'll go back to... Yeah, very professional. Teachers are amazing, aren't they? Because you're right. I can say what I want to my kids, but if they're being a dick to you, what are you going to do? Exactly.

Biggest, biggest, biggest. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The Paris Olympics was incredible. Such a great effort from our New Zealand team and one of the stars got gold. He mana-waved at the start, which went viral as well. And they won gold in the slalom kayak for us. As with us in the studio right now, Finn Butcher.

How are you? Great to have you here. Good morning, mate. Good, thank you. How are you? Nice to see you. Your old mate, Finn Butcher, that's what I've been calling you. Nothing beats the man Butcher's mate.

And nothing beats you in the kayak too. Congratulations. Thank you very much. It's been pretty epic. I loved every minute of it was good fun and do you it felt to uh maybe a lot of uh viewers they're like what is this wild sport never never seen this before it is wild when you watch it it's what you drop in i mean i don't want to mansplain your sports here but it's the only one it hasn't seen you're dropping in and it's like basically just paddling through like a spin cycle of a washing machine, isn't it?

Yeah, pretty much. It's crazy. Yeah, four people all at once and unreal spectator sport. I've heard real good things from home about the coverage and stuff. How many oars have you had to the face? Yeah, because you're all fighting. Not too many, to be honest. I wear a mouth guard and you have to wear a certain helmet

and that kind of stuff just to make sure. But basically you get disqualified if you if you hit anyone like in the face with with your boat or paddle then take a few hits um is that purposefully or you're not allowed to hit each other at all no you can hit like you can hit each other just not in the head a lot of jostling yeah yeah so like you can i mean like a lot of the tactics and that, you need to hit the boat to kind of overtake people. I remember thinking like just right at the start, like holy, righto, here we go. Riff into it. Yeah, we're on here. But then it's just like you're so like in the zone and it's only like 65 seconds

or 60 seconds or something. So like you're just fully sending it and then got to the last upstream, still leading. And I could feel him behind me for that whole middle section but then you created a bit more of a gap and managed to do the last up by myself and then just floating it well not floating I was paddling out of it and down to the finish line just like holy like looking to the looking to the bank and all my all my friends and stuff cheering me on it was pretty epic that's, yeah. So you got the medal and we're just,

and Megan, you're holding it right now. It's a lot heavier than you think, right? So heavy to the point where the bit around your neck has started to perish a little bit. Is that due to the weight of the medal? Yeah, I guess so, yeah. I've been rearing it a lot, so getting a bit worn out already.

Look at that, epic. That's what it's for. Also, the hexagon on the front of it is grey. Is that true that that's part of the Eiffel Tower? It is, yeah. So that's just like a piece of iron from the Eiffel Tower. So I think when they renovate it or replace a few beams and stuff, they'll be keeping them in storage.

I was going to say, I hope they replace the important piece of Eiffel Tower. There's little hexagons just cut out of the Eiffel Tower. It's little hexagons just cut out of Eiffel Tower. It's a bit shaky. It's more like the Leaning Tower of Pisa at the moment. And you get as well

is it like a little box as well? Has that got like a drawing in it when you win as well? The box, yeah. On the podium, the box I got, you mean? Yeah.

Yeah, that's like a poster. Gotcha. Yeah, so I haven't opened it yet but I know, like I'd already bought the poster from the gift shop. Oh, had you?

And my coach A was like, oh, you shouldn't have bought that poster Save 30 euros You keep the receipt What is it like standing on the podium After all the work Years and years of work

You've poured into this And the National Anthem's playing With the medal around your neck Yeah it was insane Like pretty epic As soon as you finish It's like everything's just hectic Like they just rush you away Straight to the To's like everything's just hectic like they just rush

you away straight to prepare for the middle yeah yeah because you just rush away get changed and then straight on the podium pretty much so it's like everything's just all at once all the emotions all at once so then like it's kind of like that that moment where the flag's getting raised in the middle and you're just like whoa yeah this is crazy but it was a special moment man like pretty cool definitely won't forget that How many text messages have you received? My phone. I had to turn off the notifications for Instagram and Facebook Messenger and stuff because it was just going hectic.

