Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Why Jono heard a women's voice from his crotch!

Episode Date: March 20, 2025

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Jono can't stop accidentally facetiming people My neighbour caught me putting my dogs poop in their in... Megan's hack to phone motion sickness! We catch up with our entertainment reporter Nicole after she just interviewed Lizzo What did Ben repurposed a hockey stick into? He saved  a lot of money! Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganInstagram: THEHITSBREAKFAST  See 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. I made a fatal mistake, really did, yesterday. Accidentally pocket dialed someone. You know when, I don't know how it happens, but it somehow FaceTimed someone and I was driving along and all I could hear was a voice coming from my crotch and I'm thinking, well this has only happened once or twice before.

And then you kind of pull the phone out and I was like oh there's someone on facetime and it was a mother uh from school from not even what not even the kids school who's a primary school and she's like oh hello there you do, as anyone who is hit with a surprise FaceTime call, first reaction is, oh. And I was like, oh, hello there. She's like, did you mean to FaceTime me? I said, no. How are you anyway? Because then you feel obligated to have a catch up.

Yeah. And it's probably one of the most awkward conversations or any human interaction you'll have is an accidental FaceTime with someone from three or four years ago. Yeah. You had no reason to FaceTime her when I actually knew her

or hung out with her. No, no, true. You're right. Have you accidentally done the FaceTime situation? Oh, I don't know if I've accidentally. You're a fan of FaceTime

though, aren't you, Megan? I do like FaceTime. I guess you've got younger kids. I probably did a lot more when the kids were younger. Yeah, and their grandparents don't live in the same city, so they FaceTime a lot.

Now I'm just like, you can't just do stuff and half listen to phone calls if you're on FaceTime. Yeah, that's your problem with that. I'm like, phone call, I'm listening, but I'm trying to do, you know, I'm multitasking. I'm doing stuff. Yeah. Why do we need to see everyone's faces all the time?

I don't know. There was a function. I'm just checking if it's still there. When you, yes, it is still there. When you go to Instagram DMs. So I was replying to some DMs in the bath. And these were people I didn't know. And do you know, like right up there, there's the little FaceTime.

Did you FaceTime from the bath? I think the bath. Sure did. Who did you FaceTime? It was a lovely woman. Who just, like just a, you didn't even know this person? Nope. You're like, oh, Megan's FaceTiming.

And then you're like, hello, hello. Hello, from my soapy location. You know, when something like that's happening, and you're, like, trying, and when you're calm and rational, you just turn it off. But, like, in a panic, somehow I'd lost the ability to stop the call. Oh, dear. Your hands would have been all soapy.

Slipping on the screen. Luckily, she only got bubbly legs. She was just asking you what the top was you were wearing in your Instagram video. Yeah, pretty much. That's all you get for now, but if you pay more on your OnlyFans, you get a lot more. Okay, I'm going to give us all a quick challenge before we go to the ads. Pick someone from your phone to FaceTime

and see if they'll answer. But it also has to be someone that the audience would know. Oh, really? Well, should we come back and see if anyone answers next? Okay, that's good. Why don't we each get to pick from each other's phone and FaceTime? Yes, we're going to do this next, the FaceTime challenge.

John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast. The hits. Something that's not quite as impressive. time yes we're gonna do this next time challenge john o'brien and megan the podcast the heads uh something that's not quite as impressive um my friend now he was out walking his dog and the dog did its business uh yeah maybe yeah well maybe two houses on from where he lives now he was a dog little dog uh let's just say relatively dog. Medium dog, medium sized business. It does matter, doesn't it? It does. It does come into effect. He started his walk with his dog,

a couple of houses from his house, and scooped it up. At that stage, you know, and every dog owner will know this, you've got to walk around. You've got your bag, you've got the bag, scooped it up. You've got the unsettlingly warm contents. I know it's encased in a bag but it always just feels like you can

smell it and you're touching it. Straight out of the oven. And you just want to get rid of it straight away, right? And you're usually looking for some sort of bin to put it on, some sort of public bin if you can or if not you have to hold on to it for the whole demoralising walk. I saw a lady who tied it around her belt. No, because

then it's banging against her thigh. That's what I thought. I was like, okay, well, at least she's hands-free with it. So he looked around. No keys or anything. And there was no public bins or anything. And he was like, I could just whip back to my house, but I'm a couple of houses down. And he spied on the property, but near the sort of front of the drive was the neighbor's

wheelie bin, you know, a couple of houses on. He's like, I'll just, five, ten steps most onto their property. I'll just go out there and put it in the bin, in their bin, outside bin, and then on my way. Yeah, right. Fatal crime.

I was going to say he's committed a crime. The bin's not even out on the berm. I can see out on the berm on rubbish day. I'll give it to you. He's gone onto their property and just put it in, bin's in the rubbish bin, and then later on that night

he's done the walk, he's come home, he gets a knock on the door and it is the neighbour and she's like, did you put something in my bin? And my mate went,

nah, no I didn't, no. That's great, you always got to deny, deny, deny, deny.

She pulls out from down by her hip the bag of, you know, she had the bag with her. She's got the evidence. She's like, this, did you put this in my bin? He's like, no, no bag with her. She's got the evidence. She's like, this, did you put this in my bag?

He's like, no, no, I didn't. He's stumbling down. No, I didn't. At that point, she obviously knows. Yeah. He's like, no, I didn't. She goes, well, we saw you on security, our security cameras. Oh, no.

Doing it. We've got high definition footage of you, buddy, in 4K. And at this point, he's like, oh, okay, and grabbed it off. I mean, that lady, I mean, yes, he shouldn't have done it but but it's a little petty it is but when you got something over someone you make it count i mean no one wants other people's dogs but things in your bin but clearly it wasn't rubbish day too because the bins in the property i honestly don't think i would mind i don't think some people would though some people really would as long as you're not like dumping your household waste in mind like i know doggone as you walk along with it and you i don't think I'm mind. Some people really would. As long as you're not dumping your household waste in mind.

