Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Why was making chucking coconuts with kids?!

Episode Date: June 10, 2025

On today’s show: Is Ben going to retire the iconic Bart Simpson bag? Why Megan got hardcore judged by other mothers... Real life manifesting stories that worked! Ben's daughter brings up his past trauma... The best hack to get rid of a migraine Why Megan has a d*ck cup! Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFAST Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jono, Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to HelloFresh. Your home advantage for delicious midweek dinners, making the world a better team. Welcome to the podcast. It's a really, really interesting podcast today. A lot of people join us. We talked about manifesting, something that you admitted. Are you embarrassed that you admitted this publicly now? Kind of, because I like to, like, we like to tease each other.

Yeah. And I don't want to admit that I wanted to be on the show. I get it. I totally get it. I totally get it. While it is a great honor to have you say that in all seriousness, I do understand where you're coming from. Sometimes, why is it weird that when you say something,

I'm no good. My wife's like, not that I get many compliments, but whenever I take a compliment, I just, I can't deal with it. Well, it's because we're Kiwis. I deflect. I'm like, and she's like, you've got to stop. Just take a compliment. Just say thank you and move on.

But I'm like. But then you feel like you're arrogant. You're like, thank you. I know. Oh, so you do think that about yourself. And I don't. I think very lowly about myself a lot of the time as well. So, yeah.

So she's like, just take the compliment rather than go, oh, you know, and I just like mocking myself. I like I'll mock myself more in this situation, which kind of throws off, and she says it throws off the people that give the compliment because then suddenly you're mocking. Yeah. Yeah. But anyway.

I guess you can take it as a compliment. I don't want to give you too many of those. But you will. This was a while ago, though. This was a while ago. Three years. Three years ago. It might have changed your mind.

Manifesting really interesting today. We get into that as well as you being a bit of a bad influence on kids. Yeah, including my own, it turns out. I got the evil eyes from a group of mums. All of them were very upset with what I taught the kids to do. I was just thinking about um what something my you know i guess what your parents did you know maybe was a bit of a bad influence i mean my parents were both teachers but um but my dad would uh would what would get

me to sneak the beer i think i mentioned this before into the stadium so it really surprises me because he's a teacher he's like a good guy yeah well he's yeah very honest yeah he's a teacher. He's like a good guy. Yeah, well, he's very honest. He's a very honest person. Like I remember driving back when someone gave him an extra like 50 cents change and we drove all the way back for 10 minutes to put it, and they closed and he put it under the door or something. So I remember that lesson as well. So he's very honest, but then at the same time,

he didn't obviously want to pay a lot for beer. So I used to have to be the beer mule at the Basin Reserve in Wellington, and he'd put a couple of beers in my backpack and I'd walk on through. And no one would ever check a kid back then. And that became a segment that we'd do on a TV show for many years, trying to sneak beer in in many stupid ways. So, yeah. Imagine your mum, Ray Ray, she's a loose cannon in the best way.

I love her. They're both my parents' nudists. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I don't think that's a bad influence parents are nudists. Yeah. Oh yeah. Yeah. I don't think that's a bad influence. In fact, I think that was probably good for a long time

because, you know, you don't, you have body confidence. It's probably a really cool thing to learn. Do they become nudists together or did they meet?

I actually have never asked. Yeah. They were like hippies in Australia turning around in like a combi van. Yeah, right. I think,

and they had like a surfboard on the top and I think they were just prettyies in Australia turning around in like a combi van. Yeah, right. I think, and they had like a surfboard on the top and I think they were just pretty chill. And then, I don't know how you come, like who brings that up? Yeah. Did they meet at nudist camp? Did things get a little? No, because they're high school sweethearts.

Are they? Yeah, so I really don't know how, I'm going to ask them how that started. How they ended up becoming nudists. Yeah. You wouldn't want to like make out at the nudist camp publicly, you know? No. Like, it's one of those sort of things you get, you know, like, especially for the dudes as well.

They'll be like, yeah, okay, well, I like you, but let's not do this here in front of everyone. Yeah. Or, like, just, there's so many questions. Yeah. Just in general, like, walking around, seeing everyone naked. But then it's, yeah, I guess for them it's nothing to, like you say, you want to normalise not normalise that because I know

that's not for everyone, but what people get particularly in New Zealand we can be quite prudish right? Yeah, but we're not I can't explain it, but when you're there and you're doing it every day and you're seeing these people all the time, it really does become nothing. Yeah, yeah, and it's not in a way that's, you know, it becomes just a normal thing that people are

doing. It feels normal. It feels like they're clothes. Yeah. You know what I mean? Exactly. But when you think of people naked now, it becomes all like sexual. But for like when we were doing it and when we were in the camps, it was just like people's

clothes. Yeah. And you weren't, as a kid, you weren't naked. No. No. But obviously all the adults were. It was a big camp. It was a big sort of clothes. Yeah. And you weren't, as a kid, you weren't naked. No. No. But obviously all the adults were. It was a big camp. It was a big sort of camp.