My phone was actually glitching out because it was too many. Too much going on. So yeah, I'm still working through them. So anyone listening, send me a message. Thank you so much. But we'll get there. You'll get a reply from me eventually. You need a good copy and paste job.

Copy, paste, copy, paste. Yeah. The thumbs up. That's when the thumbs up emotion comes in, Andy. And hey, you've contributed to our best ever medal haul ever. Oh, unreal, man. Yeah. 10 golds?

Like crazy. So good. Now, the team was epic over there. And I think we had such a good, the crew behind the scenes put together like such a good performance environment. Thank you so much for coming in, mate. We are honestly back here. Everyone was talking about the Olympics. You guys made us all so proud.

And congratulations on the greatest Olympics ever for New Zealand. Yeah, thank you very much. It's been, yeah, it's been epic. And coming home has been pretty cool. So I'm looking forward to, I'm going home on Monday down south so man that's going to be good. You've got some DMs to reply to. I'm going to set aside a few hours to reply to my messages.

The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. A genius hack that I've sort of started to use from time to time. This is to see if you've got a scam phone call. I often get these like from all kinds of, I don't know, maybe it's a data leak. My phone number got given

to lots of people, but I get them all the time. There's always a New Zealand transport agency. They're like, mate, guess what? Your car's going to run out of what it's going to run out of. And you're like, no, please, keep it going. And I don't like getting on the phone to someone and being like, no, leave me alone. I'd rather just not answer the phone. So now when the

phone rings and it's a number i don't know i quickly google the number and i it's happened over the past couple of days that i've managed to google it while the phone's still ringing one time it was a scam and one time it was my laser place being like we need to reschedule you so like it was reschedule the laser yeah i did thank you when did you res it for? Why do you want to come along? I just like to know. You're just getting a bit hairy. Ben was like,

do you think Megan's hairier than when I saw her? But that is a great hack. But you need rock solid Wi-Fi and quick Googling. Although if you miss it, you can just call and go, oh, that's the laser place

and call them back. Sorry, I just missed your call. I didn't want to answer it really. Well, I was being paranoid Googling you on the internet. Because there was one number. It just looked like an Auckland number. And when I Googled it, it was like online scam. And I was like, oh, amazing.

Not going to answer that one. Yeah. Although the other day I had a bit of a shocker because I don't like answering numbers. I'm like, yeah, don't answer private numbers. Don't answer numbers that I don't know. That was problematic for Matty and PJ who for about two months were months were trying to prank him they're like do you know how to get hold of him because we call him every day he doesn't answer the phone i was like you know you're not gonna get him yeah i was expecting someone to come around to do something the other

day a washing machine was on the back and i missed the number and i was like oh that'll be there my quarterback it was a scammer i called the scammer back i was like what is this guy be like great this person's called me back. It's like a fish jumping into the boat. Yeah. And then afterwards I looked at it, I was like, it was a UK number? And I'm like, what was I thinking? I just wasn't thinking.

You just straight away called the back. So not only did you call the scammer back, you paid for the call. I paid for the whole call. I imagine as a scammer you'd be a bit suspicious about every phone call you receive too. Was the scammer on edge? Oh, the scammer was a little bit. It was about to do with my computer software or something. I'm like, oh, this is clearly a scam.

So I kind of hung up on that one. But I didn't feel like the scammer gave it their best performance. I didn't give it my best performance. You called him off guard. You know? He was like, I was on my bloody morning tea break. I was on Smoko. I was like, you fixing the washing machine?