I know, doggone, as you walk along with it, I don't mind. Honestly, you've just got to approach life now under the assumption that you think you're on camera all the time, every time. I do some horrible things and I'm like, well, this is probably on camera somewhere. That's fine. And you've got to be fine with it. Like what? Every action you make, you've just got to know you've got it on security camera somewhere. Well, we'd love to know this morning, what are the neighbours catch you doing?

Ooh. 4487. Like, what was it? Was it something like that? Or maybe it was something you were doing a little dodgy in your house, or maybe not dodgy at all. You know, so you're just keeping options open. Well, Megan was cutting down the trees, wasn't she?

Or were your neighbours cutting down your trees? No, my trees were overhanging into the neighbours, and they cut them down. Well, within their rights we found out too. Oh yeah. Let's not get into that debate again. So in any case,

they could text us right now and say our neighbours caught us cutting down the trees. But we're well within our rights. You need to return the branches to me though.

Check the TCCs with the council. John O'Bien and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Neighbours caught you doing this is after Ben's friend busted on. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Neighbours caught you doing this is after Ben's friend busted on camera.

Yeah, putting his dog's business in a neighbour's property in their whaling bin a couple of streets down. He got busted on. It was not on the berm. It was by their house. No.

Now, not to dog legs, so to speak, on the topic, but someone's texting their bin inspector in Invercargill and they said, people are crazy protective over their bins.

You wouldn't think it. Yeah, I don't think I would care if someone put their dog poo bag in mine. Some people do, though. I was conscious of that when you're walking around the streets. You're like, I could just put it in this bin, but no. You need to have a sticker be like, you can put your dog poo here. No junk mail, so a sticker. Dog poo friendly.

Yeah, do it, whatever you want to do. You're right. All right, let's go to the phones. Adam, how are you? Yeah, good, good. You're right. All right, let's go to the phones. Adam, how are you? Yeah, good, good. You're busted by the neighbours doing what? Oh, I busted my neighbours. So last week, put my rubbish out of rubbish day.

All good. Come home from work and my bins are missing. Have a look around. Can't find them. Whatever. I ordered new bins. And I've been collecting my rubbish for a week, you know, putting them outside my house.

So this morning at 6 a.m., I went out and put my rubbish for a week, you know, putting them outside my house. So this morning at 6am I went out and put my rubbish in other people's bins and lo and behold, I seen my bins outside my neighbours. Oh, the neighbours have fleeced it, yeah. Yeah, so the neighbours have fleeced it. So the devil in me, I wanted to screw the lid shut, you know, and then I was like, nah, I shouldn't do that. And then the better side of me got it

and then my work van's right there. So I got a couple of screws out and screwed the lid shut. That's actually quite genius. That's the kind of micro pettiness that I am really into. Yeah, that's great. I'm so proud of you. I thought you were going to go, and I thought the better of it and didn't do it. But then, no, no, you followed through with it.

Good on you. Because the truck's going to come to empty it. It's going to tip it up. It's not going to empty. And then I love that. Well, I've had a week of rubbish, so they can have a lifetime of rubbish. Good on you, Adam. Good on you, mate.

It's the sort of revenge that this fine nation's built on. Thank you so much. Really do appreciate it. We'll get Pam on. How are you? Good, thanks. How are you? Yeah, good.

You're caught by the neighbours doing what? Chasing their bully of a cat off my property. Oh, right. So they're on your property chasing cats. The cat came onto my property and he always fights my cat. So every time I see him, I chase him. And the neighbours saw you doing it?

They did, but they know their cat's a bully, so they just gave me a thumbs up and off we went. Oh, good one. He deserves a nightmare. Great text coming through on 4487. The cat's a bully, so they just gave me a thumbs up and off we went. Oh, good one. Sorry about the cat. He deserves it. Nightmare. Great text coming through on 4487.

I locked my keys in the house, sorry, in the car, and I needed to get in the house, but I couldn't, so I was dying to go to the toilet. So I ended up using the bush, and I was caught on camera by the neighbour. They filmed me and put it on the internet Was it the neighbour's bush? On the internet Or was it their bush? It doesn't stipulate

I'd like some more detail If we get them on the phone Then they can give us some more detail That all depends on whose bush it is Yeah Either way you probably shouldn't film it And put it on the internet Shouldn't be filming people's bushes

It's a good rule Putting them online It's a general life rule John O'Bannon Megan The podcast The hits Megan I think we need to tap into this That's a good rule Putting them on mine General life rule Jono, Ben and Megan The podcast The hits Megan, I think we need to tap into this Because I haven't got this function turned on my phone

Have you, Ben? No, my daughter does She's really good Not everyone needs it But I'm one of those people If I'm in the passenger seat Not driving I can't use my phone

I can't read I can't do things in the car because I feel sick. Oh, motion sickness. Yeah, I suffer it too. Sometimes I'm driving the car and I make myself motion sickness. Have you ever done that?

I make myself a car sick. While I'm driving. Yeah, well, have you seen your driving? We're all in the car with you feeling sick. I'm not surprised. It's like a chef giving himself food poisoning there's one person that can give themselves motion sickness I'm like oh jeez I've got plenty of queasy

just driving home oh no this isn't going to help you because you're not supposed to be using your phone while you're driving but there's motion sickness dots this is for an iPhone I'm not sure if android has something similar but i saw this on tiktok and i was like this might help me or it might be rubbish great if you're taking the bus to work in the mornings yes yeah for that um it also turns out we all

don't look at our phone while we drive too guys i literally got glared at the police yesterday i was trying to call my mom at a red light and i was going to put the phone down after obviously and they i just looked to my right and they're just glaring at me i'm not angry i'm disappointed um but you just if you just go to settings and you search vehicle motion cues so this comes up when you're driving it'll come on automatically there's just dots on the side of your screens that move with the motion of the car so when you i guess it's when you're not looking where you're going, right? It's how you get the motion sickness. Yeah, right. So the dots, when you're looking down at your phone,

will move and turn with the car. That's fun, yeah. Do you reckon it works? Absolutely. Because I've seen it work. Yeah, my daughter. So I can use my phone now, and my husband doesn't have it on. So sometimes if I – I don't think about it.

