Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: We Spoke To An 11-Year-Old Who's At University!

Episode Date: March 23, 2022

Alisa Pham is AUT's youngest ever university student and she is outrageously intelligent. She studied the WHOLE of high school in less than a year and also owns her own business. Genius. Such an interesting chat with her! We also reflected on all the crazy things we did back in 2020 when the pandemic first hit that now makes us look like crazy humans. Finally, we had a winner for 5 Words for $5K! Emma, a school teacher, was the lucky listener who took away the $5000, buuuuuut there was some controversy surrounding it! Enjoy the show!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Heads with the Jono and Ben podcast. Kia ora, 24th of March, it's a Thursday and I really do like Thursdays. You know, there's the hard yards of the week are done. You know, it's just reap the rewards of the fruits of your labour. Right, yeah. Fair enough. Thursday's a nice day, isn't it? Once you've accomplished Thursday, nothing can stop you.

Oh, so I've been getting into, we were talking about these earlier, getting into these motivational things on YouTube, on Instagram. Sure, I love them. I've never been more motivated in my life than watching, you know, the guy from Family Feud, Steve Harvey motivate. Oh, there's another guy. Have you met Jordan Pedersen on YouTube? I don't know what

Jordan Pedersen does, but he's a little bit controversial. Some people don't agree with him. Just his take on life is... I think we all need to take a leaf out of his book. Right. What's he doing? He's just kind of... He's a matter of fact.

And that's what I like about it. And he sort of tells you about how you can approach situations better. And how you can sort of really put yourself and your situation in perspective to another person, for example. Okay.

Sorry, I was trying to find, as you were talking there, talking about days of the week, and there was one from one of these the other day, one of these inspirational, but I can't find it, was talking about why, you know, don't wait till Monday to start

because people are like, I'll start all that on Monday. They're like, no, that's not what successful people do. They just like, they do it now, you know you don't wait till monday to start because people are like i'll start all that on monday they're like no that's not what successful people do they're just like they do it now you know rather than waiting oh get all bad we'll start the week the week doesn't start on monday was the whole thing i was like yeah i was like yeah it just made you think it's like don't get into the habit of you know the week starts you know tailing off if you want to be like these motivation of evil I like tailoring off I'm tailoring off mate it's like the week starts

don't just go the week starts but you know well what about like when does the week start who decided the week started Monday without a contract

yeah but but your week doesn't start Monday if you want to be better at yourself mate this is what this is you start you know

it starts now when does it get to end it doesn't you just keep going. That's the thing. That's the motivation. But I like an ending. That's fine.

That's fine. But you're never going to be successful. It's hypergraphy. I've done the bulk of the work. You know what I love about this? Ben's doing this, and he's standing up like a motivational speaker, pointing at me. He's doing like the Anthony Robbins.

You can do it. Someone needs to get him a microphone headpiece. Well, when does your week start? Your week starts. It doesn't stop. It doesn't stop. Life is just one continuous week. It started when I was born, and it'll end when I die.

Exactly. Success. Yeah, success. There we go. Come to my next TED Talk, all right? I'll just be ripping off things I saw online. And half remembering

it was something like that. I was in the ballpark. I don't know if I was 100% right. I'm sure they give themselves some time off. They're not tapering off and going,

I got to Thursday. It's a slide from here, guys. Yeah, well, they should. They should. They should treat themselves. But there is actually one thing in common with all these, you know, you take any successful person in the world, president, actor, model, musician, whatever,

they all have a drive. No one gets there by chance, you know? Lord, you didn't win Grammys by chance. No. Worked their ass off. Yeah, yeah. Talent and a little bit of luck. And I tell you what, her week never ended.

No, she's not. She's not tapering off for the weekend. Her week started. She's in the middle of it, alright? Did she hit a green light? She took that on go? It's never gone to red. Exactly. Enjoy the podcast, alright? Thursday morning. How are you guys? You alright?

Good, yes. Jono? Yeah, no, I'm indifferent. It's just another day. Here we are, back at it. I wish I had some more exciting news to deliver. Well, yeah, same with me, because we always talk in this moment about what we got up to sort of over the last 24 hours since the radio show ended. Yeah, we call it the 24-hour chat. And I had a bleak 24 hours, so I've got nothing to provide for this. So did I, really, because this is leading the way.

This is a reflection on all of us, if this is the thing that we're going to talk about right now. Proudly the most boring radio show on the market. So I found myself last night with my daughter flicking through Netflix, and we really questioned what we were doing with our lives when we started watching a show called Is It Cake? The show's called Is It Cake?

Hopefully the answer's always yes. Well, we got hooked on this. Have a listen to what Is It Cake is all about. This is a bowling ball. And this is a cake. What? The show is insane! You are all here because you are all talented

at making cakes that look like everyday objects. Now, that incredibly specific skill can earn you thousands of dollars. Oh, I see. So there's a real bowling ball and then a cake bowling ball. So what happens is they get a bunch of, it's a reality show, they get a bunch of cake bakers who make cakes look exactly like things, like bowling balls, like shoes, like burgers, like handbags. Incredible detail.

These things look exactly like a real item. And then they have judges that come out and they have to work out, is it cake? I reckon it feels like they had the pitch session to Netflix and they were like, Hannah, did you come up with the idea for the Netflix thing? And she'd forgotten. And she came up with the last minute show called Is It Cake?

Yeah, it was maybe someone's birthday in the office and they're like, wow, that's a really cool detailed cake. And they're like, yeah, that's for the pitch. The new show, Is It Cake? Is It Cake? Well, how does it work? Well. So the judges as well, they're not quite,

they can't stand over the cake and inspect it. So they're like a couple of meters away and then they'll have like five burgers and then one of them will be a burgers and then one of them will be a cake and the rest of them will be actual burgers. Oh they don't have to like bite into the bowling ball and smash their teeth. They're like number two and then the guy, the host will cut down and go

this is what you said, this is cake or this is not but yeah. So do they end up like cutting through normal like everyday items as well when they think that's the cake? Yeah obviously not bowling balls, they can't cut through but a lot of dental repairs if they're just biting into bowling balls. But it's actually really like, it's why most of these shows hook you in. You're like, what is this?

And then you're like, oh my God, that's cake, that's cake, that's the one, that's the one. Number two. We're two weeks away from a show called Who Can Hold Their Breath The Longest. It's pretty much true. And it'll be captivating viewing. You know it will. And I'm not even a fan of cake. You know this. Oh, yeah. You know, like I'm not even a fan of cake. You know this.

Oh, yeah. You know, like, I'm not even, it's an obligation thing for me. Someone's birthday, you feel obligated. Oh, someone made the cake. I reckon they had a hard time selling a show called Is It Cake? You know, getting people across the line. Yeah. Yeah, but hey, anything could be entertaining.

Now, building Lego is a thing now. Well, that's right. They turn that into an exciting extravaganza, don't they? This is along the same lines, so it's amazing what you guys are doing. I don't know why I'm judging. Now, that's right. They turn that into an exciting extravaganza, don't they? This is along the same lines so it's amazing what... I don't know why I'm judging. Now I feel like cake. We once did a thing

on television. I said something and I said, if that doesn't come true I'll eat my hat. Remember that? Yeah, I do. And then we casserole'd a hat.

