Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Why Megan's Hubby Is Timing Their Convos

Episode Date: August 28, 2025

On today’s show:  Jono just can’t wrap his head around self-service… Ben’s daughter calls him out for lying on social media We track down someone who hasn’t heard Taylor’s engagement and break the news! Megan’s hubby has started timing her conversations We try to find the first man to join Ben’s “little wee club” Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFASTFacebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thanks to Hello Fresh. Cook easy, delicious dinners the whole family will love because nothing beats dinner time. Hey, welcome to the podcast. We're about to get into it pretty shortly, but you got me to bring in some Warriors merch today. Yeah, well, we said, why don't you on Friday to celebrate the game tonight against the eels? You wear every piece of Warriors merch that you have. I bought, yeah, I bought some in. I grabbed a whole lot, but I feel like I've still got more in the garage and bits and pieces. There's flags and stuff in the garage there. Some shorts, I think, might be in the garage as well. Are they the shorts that you refuse to wear? Yeah, they've kind of gone as in the costume department now

rather than just in the wardrobe that I would wear. So they're more common. They've become more comedy, though, short shorts. They've become costume, yeah, now. So, yeah, because I couldn't find them in the shorts. I was like, maybe I've categorised them as costume now and put them in the garage. Oh, yeah.

So take us through. Take us through. Now, go grab your bag. So at the moment, he's already wearing the Warriors 90s style track suit jacket there. You remember the old suit. The shell jacket. Yeah.

And you'd have the matching pants, my god ben he has got so much warriors this morning from in the wardrobe as well so we're talking about uh we got we got we got we got we're got one retro key sort of cap warriors another retro caps two corduroy retro cats yeah oh no two you got three we got three corduroy retro caps though different colors though different colors retro caps this feels like that treen where they're like my friend's gonna take you through all of their warriors each you better be you better listen you better be nice then i've got a sort of dad cap style little warriors one as well this one marcella montoya former Warriors player gave me this one

that looks like it's got a sweat stains on it too and a little bit of mine that's more the sort of gym sort of a hat you wear that to the gym yeah this one is like I got given one time you know like a 25 year warrior's one that you know what that hat looks like that looks like a hat that a tow truck driver would wear it does that it was not quite in the rotate really but it was

in the draw there then I've got a beanie as well my wife's also got you know a beanie but I only bought one in today as well matching then I think all the family have got oh I actually got I have another hoodie as well I should have brought that in as well we've got white hodies i've got a blue hoodie as well but i did bring that in it's got a gray sweat warriors hoodie uh then i got a scarf and i've got a black warriors jersey oh that's nice a white this is uh this is the new version of that just feel like that that trend doesn't

yeah i'm being nice i like that white one this is the old old oh that's got the an set sponsorship yeah with the tongue you know speaking the tongue we're not oh no don't do the pukana anymore yeah well they you they do but the tongue's straight now because Apparently it was bad luck. Apparently, that was one of the things that were like, oh, the curve. Yeah, so they changed that. I think it had a signature. I think it was Stephen Kearney.

Oh, wow. That's, yeah. I punished him. He was doing something for my stepmom. And it was that she was doing something for school years ago in Padapara Uma. And I was a teenage kid. And he was coming along. And I ended up being in the room waiting with him while he was waiting to do the speech.

Oh, my gosh. For 20 minutes, I punished the people by just me and him in the room. Does Stephen Kearney remember this? I don't know. Probably not, but it was just me and him in the room. I was probably like, I would have been teenage years, you know, so love the warriors, loved him, and I, oh, my God, we need to talk to him about this. I think I got him to sign my top, I got him to sign my arm, I got him, you know,

one of those, it's just frenzies of just like, sign my face, I went to school the next day with a signed, Stephen Kearney's on my, you know, like. We need to get him to re-sign that jersey for you. It's kind of rubbed off as well, too. And then I've got another couple of other warriors jerseys as well, so there you go. That's a lot. Why don't we lock you and Stephen Kearney in a row for 20 minutes again? Oh my God.

see if he remembers and get him to sign everything I do you know those things you look back on you're like oh yeah you were 10 I don't like teenage I don't think

I don't think I would yeah he wouldn't have minded it he probably would have gone I could have done with 15 less minutes but he wouldn't have I filled in the time

before you had to go out and make the speech I mean maybe in some things you know now as an adult I'm probably like in those moments maybe he wanted to go through the speech in his head

or actually read it on the paper I was like and I was just the guy punishing him you know like those things you don't think about it as a kid. You also neglected to mention that we got you some new merch. Are you going to put those on for tonight?

Oh yeah. These are his, this was his birth, Ben's birthday today, but we don't talk about it. No, just we got you a nondes gift. You got me some Warriors undies as well. I asked you on either the other day if you had Warriors undies. Haven't been dribbled in or anything. Not yet. So yes, thank you.

Time tonight. I do like these undies. These are great. They're nice. Yeah, they're kind of got the Warriors. Oh, two? Two for you, babe. Two for the price of run.