If I use his phone, I'm like – Well, it sounds like the perfect solution for anyone who wants to feel better without changing their habits. Go ahead and do that. Download the motion dots.

I wonder if it would work on a boat. I guess it probably would. Right. Yeah, planes, boats, whatever, yeah, transport. But you just feel sick all the time on a boat, right?

Yeah. John O'Byrne and Megan. The podcast. The podcast. The hits. Across to New York now. Nicole hosts a radio show over there. She's a US correspondent. How are you?

I've been well, yeah. Yeah. You had a visitor in the studio this week, someone that we haven't actually seen for a long time. Lizzo came and saw you. She did. She did. And you know what?

I was wondering how she was going to be because we have the last few times she did anything for us before all those allegations came out against her. She has not a great reputation around Sirius XM. She was super difficult. Really? Like, yeah, she was really awful the last time we had her do something. I think it was with Harry Styles. They did like a big show for us together. But she came in. She looked great. She had a great like vibe.

She answered any question. She was fun. I thought she was going to be like a little guarded. She was pretty good and we had a lot of fun with her. She does look amazing. She's beautiful. She's got a beautiful, beautiful face. Yeah, not that we want to focus on people's bodies,

but she has lost a lot of weight and she's had time away. Did you ask her about the controversy and the allegations? Where are we at with that? Yeah, that's a big fat, please do not speak about this. And if you ask a question about it, we'll pull her out of the room. So we got that list of things that we weren't allowed to talk about before from her publicist. Did you get her to take a dna test by any chance

still 100 that or not she is she is such a diva and she's like such a loud fun personality um some of that statue how many people are they traveling around the office with she had probably i want to say eight people there was was about eight people. That's not terrible. We've had entourages that, I mean, Taylor Swift, which is funny, Taylor Swift and Paris Hilton both had similar entourages. Paris came in, it looked like she had Secret Service.

No joke. It was so absurd. She's got to pay all these people, too. How many were in there? Over ten? Yeah. Oh, definitely. Definitely. And then no less than, with Taylor, no less than with Taylor, no less than like six people making a circle around her whenever she walked. She had a lot of scary like stalkers and crazy things.

I mean, I told you, I think I told you guys that when the last time she was in, my daughter came up and they did a background check on all of us. I was like, she's five. But okay. So you never know though. You never know. You never know what she's been learning But okay. So you never know though. You never know. You never know.

So what about a celebrity that would surprise us maybe had little to no entourage or people around them? Anyone like that? Like the DJs always come in with no, like Marshmello, Zedd. They come in like just them.

Because Marshmello is obviously you've got the big, the sort of helmet mask thing. Now, do you see behind the, inside the marshmallow? No, no. They had a special thing put into the helmet thing so he could do all the interviews with us. Yeah, he wouldn't let us.

And apparently, who was it? There was an actor that he was like on the Today Show or Good Morning America or something. He had been on before with some actor with marshmallow and he wanted to take a picture with Marshmello, and he wouldn't take his helmet off, and he was, like, livid that he couldn't see what Marshmello's face actually looked like in real life.

No one knows what he looks like. I mean, you can probably Google it, but I don't know. I prefer the Marshmello head, to be honest. Yeah. Did you see a picture of him, Jono? Yeah, no, I did, I did. Yeah. Yeah, it's good.

I like his face. I don't think I want to see it. I don't think I want Yeah, no, I did I did Yeah Yeah, it's good I like his face I don't think I want to see it I don't think I want to see it I want to just imagine him I think I've seen it before I think he looks familiar But he's kind of younger than I thought he would be I would give him

He sort of looks We don't need to rate him We don't need to rate him out of 10 Do you want a rating out of 10? No No But how attractive you find him. I would give him 8.5.

Oh, that's good. Okay. The scale is I'm a 6, so. Okay. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast. The hits. I had to bring a hockey stick in for something we were filming the other day.

It was for the Anaheim trip because they've got the Mighty Ducks there. And you said, I think your words were, well, I bet no one's got a hockey stick in for something we were filming the other day. It was for the Anaheim trip because they've got the Mighty Ducks there. And you said, I think your words were, well, I bet no one's got a hockey stick, a ice hockey stick at home. And I went, yeah, no, I have. Ben Boyce props department. We need to do your costume department bingo. A collection of just stuff I have just held on to from various TV shows and sketches over the years.

Was that Olaf costume yours? Yeah. Okay. His wife can't even park her bloody car in the costume department. It's a real bone of contention. I don't blame her. She was like, we've got a garage. You can fit a car.

Always wanted to park my car in it. And not once has she ever parked her car in it because it's been full. Some people have hopes and dreams in life. Her hope is to just park a car in a garage. We go around to someone's place and they've got a garage. They have a car. And she's like, see, just park a car in a garage we go round to someone's place and they've got a garage they have a car and she's like see look

a car in a garage I'm like ah look at all the props and costumes they could have in there you need to open it up at Halloween and take payments

I've always wanted to do we must do it this year Ben Boyce's prop party and we invite all the listeners along and they can each pick a costume from the garage

and we have the prop party and make use of them then you can say to Amanda look I can say this week look there was a hockey stick we used uh you know so we brought that in but the last time we used it last time he's the hockey stick a long time ago and we used to use it you know like when if you see film crews people filming around they usually have someone recording sound and they have them what's called a boom like it looks like a long stick almost like

they're holding up a broom and it's got the microphone the fluffy thing at the. The fluffy thing at the end. The fluffy thing at the end of it. It's like a boomstick. We couldn't afford one of those when we first started making TV or a sound person. And so we ended up basically taping a microphone to the end of that ice hockey stick and running it into the camera. And then someone would stand up with their arms in the air. And it worked really well. I bet it did. This is for pulp sport.