They're like, no. And then it was, yeah, it was a bit weird. I've never had any idiots actually call me back I transferred transferred a lot of money into their account just to make them feel better I didn't want them

leaving it away of course but yeah don't want to waste their time Speaking of internet can I just give a quick shout out to to the internet

to the internet to the hero because there's a lot of bad things said about the internet and it is a toxic place you can defend the internet now no I just want to defend the internet now i just want

to defend the heroes that i've noticed there's a few everyday heroes coming through in the comment section of the internet have you noticed this though sometimes there'll be an article there'll be a little thing that we put up on facebook instagram or whatever like yesterday it was like blake lively faces online backlash for cringy 2016 interview click on the link for more and i'm like do i really want to click on the link? But you do. There's a part of you that's like, I do need to see this 2016 cringy interview.

But then, click on the comments, and then someone had written, reporter congratulated Blake on a little bump, being pregnant. Blake responded with congratulations on your little bump. She's not pregnant. Then Blake and the actor kind of ignored the interviewer,

for large parts. There, saved you a click. I'm like, what? Wow, yeah. Oh, yeah, right. They are. They've just, they've gone, they've done all the hard work for us

and just put it in the comments section. Everyday hero. Yeah, because there's those articles where you're like, you won't believe where Nick Nolte is living now. And you're like, do I need this? Someone had just written there, he's living in a nice house in Malibu you'd be like okay save your click

29 windows to get to he's living pretty comfortably in the suburb and I was like did I need to know where Nick Nolte was living do you remember Nick Nolte I don't know who that is am I saying a name so I don't really care where he lives is he from a band well I didn't know I cared where he lived either until I had to click on it you won't really care where he lives. Is he from a band?

Well, I didn't know I cared where he lived either until I had to click on it. You won't believe where he's living now, then, that's for sure. Who the hell is Nick Nolte? Google him. Please Google him and please tell me you know his face. Great name. Yeah. Is he in a band?

No, no. He was an actor. He was an actor. An actor. Nick Nolte. I can't tell you what movies he was in, but hey, shout out to Nick Nolte. Oh, don't pretend you know now. I don't know if I've seen anything he's been in.

Next one. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Dan Cotterie, four brothers that live in Western Australia. You'll know them from the Sismash hit they did with Dave Dobbin, Size of Heaven. They're amazing to see live. They're just very cool individuals.

And they've got new music out today with a song with Savage. It's called One More Chance. You can get that wherever you want to get your music and they join us in the studio right now. Coterie? There's some confusion going on

as to who's going to take a seat and a microphone. Everyone's being too polite. That's New Zealand, you know. Coterie, the Fisher Brothers, welcome! We're on. What's up?

Morena, morena. Do you know, over summer I caught you guys at Mungify. As you know, it was amazing you guys Among a Fire as you know it was amazing Were you there? Amazing Well I was

I need to how much do I owe you? Because you were so you're so lovely to my wife Manna and I you're like come back afterwards and hung out

drank a lot of your beers afterwards We had a good time We did have a good time but now what do I owe you? Like is this like a favour or something? What happens?

Yeah you took care of everything Jerry Seinfeld says all life is is people owing you favours or you owing them favours

so now you're in debt to them I'm in debt to even you Tyler at one stage you were like we're doing shots these big shots

you didn't even have one you actually took the last shot so there was none left for me that's how nice they are

just pure generosity I got swept up because you guys are so good to generosity yeah I got swept up in because you guys are so good to see live I got swept up in and actually got

I've got a bucket hat which my daughter has now taken off because I put it on like I put it on you guys are fashionable dudes

but put it on see I just going fishing he looks like a DJ who stayed in the game for a little too long the last single

you guys did was massive with Dave Dobbin which is awesome yeah and he was he two takes for his vocals? Was that right? He was two takes. He's the best ever, man.

It was really cool to meet someone else from your guys' generation. So he was decades and decades. One of your peers. Thank you for pointing to John Irving. I had a bucket hat on before, mate. I was a hip'em down with it. Now you guys, like the success of, you know, New Zealand,

Australia, I saw a Big Bash ad played all summer with your song on it in Australia, which is huge because I love the cricket in Australia

as we do in New Zealand. I mean, it must be really cool to think of where you were a couple of years ago and where you guys are now. It's awesome.