We got Nadia Lim. Seriously? To see if I could eat a hat. Turns out I couldn't. No. She wasn't going to go through the digestions. She cooked it up

or made it look like it was a meal and then she came back and goes, don't eat the hat. Please don't eat the digest. She cooked it up or made it look like it was a meal and then she came back and goes, don't eat the hat, please don't eat the hat. The hat's not edible. But on this show, you could have eaten the hat. Maybe that's your show. Will he eat a hat or will he not eat a hat?

Only we work out if it's kind of very similar to that one. If it's an actual hat or if it's something you can eat. I think we've just come up with an idea that's already come up with. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Thursday morning, good morning. Scrolling through your feed. All right, let's check out this news bulletin.

Chuck all your goodness in the NutriBullet, mate, and we'll have a big drink of the juice. Yesterday, again, a big announcement out of Parliament from the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern. And so the government, well, firstly, she started reflecting on the last couple of years. While we've been successful, it has also been bloody hard. It has been bloody hard.

Yeah. You said all the callers on Newstalk ZB were like, is she waffling on at the beginning? Just get to the things. I just want to know. I don't want an update. Stop waffling. I know what's happened over the last two years.

I know it's been bloody hard. Stop treating us all like children. That was them on Newstalk ZB. But finally, when she got to some of the new details. After the waffling on. Yeah. So the government significantly loosened COVID-19 rules yesterday. Most vaccine mandates and vaccine requirements,

QR code scanning and outdoor gathering limits will all be changing. So businesses are still able to use the vaccine pass only if they want to. And vaccine mandates will be narrowed to only include health care, age care, corrections and border workers. So that means things like unvaccinated teachers can return to work. So quite a few changes yesterday. No limit on outdoor gathering. It's great for sports and concerts. And they've doubled the indoor limit on gatherings from 100 to 200.

QR scanning? Yeah, forget about that. Oh, I forgot about it many, many months ago. But they're continuing all of this on for another week for some reason. Yeah, some things are kicking in this weekend and the others are coming in another week later. Masks seem like they will continue to be around as well. Well, I reckon we should thank those wonderful protesters

on the lawn of Parliament. They got some results. Nothing to do with them. Prime Minister Jacinda Ar. They got some results. Nothing to do with them. Prime Minister just said, I had nothing to do with them. Because it's safe to do so. Not because anyone arrived on the front lawn of Parliament. Yeah. Oh, yeah.

Yeah. It always helps when you try and burn down Parliament to get some results, doesn't it? Yeah, so it feels like a lot of steps towards the new normal. I guess things aren't going to be 100% normal, but it is a step back towards a little bit of normality. Well, it's going to be a little awkward for Dennis, the unvaccinated teacher. They fired Dennis.

Then Dennis is going to come back. He's like, oh, hey, welcome back, Dennis. Sorry. Just couldn't let that get away on us, mate. We don't care if you're vaxxed or not. Get back in there, mate. Get back in there. And so when you reflect on it, in hindsight,

it was just a giant bullying tactic to get everyone vaccinated, wasn't it? Can't work. Can't go to a restaurant. Can't go to a bar. Which I guess has helped out the health situation in New Zealand because we are very highly vaccinated, but you're right. But then it disappears one day. Everyone's like, well, what did you make?

What was that about? I lost my job. Yeah, true. Strange times lost my job. Yeah, true. Strange times, strange times. Wild times. We should reflect on

these wild times later in the show. Well, I think we should. You're right, because it has, the last couple of years, we were talking about

this earlier, we've all let it get away on us in various things. I wore gloves to work. Yeah. I wore rubber gloves to work.

You did for a while. It was a good few weeks you wore rubber gloves. Mate, I was scanning into work. I was scanning into work. You did for a while. It was a good few weeks. I was scanning into work. I was scanning into work. You know, like, you were washing fruit. I think we all were washing.

We all washed our food. Yeah, I even washed packets of biscuits. So we might reflect later on about how we let things just get away. I mean, some of these things would keep us safe, and some of these because we hadn't dealt with anything like this in our lifetimes. I was one step away coming to work in a hazmat suit. Rise and shine. Time to start the, um, who are we kidding?

We're not the boss of you. Jono and Ben on the hits. Do you know what I had last night for dinner? No, probably don't. No, I don't. I had nothing too adventurous, I'm guessing. Oh, mate, you know me. Yeah, so, well, unless this is like, oh, I went out there, went crazy.

Yeah, like a steak tartare or something. Or was it beef tartare? Snitty, schnitzel. And I haven't had schnitzel. It's probably a meal you'd expect me to have. Like a chicken schnitzel? No, just a beef schnitzel. Oh, okay, yeah.

But jeez, you don't appreciate how good a snitty is, do you? It really is a staple on the New Zealand dinner plate, especially for the boomers. The boomers love a bloody... Kevin Boyce loves cooking up a schnitzel. Yeah, a boiled silver beet and some schnitzel. Yeah, mashed potatoes. Oh, don't you know it?

But I couldn't... You know, I don't know what a schnitzel is or where it comes from or how it works. You don't think too hard about it. It's like a sausage. You don't want to put too much thought into what you're actually putting in your mouth there. But you just don't appreciate the schnitzel enough, I think, as a country. When was the last time you had schnitzel?

Oh, I couldn't tell you. Couldn't think, exactly. I don't even think I've eaten a beef schnitzel before. You've never had a schnitzel? No, maybe a chicken one. You're full boomer as you die. I ate it at 5.30. Watching the chase.

It's tall back radio on a plate. It is as always. What is the oldest meal you think you eat? The most bland, boring meal. Are you still having

an apricot chicken? Oh no. That was a huge fad for a while there. What about rice pudding? I'm not cooking any of these as such. It's like when you go over to someone else's house, maybe they might make it and you're like, oh yeah, I'll just eat it to be polite.

The pad thai is a good one too. It's a safe option. That's probably a bit adventurous for a boomer, isn't it? Yeah, but that's them going a bit adventurous but not too adventurous. It's like ordering a mild butter chicken for a boomer, you know? They're saying here the biggest baby. Oh, yeah, no, it's a roast meal. A roast is the number one boomer meal.

Oh, yeah. Sunday roast. So good, though. Like, that's such a hearty meal and everyone loves it. Like, no matter who you serve it to, everyone loves it. Apart from vegetarians.

Oh, yeah, true. But you get a lot of vegetable options, don't you? Yes, you do. You roast vegetables and stuff. Did you have a Sunday roast at your house when you were growing up? Was it a tradition?

No, not every day. It felt like a hugely inconvenient meal to cook on a Sunday night. Yeah. We started doing them during last winter, though. That was at home, you know. And it was good when the weather's a bit bad, you know, put it on early and have it on the afternoon.

Oh, they do love it. Here's another one. But it came at number three. I would have thought this would be higher up the list. Fruitcake. Oh, that is. And they last. It lasts for it.