There you go. You're right to fill those out? I don't know, actually I have to wear both pairs At the same time Our wife fronts They're nice They've got sort of

Oh yeah And they've got a little Yeah you can just sort of Whip your bits and bits Is there no bit of merch That the Warriors and have They've got a lot of merch game Over the years

They really have There is tissues In the chemist warehouse And stuff like that Warriors' tissues Wow So when you're upset about the games You get like

He cried And he's got the merch game More covered Bunnings Oh I haven't gone to all our bunning stores over the years. They've got some stuff. Yeah.

As far as stores go, you wouldn't be able to beat, I wouldn't say Bunnings. No. Hats, aprons, t-shirts, polos. A little toy truck. Short, yeah. You're going on in and they're like, here's a netball that we've got bunnings. You're like, okay. Umbrellas.

Yeah. They were like sports merch. We'll put a logo on it. You know how they've got those merch companies that do it for your company. I reckon Bunnings went on there and said select all. Everything. I'll have one of everything. Make a rain.

And then they're all right. But there you go. Thank you for a humor. and me uh with the uh it's really impressive yeah i know there's quite a lot when you think don't tell my wife about this she'd be like you don't need another warrior's top but yeah i tend to agree with her

but hey you're right but you know there's different years I tend to agree with it wouldn't you make it? Yeah but I was just humouring him it's a special nondescript day for him

this is his version of your shoes is that yeah yeah yeah I can I can There's quite a lot. I'm not going to wear all those hats. It makes you happy. There's a few that I do really like and others I'm like, you know, it's in the rotate, you know, but yeah. I will join the pod.

Oh, sorry, producer grace. Before we finish the podcast, I have some news for Megan and I want to get a reaction. Oh, okay. So we interviewed five yesterday and we did a social video and five have put it on their story and tagged you. Wow. Wow.

They tagged me. Oh my God. Wow. This could be the greatest day of her life. A little bit of wheat came out. A little bit of week. A little bit of week. Hey, do you want to borrow the Warriors undies?

Oh my God, that's so cool. If you get changed in these days, I've got a spare pair of. Okay, thank you. You borrow the Warriors undies. Wow, best tag ever. That's great. That's great. Congratulations.

It's got a heartburn. It's quite good. Like, yeah, when you get that sort of... What a way to end the week. God, Teenage Megan is dying. Oh, hi. on a high Jacob Laban from the Warriors

followed me after last night I punished him for too long actually but that was a That's a good follow Yeah Not quite as much as a Did you take him through all your warriors Mergers?

No I should have actually Damn it I should have I missed a trick there my friend He's like I don't know if you need that any shirt He's like I'm in the team And I don't even have that much

Enjoy the potty John O'Bin and Megan The podcast The Hits Now I know we've spent The last week or two Getting to Know Meeting the Robots of the Nation

becoming accustomed with AI. And, you know, there's some impressive technology out there. Met a robot waiter that is working at the Sedima Hotel, delivers food from the restaurant to the rooms. Goes up in the lift. Yeah, that's pretty impressive. Wait, how did they call the lift? I missed that.

I think the program's, you know, there's a receiver in the lift that will come down. Because then I was like, how does it know what floor to go to as well? And again, that's pretty cool. Yeah, the robot talks to the lift. It's quite impressive. I loved it when you, because you guys got to ride it, and then you guys were chatting to it. And then it's like, I got to go.

I got to go. That was very cute. Megan was talking to it like a dementia patient, weren't you? You're like, hello. I got a go. I want to give you a cuddle. I got a go. Very cute, though.

It was cute. It was cute. And the good thing about it was it wasn't taking anyone's job, which is good because that's the fear with AI. That one was just to help out when things get busy. Yeah. Yeah. So listen, the self-service checkout.

It's been around for a while now. I love the beginning era of the self-service checkout where you could just get all sorts and stuff past the scanner, couldn't you? Not that I was doing that, but you could. You could. If you wanted to, you could scan expensive products for less expensive. Now there's cameras on it. Yeah, no, yeah. Which is good. People used to buy

pine nuts and put them through as popcorn kernels. People were doing all sorts of stuff. And that was the supermarkets, they were onto it. They were onto it. But, yeah, I don't mind self-servicing. I'll self-service till the cows come home, okay? Yeah. I'd probably prefer it over the going through the checkout.

Yeah. But what I have never had one experience where there hasn't been a goddamn unexpected item in the bagging area. Oh, that's on you now. Every time. I feel like we had that a lot at the start maybe, but I feel like I've got my systems. I have it every time. I can't nail it.

Oh, I think that's a you problem. Yeah, that's definitely a you problem. You're getting your sister. You've got to do it systematically. Really? Yeah. Because I'm like, why is it unexpected? You're the bagging area.

All your role is to expect items. Yeah. But it's all, yeah. It lets you know when you're. you can put it, it goes green. Yeah, and then we can take the bag away as well too. Maybe I'm being impatient. You will think, yeah.

I can see, knowing you as I do, you're probably just being way too impatient. Yeah. Do you have to wait after each item? Well, no, you just make sure it's like... It's in there and it's registered. And then you can take that bag away as well and replace it with a new bag on the way. That's the other thing I can't, because I just pile them all up because I'm scared to remove it. No, you can remove it.