Yeah, it worked really well. Also, like, so fitting. Well, it's got, yeah, sporting-wise. Oh, that is a sports show. These sports equipment. Anyone who worked really well. Also, like, so fitting. Well, it's got, yeah, sporting-wise, oh, look at all this. It's a sports show. These sports equipment. Anyone who saw you was probably like, cool. They're doing some sports show.

It was like a genius hack, not what it's intended to use. I don't think any of us ever played ice hockey with that stick. Did you buy it for that purpose? No, I think we got it

off someone again. Someone's like, oh, I'm getting rid of an ice hockey stick. Can we ingenuity it? It's fine. Now, there's probably a whole load of people from the sound industry listening now

who've paid thousands and thousands of dollars for high-end, high-tech sticks. But you really, I mean, any stick-based technology, you can just use like a broomstick for a selfie stick. A broomstick could have worked, yeah. Yeah, right. Yeah, so that's what we want to know. The stick industry's having a laugh. Kiwis are well-known for their innovation, right?

Number 8 wire technology. So we want to know right now, 0800 the hits, 4487, what are you using or what have you used that's not really intended for it? You know?

I use my hair straightener as an iron. Oh yeah. Because then when I'm dressed, I only iron the little bits that people can see. So I just like, when I'm doing my hair,

I'll just go click, click on the collar, be like, yep, done. A little bit down the bottom, click, click. Otherwise I have to like get out the iron the ironing board and stuff

iron the whole shirt you're not even going to see it speaking of ironing boards I had friends when we were younger they had a flat they didn't have a dinner table so they would use the ironing board as a communal dinner table

it's quite good if you're watching TV you can sort of have it as a little TV tray sort of turn it uses for things what are you using I said before and have it as a little TV tray. John O'Bien and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Turnit uses for things. What are you using? I said before,

I learned something from a friend a couple of summers ago. They take out the turntable, the spinny thing in the microwave. Yeah. And they put it out and if you've got people over and there's a platter on a table, you put the platter or whatever,

the serving thing on top of that and you've got your own little, sorry for any Susans out there, your own lazy Susan. So you can spin it around. It's a great little hack. And then put it back in the microwave. The world's laziest lazy Susan because it's only covering a very small.

No, but your platter can be big. Do you mean just the wheels or the actual? No, the actual turning, the whole thing with the little glass, little spinny thing, the turntable. Yeah. And it goes right around. I think that might have changed my life. So, yeah.

So we've got like, if you've got a big platter the whole thing yeah so it can be a little yeah so it's really good really handy no one's buying a lazy susan right because it takes up space if you're too lazy to buy a lazy susan well there you go you've got one in the microwave ready to go lazier option for you uh so let's get into alternate product uses. We'll get CJ on. Morena, to you, CJ. Hello. Good to have you on. Siege, what are you using

products for in an alternate universe? All right, so I use a shoelace for a belt because my dog ate my belt. Oh, so using a shoelace

for a belt. I guess that could kind of work, right? Yeah. I'd have to tie about three shoelaces together. You could do that. I think kids are doing that these days.

Young kids are doing that. Is that kind of cool? Yeah, I feel like you're on trend. But don't ask me about trendy things. I don't really know. But what are you doing? What's tying your shoes together though, CJ? Well, I just wear Crocs.

Oh, nice. Okay. You are on trend stage. Get a more gen alpha cool. I appreciate you.

Cool. Have a great day. Do you know I actually did try this once and it was idiotic.

I was like wonder what it's like instead of using the vacuum cleaner using the leaf blower

in the lounge. And so I just thought blow out the big stuff. Yeah. And it does not work well. It's a petrol-powered leaf blower.

High chance of carbon monoxide poisoning. You give something a go once and all it does is blow stuff around the room. You blow things that don't want to be blown around. I was trying to open the doors and sort of guide it out the door. But anyway, you've got to give everything a bash once, don't you? Let's get James on. Morning. Morning.

What are you using, James? My dining table is my office table, and my office table is full of Legos. Okay, dining table, office table. Okay. Okay. All right. It does become kind of a dumping ground, doesn't it, the dining table? Yeah.

Have you just got piles of random pamphlets all over the place? Just piles of stuff and stuff piles up. Do you? That's hiding behind the laptop. Hiding behind the laptop, yeah. Yeah. Just got piles of stuff. Just throw them out.

Yeah, I know, I know. But you clean every six months, you're like, this has all got to go. Then you get little piles of pamphlets again. I put it all away, all the bills and stuff. Amanda's like, I haven't paid her these. They're all overdue because I'm like, tidy it all up, get rid of it.

Where do you put them? I just put them in piles and put them out of. And Amanda's like, I haven't paid her these. They're all overdue because I'm like, tidy it all up. Get rid of it. Where do you put them? I just put them in piles and put them out of sight. I'm like, isn't that all over? She's like, I haven't missed all these bills because you tidied them up. Pretty sure that's a good approach to bills. Out of sight, out of mind. Monique, morning to you. Good morning.

Great to have you on. Another dining table. Another dining table. Yeah, what are you using? Well, I'm using my six-seater dining table without the legs on as a headboard because I moved into a smaller house, couldn't fit the dining table in the dining room, so I slid it behind the bed and it looks absolutely fabulous. Genius.

Next to the old workbench. That's great. Did the legs, like, unscrew or did you have to saw them off? Yeah. Yeah. No, like when I was shifting, I took the legs off because I would just screw on ones. But the tables, yeah. And it's perfect for behind the queen side bed.