Oh, that's the worst thing to ever grace this earth. Longer than Chris Warner on Shortland Street. It's just there, isn't it? Number twos are banger too. Meatloaf. Wonderful boomer cuisine, a meatloaf. Americans love their meatloaf, don't they? You see all those sitcoms and stuff.

It's meatloaf night. Again, you don't want to know what's in a meatloaf. I imagine Jenny, your mum, every time you go to her house, she would offer you a slice of fruitcake. Yeah, she's got fruitcake. Yeah, my dad's got it in the freezer. Don't keep it in the freezer. It brings out little bits.

But they're the process. You have to thaw it out to give you a slice. Would you like a piece of fruitcake? Yeah. Well, you're going to have to wait two hours. I'll just put it in the sun. Spy. Know what's up.

Spy.co.nz. Like a trained assassin, she's here to kill some celebrity careers. What's going on, Jew? So Ed Sheeran's copyright trial is still awaiting a verdict. I think it's taking a little bit longer than they expected. But his lawyer told the High Court that the case has been deeply traumatising for Ed and his co-writers. It's a terribly, terribly unfortunate situation and he thinks that the case should have never got to trial never even got to that point

You can understand, it's kind of like his integrity's been called into question, right? You know, where he's like, oh I've made this song and someone's like, you've ripped it off my song and so you see why he's gone to all the effort of being in court himself? He could have probably just paid off some money and forgot about it, but he's probably like, that's the principle

of the thing. Totally. If you want to call anyone's integrity into question, call ours into question. The radio industry, no integrity at all. No scruples. We'll rip anything off anyone. I mean, how many times have we done Beat the Bomb? Different incarnations. Got a version of it

coming up after 8 o'clock. But yeah, I imagine when it comes to songwriting and performing, and he's a singer-songwriter, you don't want your credibility called into question, do you? Because that's what you poured your life into. And also Ed Sheeran is such a well-known songwriter, obviously, as well as singer.

He writes so many songs and everyone knows that, that it's kind of like, why would he need to copyright? Because he can write so many fantastic songs anyway. I think also, too, you'd have to say that he didn't actually rip the song off or else why would you put yourself through a court trial and everything? Just pay some hush money, be done with it, move on with life. Totally. So hopefully the result of that trial will not be too far away.

Shit, I love it how we sit here like experts. I know. Don't we? Shoving our opinion down your throat. That's great. And Anne Hathaway has just completely outperformed Kelly Clarkson on Kelly's own TV show. So Anne was a guest on the show

and they were playing a game called Sing That, Name That Song. So this is where they have to quickly identify songs by their instruments, instrumental, sorry, and start singing them as soon as they recognize them. And Anne Hathaway basically blew everyone's minds. Kelly, you better start stepping up your game. Can you play a freaking song I'll know? Jason, play a song she'll love.

Since you've been gone I can't breathe for the first time. So is it Anne Hathaway singing? Yeah. Oh, my gosh. And in Kelly's reaction at the end, she's just like. She's singing Kelly Clarkson's song in front of her, belching it out. It's incredible.

Since you've been gone. Why isn't she a singer? How did you know it for just that? This is embarrassing. By the way, never fall for Hathaway when she tells you she's scared to sing. It is now. Kelly Clarkson just missed her own song. All right.

Jesus, take the wheel. Jesus, take the wheel. Oh, they're saying. And Heather White. Who knew? I feel it. We've seen it before. I feel like this

with the hits everyone can sing here we're the only two people who can't sing we're the only three I cannot sing we're the untalented show but everyone else

can sing Laura can sing Brie can sing Estelle can sing it's such a gift you know it is I wish I was born

with that gift it takes a lot of it's like dancing, isn't it? It takes a lot of confidence to get out there and sing. Especially to do what Anne Hathaway does, bouncing out there in front of Kelly Clarkson. How are you in a karaoke situation?

I'm sober now. Will you join them as a group? Yeah, I mean, if I have to. I've done it a few times, but I'm not a great singer. I would love to see that. But if I have to. I've done it a few times, but I'm not a great singer. But I'll, you know. I would love to see that. But I'll give it a go.

You know, if I have to, I'll give it a go. What's your song? What's your go-to karaoke? Well, like, I've tried ones, and in my head, I've thought, oh, you know, do something like Living on a Pre or something, and afterwards, you're like, why don't I have to do it? What? So basically, if you could do something that maybe you could rap along

to the lyrics, but put a real terrible white guy rap to it, then maybe I could do something that maybe you could rap along to the lyrics but put a real terrible white guy rap to it then maybe I could do that well this is a story all about how my life got flipped turned upside down a rap that my mum

could enjoy well yes I understand all the lyrics family friendly rap clearly pronounced words good enunciation that's what I'd do yeah

and that is your spy update for this hour for more you can head to the hits.co.nz we're talking about each year, and just before we have a double pass each year and to give away just after seven. So stick around for that.

It is the Hits. You've got Jono and Ben. The annoying ones talking between the songs. Jono and Ben on the Hits. I think get the party started. We can get the party started with a few more people. Come the next couple of weeks, outdoor venues have doubled.

Oh, it's outdoor venues. No restrictions. Sorry. Outdoor venues have doubled from 100 to 200. That's great. Yeah. Getting back to normality. And I know there's been a lot of talk, too, about the cost of living.

Yeah, that's not quite getting back to normality. Is that not getting back to normal? No. Are you doing the compliment sandwich here? Positive, negative, positive? Trying to. Yeah, sorry. I came in too early with a negative.

I was trying to start with something positive. And then also, but now we're here. We're negative, positive. Trying to. Yeah, sorry. I came in too early with a negative. I was trying to start with something positive and then also, but now we're here. We're here. Yeah, we're here. We are. Okay, we're here. I ripped the plaster off. I'm sorry.

Yeah, so weekly household costs tip to rise 150 a week due to inflation. That's what Grant Romson was predicting. Well, you know, I always say to the kids, my kids that, you know, if you think you're in a bad position there's always someone who's worse off than you

and it happened to Oscar yesterday my son he got stung by a bee at school and he's like I'm going to go to the nurse and he's like

I've got a bee sting and then in rolls a guy with a blood nose and blood pouring all down his front of his shirt and then Oscar's like oh okay

that looks serious and another guy comes in on a stretcher. Oh, jeez. And then Oscar goes, oh, listen, he literally goes, I think I'll just

let myself out. So the reason for that is there's people off worse than New Zealand. Cost and living. I'm looking at the most expensive countries to live in.

Do you know we're not even in the top, we're at number 18. Really? 18. And the bloody Aussies, they have to beat us at everything. Even being more expensive than us. They're sitting at 14 in the top. We're at number 18. Really? Wow. And the bloody Aussies, they have to beat us at everything.

Even being more expensive than us. They're sitting at 14 at the moment. So things are more expensive in Australia. Which I would have thought. Yeah.