Huge. Yeah. Was there things that they would do? And then would they like, I mean, cooking bacon, for example. You got to put an apron on. They would be naked with an apron. Yeah. You can ask.

But like people would play sports. There was tennis, trampolines. I always feel like they always make them play the sports that are quite, you know. Vigorous. Your bits jumping around. Like, how often are adults trampolining? Not that often unless they're at a nudist retreat. Yeah, and riding bikes.

That blows my mind. Oh, yeah. Because that's probably one thing I'd be like, meh, put some pants on. Chafing and things like that. Yeah, yeah. They should have, like, the naked Olympics as well as the – for people that are keen as well, you know. But then there's some things you need like are you going to do naked fencing, you know, or wrestling.

I kind of want to see that. True, like wrestling. There's some sports. There'll be a move that people will be like, oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, you're right actually. Swimming would be quite fraying though, wouldn't it? A lot of people like nude swimming.

And they have those underwater cameras. Yeah, just like a big shot of some C&B sort of just going, you know. Is trampolining still at the Olympics? I think. Oh, there is it. Yeah, I think there is. New Zealand is quite good at it, too. Yeah.

It'd be like, well, how good are you when you take your gear off as well? Ouch. So I don't know if we've created something good or not. But anyway, enjoy the podcast, which starts with me talking about, well, your horrible start to the day to do with your bag and then my bag that didn't involve beer from my dad but something else. I'll tell you next. Jono, Ben and Megan.

The podcast. The hits. Now, Taylor Swift, to shake it off, there's rumours, Megan, that she, well, that people are thinking that maybe her and Travis Kelsey, footballer, might have got married. They were at a wedding at the weekend and they were introduced or they were put forward on the guest list as Travis and Taylor Kelsey. Yeah, like I think the wedding planner has like revealed some of the invitations and one of the table setting. It did say on there as well, Travis and Taylor Kelsey. Interesting.

I mean, it's quite a long sort of thing if you have to have Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey, but at the same time. But there's also this very credible gossip Instagram account, Demois, that said that there is something that they know, but they can't reveal it yet. So there's something going on there. So you reckon it might be some truth there? I think they might have secretly gone married, yeah.

Isn't it interesting just thinking about, you know, like I've been through a wedding, you've been through a couple of weddings, but that's fine, who's counting? Semantics. But how much effort you put into the small stuff sometimes, or you can do. Like the table settings, like the invitations thing.

And for most of the people at the weddings, they probably don't notice those things. I spent so long trying to find tall cylindrical vases so that the flowers would sit high and people could see through. And then it ended up being so windy they couldn't even use them. And I was devastated on the day. I remember in my dress, like all my family and friends are there and I'm like the vases oh really just the tiny details no one cares yeah but you in your head you know I needed the vases not everyone's

like that some people can be you know relaxed and don't care about other people you know they want everything to be perfect yeah and when things aren't yeah maybe was that wedding one or wedding two it was wedding two actually that was probably only the only when things aren't, you know, maybe, was that wedding one or wedding two? It was wedding two, actually. Oh, okay. That was probably the only issue for wedding two,

so, you know. Well, yeah, I started today off with a bit of an issue, too. Your bag. I'm trying to be real healthy

and Gaines bra, so I brought a protein shake, not filled, just the powder and like a little shaker. What could go wrong? Because it's not going to leak, but I left the little lid off. Oh, so no liquid in it? No. Just the powder and like a little shaker what could go wrong because it's not going to leak but i left the little lid off so oh so no liquid in it no just the powder and so the powder

tipped all through my bag makes it look very dodgy it does it look like you're like a business person that's been on a big bender no woman wants to do an early bag cleaner all through your bag so i'm gonna have to clean that out early in the morning. Well, is that the real reason why you haven't been here since the Radio Awards? I don't know.

I don't know. It's been your bags though. I, for many years, have had Toy Story backpacks, My Little Pony backpacks, a Bart Simpson backpack that I've loved. But before going to Sri Lanka

for Dilma, which of course you can win your chance to go to Sri Lanka if you find the golden teabag ticket and the tea boxes that we put over there. I borrowed a bag off my wife that she wasn't using and more adult bag. And, jeez, it's good. Like the pockets and space. I'm like, am I growing up?

I love my Bart Simpson bag. I noticed Bart Simpson hasn't come back. But, jeez, this is handy. This is really handy. Does the organization outweigh Bart Simpson? Maybe. Maybe. But, jeez, this is handy. This is really handy. Does the organisation outweigh Bart Simpson? Maybe. Maybe. I like to be organised.

Someone the other day was like, your Bart Simpson bag's not there. I'm like, but this is so organised. There's so many pockets. I could put adult stuff in my bag. Because it's an adult bag. There's pockets for things. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The hits. I was away for a couple of days. I was overseas on an island with some strangers, which is very weird. I wasn't doing Survivor. It does sound like you're doing Celebrity Treasure Island or something. A lot more fun than Celebrity Treasure Island probably is. Yeah. You're well fed.