You just got again and wait for it to go green and say yes. Yeah. Oh, thanks for explaining that, Sabuna. Just getting really angry. like yesterday, it's like, you're just, you're meant to expect items. How can any item be unexpected in this area? It's what you do, is what you were designed for. But did you have to

have someone come over and clear it for you? Yeah, I hate that too, that's degrading. It's humiliating. And did you have the depends on there? Yes, that was made even more. I bought Ben some depends, that's probably why I was on high alert as well at the same time as I have any day to have an unexpected item in the bagging area, this is not the day. I love that someone out there is like, you know, Jono from Jono and Ben. It's quite leaky.

And he couldn't work the self-service checkout Two black marks John O'Benn and Megan The podcast The Hits And I just quickly upset One of my daughters And it had to do with something I do on social media

Now If you have seen any videos I do from time to time I've gotten to this thing Of embarrassing my daughters With Gen Z saying stuff they say Or dressing up like them Yeah wearing pimple patches in town Or tucking my

What's it with a t-shirt That gets tucked up so you reveal Just a little bit of your tummy It's just like, ooh-uh. It's all right. When they do it, when I do it, it's pretty embarrassing for them. But to their credit, I do that sort of stuff. And while they get embarrassed at the time, well, I'm always afterwards, I'm like,

you know, you guys, okay if I put this up online, have a look at it, you know, and stuff like that. So, you know, that has gone up. And, you know, this is not the thing that one of them was upset about. Because Indy came to me and she was, my daughter, she was like, I want to have to talk about something you put out online. First of all, bless that she, like, came to you and was like, Dad, we need to talk. And I was, like, thinking of those things. I was like, oh, what have I done to, you know, embarrassed, you know,

with, I said Gen Z sayings, if I tuck my T-shirt up, you know, videos like that. And it was a video that I'd done. That was a trend that is going around. You might have seen it there where usually partners would do it, where they would look at things like, for example, Megan, you might have lots of packages that arrived and all over the place. So you might have long hair in the drain. And Andrew would use it as signs that you're in, yeah, little signs that remind him of you, you know.

And using it in a love way. But they're having a passive-aggressive dig at their, yeah. It's like signs, yeah, that my partner is leaving to remind of you. And you do it to love the music. So I decided to do one to teenagers, you know, things that they do, wet towels on the floor. Yeah. They just do not like hanging towels up.

They make up stuff all over the, you know, the bathroom. In the bowl and the basin. Yeah, all that sort of stuff. Dishes still left in their room, you know, things like that. And I put it up. They weren't even in the video. It was just me in the video, signs at my teenage daughter. It's little signs that, you know, to remind them of you.

Put it up, went fine and all that sort of stuff. And Indy, this was the one she had a problem with. She came to me, she said, this video is, I said, I'm not messy. You've made me out to be messy. I was going to say, is it more a sienna thing? And I was like, you know, you're right. She's like, why did you say teenage daughters? So I'm like, to be honest, you're not even in the video, but she's upset.

She's like, excuse me, this is character assassination. And then you're like, showbiz, baby. Sometimes you, you know, add some GST to a situation. Don't let the truth get in the way of a. I was like, the showbiz, Indy. She's like, you know, but she's right, she's making a bed every day. She's not leaving me wet towels on the floor. She's doing, she's like, Dad, you made me out to be messy.

I'm not messy. Welcome to Showbiz, Indy. I'm not even bald, mate. I've got a full head of here. You just can't see it. Every morning. Shaves it every morning. Showbis.

Yeah, it was a good reminder about showbiz for her, too. I was like, oh, I think of all the videos, that was the way that she was a bit like, hey, hey, I'm not messy. Yeah, so I apologize. You see. What you get. It's a lot funnier to say teenage daughters than the teenage daughter.

I know where you're all given from? He wants the clicks. It's showbiz. Play the game, indeed. It's showbiz. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The hits. Big news, obviously during the week,

Travis Kelsey Taylor Swift got engaged. No one was happier than Jason. We felt necessary as a team to get together and send Travis and Taylor a giant congratulations for being engaged. Yeah! Bo! Oh, fuck yeah!

Go! Jason Kelsey, Travis Kelsey's brother, that was from their podcast. Yeah, huge news. I mean, massive news, but not just in the entertainment world. It was massive news in the sports world, obviously, as well. ESPN are tweeting about it. You had Donald Trump been talking about it. You had our prime minister talking about.

You had everyone talking about it. Harvester North were wanting them to have a wedding there. Everyone has been talking about it. And we thought we'd try something right now. Is there anyone in New Zealand that would not know about it? We tried to break the news to our friend, Anya, who is, we think, the biggest Taylor Swift fan in New Zealand. But, of course, she'd found out already. So we want to break the news to somewhere.

Yeah, we tried at 6 o'clock when we arrived at work sort of thing. And, yeah, she still knew about it. Okay, so each of us are going to pick. You can text 24-487 if you think there's a community or someone in New Zealand who wouldn't have heard this news. Might be your grandparents. My dad, potentially my dad, would think... He watches a lot of news-based stuff. Yeah, so he must...