Yeah. No, it is literally kind of leaves a speech that's pretty crazy. Teddy Swims was commenting on your cover you guys did of us. We were just messaging him. He wants to come on a series we do called tats and chats right teddy

swims does yeah oh nice pretty crazy that's great and you're saying the accommodation's slowly starting to improve as well very very slowly but yeah we got towels now because your your dad who i think i punished for quite a while When I was backstage With you guys He kind of He kind of had a bit Of a master plan A little bit With the boys

Didn't he He did As far as even When it goes To with the instruments For you guys Legitimately We like kind of

Recall on Christmases And birthdays And it was just like Very intentionally Josh gets a keyboard And then And then a piano And then like

I got a ukulele i was just like while we were sleeping he's just going you play bass and he's ended up playing drums with you guys as well yeah yeah it's pretty wild but he hadn't played drums or more not really like he's like he's like a super muso so like he's a wicked guitarist like phenomenal and then yeah, we didn't have a drummer. So we asked him at first He said no But yeah, then we told look we're going on tour with 660 and yeah, and then he said yes and then the first show we walk out it was in I think Brisbane and You know 660 shows all over the world tens and tens of thousands of people and he kind of walks out on stage

I just remember the stick hitting me in the back of the head on stage. i turn out he's standing there like i couldn't get a smaller gig to start so there you go is it fun touring with dad yeah it's awesome great relationship so he basically was like you guys are going to be a band that's that was the only option yeah he just forced us think of joe jack Jackson it's so interesting being smacked as a 28 year old grown man in the tour

does he give you some pretty harsh reviews after a show he's very proud of us but hard to impress because he's really good so you know he's just stoked

with everything we're doing but you know you come off stage and we're like that was sick and he was like it was alright you were a little bit pitchy

well thank you guys for coming in good luck thanks for having us bros catch Cotteries one more chance out today it is big weekends

coming up the weather doesn't look too great around the country but there's some great sporting games so we've got a couple of All Blacks joining us in the studio after

eight o'clock what was the last piece of DC we had Geordie Barrett and Dalton Papali'i with studio after 8 o'clock. What was the last piece of decent – we had Geordie Barrett and Dalton Papali'i with us after 8 o'clock, but what's the last decent piece of sport you played? Like, I'm talking you're in a team, you're competing, like you're actually giving it your all. When was that?

I think last year I played with the – from Movember for the ACC. They had a game on Eden Park. Oh, cricket. I got to play cricket on Eden Park I've never played sport on Eden Park it was pretty it was okay

like yeah but playing I mean empty stadium there was no it wasn't like there was thousands of people but very cool

and it was like you're not part of there was a one-off game yeah yeah but I guess we were part of a team I was just sorry Megan

I was just trying to I mean you're not going to trainings and I thought there was like some commitment required I was committed I said to be there on an evening to play a game

so Megan's talking down your Eden Park experience. Kieran Reid was there for Warblick Captain I was like how are you feeling okay about playing on Eden Park mate? He's like yeah I think I'm alright. Not too many nerves How did you perform? I was okay with bowling and stuff. Yeah you're good It was okay it wasn't like I was the shining light

or anything. Last piece of decency. Like Megan said, you claim to have played about 36 different sports over your career. Well, the last one was roller derby was when I was part of a team. How many years ago was that? 2012. 2012. So that's a while ago.

What about you? The last like give it my all crack was probably at the YMCA in Onihanga with my son and his friends playing basketball. And I was giving it my all crack was probably at the YMCA in Onihanga with my son and his friends playing basketball. And I was giving it my all. And four and a half minutes in, I was drenched in sweat, huffing, puffing. Was this a real game or just like a pick up game sort of thing? Hold on. I'm just saying.