You've got merchandise. It was a great time. It was a great time. But I was with a bunch of other families. So for me, strangers, like I didn't know. But they were lovely and we all got along really well. However, they brought along children as well. We took our kids, our two and four year old.

And so there was a bunch of families. And you know, everyone parents a little bit differently. I was going out on the island and we were exploring and we found coconuts green coconuts on the ground and we were like cool i was trying to explain to my son this is what coconuts look like and then inside you can crack them open and there's coconut water and there's the fleshy stuff so we were like learning and then we started trying to crack open the coconut because, you know, it's green. We had to smash it.

We were smashing it on a rock. Finally, we got it open. I was like, look, there's the coconut water. It was so exciting. And that's when all of the other kids, ranging in age, decided to start picking up coconuts and throwing them because we were throwing it on the ground trying to crack it open. I was doing it. Yeah. And all of the kids in this group start picking up coconuts they're all together

and throwing coconuts um and they're throwing them at each other not great not great but you you were on the island because you were an influencer so i guess you were you were influencing people in another way there so all of these kids are throwing coconuts at rocks they're ricocheting they're like narrowly missing each other. And I'm like, oh no, what have I done? So all the parents came over and were like, stop doing that. Stop doing that. They looked like the bad guys.

So we put an end to it. But later that evening, when we all had dinner together, it was dark. And all the kids had gone. And I was like, where are all the kids? And one of the parents just looked at me and said, they're outside cracking coconuts. And I was like, ha, ha, ha. Sorry about that. Oh, so you were the person they were all talking behind your back about.

I was like, it was educational, you know? Like we were there doing it together. I was supervising. I just can't supervise all 10 kids. But you've ever felt the wrath of a room full of mums? It's not pleasant. we play a silly game that some kids do uh you know some families do was with a yellow car if you spot a yellow car you know it's like some people play it with a with a punch in the i mean we're like we don't punch you can

hit you can you can tap lightly go yellow car first one to spot a yellow car but we taught was must have a friend's kid was in the car. And he was like, thanks so much for teaching the yellow car game. I get a text later on as well. Because my kids are really good at spotting yellow cars now as well. And I'm like. It's a tap, not a punch. Yeah, exactly. But I think their kid was a boy, a little bit rough and tubby.

And he'd obviously taken it to another level. And I was like, oh, no, we've introduced a game that he's gonna play the car that's right my kids were even trying to bank him up and say yeah i saw three yellow cars today it's like no that's not the rules one two three punches yeah yeah you only get to do it if you see it while you're in the car you can't you know so anyway a bad influence i know what you feel i know how you feel john o', Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Speaking of things that kids do,

your kids are a little bit younger than mine and so you go through various stages of things that you deal with as a parent. Sometimes sleeping through the night was a big one for you. One of my daughters in particular at the moment, something that really just gets on me is like a wet towel on the floor you know not putting it back in the in the bathroom and I just you know Sienna my oldest daughter for some reason that's something that's just not quite on her radar as much as it is on mine I get it okay everyone's got their things but for me I'm like just pick the towel put it back in the bathroom that's all we need to hang it up let's not put it on the

floor so after me kind of saying, can you put the towel back? You know, those sorts of things. I was like, oh, maybe I should try a different technique. Okay. And so in front of the family last night, I was like, I'll really over-explain this in a sort of. You're going to mansplain it to your daughter. Yeah, exactly. I was like, now wet towels.

A towel gets wet when it's covered in water. I was getting laughs from my other daughter and my wife. I was like, this is good. I'll go on a roll here. And I was like, and, you know, when it's on the floor, that's not a good thing because the floor is dry and the towel is wet. And I was trying to explain it and getting some laughs. I'm like, this is killing it.

This is going great. And I could see my daughter sort of look at me, like nodding away as I was explaining it. And then it got to the end. And I was like, that's why we should put the towel back in the bathroom uh do you understand and she went that's great that's really funny dad i'm like thank you she goes you should put on your tv show and then she went oh no wait you don't have one of those anymore and i was like oh and you know there's no comeback from that for me she's like yeah it's

comedy so good for your tv show and then she was like you don't have one of those anymore and I was like okay you can do what you want with the towel mate that's fine keep your stinking towel on the floor I don't care use it to dry up my tears that's what I'm gonna do so yeah it was one of those occasions where I was like, well done. Well done. You've definitely come back with something a lot better that I can't compete with. The Hits gave away $20,000

worth of Hits 20k bingo. And we spoke to Gemma from the Hawke's Bay. She was the first person to cross off every number on a bingo card and call us up and get on the air to claim her prize. And really interesting, she manifested it, Megan. She did. This was her talking about how she actually wrote it down.

Just like decided one day I wrote, I had my little bingo card paper like next to it and I wrote all the numbers and I was crossing them off so I could like cross check if I was close to my bingo card. And I wrote on there, I will win this. Wow. You manifested it. A lot of other people would have thought they were going to win too. But did they write it down?