He probably thinks that Travis Kelsey's like a lawnmower or something, but he might... Don't pivot to your dad. No, well, he won't answer his phone. He only turns his phone on to call people. So you've got to call someone. You put it out there that you want to call... GloryVale. Gloria Vail have a landline.

Now, what plays into our advantage here is they probably don't have caller ID. Okay. You know, this is just a raw dog, old school landline. Okay, so this is your attempt to see if you've got someone that, doesn't know about the engagement. See if you can break the news. Okay, John, you might want this. Surely this is a sitter.

Good luck. Okay, here we go. Heading to Gloria Vail on the West Coast. It's just John Obeda and Megan. We're from the hits of the devil's media. We were just frowning to see if you've heard the big news. Uh, not interested Thank you

No, no, the news, the news The Taylor Swift news Oh, right, you had your chance You shouldn't say devil's media You said devil's media You said devil And you didn't get to you Because what we were doing was so

It's nice, it's nice It's nice You didn't, yeah Should I go back again I'll apologize Oh, Ben you go No, it's just Johnos This is Johnos

You get an attempt to call someone I get an attempt to call someone Okay Record your message Oh Okay I blew it. You had your chance.

We won't know. We won't know. Okay. Megan, who would you like to call? Let's try my mom. She doesn't have social media. She doesn't listen to music. She sometimes listens to our radio show.

Yeah, it's got to say sometimes tunes in, so she might have. Sometimes. She's been very busy this week, you know. Ray, Ray. I think Ray Ray might be across the news. Yeah, I reckon she might be. Yeah. Hey, Wayne.

Oh, hi, Dad. How, Dad. It's all right. Hi. We were trying to get hold. of mum. Jono and Ben are here too. Hi, Wino,

oh, yeah. He went to the Biden, I don't know, just had a bit of shopping or something, but yeah. Well, try your dad. Try your dad by you there. Do you know who Travis Kelsey is? He's the guy that engaged to. Oh, Taylor Swift.

Well done. You know, we're trying to find someone that doesn't know about the news. You know about it. Oh, well, you don't hear anything else, do you? Yeah. You're right, Wayno? Can't escape it.

The minister's onto it. I know, you're right. The problem is doing messages on it, yeah. He should be fixing the bloody country way. Have you got any advice for long marriage for Taylor and Travis? Gee, be tolerant, time. Understanding, yeah, I don't know. Just be tolerant.

He says with a sigh. Suck it up. Whatever they want. Yeah, I use a secret, eh? Yeah, that's a man who's been married for over 30 years. Spent them, it's been a while. Pick your battles, pick your battles. Let them ferry.

That's the same thing. Good on you, Wayne. Wayne's heard about it. Okay, all right. All right, Deb. Thanks, Wade. I'll call you later. Someone's texted saying, try one of the islands, the Chathams, the Stuarts.

Okay, well, maybe, is there a better suggestion, though? 4487 on the text, I've got one shot next. Okay, maybe it's someone in your life. Maybe it's one of the islands. Oh, can I win this one? We'll find out next. John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast.

The Hats. The big news of the week. Taylor Swift, Travis Kelsey, they are engaged, and it's been everywhere, as we said before. Everyone, politicians, entertainment, sports, everywhere. Some would say too much. Some would say, you know, the odd person does say too much. But we're rolling with it this morning in a bit of a game, a social experiment. Has anyone in the country not heard this news?

I tried to call Gloria Vale. Hello. Hello, Gloria Vale. How are you? Good, thank you. It's just, John Obeda and Megan. We're from the hits of the devil's media. We were just frowning to see if you've heard the big news

Not interested, thank you No, the news, the Taylor Swift news Oh, mate, you had your chance You shouldn't have said devil's media I said devil's magic and you didn't get to you think of it I blew it, I blew it Lowbrow gag and it came back to bite me But then Megan you phoned you or you tried to call your mum

You thought Ray Ray might not have heard of it Yeah, and got my dad And he had heard of it Yeah, he had And he had some marriage advice too for Taylor and Travis. Gee, be tolerant, time. Understanding, yeah, I don't know.

Just be tolerant. He says with a sigh. Suck it up. Whatever they want. Pick your battles. Pick your battles. Now, we've had a lot of text through for my attempt to try and call someone that wouldn't know about it.

We've had temples. We had people on outward bound courses, which would be great. Grandparents. Yeah, as well. So I'm going to call the Chatham Islands. Oh, okay. The Waitangi Store? Hello?

Oh. It just takes a little while to connect, guys. Here we go. Okay. Very thrust, didn't it? Waitergy store. Oh, hi there. It's Jono Ben and Megan calling from the Devil's Media.

No, we're calling from the Hits Breakfast at the radio station. How you doing? Not too bad. Hey, random call. You sound more suspicious in the glory of our lady. Random call. Oh, we're just trying to find someone that doesn't know about the big news this week.

Okay, I don't know any big news this week. Okay, so if I said the name, Travis Kelsey, would you know the big news around that this week? No. Oh, Ben. Taylor Swift, Travis Kelsey, you've heard of them? I've heard of Taylor Swift. Yeah, okay, great.