Yeah. They've been leading us to believe it's cheaper over there. All right. Yeah. But the top three, Bermuda, Switzerland,

and Norway. Most expensive countries to live in. So there's people worse off than us, guys. Okay. The things, of course, are getting a wee bit pricey-like, and it feels like a good opportunity to play our wee song Switzerland and Norway, most expensive countries to live in. So there's people worse off than us, guys. Okay. The things, of course, are getting a wee bit pricey-like,

and it feels like a good opportunity to play our wee song again. Well, we don't want the cost of living to recover too quickly because we need to get our mileage out of this song. Well, no. To be honest, we would. Well, I'm happy to bench the song, but right now it isn't. Another week would be nice. It is flat. There is a cost of living crisis.

Kiwis feeling the pinch in their back pocket. You're saying that the word crisis does apply. You can call it a crisis. We need to do something about it. My car's an empty. Needs basic maintenance. Requires unleaded petrol for sustenance. Drive it to BP.

F*** it's pricey. Knew I should have bought one of Elon Musk's EVs Guy behind the counter says you gotta pay Even though we got the cost of living crisis The word crisis does apply Yeah it's pricey like a Celtics on the forecourt Got that nozzle in my tank, draining money from my bank Nine buck cabbage in the car too

One cheese, twelve dollars. Damn, I got screwed. Two by my butter. I took out a loan. Extra freaking four grand to live on my home. Thanks to inflation, can't afford to buy some bacon. This shampoo costs fifty-two. Brassy like ooh.

Call it a crisis. Brassy like ooh. Call it an emergency. Brassy like ooh. A shock. The word crisis does apply. That person who didn't let you merge probably listens to a lesser radio station. Jono and Ben on the hits. It's Justin Bieber, Ghost, it is the hits.

You've got Jono and Ben, ben 10 away from seven i was lurking around your house yesterday afternoon ben oh yeah it starts to do the odd drive by what's being up to oh yeah look over the fence oh yeah okay separation anxiety no but there's a quite a major intersection near your place couple of k's down the road and i don't know if you will you dare say you have noticed because you probably drive that way every day, is there's people standing at the intersection now with signs. They're out there asking for money and things like that. And what I like about some of these people is they are just beautifully honest. And the guy that was next to your place yesterday afternoon holding a sign,

he just said, I could really do with a drink. And I thought, well, you know what, I can't deny. Somehow there was two parts to me. One of me thought, well, am I just funding alcoholism here? And the other part is going, well, no, I'm funding honesty. Really honest branding and marketing. And I can't say no in those situations when someone comes up to your window

to just leave it shut and keep staring straight ahead. Oh, yeah. Feels quite cold and callous. Oh, it does. You feel for people that have to get on the street and do this. Don't get me wrong. Nothing makes me happier than when

there are two cars ahead and the light turns green. Don't get me wrong. I find change is a big thing though. Change? I don't have cash. Yeah, that's the thing. But I always feel like I'm lying when I'm saying, I don't have cash.

Until that one time, remember I did, and I thought I had a $5 note, the charity. And you pulled out a 50. And everyone was like, and even I was like, because I was like, oh God, this is a 50. Why have I got a 50? Don't you want me

to have a 50 I don't know you know and then I was like with the cash thing though like sometimes if you say you don't have cash

they'll say oh well there's an ATM down there you can just go down there and get some out and you're like oh gosh we did one on the

streets it was raising money for charity remember that time we had an EFOS machine it was really good we had that in the bucket

people were like don't ever go to a cab show. No, it's EFOS. No, and then they give you that look of like, you mother... Yeah, they did. They did. When you pull an EFOS machine out of your back pocket, oh, that's what I'm going to do.

Just swipe in there, mate. Oh, you... Yeah. You can tell, eh? They were like, what are you... And then you're just like trying to think of excuses, like, oh, what else can I bring here? What else can I bring here?

No one wants to give to charity, but no one can say no to it at the same time. It's a wonderful business model. Some people do want to give to charity. Who? Other people. Better than me, obviously. Yeah, exactly.

And to celebrate Ed Sheeran coming to New Zealand on the mathematics tour, he's going to be playing in Sky Stadium in Wellington, 2nd of Feb. Eden Park, Auckland, Friday 10th of Feb. And tickets went on sale yesterday at FrontierTouring.com. Not going to Dunedin, and they are howling. They're talking about painting over the mural. Do you know what?

I read a bit more about that. Why? The reason why they reckon he's not going there is because the stadium's not set up. Because he's got the stage that's going to be in the middle of the stadium and for some reason that's not... They reckon that might be the reason why it doesn't quite work out there. To be fair to Ed though, I love Dunedin, but

once you've been there once, you've been to Dunedin. We don't broadcast in Dunedin, do we? No, but definitely not now. No, it's a lovely place. You can't back out with a lovely place. You can't say. You can't back out with a lovely place.

Anyway, heads or tails, here's how it works. It's a simple flip of a coin to win two tickets that you're cheering, but if you get it wrong, the tickets go to the next caller. Yeah, we'll get you on, Debra from Raglan. Good morning. How are you? Now, Ed, he's in love with the shape of you, Debra. Oh, thank you. That's so flattering for the morning. I don't know if he's in love with the shape of you, Deborah. Oh, thank you.

That's so flattering for the morning. I don't know if he's in love with the shape of me with all my lumpy bits, but he definitely likes yours, though, Deborah. And Jess is the second caller this morning. Welcome, Jess, from Greymouth. No, not from Greymouth. I'm in Lenham. Oh, okay.

I lied. Well, apologies for that. Jess, you are waiting on the line because if Deborah does not win, you're going to steal her tickets off her like an absolute savage. What do you are waiting on the line because if Debra does not win, you're going to steal her tickets off her like an absolute savage. What do you want to say to Debra? Oh, good luck, but may the odds be in my favour. In my favour.

This game wasn't meant to be so savage, was it? That's good. That's a lovely compliment too, Jess, because it's kind of like Sonny Bill Williams who had his fight last night. He said about the other guy leading up to the fight, I hope he goes home to his wife and his lovely children. That's nice.

But I want to smash his face in. Not as nice. Like, just a compliment there. He did well, Sonny Bill, too, didn't he? Yeah, well done. Deborah. Okay, Ed's or Tails?

We're going to flip our giant 3D printed coin. What are you going to go? Okay, I'm going to go Tails. Tails. All right, flip it going to go tails. Tails. All right, flip it up. Everyone watch.

Scrooge and Nia's are watching. She went tails, and it's landed on heads. Oh, no. Well done, Jess. Well done. Oh, and she even offers a well done. Oh, thank you. This is such a serious game.

It wasn't meant to be, but it is. I mean, Jess, you could look like an absolute champion of a human being and give the tickets back to her now if you wanted, but hey. Maybe not. It's not how the game works. No, it's not. No, it's not. The format is what it is.