Yeah, did they write it down? There's something about writing it down that seems to work for some people. Coco Goff, the tennis player I saw this week, she won the French Open. She wrote down in a notepad some time ago, I will win the French Open, multiple times. And she had a photo on her social media just of the notepad and like sent to court just going, this is what I wrote down. This is what I've made happen.

Which is pretty. I've never really done manifesting as such. It sounds woo-woo. But it's kind of just, I guess it's just goal setting. You're writing it down. And as soon as you write it down, I fully believe that subconsciously you'll find the pathway to it. So that's kind of like your end goal, but in some ways, you're right. Okay, you'll navigate your way there.

You direct yourself there. You mentioned something in a meeting yesterday. I said, this is embarrassing, and I can't believe I'm going to. Well, it's embarrassing. Once you say what it is, it's definitely embarrassing. So I, at the end of the year, we write down notes to ourselves, and we put it in the Christmas tree so that when we open the Christmas tree again the next year, we read our past notes. You do that with your husband, Andrew.

That's a really lovely thing you do. That's not the embarrassing thing. No, it's tips and just comments. In general, like, this is the year that was, this is our hopes for the future kind of thing. And in one of those ones, almost three years ago, I wrote down that I would love to do the show with Jono and Ben. Yes, I did admit this in a meeting with them yesterday. We were like, what?

Wow. I wrote that down. We're like, well, hey, very, I don't know what to say. That was my goal. It's a lovely thing that you've done, but at the same time, I mean, you feel like you could have aimed a little higher. Yeah, I'm here now. So how do you feel now having actually, like, you're responsible for this.

You've manifested this, Megan. No, I don't want to give you a compliment because you're sitting right here. You're all tight there. That's better. Jono's lovely. He's so nice. Oh, no, don't say that because he's not here.

All right, so we wanted to know, don't say that because he's naughty, yeah? All right. So we wanted to know, 0800 the hits, 4487, have you manifested something that's happened? Come true, yeah. Have you made something happen? A lot of famous people, I was looking into it, have done it. Oprah Winfrey, Dolly Parton, Michael Jackson,

Ariana Grande, Coldplay, Jim Carrey, all those people are big believers in manifesting. So write down now, I will have a tv show again there you go tv is tv ever gonna be a thing who knows jonah ben and megan the podcast that rumors that maybe her and travis kelsey could have got married secretly after on their wedding uh invitation it said taylor and travis kelsey it was a yeah wedding invitation to was it his cousin's wedding i think it was but then that could have just been space saving or just you know having a laugh yeah uh so we'll find out more about that maybe she's manifested that maybe he's manifested

it i think he manifested yeah i think he did actually because he wanted to give her a friendship bracelet way back in the day you're right so manifesting is a thing we've been talking a lot about this morning uh after jemma from hawks bay manifested 20k and the hits breakfast sorry and the hits bingo she wrote it down that she was gonna win i also wrote down about three years ago that i would love to do this show with jonathan ben i'm here now i regret that but anyway you can write a new thing you can manifest leaving as well so we wanted to know what things in your life did you manifest and anita joins us on 800 the hits what did what did you manifest anita i manifested my husband so when i was younger i had the worst taste in men and my dad told me to write down a list of everything I wanted in my future partner

and be really specific like what you could see your life would be like so I asked for like I wrote down all the I wanted to be funny and kind and all the normal stuff and then I wanted him to play a musical instrument I wanted him to live in the city. So when I stayed at his house, I could walk to work. Jeez, you really got specific, didn't you? Yeah. I mean, I got into the nitty gritty of it. I wanted him to be family orientated. So just be careful what you wish for a bit there, because he came with nine siblings, you know.

Okay. But you actually found the person that ticked all those boxes well so about maybe three years after writing the list i ended up meeting my husband and moving in with him and as i was moving out of my previous house i found the list um and i thought oh this interesting. And yeah, he actually ticked all the specifics. We were moving to his apartment in the city where I could walk to work from like less than five minutes. Wow. He can play every musical, every musical instrument under the sun, like picks it up within two minutes.

Wow. Jeez. And yeah, like I said, I asked for family orientated, and he came with nine siblings. Nine siblings. Maybe two family orientated. Well, that's incredible. Thank you for sharing that with us. We're going to hook you up with some Dil Martini.

Here we go. I manifested my second husband. I wanted a boy band when I was little, and then I got... Oh, yeah, well, Andrew was in Titanium, a boy group, wasn't he? Yeah. Yeah. Good morning, Amy. Good morning.

What did you manifest into life? So my baby was manifested on her, like, we needed, well, my mum was meant to be at work on her due date, and so we manifested a week before for when she would come, and she actually did come. Wow. See, maybe I need to get into this. I told you, write down the TV show.