So Taylor Swift, she's been, her boyfriend has been Travis Kelsey. He's a football player. Okay. And they've got engaged this week. Oh, wow. Taylor's getting married. Yeah. How does that make you feel?

It's good on it. That's great, eh? It's great news. I just wanted to share that to someone. Everyone had known, so I thought I'd just call, yeah, call someone in Chatham Islands. Well, thank you for letting me know. You're welcome. You can spread it around the island.

How many people actually live on the island? About 660. Well, can you do us a favor and yell it out now. Taylor Swift's engaged. Tell the town. No, no, I'm not doing that. I'll just talk it out. Do you know all 600 and whatever?

Pretty much. Jesus, everyone up and everyone else is buddy business? Everyone is in everyone. You're not in Taylor's business, though. Yeah, you're not doing Taylor's business. Well, yeah, clearly not Taylor's. Oh, that's cool. Spread the good word across town.

Yeah. Yeah, they will do. What's one thing that anyone should do if they came to Chatham Islands? Like, what's one thing you'd recommend? Depends what you're into hunting, fishing, a bit of walking. Did you have a concert? Pretty barren out here, there's not much out here, mate.

Do you have 660, 660 played Chathamilums once, eh? I think of recently. It was like, didn't they play? Oh, no, they're coming at the end of the year. End of the year. Oh, that's cool. Come get your concert tickets. Yeah.

Yeah. If they don't have 600 people there, they're doing something wrong. All right, I want a whole lot of Catamilans to turn up for that one. I'd say they will be. Yeah. Are you selling tickets out of the store there? No, you just get them online. Yeah.

Well, love me to talk to you. Net, Tramow? Yeah, they too. Yeah, they've been to that. Hey, well, lovely to talk to you, and you pass on the news to everyone else in Chatterm Islands. Jono, Ben and Megan,

the podcast. That's... My husband, Andrew, he runs a very tight ship, much like I imagine Ben. I don't know if he's quite as strict as you, but... Does he write your to-do lists? Yeah, so I said yesterday,

sometimes I get... I got a to-do list yesterday. And I don't mind it. I appreciate it. He's got tabs on everything, and he's like, can you get... some of these things done today. I'm like, sure. But he's started a new regime, which is interesting. So every day we've spoken about, we're like ships in the night. So at 3.30, I get a call from him

and we do our debrief of the day so that when we get home later, it can just be less about debriefing. Not administration. Yeah, so the 3.30 call every day is admin. But now on his lunch break, he has started giving me another call. But the thing is, his phone. How many? Are you guys doing a day? I know, I know. And his phone calls now tend to be timed. Right. So he's like, I have a window right now of seven minutes.

And I'm like, okay. I like the front footing. So he's saying you can make use of that seven minutes of conversation however you wish. Because sometimes I'll have like a big story I want to tell. And then I'll be like, how long have we got left and he'll say two minutes? And I'll think, okay, well, that story is not going to put into a two minute window. And sometimes I'll start something. He's like, just a heads up.

I've got a minute left. I'm like, oh, I have to. Is this a two-minute story? You know, you need to decide, can you make some edits on the fly of the story as top-line information? And sometimes I'm like, no, I want to, I don't want to panic my way through it. I want to eat, I just tell the story leisurely. This is what he's trying to avoid it. He's trying to get to the point.

I'm with you. Like, sometimes, I love chatting to people, but I just, you know, when you just want to just go, what is the purpose of this conversation right now? Sometimes you just need to know that. She's on the phone. Yeah. Would you dare saying to your wife, though, you've got a minute to get through this? Well, now I'm thinking about it. When the time is up, there'll be like a bang.

Sorry, we'll come back to that story at two songs time. I know. So now he's like, he's going to timing all our conversations before the time runs out. Yeah. Smart play. I like it because there is a lot of sometimes you feel like, it's like writing that line at the email. I hope it finds you well. Sometimes you just want to get to it.

get to it. There's a lot of filler and silence on a phone call. You know, you can just kind of sit there on the phone. Some people love that silence and that chat and stuff. I'm like, all right, we're done. We've done our bit. It's great. We've had fun.

Whatever. And now we're moving on. You spend all morning with me every day. Am I, do I waffle when I have a story? No, you keep a pretty tight story going. Maybe that's why, because I've got someone, my husband's timing me. But every conversation from when your day starts to finishers is structured by the time limit. It is.

God. Good on you for sticking this out of it, doesn't it? All right, I'm going to wrap you up there, Megan. I gave you 3.30 for this, and you've got nine seconds left. John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast. Deffield all day today, raising money for the Cancer Society. It really is a special day to get behind.

Yeah, and we're joined by legendary netballer, Maya Wilson. Myr Wilson joining us in the studio. I love it to have you, and here, Maya. Oh, morning, you guys have eagle eyes. I've been in the NZMe building, and you saw me show away. Oh, we did. We're tackling, yeah? We're taking you down.

Sorry, yeah, we're desperate. Well, we're not desperate, actually. We all know why I talk to you about a wonderful cause that's happening today, and you've come in Sweaty from another radio station on Flavor, they're making you run on a treadmill. And talk at the same type. That is a tough guy. The only cardio you have here is moving your mouth, okay?