And winners and losers, Debra, I'm so sorry. No, that's okay. That's okay. All good. Thank you very much another chance tomorrow morning Debbie can give us a call then and play Ed's or Tails

we've got more Ed Sheeran tickets she's just hung up she's like I'm the NGS you sleep easy tonight mate you don't worry about anything she had the chance it was all in you know she didn't get the call

no love it love it the great thing about listening to this show is that the day can only get better from here Jono and Ben

on the hits more Ed Sheeran tickets back tomorrow Ed Sheeran The show is that the day can only get better from here. Jono and Ben on the hits. More Ed Sheeran tickets back tomorrow. Ed Sheeran has tickets with you tomorrow. I know, remember you had a dream of Ed Sheeran a sheep. I did. Do you still have that dream? Well, he did say he was keen on that if he came to New Zealand,

but then he came to New Zealand and we didn't quite make that happen. That would have been so good. Ed Sheeran a sheep. Yeah. Maybe we'll make a little boy's dream come true when he arrives next year, good. Ed Sheeran the sheep. Yeah. Wow. Maybe we'll make a little boy's dream come true when he arrives next year, Ben. Yeah, Ed Sheeran too much information. Yeah.

Might be another one. Show us his internet history. Ed Sheeran his bank account details with me. That'd be good. Spy. Know what's up.

Spy.co.nz There's not many jobs out there in the market where your main role is to find out what celebrities have injected silicone into their caboose, but this is one of them.

Juliet, what's happening in Spy? So, Matthew McConaughey and his wife do not remember the date they got married. So, his wife didn't realise that their 10 year anniversary is coming up in June until a reporter asked her about it yesterday.

And she said that they are not good when it comes to dates in their marriage. They always go back and forth all the time. And one time they were at a dinner party and bickering about being like, no, it's this date, no, it's this date, no, it's this date. And then I think when they went to go and get a bottle of wine or some alcohol for a guest, they opened up the fridge and saw there was a bottle there that was from their wedding and it had the date and they were both wrong.

So they're terrible at it. They're terrible with dates. Oh, that makes everyone feel better about themselves, doesn't it? Yeah, it's very good. Very good. I feel like he'd have quite a lot, you know, his intake of certain substances would probably lead to a bit of a hazy memory at times, McConnell.

We forget to put on a shirt a lot of the time, doesn't he? He's got a great figure too. Yeah, he does. Do you remember your wedding date? We forget to put on a shirt a lot of the time, doesn't he? He's got a great figure too. Yeah, he does. Do you remember your wedding date? Well, I've got it wrong once. I've talked about this a couple of times and I have the date tattooed on my arm. Oh, but it's in Roman numerals.

No one can read Roman numerals. So I was like, do you know what date it is? Can I see? Can I see? Is it on your wrist? Oh, it's that one there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Wow. So that wasn't a great look?

No, it's never good because it generally goes for the majority of the day until it's just chucked on you at, you know, that sort of 5 o'clock. Yeah. Too late to go and grab something. I know. You just always got to, what you got to do is just put it in your calendar and have it as a repeating yearly event. So no matter how many years goes on, it's always in the calendar.

Have you forgotten any more times? Just the once? Just the once, yeah. It was pretty bad. Yourself? Yeah, I've forgotten once too. It was in the peak of our crazy work times too. Where you're like, mate, I dropped the ball. Shocking. Yeah, no, it's not

a good thing. But you're right, June, it's an easy fix. Write it in the calendar. They invented this thing called the calendar. It actually comes in quite handy. handy yeah it does and the Oscars have been caught out a little bit so Rachel Ziegler

she's in the movie West Side Story from Steven Spielberg she's the lead actress in it and she wasn't invited to the Oscars despite the movie

being nominated for multiple awards including Best Picture and you guys you guys have spoken to the cast oh our dear friend steven spielberg yeah we did talk to him uh that was not that long ago but zegla was on the line as well with the call and amazing she got this role when i think she was still in high school i was i started

auditioning when i was a junior and i got cast when i was a senior and and left high school uh my senior year in april to start rehearsing for the movie. So she's kind of like new to the industry. This was her big first break, but she's incredible in the movie. Yeah, she's amazing. And the movie's nominated for so many Oscars. So many. She didn't even get the main actor. Yeah, so someone commented on one of her Instagram posts saying,

can't wait to see what you're wearing at the Oscars. And then she replied being like, sweatpants and a hoodie at home, watching with my boyfriend because I haven't been invited. And so this made headlines. And everyone's kind being like, sweatpants and a hoodie at home, watching with my boyfriend because I haven't been invited. And so this made headlines. And everyone's kind of like, that's kind of outrageous that the lead actress of this movie has not been invited. But now the Oscars have very conveniently asked, oh, would you like to present an award at the ceremony? Oh, just getting to the presenters of the awards. Maybe she missed the invite on Facebook.

They're probably saying, can you attend? You know, people skip things, don't they? Oh, maybe they got the 100-person limit. Yeah, true. Didn't make the cut. I guess they're banking on Matthew McConaughey forgetting what day it was. Free up a seat.

And that is your Spy Update for this hour. For more, you can head to the hits.co.nz. Next on the show, what our boss here at the Hits did. With an Uber driver. Yeah. Well, we've already the show, what our boss here at The Hits did. With an Uber driver. Yeah. Well, we've already sold that, haven't we? Yeah. Find out what Emily, our boss, did with an Uber driver next.

Sounds really saucy. It is The Hits. You've got Jono and Ben. Jono and Ben. Brought to you by Resene. Helping Kiwis decorate with New Zealand-made paints since 1946. Whether you're heading to work this morning or working. Jono and Ben.

We want to go Uber diving when it comes to Uber stories this morning because our boss, Emily, mentioned something in passing yesterday which we thought we'd talk to her about this morning. Good morning, Emily. Good morning, Guy. How do you think the show's going? Honest opinion. Do we want to answer that?

Performance or review? We'll talk later. Oh, you never want to know. All right, okay. So, Emily, you just mentioned in passing an interesting use of the Uber driver. Like a taxi driver, you got the Uber driver to do something which traditionally they don't do. Yes. So I had a bit of a mare with our pizza order, lacking deliverers and all sorts of things happening.

So I was like, surely an Uber driver will just pick it up. So you thought you had a hack because there was no sort of Uber Eats, no deliveries, to get just an Uber driver to come pick up your pizza and take it to you? Yeah. Well, I have used an Uber driver before to deliver packages to colleagues. What? Have you?

Yes. Because I've heard of people using them to pick up, can you go get me some beers or something? They're just like sort of personal assistants. I've heard of people using them to pick up, can you go get me some beers or something like that, just like sort of personal assistance. You've heard of people doing that, have you? Yeah. It's funny how you've heard of people doing it. Is that person you, John?

I've heard of people trying to do it. Apparently it's not the done thing. But I guess when you think about it, if they're on the clock, they'll do anything. Yeah, and you're paying for it, aren't you? Yeah. Exactly, exactly. And I believe overseas there's something like Uber delivery,

but I don't know if we've got it here. So I thought I'd try my luck. I mean, the good thing is like, oh, hey, mate, I'm meant to be at dinner at the mother-in-law's. Can you go over and get the Uber driver to turn up to dinner? I don't think they're going to have dinner for, well, unless they keep the... Who's this? Oh, this is Billy. He's an Uber driver. Oh, thank you, Emily. Appreciate that.