Well, yeah. Someone said on the text machine for you, Megan, going, okay, own up, Megan. You've written down Liam Lawson, husband number three, haven't you? Have you manifested that one? That's not what I wrote. I actually did write down one for Liam Lawson. It wasn't that. I wrote down, I will interview

Liam Lawson in person. All right. Well, okay. If we can all work on that, that'd be great.

Maybe I need to stop being creepy on social media. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Yeah,

so speaking of things that kids do, you know, your kids are a little bit younger than mine and so you go through various stages that, you know of your things that kids do um you know your your kids are a little bit younger than mine and so you go through various stages that you know of things that you kind of you deal with as a parent you know you're sometimes sleeping through the night was a big one yeah one of my daughters in particular at the moment for something that really just gets on me is like

a wet towel on the floor oh not putting it back in the in the bathroom and i just you know sienna my oldest daughter, for some reason that's something that's just not quite on her radar as much as it is on mine. I get it. Everyone's got their things. But for me, I'm like, just pick the towel, put it back in the bathroom. That's all we need to do.

Hang it up. Let's not put it on the floor. So after me kind of saying, hey, can you put the towel back, you know, those sorts of things, I was like, oh, maybe I should try a different technique. Okay. And so in front of the family last night I was like I'll really over explain this in a sort of you know mansplain it yeah exactly I was like now wet towels a towel gets wet when it's covered

in water and after you know I was really I was getting laughs from my other daughter and my wife I was like this is good I'll go on a roll here and then I was like and you know when it's on the floor that's not a good thing because the floor is dry and the towel is wet and I was like, this is good. I'll go on a roll here. And then I was like, and, you know, when it's on the floor, that's not a good thing because the floor is dry and the towel is wet. And I was trying to explain it and getting some laughs. I'm like, this is killing it. This is going great. And I could see my daughter sort of look at me, like nodding away as I was explaining it.

And then it got to the end and I was like, that's why we should put the towel back in the bathroom. Do you understand? And she went, that's great. That's really funny, Dad. I'm like, thank you. She goes, you should put it towel back in the bathroom uh do you understand and she went that's great that's really funny dad i'm like thank you she goes you should put on your tv show and then she went oh no wait you don't have one of those anymore and i was like oh and you know there's no comeback from that for me she's like yeah it's comedy so good for your tv show and then she was like you don't have one of those anymore.

And I was like, okay. Oh, Sienna. You can do what you want with the towel, mate. That's fine. Keep your stinking towel on the floor. I don't care. Use it to dry up my tears. That's what I'm going to do.

So, yeah, it was one of those occasions where I was like, well done. Well done. You've definitely come back with something a lot better that I can't compete with. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits.

Now, I got to do something over the weekend because my wife's pretty good at justifying. I mean, she doesn't go crazy shopping or anything like that, but when she buys something, she's always like, tells me how much it was on sale. I feel like it's a course that females do. We're all just really good at justifying our purchases. You can dress it up and dress it down is always the thing.

So it's always so many options it is. Here's all the events that I'm going to wear it to. Yeah, all those things as well. But I bought online, big fan of the Warriors, so I bought a Warriors jacket. And that turned up. Okay, you don't need a Warriors jacket. And this is what my wife said.

This is what my wife said. She's like, you don't need a Warriors's jacket and this is what my wife said this is what my wife said she's like you don't need a warrior's jacket you have so much warrior's paraphernalia and I do I do

and she's like you've got you've got caps you've got beanies you've got a scarf you've got a couple of warrior's tops you've got a hoodie

and I was like she listed off these things I was like yep I have all those things guilty but I don't have a jacket I don't have a jacket and I don't have a jacket. And I'm like, if I go to the game, I can wear my top, my Warriors top,

I can wear my hoodie, but then I need a jacket. And I was like, and I could see my wife starting, trying to think about the way that she could come back on that. And I was like, I could dress it up, I could dress it down, I could do whatever I want. But why can't you wear a normal jacket over top of your Warriors hoodie? Well, that's what she said as well. But I was like, that's exactly what she said. I can do whatever I want. But why can't you wear a normal jacket over top of your Warriors hoodie? Well, that's what she said as well. But I was like, that's exactly what she said.

I'm with you, Amanda. I was like, yeah, I could wear that other jacket that I've got there, but I don't have a Warriors jacket. Is that how you justified it? I did. I did. Because as I went to buy it, I was like, I really don't need this Warriors jacket. It's like a retro jacket.