That's really good. You've nailed it. Hey, while you're there, we had this great text. Now, Megan was talking before about hair straightener. They're using it as an iron. Yeah. So just do little bits. Someone's text through, you can use a hair straightener to

cook streaky bacon. One slice at a time though. If you like pork odoured hair, also lovely. You can clean them otherwise you've got bacon here. What do you reckon? I've almost made my ear into crispy bacon before when I've clamped it, so that would 100%

work. It does make you want to give it a go. Can you bring your hair straighteners in and we'll cook one piece of streaky bacon? It does feel like a real safety risk, eh? Yeah. Works the trick. They are a versatile tool, the old. You can't use your dishwasher

to wash your hats. I told you about that. Have you done that yet? No, I haven't done it yet, but yeah. Don't do it with the other plates because it ends up smelling like lasagna. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The hats. I'm joined by one of the black cap spin bowlers, Shody. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Lovely to have you in here. You look very fit. Oh. Very fit.

Straight to the compliments. Do you need a restraining order? Firstly, I just made a brown man blush. Very exciting. A whole lot of double headers have been happening this cricket season as well. The black caps, the men's team and the white ferns, the women's team as well. So very exciting. Kind of cool to have a two-for-one cricket. Yeah, no, it's great.

I think for the spectators it's awesome, but also for the players. We don't often get a lot of time to mix and mingle with the white ferns, so it's been nice to sort of be on the road with them as well and sort of get to know them a little bit better and, yeah, share a bit of knowledge. So it's been really good. You say on the road. Like we have spoken, I used to work with Simon Don dole former international cricketer he's now a

commentator he was just saying it is a relentless touring schedule like how often are you like how long are you on the road for every year oh man like you know nowadays you're on the road through the season and then like you get this chance to go and play like these leagues around the winter and stuff so i'd say sometimes you can be on the road for eight to nine months a year. Wow. And that's kind of where you make your bang for your buck as well.

So it's a bit of a hit and miss. I think it's important to get out there and play but you've got to find schedules of rest because that's gnarly. Have you got a family? I do.

I've got a beautiful four and a half year old daughter. Oh, how does that work? How children are made? Yeah, we had to explain it to her but we were ready for it. It's probably, if she could do it, yeah, yeah. If you'd like to explain it to her, but we were ready for it. It's probably, if she could do it,

yeah, yeah. If you'd like to explain it. If you can use like, bats and balls as an analogy. Well, it's funny, he's got two kids of his own,

but he's got no idea how they got here. I guess you're meaning like, how does it work, you know, having, being on the road, obviously, yeah.

Yeah, thanks for clarifying that. Yeah, you're welcome. Yeah, I don't know if you're picking up what Jono's putting down. No, it's,

yeah, it can be quite challenging, I suppose, you know, and I suppose it gets a little bit harder when they get a bit older too. Like Dahlia, Dahlia's her name, she's going to start school in June, sort of has a bit more of an idea, like, oh, Dad's away now and stuff, and thankfully they can come away on tour and it's a bit easier. I was going to say, yeah, you can take them with you. It's easier when they're, like, in preschool, right?

You can just, like, take them out and, like, off they go. We're going to go for a trip for a period of time, but, like, school's going to be challenging, I reckon, so it'll be a bit of a new dynamic. So you were working in, over 10 years ago now, New World, right?

And then all of a sudden you quit that to follow your dreams of cricket. Was that like a big choice to make or was it something that just kind of happened? Man, I had to make that moolah, like, I mean, it was even longer than that ago, so I think I started playing cricket properly in 2012.

Right, so that's quite a while ago. Yeah, two years before that I was on $6.50 an hour, like illegally. That still earned me some money, man. So I had to get out of there. What were you doing at New World? What was your role? I was a grocery boy and I used to get the trolleys out late night. It was in South Auckland as well.

So like it was back in the day, man, it was like rough. I remember looking back at it now I'm like 16 years old like 9.30pm 10 o'clock at night like not really got a lot of fighting skills

on me those trolleys go missing though don't they they do they end up all over the neighbourhood you can sell them on Marketplace

I have a serious question would you be available to play for the NZME social cricket team when is it we have games Wednesday nights we could see some potential in you Would you be available to play for the NZME social cricket team? When is it? We have games Wednesday nights. Really, we could see some potential in you.

Is that the old last man standing? We'll bench Daryl from accounts for you. He'll understand. Speaking of NZME though, the ACC, obviously the Alternative Cometry Collective, they have a lot of nicknames. Sometimes I'm lucky enough to tap in with the guys as well. It's fun.

But do you guys know about the nicknames that they give the players and how do you feel about them? Yeah, no, they've been pretty good ones. I think I've had some pretty tame ones over the years. Ish the Dish, I think. Oh, Ish the Dish. Oh, yeah, the SOTY stream I think pops up from time to time. I've got to come here more often. I've blushed twice this morning.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. So we're going to play a new game. It's a new game that I've literally just invented on the spot because I've managed to get hold of someone that I didn't think we were going to get hold of. Oh, really?

It's called Guess Who's in the News. Guess who's in the news. Guess who's in the news. Guess who's in the news. Okay, so we need to guess who this person is. Yeah, so we have a guest. They're involved with the news. Guess who's in the news. Okay, so we need to guess who this person is. Yeah, so we have a guest. They're involved with the news this week. Okay.

Now, we welcome the mystery guest. Good morning. Good morning. Lovely to have you on. Now, the only rules are for you mystery guests for this portion of the game we're making up on the spot because you can only answer with yes or no questions. Oh, okay. Okay.

Okay, now, Megan and Ben, you can fire questions at Guess Who's in the News. We'll see if you can slowly decipher. Do you know Liam Lawson? No. Oh, damn it. But it could be Liam Lawson. Oh, are you Liam Lawson? I wish, no.

Is this your first time in the news this week? No. No, I've also been in the news before. Are you involved in anything political? No. No? I've also been in the news before. Are you involved in anything political? No. What about musical? No. Entertainment?