No problem. Talk soon. Yeah, so that was Emily, our boss. So we thought we'd open up the lines for, as you said before, Uber diving. We want the best stories involving Uber, Uber Eats. Yeah, we're going to put our oxygen tanks on and dive into a sea of star ratings and those funny little red stickers on the back door. I love your story that time.

Remember the greatest fear? Oh, yes. Go on, you've got to tell that again. Yes. Okay, so I hopped in. You love banter. Firstly, you love chatting. You love, as we know, every morning on the radio,

but you love asking questions to people, and you love just going in the whole time. Yeah, just talking. I don't like a silent Uber trip or cab ride, so I hopped in the car, and it's a stock standard that I like to pull out from time to time. It's my top three. Some of the big bangers recently, obviously the pandemic is a good conversation point.

Cost of living crisis is coming in there, top three. But also one of my favorites with any driver is, you know, what is your biggest fear? Meaning like, you know, how much you've paid. Someone's paid to go from somewhere. You know, have you gone from Auckland to Wellington? You know, did it cost hundreds of dollars? Always opens a wonderful river of conversation, usually the biggest fear.

But in this instance, the driver had maybe misunderstood the question. Well, you hadn't written it down, so. Yeah, true. He started pouring his heart out to me about what his biggest fear was, which turned out would be losing his wife and his two beautiful children and how he couldn't go on without them. Well, they'd be fearful of that, wouldn't they? He was very fearful of it.

I would be too. It was sort of a 10-minute spiel he went on. At no stage did you want to go, oh, no, I meant how much money. Yeah. And then he asked me, he said, what's your biggest fear? And I'm thinking, well, at the moment, my biggest fear is casually asking someone what their biggest fear was and then misunderstanding my question.

But then I did, like, on the spot go, oh, my question. But then I did like on the spot go, oh, my family. It was, jeez, it was an emotional Uber ride. You really got taped, didn't you, on that Uber ride? So that's what happens when you go Uber diving. I don't know why we've called it that, because you're clearly driving. This is a wonderful pun bed.

So, oh, 800-THE-HITS-4487, best stories involving Ubers. We'll do it after 6.60. All she wrote is this. We're talking best stories involving Ubers. Yeah, that's right. And joining us on 0800 The Hits now, Alicia, good morning. Good morning, guys.

We're going Uber diving this morning. Oh, guys. We're going Uber diving this morning. Oh, yes. I had a bit of a disgusting moment with an Uber driver coming from client back to the office, grabbed an Uber, got outside, and this was kind of pre-COVID, so no pixie glass or anything like that, no masks, and got in, kind of looked over at him, and he was busy picking his nose. And I thought, oh, that's a bit grim, but okay. It's funny that in your car, though, for some reason you feel like no one can see in.

Yeah, but he obviously forgot he had a passenger in there. Yeah. But I think you kind of want to look away because it's a bit gross, but then just before I could, he then ate it. Oh, no way. No. And, yeah, I kind of was, I don't know, at that point you just close your eyes and just hope to get back to me.

Please can I unsee this? Now, the angle you were sitting on, do you think it could have been an angle? He could have just been scratching and then looked like he had... Let's say that, eh? Nah, he was on the driver's side. I was in the passenger back seat. I had full view. No, he was beyond the scratching. He was

looking for fortune. Well, I mean, the good thing is he disposed of it. Well, true. Not in the car too, you know? Do you know, you'll think less of me now, Alicia, but hey, we're here. I did the same once in my Well, true, not in the car too, you know. Do you know, you'll think less of me now, Alicia, but hey, we're here. Yeah. I did the same once in my bed. I didn't know what to do with the content, so I just put it back where it came from.

What was the point of it though? Just came out? Put it back up your nose. How far is your bed from the bathroom? Yeah. Oh, I was thinking, I was at distance. I was tired. I was tired.

What's the alternative? Well, they just said, walk to the bathroom. Yeah, get a tissue. And you find a tissue. Toilet paper, something, you know. I've got a perfectly good storage facility on my face. Wash your hands. Jeez, there we go.

Thank you, Alicia. You have a great day. You're welcome, guys. Cheers. Amy, Morena, how are you? I'm good, thanks. Great to have you on. Welcome to Uber Diving.

Yours involving what? One of the Uber guys catching me naked. Oh, so how did this happen? So, busy day at work, got home, stripped off, got on the couch. What's the first thing you do when you get home? It's just, poof, the clothes explode off, you lie on the couch. Yeah. Okay, fair enough. You're in your privacy of your own home, Iof, the clothes explode off, you lie on the couch. Yeah. Okay, fair enough.

You're in your privacy of your own home, I guess, at this stage. But ordered Uber. Hold on, you ordered Uber while naked, so you weren't prepared for the Uber to arrive? No. No. And so what happened? I love the way this is still cracking your heart. So literally, I ordered it, and then I hear a knock at the door and i like sat up and i

was like oh god it was like a horror movie did you like commando crawl or something i was like cuddling the girls and like trying to like waddle across where'd you lift your clothes like as soon as you got in the door, you must have just... I just literally looked down to my room, took the ball and then came up just like collapsed on the couch. So the first thing you do when you open the door and get home is bang. The clothes are off.

The work day's over. I am done. And then you're like walking to the lounge and you go, oh, we've got company. People are over. Isn't that... Mum and dad just popped over. You're like, you're like okay and so did you manage to scooch past him all right well i was halfway and then i looked at the door my door has a window beside it like a really long window floor to ceiling and he was looking through it waiting with my bag oh no and i was like my god, and I like dived into

the hallway. You're like, just put it down there, put it outside. Yeah. Just contactless. Oh Amy, this is a wonderful call. How was the Uber rating after that? Quite low.

That was the most awkward way to answer the door afterwards. Oh, so then you got changed and you're like, hey! I was like, oh no, now I have to say thank you. Oh mate, that is a brilliant call. You have a wonderful day, eh? Thank you, you too.

Cheers, Amy. Five words for 5k. You're just five words away from $5,000. It is our game of word association. We play every time on the show. Five words for $5,000. Match your five. With our five, you win five grand.

Morena to Emma from Auckland. Come on down. Good morning. They always say come on down on game shows, and no one is ever coming down. Well, I guess when you're up in the audience, you come on down. Yeah, or they're coming across. They're just walking.

Yeah. Anyway, Emma, five words stands between you and $5,000, plus us needing to get your bank account details for that deposit too. It's a minor thing, though. You've played the game before. You've listened to the game. What's happened? Yeah, I listen along in the mornings pretty much every morning.

And yeah, some mornings I get all of them, some mornings I get three to four. So yeah, it really depends on the words really. So she's won imaginary $5,000 before playing along in the car. Well, what we need to do is we need to take five words out of those wonderful lips of yours and match them with five words out of the cracked, chapped lips of whosoever lips you choose in this studio. Who are you going to go? I think I'll go with Juliet.

Oh, three days in a row, Juliet. All right, good luck. She is in the soundproof booth right about now. And obviously, you know how the game works because you've been playing along in the car. So, Emma, here is your first word this morning It is Westpac

Westpac Westpac? Yeah Westpac Okay, uh, bank? Yeah I was going to go as in bank I was starting to get a little weary as to why you were stalling on that one Emma but she's gone Westpac Bank one from one. What do you do Emma? I'm a teacher.