And I'm pretty sure I had one of these in the 90s. Like when I was a kid, I was like, I had one of these jackets like this. Is it like a retro jacket but then and I'm pretty sure I had one of these in the 90s like when I was a kid I was like I had one of these jackets like this is it like a shell jacket yeah it's like a little yeah like a quite thin sort of jacket but I was like oh so you're admitting it's thin it's not actually going to help you it's got oh no the warmth I get from that jacket is uh more warmth than I got from my wife after buying the jacket here's the thing I don't think you got away with it most of us will go, okay, you bank that jacket. I'm going to put it in my pocket for when she needs to buy something. Because you talked about getting a dress down the night for the Radio Awards, right? And your justification to Andrew,

your partner? We've got a wedding coming up, so I can wear it to both the Radio Awards and to a wedding. How was he with that? He got it across the line. He was like, fine, fine, if you promise that you're going to wear it. How was he with that? He was that, got it across the line. He was like, fine, fine. If you promise that you're going to wear it. Then I was like putting it out there. It does have some white on it. So maybe it's not appropriate for a wedding. So if I need to buy another dress,

I'll just say people said it's not appropriate. And then do you feel like because you put it out there as well, you're like, oh, now lots of people have seen that dress. Yeah. So maybe you're right. Maybe you're into the market for a new dress. Yeah.

But I will say, you're probably going to hear this conversation again when she wants to buy something. Damn it. I thought I was going to win. No. But really I haven't. She's banking it. Really I haven't.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Now normally it's Jono spouting information on TikTok that he brings up and then Megan goes, have you checked the comments? Have you Googled it? And he's like, no, I haven't. I've just said it on the radio as fact.

And then you look into it and find out that it's not true. Well, no, I've done a little bit more research than John O would usually. This is a TikTok meal and people are suggesting that if you eat this when you've got a migraine, it will fix it. Jessica Grace, you do suffer from migraines. Sometimes you have to have the lights quite

quite low I've worn sunglasses just so when I look at you guys because there's lots of bright so it's like a bit chill my forehead reflects a lot of light especially Jono's

forehead Jono's as well this is never ending yeah yeah he just keeps going my one very reflected yeah so yeah

sorry about that Jono swears by acupuncture. Lots of people try lots of different things to appease migraines. People get Botox. Really? To stop, you know, like the muscles in their head. I don't know.

But this is a migraine meal that's doing the rounds on TikTok. Usually you get doctors going, don't follow this. However, epidemiologist Dr. Fiona, she is also the co-founder of Migraine Foundation Aotearoa, so she knows what she's talking about. She has said that this TikTok meal could have some merit. So what is going around is that if you drink a bottle of Coke, non-spawn, and have a side of- How big a Coke?

A bottle? Regular one, not like a 1.5. One litre of Coke. No, just a 600ml. And a side of salty fries that it might help your migraine. She says caffeine is well known to be quite an effective migraine treatment, so the caffeine in the Coke. Also, a sugar hit could help because there's theories that your brain

is being depleted of glucose. But she's like, as for the fries, no evidence there. Oh, really? But they're just fries. Fries are delicious. Fries are good any time. Salt helps when you have migraines. Like having salty food because it helps hydration.

So you drink water and have salty food can help. So that makes sense, actually. So you need a Coke and some fries. Yeah, Coke, fries, and maybe a gulp of water just to level it out. Well, yeah. Okay. Will you try this next time? I will try this.

One time I did eat a whole lemon to stop my migraine, but I'm not kidding. Did that work? Yes, but I would prefer to eat chips and Coke. Like just a whole skin and all? Not the skin. I was just like, like an orange? How are you eating an orange? I did that with a lemon.

Okay. What else have you done? Oh my God, so much. Weird to try. Put my feet in like boiling water to like drain all the blood down. And did that work?

Yes. Really? Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. There's like different things, but I want to, I want to surefire a way that will work every time.

So I will try coke and chips next time. 4487 actually is our text number as well. Should we find out if people have done similar things to you? Yeah. Have you migraines? What have you done to try and get rid of those? And also just what other weird things have you done to try and get rid of colds and flus? It's definitely that season at the moment.

Yeah, I would get rid of anything. Got one to get rid of Ben. Ah, just jokes. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. We've got here, Megan, but I'm enjoying it nonetheless. This has come from a TikTok trend, the migraine meal.

And usually we have doctors going, oh, don't follow advice on TikTok. But this one, some doctors have said there could be some merit to it. And I don't think there's any harm in telling people about it because the migraine meal is apparently some Coke and some hot chips. Coca-Cola the drink, not the drug. Just so we know. Coca-Cola and chippies. So we wanted to know, do you have some sort of home remedy

if you do suffer from migraines? And lots of texts and calls coming through. Heaps of people at the moment. Someone, Producer Grace, who gets it before, said about how she tried putting her feet in really hot water. Someone's saying that works for them. Again, we've got to stress that works for them. It doesn't work for everyone.

But yeah, they reckon maybe it's something to do with your blood and the pain goes to your feet and not your head if the water's quite hot. You're just concentrating on that. Please don't burn your feet trying that. But 0800 the hits if you have some kind of different remedy that you try, like Leslie. Good morning, Leslie. Hi.

Hi. Leslie, you suffer from migraines? I do, yes. And so have you tried something like this little TikTok hack? Yeah, so sorry. I've just walked up some stairs. Yep. So food doesn't work.