I defended you on Eden Park. It's just like you're just mucking around with your son and you're a little unfit. I'll say Eden Park? It feels like you're just mucking around with your son and you're a little unfit. I say Eden Park. I was kidding. At least it was a team, a part of a team, a uniform. Are you saying most? A uniform. Were you wearing a uniform?

I feel like that. What does a uniform have got to do with anything? No, I feel like that needs to be a requirement. Like the question was. You said like proper sport. Part of a team. I was part of a game. It televised online.

Mine was on live stream. Oh, okay. I was just saying, oh, mate, it's a pick-up game. No, they weren't uniforms. I didn't stipulate uniforms. I just said when you were given it 110. Anyway. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

On a Friday, which island is having the best weekend, the North or the South? Who's having the best weekend? And we'll go to Hayley in the North, Connor in the South, run the hits and find out. They'll pitch their case for what they think is going to be the best island this weekend. Now, welcome you two. How are you? Good, I'm good. Still recovering from the loss last week.

Oh, sorry, Hayley. A brutal loss for Hayley last week, wasn't it? A couple of big losses in Wellington last week. You had the All Blacks and Hayley. Oh, sorry, Hayley. A brutal loss for Hayley last week, wasn't it? A couple of big losses in Wellington last week. You had the All Blacks and Hayley. Oh, yeah. Yes, I feel like hopefully this is going to be the weekend for redemption or as close to it as we can get anyway. Okay, well, are you going to kick it off?

I was going to say you can have an advantage by letting Connor go first, but no, she's ripping the plaster off. Hayley, take it away. What filth have you unearthed? Yeah, we might as well rip the plaster off, get it done. I've got the All Blacks taken on Argentina, the Pumas this Saturday night at Eden Park

at 7 o'clock. Now, last week, yes, thank you for bringing up the loss. Lost by 8 points, which is never an easy one to stomach. She's included the All Blacks this week because you guys said last week. Yeah, we did last week. All Blacks playing, you didn't even say it.

Yeah, okay. She's learnt. You had like an interesting knitting festival or something that you'd gone with. I know, and I was feeling so confident, and then my confidence just unraveled, especially when I lost. So I thought, you know what, I will mention the All Blacks this week. Maybe that's why they lost last week because they didn't have the, you know, the hit. Backing.

Yeah, for the best weekend. They were like, we're not even part of the best weekend. You got inside their heads. I think it was the pre-team talk. Razor was like, guys, I'm sorry to say, we weren't part of the best weekend. Okay, and what else in the North Island? And then, forget knitting, we've got a garden festival.

So we've got the Wairarapa Gardens Fiesta in Carsterton Saturday. And it's one huge day run by the A&P show. There's festivals, there's plants, there's produce, and everything for garden, which I'm a little bit crazy for. Not everyone's cup of tea, but I'm hoping, you know, balance of sport, gardening. And Wairarapa too, you know. I love how you had to stipulate there will be plants there.

I mean, you'd feel really robbed if you turned up to the garden festival and there was zero fauna. Yeah. All right. You know, economic times, it's hard. You need to know what to expect. Thanks, Hayley. All right, Connor, you've heard the gauntlet

that Hayley's laid down. What's happening in the South Island? Gauntlet? Okay. Are you guys, you guys like happy endings? the gauntlet that Hayley's laid down. What's happening in the South Island? Gauntlet? Are you guys like happy endings? We do. My favourite books always end with a happy ending. Disney movies? Great.

That was just a test actually. Sumner's Community Theatre Company, a brand new show called Happy Endings. It's an awesome local. You guys would have been there for a swim at Scarborough Beach or Sumner Beach at some point, I'm sure. It is beautiful there.