Oh, yeah? Nice. Wonderful. You're teaching us a thing or two this morning. Here we go. Pint. P-I-N-T. Pint. A pint. A beer. A beer, yeah. How are you matching so far?

Pretty good. Well, if you'd chosen me, we would be giving you money right now, Emma. Okay, Emma, the next word this morning is chewing. Chewing. Gum. Chewing gum, yeah. Three from three with me. Me too.

Bet you wish I was inside that booth. Embed. Rolling is word number four, Emma. Rolling. R-O-L-L-I-N-G, rolling. Pin. Rolling pin. Jesus. You're playing a good game, Emma. Rolling. R-O-L-L-I-N-G. Rolling. Pin. Rolling pin. You're playing a good game, Emma. You really are. You're playing a good game. The final word this morning is hook. H-O-O-K. Hook.

Sorry, can you repeat the last word? Hook. H-O-O-K. Hook. H-O-O-K. Hook. H-O-O-K? Yeah, like hook. Okay. You always want to go like hook, but I can't do that, you know. Listen, far better for me to put words in your mouth. And I've put too many words in people's mouths over the last couple of days,

so I'm not going to do that, Ben. Okay. A hook. Clothes. Clothes. Clothes. That's good. I mean, put clothes on a hook. Listen, I had four with you, and then I dipped out on the fifth one.

Oh, did you? But you don't want to hear what I've got to say. Do you reckon? I don't know. What have you got to say? I'll take a good suggestion. I was like, I don't know how edgy she is that might be like hooker,

but I mean, that's probably it. I don't know. I think Juliet's too wholesome for that. She's not really in the sex worker sort of realm.

I wouldn't pick her for one of those. Yeah, hooker, but clothes is not bad. Like, I don't think clothes is bad, but what were you thinking? I was thinking Captain Hook.

Oh yeah, that's another one. But I don't know, again, I don't know if Juliet would be thinking along the lines of... I was thinking he put stuff on the hook, that's another one. But I don't know, again, I don't know if Juliet would be thinking along the lines of... I was thinking put stuff on the hook, like clothes, coat. Okay, well, then the ball's in your court.

Are you going to go prostitute? Are you going to go a close hook or a captain of a boat? Yeah, I'll do Captain Hook, actually. Captain Hook? Oh, no, don't. What if she doesn't go with me anyway? Okay. All right.

All right, let's get Juliet out of the soundproof booth. Five grand on the line. We inconveniently give it to you in $1 coins as well, too, Emma. I'm sorry. I haven't told you about that. Here we go. All right, Juliet. Let's see how we go for $5,000 right now.

Our first word we said to Emma was Westpac. Bank. Well done. Now, we felt confident at the start here, so let's rattle through these because I think you're going to be okay. Pint. P-I-N-T, pint. Beer.

Yes, here we go. And chewing. Gum. Yeah, so there we go. Oh, stress! This is where we felt good, wasn't it, Emma? Yeah, yeah, so far so good. We felt all right about the next one too.

That was rolling. Rolling. Ooh, I've got a real 50-50 on this one. No one thought of that. Pin. I was going to say stones. I was going to say stones. I was going to say stones. Oh, okay.

Oh, my goodness. Oh, stones, of course. Emma, what would you like to say heading into this fifth and final word? Um, can I say, like, give a clue? Can I say the actual word? No, okay. We're going to block everyone. No.

That's good, Nate. Yeah, all right going to block everyone. Hold, go. That's good, mate. Yeah, all right, okay. Okay. Final word this morning for $5,000 for Emma is hook. Hook. H-O-O-K. Captain? Are you joking? Oh Captain

Oh my god, you know how much of a difference that is going to make. Oh, my God. Oh, this is awesome. I was going to say fishing. Oh, fishing. Because I like fishing. But I guess that's what I do. Oh, my goodness. The other word we're playing around with is hooker.

Oh, my God. As in the rugby position, of course. Now, Emma, what have you got? Five. I did not expect that. What are you going to do with that money? To be honest, with petrol prices, I'm going to use it to get a hybrid car. That's smart.

That is very smart. Elon Musk will be happy to hear that news. Oh, Emma, congratulations. $5,000 is coming your way. Oh, my God. Thank you so much. Oh, yay. I'm so happy.

Well done, Juliet. Well done, Emma. Well done, Emma. Thank you so much. What a wonderful morning. It done, Juliet. Well done, Emma. Well done, Emma. Thank you so much. What a wonderful morning. It can be done. Another chance for you to win $5,000 tomorrow with our game that you can't ever win every day. It is the hits.

You've got Jono and Ben Coldheart. Jono and Ben, just like family. The family members you're ashamed of. Jono and Ben on the hits. Emma just won $5,000 for our game. Five words for 5k. Ah yeah, we're buts buts. Don't do buts buts.

Great, I mean it was a lovely moment, don't get me wrong. But, there has been official protests lodged with Emma's victory. Some are saying she gave a clue. I didn't hear her give a clue. I genuinely did not hear her give me a clue. Well, that's probably all that matters, all right?

You asked me. I actually heard when Jono said, is there anything you want to say? She said, can I give a clue? She said, can I give a clue? Yeah, yeah. But I didn't hear anything further from that. But apparently, some people heard her say,

think Disney. So there's about a couple of pages of text lodging protests saying it's an unfair victory. She shouldn't get the money. Oh, this is so sad because I can actually swear on my life I didn't hear him. It's not taking money off anyone else, though, is it? Yeah. Like, it's not taking, it's not like we're going to reward anyone else that texts through

one of these things. So really, you're just taking money off a school teacher who got five thousand dollars. Well, listen. You know, we're not giving it to anyone else. What we've learned about protests, though, Ben, is they get results. You know, the protesters in parliaments have got rid of all the mandates. That's why. So, okay.

0800, the hit telephone number, 4487. We've got to chuck it out to the people. It's a New Zealand show. It's New Zealand's breakfast. They should decide if Emma should get the money. You honestly didn't hear that. I can honestly swear on my life I did not hear her say that. To be honest, I didn't hear it as well.

I genuinely did not hear that. Hearing of an 85-year-old. I'm going to actually have to go and listen back to the audio. I did hear it as it went into the thing, but it was all after I was like, what do you want to say? I'm like, oh, here we go. Did she say, can I give her a clue?

And then she said it. Is that what happened? She was like, just think Disney, but you didn't hear that. So genuinely it was a victory. Yes. Yeah. give her a clue and then she said it. Is that what happened? I know. She was like, just think Disney. But you didn't hear that. So genuinely, it was a victory. Yes.

Yeah. Oh, okay. Text 4487. The phones are going. Nicola, you're on New Zealand's breakfast. Does Emma get the money or not?

She's gone. Hemi. Oh, welcome. Our old friend Hemi. Do you reckon Emma gets the money or not? Yeah, give her the money.

I have my stereo blaring in my truck, bro, and I didn't hear it, so... He didn't hear it. I definitely reckon give her the money. Okay, there we go. There's one vote for give her the cash. We'll be back with the results. Does Emma get it? The schoolteacher.