No. Sport? Yes. Ooh, okay. Are you the blobfish who won fish of the year? No. Oh, yeah,

that was something else that happened in the news this week. I thought that would be a big scoop. Okay, it's not the blobfish. Okay, so sport. We're zero back on sport. Not Liam Lawson, not sport. But not what you did.

No. Okay, okay. It's not what you did. Are you the coach of someone who's done something? No. Are you a family member? Oh! Okay, here we go.

I'd say it was probably the biggest, yeah, it would have been the biggest sporting news this week for New Zealand. What day this week? Well, it was the big news, yeah, it would have been the biggest sporting news this week for New Zealand. What day this week? Well, it was the big news on Thursday, but it happened on Wednesday. Are you related to Sam who broke the four-minute mile this week? Yes, I am. Hey! Are you Sam's dad?

Yeah. Hey! Sam Ruth. Yeah, that's right. Sam Ruth, right? Yeah, it's Sam. What's your name? Ben.

Well, nice. I'm Ben as well there we go just to make things more confusing that's that's a wow you guys must be so proud that's huge a world's best time for someone that age yeah I honestly can't believe it the fact that I had a crack at the New Zealand under 20 mile record once upon a time and it was 404 and I was 19 and he's just run under four at 15 years old yeah it's it's hard to get him, really. Incredible. So had he done it in a training situation before?

No, he hadn't. This was all or nothing. It was one shot. He had one opportunity. He M&M'd it. It's incredible. So he must have gone in there with that as the ultimate goal because he was running alongside Olympian, I think it was it was a sam as well right who was sort of helping him set pace yeah yeah there was um he burned a few people actually doing this because uh sam tanner paced it and getting him under four was

good but sam tanner actually they paced him a little bit quick and uh and my son went 600 to a second quicker than sam tanner's under 20 new zealand record as well. Wow. Tanner lost that. And I have the pain of having run four flat point one as my fastest time in my life. So he's the only family member that's gone sub four too. So you're quick as well. Ben, it's obvious where he's got his talent from, you know. You can always hold that. Some podcaster in the U.S. did a thing on our family

and I got ranked number five in the family. Who was ahead of you, Ben. Who was ahead of you? Ben, who was ahead of you? Well, Sam and then my wife Jess, I think, was ranked fourth. And then her dad broke the world record for a debut marathon in 1921, running 212.

And then her mum won a Commonwealth Games gold medal and made the Munich Olympic final. What a family. So what was the weekends like in your household? Everyone's out for a family run? Is that how it worked? We actually didn't let Sam or Daisy, my daughter, train at all until I was 13.

So he's been doing it for two years? Yeah, he's been training for two years. Oh my gosh. We put it into ChatGBT to break it down on average how fast you have to be running to get under four. It's like 24 k's an hour. Yeah. Is that consistently for the three minutes 58?

You're running at 24 k's an hour? Yeah, yeah. So that's the pace he's doing. But it's like, it's under 15 seconds per 100. So it's a long-term game and there's lots of steps ahead of him. I mean, he could definitely slip down the rankings in the family order too, you know? too. You know, look at yourself. You're a five now.

Mate, I'm worried about my daughter. I'm looking over my shoulder at her. You don't want to be shunted to six, mate. No, no. Really hang it on. We've got a dog, Maggie. She's a Boston Terrier. I've got her over logged.

She's got me over the short stuff. It's lovely talking to you you must be so proud of I'm sure you're proud of all your family proud of Sam in particular what he's achieved is awesome New Zealand is proud of it

it's been so cool so congratulations and thanks so much for your time awesome thanks so much guys really appreciate the support we're just hearing about

a Wellington cafe it's called Eva's Garage that's running a $70, you can get hot drinks, basically unlimited hot drinks for that month, a subscription-based. And it's going really well. You can get any coffee you want or tea as well, and you can come in and you can get, I guess,

multiple ones a day for $70. Maybe they thought it was just going to be a speakeasy thing. Maybe we shouldn't have told everyone. Oh, like, you know, Wellington's best kept secret that you've now just splurted out all over nationwide radio. I did read it on another news article. But yeah, it's apparently going really well. When you think about it, you're like, $70 a month.

But actually when you do the maths, it's 13 teas or coffees. That's all you'd have to buy to make up that amount of your standard drinks I'd sign everyone up get them to pay and just go oh we're closed today every day for the remainder of the month six staff members and stuff but we just need to know who is having more than

3 or 4 coffees a day which seems kind of like the limit for most ordinary human beings but Hayley welcome to the program great to have you on you can text 24487 Kind of like the limit for most ordinary human beings. But Hayley, welcome to the program. Hiya. Great to have you on. You can text 24487. How many coffees are you having a day?

Impress us. But this isn't you. This is something you witness, which is jaw-dropping. Yeah. So I was at Tony's tyre service one time getting a tyre replaced. Okay. Shout out to Tony. They do a great job.

They changed my tyre recently. They did too. Shout out to Tony. They do a great job. They changed my tyre recently. They did too. Shout out to Tony. Yeah, shout out to Tony and the service. So as I was waiting in the waiting room, one of the guys who worked there,

he came in for one coffee and, you know, that's normal and then he came in for the second coffee. I was like, oh, that was quite quick between those two

and then about five minutes later he came in for the third coffee and on the third coffee I looked at him and I didn't say anything but he looked straight back at me and just said, yeah, I have around 32 coffees a day. 32? He felt your judgment.

And he's like, I'm just going to nip it in the bud. That's a wild amount of coffee. He must be like 10% human and 90% electricity. Yeah, he said he doesn't really eat. He just has 32 coffees a day. Sounds healthy to me. What Tony's Tire Service was it? In Christchurch, Addington.

Addington. We're going to call it. We'll have you on the phone. We're going to call it. Do you know his name? No, I don't know his name. Coffee guy. They'll know coffee guy as well.

He'll be the talk of the workshop, won't he? No, the problem is I've got to try and find the... Yeah, no one really wants you calling them these days. No, you go to a website and they're like, contact us. But don't. But don't. We won't give you any information to contact us. Yeah, you're like, if you'd like to complain about something, contact us.