It is beautiful there. Local theatre, happy. What's the show Happy Ending about? It's about two adults who have a wonderful life. They get married but then what comes after the happily ever after? So the fairy tale for adults will run for eight nights. It's at the Tā Kotaku Sumner Centre

and it's going to be an awesome, awesome few nights there in Sumner. There we go. Happy ending on a bit of local theatre for you. What else, Connor, in the South, mate? I'm really confused by this one. Apparently Usher, like Usher, you know, Usher baby, is performing at the New World in Queenstown. Usher! Usher, like Usher, you know, Usher baby, is performing at the New World in Queenstown. Usher, Usher, wow.

He was Super Bowl art at the start of the year, wasn't he? How the mighty have fallen. What I've got here is get ready to be captivated by the mesmerising art event. Usher coming to Queenstown, held at the prestigious New World Queenstown venue. So I'm a little sceptical about this, as I can't imagine Usher has decided to do a deal with foodstuffs

and perform at a New World, but we'll see what happens, I guess, on the weekend. I wouldn't mind seeing Usher at the supermarket. Usher at New World, it does say that. It does? Oh, wow. Hayley, you came with the All Blacks, I was like, no one's going to top the All Blacks, but Usher at a New World. I feel like, well...

I feel like he's made up that event. I googled it. I'll tell you what I'm going to do. I'm going to give it to Connor, but if it's not actually Usher at the new world, then Connor loses it next week and I'll give it to you next week. In fact, what do we call... I'll wait with bated breath for next week

to find out the result. We'll hold this result. We'll call Usher. We'll call New World next. We won't call Usher. Don't have his number. We'll call New World next. If they can confirm Usher will be performing, then Connor officially wins.

If they can't, if they can't, it's yours, okay? Woo! Okay. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. We've just had some breaking news that Usher is going to be performing in New World, the supermarket in Queenstown and we're just going to go through to

the New World, Hawthorne Road if you want to get along there. How much are tickets guys? It says here between $137 and $534. Which seems like what you pay to go see Usher. It doesn't say Usher Tribute. For customer service pressher. It doesn't say Usher Tributes. For customer service, press 1.

It says 2024. You were Queenstown. You're very confused. I'm like, Alex, how can I help you? Alex, it's Jono, Ben and Megan from the hits breakfast, the radio station. You're on the air right now. We've got some questions to ask just quickly. Yeah.

Nice questions. Yeah. Nice questions. Yeah, good questions. There's a wild rumour going around the internet that Usher is going to be performing at New World. I have no idea about that, sorry. That's what we thought too. We were like... I feel like you would know.

We feel like you would know and we would know if Usher was going to be in New Zealand this weekend at the supermarket. No, I don't think so. Yeah, like the Super Bowl to the supermarket. You're right, Ben. Yeah. I mean, you're right. You'd be working there a while.

You'd know if Usher was going to be performing. I don't know where I am. There's no stage set up inside the supermarket anywhere? No. This is not a joke from us. It says Usher New World Supermarket this weekend, Queenstown. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Maybe you can usher people to the ais this weekend, Queenstown. Yeah. Okay.

Yeah. Megan, usher people through the aisles. Usher them to their cars. Show them where the milk is. That sort of thing. So tickets available now, are they, Megan? Apparently so. Starting at $130.

I have no idea, sorry. Okay. She's like, I don't know how many times I can say I have no idea, but you guys keep talking to me. Hey, well, you have yourself a great day, and if you do see usher, tell us Okay, all right. She's like, I don't know how many times I can say I have no idea, but you guys keep talking to me. Hey, well, you have yourself a great day and if you do see us, just tell us how good it is.

Okay, bye. Bye. Love your work. There we go. And if they're working there, do they get free tickets or? So on that note, we said we'd officially award Hayley

Yeah, Hayley. The winner is the best weekend. The North Island wins the best weekend. Connor with his made-up propaganda is fake news that ushers before. It's on the internet. I'm very confused. It's the first time the internet's lied to-up propaganda, his fake news that us shows before.

It's on the internet. It's the first time the internet's lied to us. Yeah, that's right. Maybe I won't believe everything I read on the internet.