Yeah. Safe place. So it's daffat all day, A&Z getting in behind that, which is a wonderful thing to get behind, helping out the Cancer Society. But it means a lot to you, right? Yeah, it means a massive amount to me. I've been privileged just with my second year,

being an ambassador with A&Z for the daffodal day. And I guess my story, my grandmother has had three bouts of cancer and unfortunately passed away from her last one. And then more in particular, my mum had lung cancer about two, three years ago and I was her primary carer at the time. So she's in remission, but I have seen firsthand the important impacts that Cancer Society and New Zealand has. Yeah, if you want to donate, you can text it, donate to 3493,

make an instant $3 donation. and it really is a wonderful course to get behind. And you said you're your mum's primary carer. Like how are you juggling your netball commitments and your caring commitments through that period? It was incredibly hard. It was we had just got out of the first COVID lockdown too. Oh my God.

And in the netball world, we were a centralised games, people flying in and out at Auckland Netball Centre every week. So I would be giving my mum her pills. I'd be feeding her, I'd be showering her. And in between everything else, I'd get to training and then come back and cook dinner. So it was very full on. But that's just what you do for Farno, you know, and that's the most important thing. You have a, like, you've always been busy.

It was like enough to talk to you with my daughter's podcast, which coming out soon. Well, you made national teams for New Zealand. What ages again was it for silver ferns and basketball? Yeah, I made the tall ferns, the New Zealand women's basketball team at 16, and then I debuted for the civil ferns at 18. So it's been quite chaotic. But finally getting a little bit of a break. I'm having a break at the moment, so it's nice to not have to think about netball,

but I'm still running on treadmill. You're still doing it. Yeah, still doing it. Is it weird not focusing on having to throw something through a hoop at the moment? You know what? It's so refreshing. It is so refreshing. I've been doing it professionally for 10 years.

I've been in the wider Civil Fern Squad since I was 16 and have done pretty much every single campaign in the last 10 years, apart from 2 where I was a non-traveling reserve. So still doing everything around it. It's nice most people have sabbaticals or they go away and have maternity leave. So I guess that's my little break to refresh and rejuvenate. and just support Daffield Day. I love how you've had such a massive career and you're now taking, you're taking a break from it all.

You're still on your 20s? Yeah, I'm sorry. What you've been doing for a long time, though. 1 billion, you're bloody 44, mate. Can I ask you a question? And I reckon this is like, I reckon no one knows the answer to this. The replay rule in Netball.

Replay ball. What is that ruling in Netball? I watched my daughters play there every weekend. It's when someone bounces, they kind of catch it and they go to pick it again. And no one knows whether they can grab it. grab it or not grab it, does anyone know the replay rule? You can't touch it twice.

Yeah, two different versions. So if you catch it controlled, you drop it and then you pick it up again, that's a replay. Okay. So, but if it's uncontrolled and you drop it and pick it up, that's fine. Or we call like a bat bat bat tap if you bat it twice and then catch it again, that is also replay. All right, I think if you confuse this even more. Yeah, every week, I'm like, replay, what's that or replay? It's a bad, bat, bat, bat, tap.

It's a bat bat bat, every week. I'm like, does anyone know this rule? Or if you shoot it up for the goal and it doesn't touch the goal rim, you can't catch it again. Because they're like throwing it to yourself. That's an air ball. I feel like no one knows it.

Never one's just like replay. Could be. Hopefully Maya. Sorry and that's why Maya's taking sabbatical. She's trying to work out the replay rule. I need a nose of rules. Hey well, Maya, lovely to see you. And congratulations on being a wonderful human,

fantastic netball, but also being part of A&Z's dafford all day as well. Thanks, I get to come hang out with crazy people like you and have a bit of a laugh and enjoy life. So what's a lot to love? John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, the hits. I want to get too excited at the Warriors because something happened the other day. I don't know why I talked about this on radio.

I talked about something that happened. It's never happened before. And I know that Megan, you would often say, if we give you a Friday, you get excited, you'd say. A little bit of weed just came out. Yeah, and I didn't know if that was just something you'd say for comedic value or if something that actually happened. But my daughter, I'd just been to the bathroom here at work. My daughter, Siena was in.

and she was also going to the bathroom after I came out. I was waiting for her looking at my phone and grossed to my phone. She came out and gave me a big fry on purpose and a little bit of where he came out. I didn't admit it to a centre at the time. I didn't admit it to anyone that afternoon, that evening.

Keep it to yourself. It sat with me, literally. Not much, though, just a little bit. Not enough for a change. No, yeah. And then in desperation, I opened up to the airwaves and talked about it and started the little wee club. Yeah, we did say text 4487

if you'd like to join the club. No one texted first. No, it was a slow mover. But then all of a sudden it started gathering some steam before the end of the show. See, this is good. We should talk about it, Ben. You've started a movement. I've normalized it.