You're like, how? How? Just give me an email, give me something, you know? Yeah, it's got the contact service hours. You need a price? No. I just want a phone number. We've got reviews.

Great service. Wonderful customer service. John O'Ben and Megan The Podcast The Hits It's Ed Sheeran Don't it is The Hits Breakfast

606 on your Friday morning thanks for hanging out with us now later on in the show you'll get a chance to win some tickets to the double header the first

well the first one of the weekend is today between the Black Caps and the White Ferns it's happening at Eden Park there's another one in Tauranga on Sunday but we did a little thing with Ish Sodhi who plays cricket for the Black Caps and the White Ferns. It's happening at Eden Park. There's another one in Tauranga on Sunday.

But we did a little thing with Ish Shody, who plays cricket for the Black Caps after the show. He's so lovely. It was lovely, eh? It's my first time meeting him, and he's really lovely. Yeah, you'll hear the interview later. It's very cool. But after the show, we thought we'd give a chance

to give away some tickets to the Doubleheader. And we thought we'd, we found a table tennis ball, a ping pong ball in the studio, a light little white ball, and we're like, well, hey, maybe we could chuck it off one of the balconies inside work because work kind of opens up into a sort of courtyard area, right? An internal courtyard, yeah. And so maybe I'll go up in a lift. I'll see how high I can get.

Our building only goes – well, our work only goes up one or two levels, right? And then there's another two or three that are other companies. Yeah. We don't have swipey access yeah so you managed to jump in the lift with uh a lady who was heading all the way to the top a couple ladies and i was like well hey where are you going they go level five i was like oh i don't have access to level five but can i come up and chuck a ping pong ball off your off your balcony and they're like yeah come on up very relaxed security very relaxed okay so here's how it started to play out good morning oh we've actually managed to get up the very tippity top floor which

is another company so i don't know how how's he used to that how'd you get up there oh lovely ladies lead them up now there's always lovely ladies letting ben in places see at the top okay at the top now if we can pull back the curtain a little bit you know we have health and safety here in the building and we talked as a show because normally if you're at the top It's at the top Now If we can pull back The curtain a little bit You know We have health and safety Here in the building And we talked as a show Because normally If you're going to be Throwing balls off

Five storey floors Down into an Internal courtyard area You're going to need To have some health and safety But we're like It's a ping pong ball It's PC madness gone mad

It's you know There was a time Where we would Right now We would stick Double happy fireworks In Megan's ears Light them And there would be No consequences Okay No health right now, we would stick double happy fireworks in Megan's ears,

light them, and there would be no consequences. Definitely no health and safety. But we talked it through and we were like, oh, hey, it's a little ping pong ball. It should be fine, right, Producer Ali? Yeah, no, I was like, you know what? It's going to be like less than a minute. No one's going to see it.

It'll be fine. It'll be sweet. Another back story, too, is we have done, catch some items off the balcony previously, and there was a feather, a little feather, that we threw off. And Ben, for that, had to wear a hard hat. A high-vis. And we had to cone off the area. The Prime Minister even came in at the same time for a Mike Hosking interview.

He said, what's going on here? Ben said, I'm catching a feather. He says, this is red tape madness. And now he's gone on a crusade to get rid of red tape. So this is what's happened. And the lovely Jo gone on a crusade to get rid of red tape. So this is what's happened. And the lovely Joe, who does an amazing job here in the building, sorting all that out. We're like, hey, it's ping pong ball.

I didn't think I was going to get out five stories. It'll be fine. We'll just do it quickly. He's a professional cricket. He's going to catch it. So many times we say it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission. And it is. It really is.

If anyone's listening who's new to life, that is probably the best rule you can live your life by. So I'm setting five stories up. Megan's down there with the black cap, the shoddy, and I'm about to throw her

and just as I throw her, I see this face peer out about three stories down. Pops out of nowhere. Pops up, looking up towards me. All I can see is a head. It's Jo.

It's the lovely Jo who's in charge of that. I'm like, oh no, of all the people to see us doing it, it's Jo. And you can tell, she's got a look in her eye that? I'm like, oh no, of all the people to see us doing it, it's Joe.

And you could tell, she got a look in her eye that says, this isn't healthy and or safe. This has not crossed my desk. So in the end, I just thought, I've just got to do it. I've just got to throw the big bong ball down.

He's a showman. I did. And Ish Sone from the Black Caps caught it. Oh, one handed. One handed. I mean, you can stay in the squad, I think. So yeah, we got the tickets to give away, but then as I was coming downhanded. I mean, you can stay in the squad, I think.

So, yeah, we got the tickets to give away, but then as I was coming down, I was like, quick, get in the lift, get back down there. Who should pop in? Two floors down? Jo. Into the lift with you. And I'm like, I don't know what to say. And she went, good throw.

And that's all you need to know. And then I babbled something really quick. You're like, oh, it's a big one more, we've got to say you and me We didn't know we were going to get, you know, just stuff that didn't quite make sense But all the key words Did you feel like you were a 10 year old with a principal? When Ben gets flustered he just says a collection of words In very quick succession

Fifth floor, black cap, bing bong ball Or some words that she may have got out of what I said in about 30 seconds Jono, Ben and Megan The podcast The hits See said in about 30 seconds. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. See, it is the hits. Breakfast, Jono, Ben and Megan. 6.19 on your Friday morning.

The New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz is what we like to do to start our day. Producer Ali comes on in and we stumble and fumble our way, hopefully, to get 10 out of 10. Fridays. Producer Ali, we've had a pretty good run on Fridays in the past. You have, actually. I thought there was a few ones in here that you'd get pretty easily. Well, we'll get to those. That is the question, yeah.

Let's employ our ancient art of guessing. It seems to do us all right 60% of the time. Yeah. Okay, first question, Ellie. What have we got, mate? All right. How many points does a player need to win a game in squash? Is it 11, 21, or 15?