I just feel worse. Okay. But I have a can of V in my back pocket all the time. I guess that's similar to... Just walk up some stairs. No, you're all right, babes. Just how big is your staircase? I hate going for a walk and then someone wants to talk to you.

This is Ben. Ben always does that, Leslie. We're walking upstairs and I'm like, yeah, it's all good, mate. Yeah, right. Yeah. Megan hates walking upstairs. It's like a mortal enemy. I make her do it all the time.

But I guess it is like a can of Coke or, you know, it's got the caffeine and it's got the sugar, which is, you know, obviously helpful in some way it's got the sugar which is you know obviously helpful in some way but do you have to do it at a particular stage like i've got to get in really quick okay so if yeah if i can feel particularly headaches coming on like some are obviously worse than others yeah i'll get in quickly with the v and a couple of Maxi G6 tablets. Yeah. And I was told a few years back by one of my old bosses, one of her friends used to do a good old Dispirin and the V. So I started trying that. And, yeah, there's obviously something like the caffeine.

Somebody said something about the niacin and the sugar in the cans of V. Right. Generally, if I get into it quick enough, it'll stop it from getting too bad. No, I feel like we need to say we're not a medical show. No, sorry. Consult your doctor and stuff. These are just things that have worked for you

in your individual case. Someone else's text through, used to get chronic migraines, and then about one day they were playing rugby, a kid broke their nose. It bled for about two days, never had a migraine since. So that's another thing you could try. If you're into that.

If Jono's back. Break his nose. Yeah, great. We'll get Joseph Parker in or something, get to the studio. Hey, thank you very much for sharing that with us. That doesn't work. Oh yeah, okay. See you mate.

Yeah, bye. So we also have someone who has tried something a little bit different. It's a piercing to help with a migraine. Good morning, Lily. Morning. So what's the piercing called that you've got? It's called a date piercing. Okay, whereabouts is this located?

Do I ask? It's like on your inner ear. Oh, okay. Good. Okay, so we're all good. Oh, I've seen those inner ear. Oh, okay. Good. So we're all good. I've seen those ones. So right under, yeah, I guess the little spot in your ear there. And what does that do?

So it acts as like an acupuncture point. And apparently, it'll release the stress of your head or something. So do you have to like squeeze it or anything? Or do you just leave it there? No, but you have to have it on the opposite side from where you get your migraines. And has it worked for you? Yeah, so it definitely stops me having migraines for longer periods of time and it stops how harshly I get them as well.

Wow. Because I know our boss, Matt, he gets those, so maybe we need to hold him down. It's getting pierced. That's a great idea, Megan. So Jono needs a punch in the nose, and Matt, our boss, needs a piercing. Multiple piercings too, Megan, not just one. This is radio.

We can't just stop at one. Yeah, oh, that's great. Okay, well, glad that worked for you. Thank you so much for sharing. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Now, Megan, you've been drinking out of a cup for the last...

Why do you keep laughing about it? The last couple of days. My ick cup. Yeah, well, it does say. So it's a mug we've got from... I think it's on the work kitchen here, right? Yeah. If you want to see what we're talking about,

Bronte has just put it up on our hit socials on Instagram, so you can see my ick cup. So, yeah, but the thing is, it does say, so it's a white mug, and it's got the words, letters I-C-K. Ick. Yeah, but the handle, you see the handle. Yeah, I like the funky handle. But the handle is a D.

The handle is a D. Oh, guys. So every time you drink out of it, I'm like, does she know that the cup says dick Oh I thought it was ick I was like Well in some ways it does say ick But then also

It's giving you the ick But yeah it's giving Yeah well it's definitely Giving you the ick Now that cup But um But the Great

Handle kind of works Because it's also black And that looks like a D Oh Going into the ICK So yes It is an ick cup But it's also

I thought it was just It said ick. I like the funky handle. It does look good. So I mean, every time I've seen you drinking your Dilmar tea out of it, I'll be like, it's quite funny. It does, you know? And then...

It's like, every time I hold it up, you're like, dick. You dick. It's giving you the ick. So if you want to see it, head to the hits breakfast on Instagram. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Now, Producer it, head to theheadsbreakfast.instagram. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Heads. Now, Producer Grace, the weather's been shocking lately.

And you have been riding out something for some time. Quite a genius idea what you keep in your car. I think I've absolutely hacked it. So I got a, what are they called? A poncho. A plastic poncho when I'm really into the football. So football season, I brought one. and then I only used it once, and I chucked it away, and I was like, I kind of feel guilty.