You've normalized it. Megan was like, who would have known he had struck such a chord with the over 40 female audience? Those who can't. You have to say over 40, it's even younger. Those who can't jump on trampolines. Trampillines are an absolute no-go. Childbirth is, yeah, obviously, something that affects, you know. They say do you kegles, but not me.

You got you something. I got you something. Oh, me or Ben? You got me a panty liner this morning, didn't you? I did, yeah. You got a whole packet of Depends, too. Oh, it depends men. Put them on. You got to put them on there.

Kind of, I got it from the supermarket yesterday. Oh, God, at least I got him a panty liner. It's a bit more discreet than. Yeah. Well, this guy's not even wearing pants. He's like, you definitely nice where it depends on the packet. He's got a modeling job and he was like, yes. It's still a modeling job, Megan.

I love how they've made them, look. They've made them like gray, blackish. it because, you know. I was at Pack and Save yesterday, and this is probably a thing that we don't need to be ashamed of, but I hid that packet under another item in the trolley, and I shouldn't have. No. Should have proudly just walked through Pack and Save with those. We've opened up the Little Wee Club, because this is something that happens.

It's just a little bit of wee. Some people phoned through yesterday, wanting to join the Little Wee Club. Yeah, you're not alone, Ben. Not alone. Is it getting frights, or what is it for you? Coffing, sneezing, sometimes if I'm walking along and there's a bit of unintery, even ground and it catches you off guard that'll get you too

Kim you're here for support welcome to wee club oh are you there? Yeah we're here did you just wear yourself where do you see oh yeah I was like oh okay hey it's okay it's a safe it's a safe space

we're all on this together all right well welcome to the wee club but yes it's yeah unfortunately you're definitely not the only one just the little wee club now we talked about it and I was really are these heart-worn stories of people coming through and I felt good

I felt good about this and then after the show everyone was like you know I said not another guy called up I was like that's fine but if it happened to you surely it's happened to another man yeah sure I'm trying to join right now just so I can say I'm a member I am pushing so hard I think it's a different

problem it's a different thing we talked about you peeing on people as a kid and it's a different thing it's a different pee problem no one wants to join that club very niche okay so 800 of the hits can we find the first male member. Don't be ashamed. All the women came out in support.

So you've got a lot of women in this little wee club. You can stay anonymous, if you want to say. There's no annual fees. We're the founding male member. Yeah. I'm the only one so far, but that's fine. All right. It's a support group. Paving the way. John O'Benn and Megan.

It's a podcast. We're talking about the little wee club this morning after a little bit of an accident. I had that I've admitted to. I don't know why admitted to, but we've now started a club. Yeah. It's great. Yeah. It's great. A little bit of P came out

day before yesterday when Ben got a fright you know what's even more humiliating is that the Mount Smart Joker, huge Warriors fan, you'll see the Mount Smart Joker on TV almost at every Warriors game, has come into the studio and you're having to admit this in front of... I know, so I've lost all my Warriors' cred right now. I am wearing a Warriors top

though, jacket. It looks beautiful and you look beautiful. Oh, thank you very much. Would you like to join the Lee Club Smart Joker? I'm available. He's available. He's excited about it right now. The Warriors night, of course, I'm excited. Last home game. Last home game. I love it, your commitment. You'll see you the telly and all over social media with the full face paint.

I had a great chat to you at a Warriors game. And then the next day I saw you at the airport without your makeup and I had a chat. And then midway through you would just keep going, Joker, Joker. And I'm like, why is this guy keep saying Joker to me? And then I was like, oh, he's the mouse mouth going without the makeup on. It was like meeting like Bruce Wayne. Yeah. So it's how Clark Kent got away with it for so long, just with a pair of glasses.

I was like, why is this guy keep whispering joker to me in midway through? But it's lovely to see you. And we're going to win tonight? We're going to win, bro. Let's go. Let's go. Is it our year? Game day.

It's our year. Game day, it's our weekend, till month it's our year, let's do it. Come on, baby. Up the one! Oh, see you. We'll love it to see you. Now we go from that. We'll pivot from that into...

To We Club. I don't think you can confident you yell out like that these days. No, I've got to be careful now, don't I? Particularly tonight. This depends right now. We're trying to find the first male member of Wee Club. So far, no takers, but Steph, welcome.

Welcome. You'd like to join the club? Well, I've actually been in the club for quite some time in a founding member. Okay. I have to ask, do you have a pair of pants that will catch a wee? Because that's part of being in the club. I hadn't thought that far ahead, to be honest. John, there's some real lacy ones in the supermarket at my moment on.

I thought we could design a t-shirt for the club that's quite long. And it has like a coffee stain or something at the front so it can cover. It's like a baby onesie sort of. I think that sort of cuts over. Yeah. Yeah, just put LWC on the front. Okay. We'll get into the merch game.

Yeah, no. Good on you, Steph. Really appreciate your call. Quinton, morning to you. Johno, how are you? Got the first member, the first male member of P-Club? I've got my son who would co-found with Ben there. We were traveling, I think we were traveling up from Taranga or back down to Taranga.

And we just stopped off at the petrol station. and everyone need to go for whee's. No, I'm all good, not worries. And, yeah, two minutes later, on the motorway, I need to go, I need to go. Like, well, mate, you've got nowhere else to go. So, yep, it's a little wee club. And you've got another member, there you go.