21. Oh, thank God you guys are here. Is that right? Or 11. Or 15. Did you both say the same answer? I thought it was 21. It was table tennis.

No, that's blackjack. 21 is blackjack, yeah. 21 seems like a good number for an event. Maybe it's 11. First to 11. I was like, thank God you guys are here. 15 seems like a weird number. Let's cancel out 15.

Well, let's not cancel out 15. Tell you what, let's cancel out 11 and let's cancel out 21. Do you want to go to the lifeline? Well, we might have to. We're going to have to. I thought it was 21, but I've only played it very...

Are we locking in... Fiona's come through on the text, so we're locking in our lifeline. Yes. Okay, what did you say? 11. Okay. That is correct.

Oh my goodness, the confidence. I also thought... I feel like I played it to 21. I also thought that too, but I think it's table tennis. You almost played double the amount of squash that you needed to play. Yeah, maybe that's why I didn't enjoy the sport.

I'm like, Jesus takes forever. Played two games in one, baby. Okay, well thank you, Fiona. Lifeline done. Thank you, Fiona. Wow. A whole game. It's first to 11 points. I'm well, thank you, Fiona. Lifeline done. A whole game. It's first to 11 points.

I'm guessing it's games as part of sex, like tennis. Oh, okay. I see. That's what it means. All right. Thanks, Fiona. Saved our honeys. Lifeline gone. Jeez.

All right, question number two. Donald Trump was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in what year? 2011, 2007, or 2005? It would have been around The Apprentice, I reckon. Yeah, well, that's when he's got it for TV, right? Was that 2007, The Apprentice? Yeah, for a while. But he finished it up just before he ran the first time, The Apprentice.

That's when it finished up, because remember, he didn't get another series, and then they were like... And he wouldn't have got the star when The Apprentice was happening's when it finished up because remember he didn't get another series and then they were like... And he wouldn't have got the star when The Apprentice was happening. It would have been after the fact, right? Should we go 2011? Does that feel like a good... Because then you would have had time

for the show to air, for him to get a bit of notoriety. What was the other option? Am I allowed to Google when The Apprentice was? 2007 or 2005. Yeah, go on. Google when The Apprentice was? 2007 and 2005. Yeah, go on. Go on. Google when The Apprentice was.

TV series. It was 2004 to 17. Oh, so maybe. Or 2007. Is this with him, though, hosting? Yeah, it would have been. Yeah. Came in different incarnations.

So it was 2007, 2011. What was the other one? 2005 yeah but this is when you got a star right? would you say 2007 ok let's lock that in that is correct fumbling our way through alright question number 3

excruciating listening for anyone we'll do one more then we'll play a song trust us there's a song coming soon Yeah Okay that's what you want It's a good one Here we go

Pleading radio hosts What is the name For the white coating That can sometimes appear On the surface of chocolate Is it chocolate bloom Sugar bloom Or fat bloom

Okay we're going to a song Let's go to a song We're not going to do that Live on the radio The thinking We'll do it while Lady Gaga plays Just dance Jono, Ben and Megan The podcast The hits We're not going to do that live on the radio. The thinking will do it while Lady Gaga plays Just Dance.

John O'Bien and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Lady Gaga, Just Dance. It is the hits breakfast, 6.26 Friday morning. The New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. You can do your quizzes at newzealandherald.co.nz. There are afternoon ones, morning ones, sports ones.

But right now we're trying to do today's daily one. We don't study. We don't even prepare. And listening to it, you can definitely tell. Yeah, definitely. We got a very acute message from James. He said, you guys are doing great. I watched The Apprentices,

and I would have struggled answering that. Thank you, James. Thank you, James. He's one of the regulars of the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. Ali, we're stuck on this chocolate-based question. Yeah, so the question is, what is the name for the white coating

that can sometimes appear on the surface of chocolate? And the three options were chocolate bloom, sugar bloom, or fat bloom. Megan, you've been working through the logic. Yes. I knew it as bloom, so I'm trying to work through what it would be. But the fat and the sugar can come out, right?

And that's it blooming. So you just call, I don't know, chocolate bloom. I've seen before, he's like, I've never heard of any of those. You just call it bloom. Even a Lando Bloom's like, I've never heard of any of those. You just call it bloom. Even a Lando Bloom, he's like, I've never heard of him either.

Who? And then you showed me a picture of him on his buddy paddle board and I was like, well. I have seen it all. So it's all on you Megan, I'm sorry.

Chocolate bloom. Chocolate bloom? That is correct. Oh, well done Megan. We're still here. Okay. Four,

okay. Question number four. In what year did the AFL introduce the video review system? So we're talking Aussie rules. Yeah. Was it 2012, 2010, or 2015? Oh, my gosh. Normally I'm okay at sports stuff.

I would have no idea with this one. This is hard. You would imagine video tech, when it came in through most of the codes, would have been around about that era. So if you can think back to NRL, you would imagine within the same time frame, Ben, it would be. Just trying to plant some seeds for your baby. I don't know.

What's the options? So either 2010, 2012, or 2015. It's only a five-year range. The NRL feels like it has gone five years or so. Yeah. Yeah, doesn't it? Yeah. So would you say with that thinking?

I think 15 you're saying. Is that what you're leaning towards? So 15. That's like nine years this, or 10 years this year. That's long. That seems quite long. Oh, that's the closest one to. Yeah.

Okay, let's go 2015. We might be wrong. That is incorrect. It was 2012. Oh, yeah. Okay, that's all right. We didn't deserve to get that far anyway. No, no. It was 2012. Oh, yeah. Okay. That's all right. We didn't deserve to get that far anyway.

No, no. It was supposed to be Fun Friday. Fun Friday quiz. It was really tough, Ellie. It was. It was. So, yeah.

Great. Great one, mate. Great one. Anyway. What a way to end the week. You could be winning $500.