So the next one I've used, I've just been riding it out. I just use it. I keep it in my bag, put it on, and then I just put it back in, put it on, put it back in. It's kind of better than an umbrella because they don't always fit in your bag, and you're carrying it around, and you're rolling up your poncho. Yeah, but it's kind of like ripped down the front so I'm like holding it together. I feel like

it's at its use, but I'm determined to get to 20 uses. How many uses are you up to? Like six or seven, so I'm nearly there. They're quite, they're relatively cheap, right? Yeah, I think they're like five bucks. But I don't think they're supposed to last 20 goes. I'll prove you wrong. I'll prove you wrong, Megan. Greta Thunberg

saving the planet. I'm saving the planet. Get a Thunberg. That's how we found out you meant to say her name. So good on you for doing that, but you really are riding it to the bitter end, aren't you? I'm definitely riding it to the bitter end. Can you look cool in a poncho? I think I'd probably almost be

rained on. I was awkward. I put my bag down. I was putting my poncho on and I wanted my bag under my poncho in front of work and I was like, I feel so stupid. Yeah, because normally in a sports game it's like safety in numbers, right? Everyone's doing it. Wearing a mask when you're on the you know, like everyone was like, we're all doing it.

Yeah, everyone looks like a dork. Well, okay, that's a great thing to throw out there. What are you riding to the bitter ends? I have a t-shirt and it's just a normal Adidas t-shirt but I've had it for about 10 years. It's got big we're talking big holes right all over

the front of it but I don't want to throw it out because I use it for daycare pickup. I'm like they might smudge on me. There's other kids there. I don't want to get like my other nice clothes dirty. My husband's like you are literally almost showing a boob. It's not appropriate for outside of the house.

Especially in a daycare centre. I just don't want to throw it out. So what are you writing out to the bitter end? Don't wait under the hits. We've got some Dilmar tea to give away. To every caller next, you can open up and maybe find that golden ticket to win a trip to Sri Lanka. Is it what?

Is it underwear? Is it socks? Is it drink bottles? Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. To know what you're riding out to the bitter end, producer Grace, a $5 poncho. Wearing it, even with holes in it,

it's ripped and she's still wearing it in the rain. She wants to get to 20 wears even though those things, I know that it's plastic but they're kind of only meant to be used once. So good on her for trying to save the environment but it's plastic, but they're kind of only meant to be used once. So good on her for trying to save the environment, but it's pretty manky already. My wife's got some reading glasses that she'll use just when she's on her laptop or reading a book

and things like that. And she's one of the sides of God. Oh, one of the arms. Yeah, one of the arms of God. And she's just wearing it like that at home at the moment. I'm like, you really are riding out this thing at the moment. You guys don't drink cups of tea in bed because you don't want to age yourself. But your wife is rocking glasses.

She's got to go get it fixed. But I'm like, you definitely do. It looks a lot better with two arms rather than one arm. Is it slightly wonky? Yeah, exactly. So we wanted to know what you were riding out till the bitter end. What is it for you, Tiana? I am riding out socks and Crocs.

Socks and Crocs. So you're doing them together. I love socks and Crocs, Megan, as a fashionista. Socks and Crocs are life, especially when you're 31 weeks pregnant. I was going to say I'm with you, but I'm not with you. I'm with you on socks and Crocs. My socks have more stitched up holes in it than not, and my Crocs no longer have soles in them.

But they're still good. Some of them still work. Soles, Crocs. I'm not allowed to wear them outside anymore, my husband said. So you actually stitch your socks, you'll get a hole in it, and you'll stitch them up? Yeah, because they're still good. Are they?

Are they? Are they? Probably not, but, you know. They're also not that expensive to buy a new pair. Treat yourself, Tiana. I know. It's the admin of going and getting them. Sometimes you have favorite socks and one's perfectly good and you're like, well, this other one now,

it's really let the side down. Also, you say the admin of going. Yeah, I did go through the phase of keeping one of each pair until I realised how ridiculous that was too. You say the admin of going to get a sock. You can get socks from the supermarket and also you're sitting at home stitching them up. That would be more admin.

Yeah, I know. I don't work smarter, okay? I work harder. Well, thank you for sharing that with us. I feel seen about socks and Crocs and I'm going to hook you up

with some Dilmar tea or hopefully you'll open up and find that golden ticket to get yourself a trip to Sri Lanka. Oh, thank you so much, guys. Have an awesome day.

You too. Thanks, Sian. Good luck with the pregnancy. Thanks. Bye. Good morning, Blair. Good morning. How are you?

We're good. What are you writing out to the bitter end? So, similarly to you, I've got T-shirts that I write to the bitter end. And one, my favorite one, was one that had a lot of holes in it. My girlfriend, who's now my wife, found it, put it in the rubbish bin. I was about to get on a plane to do an OE in Asia. And my favorite moment was when she met me in Bangkok at the airport. I was wearing that T-shirt.

Oh, that's awesome. So you got it out of the bin, and you put it on, and when she greets you, she's like, oh, it's the T-shirt. Exactly, yeah. I kind of love that. That is quite good. It is. I get definitely a lot of T-shirts that go missing like that.

Yeah, it's probably where I find them in the wheelie bin. We're going to hook you up with Dilmati, and hopefully you open that up and find yourself not a T-shirt, but a trip to Sri Lanka. Thanks, Ian. I appreciate it. You look out for our faces on Dilmati around the country to win that trip.