That's great, I'm pleased. He's young, though, and he's, you know, figure out of him out of. Anonymous, morning. Good morning. Great to have you on. A proud member of Wee Club. No. I'm not.

I don't think he was really a proud, proud member. Okay, you're like, no. Well, I'm not ashamed. I don't know if proud and not ashamed of the same thing. Like an open member, you know. Yeah. we've got something that we could use to maybe avoid being part of this club. It's kind of like...

Not like my dog where it's a little bit like a little, yeah. How would you describe it? I kind of think of it as like trying to hold a wee is how you do your exercises. That's exactly right. Yeah. We need to start our meetings with... Everyone just, yeah, for the whole meeting for the Little We Club, we just clenched our palpices. Ben thinks you need to thrust, though, which will be a little low.

I don't know. I was just a question. It was, no question is a stupid question when it comes to the little bit. What happens when a sneeze comes up nowadays? Nothing. He sneezes with pride and confidence. I do. When was the last time you were on a trampoline?

Not that long ago, actually, because we own a cheerleading gym, so we've got a tramp there. Oh, wow. Absolute confidence on that, so. Good on you. Bouncing her face off. John O'Benn and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. From Italy, she's come to New Zealand.

She's been here a while now. We stumbled across her about a year and a half ago. She's great. Daniela and Todonga. Ciao Goodgiorno Mani if I missed my song It's nice to talk to you again

It's been a couple of weeks Since we caught up Actually on flesh We caught up on flesh as you would say On flesh Yeah I like your highlight To my English mistake I love that

You're something that stuck with me Since we met you And your wonderful husband Danieli Oh good pronunciation Yeah Danieli Good good He was telling

He was telling he He manufactures his own pasta at home. And he imported a whacking great pasta-making machine from Italy. And then it arrived, and then it broke down, and then he had to stay up in the middle of the night and FaceTime Italy so the engineers could talk him through fixing it. I know, can you believe? Then this pasta machine arrive is huge because it's commercial

and it was beautiful and sexy and elegant, you know. And Italian pasta machine is messy. Can he even make a stainless steel pasta? machine to sound romantic. Sounds great. No, you should see. She got curve and, yeah, she said. I promise you.

I need to send your picture, okay? I will send your picture. The only fans account for a pasta machine. These people FaceTime us in the middle of the night, because it's daytime for them. And tell us how to be engineering and how to disassemble and put back together the party they send us. I reckon there would have been a record number of Mamma Mia's over that FaceTime call. Yeah. Yeah, it was a lot of Mamma Mia going.

very frustrated I would love to watch you know two groups of Italians trying to fix the machine on opposite end of the world that would be a very animated conversation wouldn't that yeah yelling to each other

yes and and you know my husband will do it and say no no don't touch this they say blue not yellow can you meet him can you imagine it was like a bomb ready to explode but what's nothing exploding now you join pastor club well we'll be members of pastor club would you like to join

little wee club. Do you... How are you going to ask this? Yeah, yeah. How are you going to go? You're on your own there. Well, it's your club, but I'm not... You're not recruiting?

Well, I don't care. People want to be part of it, but it's, you know... I'm not actively recruiting. I'm just telling my story and then people want to share theirs. That's fine. What's the club? I mean, I'm sorry. Ben got a fright the other day and a little bit of wee came out.

Oh, poor baba. Yeah. So he started up at a lewee club. A little wee club. club. I've joined, Daniela. Yeah, yeah. So that's right.

Good on you, Megan. You know. I've just joined. I want to say, Ben, not feel bad. Okay. Now, how many of you happen? And that is a question to put on the radio.

How many of you happen that you laugh that much that you think, oh, I'm losing it? It's nothing strange. It can happen. It's okay. Yeah, it's only happened once. I got a fright. I'd been to the bathroom and I got a fright and I guess a little bit more, it'll come out.

but my daughter gave me a fright and so yeah i talked about it i exposed myself uh we're not oh god i'm proud of you i'm proud of you i'm proud of you i'm proud of you i'm proud of you i'm sure happened to all of us yeah what's the italian word for i've had a whoopsie or something is it specific to the we-wee or i don't know just make it sound a little bit more exotic and nice for me oh no um i've got the bibin in the mutante no yeah It sounds patronising. Oh, well, welcome to Wee Club anyway. Oh, thank you, I want to join.

Is it free to pay? No annual subs, you're all good. No, no subs at all. And you don't get anything. No, you don't get anything. You should actually, every signed-up member should get a free... Clean pair of undies. Yeah, pens or pants.

Panty linens or something like that. Yeah. Stop saying panty. Oh, that's hilarious. Fancy or pentees. Panties. Penty. Like the Andes.

yeah mutande mutande lenders you get a montandi lander okay I need to say thank you because I never join a club for free I'm not feeling privilege today

I save my money we're not looking for anything from you that's all just your dignity hey Daniela love love catching up you have a wonderful week in Toonga thank you to enjoy the sun

if he's there okay jao Danielle she's awesome we'll catch up with her again next week