Get her $5,000 or not. It's in your hands. That is a hit. See you guys. Jono and Ben. If they were the internet, you'd want to clear this history. Jono and Ben on the hits. Just before Emma played our game, five words for $5,000. Matched all five words with you, Producer Juliet.

But there's been a little bit of controversy. A few people on the text. It's been mixed, though, to be honest. Loads of texts coming through saying that we shouldn't give Emma the money. They're claiming a clue was given from Emma to producer Juliet to lead her down the path for that fifth word. Emma, you're back. Your $5,000

hangs in the balance. Oh no. You've won it and it could just go like that, Emma. Now this is the moment that we're talking about that you didn't hear, Julia. No. You were saying honestly you didn't hear this?

I will actually honestly swear on my family's life that I did not hear this. By the way, she didn't think too much of her family. No. She doesn't hold them in high regard. I love my family. Emma, listen to this. Emma, what would you like to say

heading into this fifth and final word? Can I say, like, give a clue? Can I say the actual word? No, okay, we're going to put everyone home. It's Disney. Yeah, all right, okay. So there you go. A lot of people claiming they heard you say, Emma,

think Disney. Can you confirm those words did come out of your lips? Think Disney? Oh, I don't know. Can you confirm those words did come out of your lips? Think Disney? Oh, I don't know. It's a little bit of a blur. Well, we clearly had audio. It was a blur, but there was a lot going on. You guys didn't hear it.

I heard it on the way out. I genuinely didn't hear it either, Jew. So we're throwing it to the people. It's the only fair thing to do, inclusive show. So we'll go to the phones. Joining us right now, Sue from Morrinsville. Does Emma get the cash? I think she should have it.

She has Sue saying give it. Hayley and I both heard it, and there were no clues given or nothing, even though I said captain, and I think, yeah, she was perfect. Yeah, and even Jono, far be it from me. I mean, if anything, you let her into Captain Hook. Oh, far be it from me over here. Yeah, and even Jono, far be it from me. I mean, if anything, you let her into Captain Hook. Oh, far be it from me over here. Yeah. Well, don't try and turn the people against me.

They're already against me. This is an inside job between you. Me and Emma. She never said any, I mean, yeah. You didn't hear it all. A lot on the text are saying she said, think Disney. We'll go to, thank you for your call. We'll go to Martin in Whangarei. Martin, you're on the air. Does Emma on the text are saying she said think Disney. We'll go to, thank you for your call, we'll go to Martin in

Whangarei. Martin, you're on the air. Does Emma get the money or not? Yes, she does. You didn't hear any clues either. I didn't hear the clues. I didn't hear the clues. Yeah, no. It's like one of those internet memes that people can see

one thing and see another. Martin's saying give the money. Listen, we'll go back to Emma now. Are you there, mate? Yeah. Thank you so much. Hold on, that's not the decision just yet. I'm just looking at the text.

Mate, you can't keep dragging this out. I'm looking at the text. I'm going to jump on here. Emma, we're going to give you $5,000, all right? Oh, thank you so much. Honestly, I'm a first-year English high school teacher this year, and it's so tough right now with COVID and everything. I had five weeks of no pay and then seven weeks of being underpaid.

So this money will actually make such a difference at this time. Yeah, honestly. Well, I tell you what, don't those people feel like monsters who text in now then? Well, let's think, we're not going to give it away to someone else. This was Emma's money to win today, and there'll be $5,000 for everyone else to win tomorrow. Yes. Emma, you go and have a great day. You're a deserved winner.

And go and teach those kids good and proper. And not afraid to use the F word. Be family-friendly fun. Jono and Ben on the hits. Joining us right now, this is a remarkable, remarkable story. Her name is Alyssa Pham. Good morning, how's things? Yeah, I'm great, thank you.

Now, how old are you? I'm turning 12 this year, so technically right now I'm 11. So you're 11 and you're already at university. How old do you reckon we are? Have a guess. How old do you reckon it is? You're so hip. old do you reckon it is? Well we're not at university but you are at university. How long you been there? Yeah um this is my fourth week I think. So you are not even 12 years old and you've you've joined university so you've left primary school or intermediate? Yeah. She skipped through

everything. To go to university. She skipped through everything. To go to university. She did high school. You did high school in what? How long? 10 months. 10 months. You did the whole of high school?

Yes. 10 months. 10 months. 10 months. Most of it you did at home during lockdown, right? Yeah. You're like, oh, yeah, done it. So through lockdown, you finished the entirety of high school.

Yeah. A lot of self-learning. But you taught yourself high school yeah because you know online there wasn't any teacher so the textbook was my teacher technically and that was it's incredible this is phenomenal so you're aut university's youngest ever student now you've beaten the youngest ever student by two years and that was who that was my sister she's great genes running through your family is it weird for you going to a school uh what was university with you know 19 20 year olds

is that is it an unusual setting for you um like at first it might seem quite weird thinking about it but like in a working environment and like a studying environment, then it's not because we're all like learning the same thing. So I don't really find it weird. What are you learning there? I'm currently double majoring in creative branding and digital marketing. So, yeah. You wanted to also apply for law school, but they were like, you're a little young, but you can do that. Yeah.

They advised me to like maybe take law when I'm a bit older. Maybe wait until you're, what, 13 or something? Yeah, 13 seems like a good age for that. It's incredible. It's just amazing. You started reading at age two, is that right? Yeah, quite young. I wouldn't remember it personally, but yeah.

From what my mom said, it was really young when I started reading. You've achieved more in your life already than we will ever achieve. It's unbelievable. Now, does it just come naturally to you or is it down to hard work? To get to uni and like to get to where I am, it's like a lot of hard work because skipping grades involves like me learning and as well as, you know, convincing the teachers and the government to let me skip grades. So it's actually a lot of hard work.

So you had to go to the Ministry of Education and say, hey, listen, guys, I've clocked high school. You're going to have to chuck me into uni. Yeah, but for my case, then the Minister of Education didn't actually require me to have an exemption certificate. So it was actually like a really great support that they gave me. No, so Chris Hipkins, the Minister of Education, actually grant you access to university.

Yeah, they let me go to uni. That's incredible. So reading about your last night, you obviously study hard and you do a lot of work, but you also like, you know, you play video games, you do a lot of other stuff that a kid your age would do. Yeah, I play a lot of squash. It's my favourite sport.

I also do swimming. And with my friends, yeah, I do like gaming and stuff. You know, I'm just like anyone else with like a normal hobby. Except you go to university. Age 11. Well, Alyssa, you hold the line one second because I want to do something next. I want to put you, Jono, up against Alyssa in a genius test. Oh, I am going to destroy an 11-year-old on the radio.

Do you want people to hear this? Someone who did high school in 10 months, the whole of high school. All it's making me think is kids, you need to pick up your game. All the other kids listening to this. Breakfast with Jono and Ben. We've got Alyssa Pham with us. She's 11 years old. She's already at university, AUT University.

She did high school, the whole of high school, in 10 months. And during lockdown. So she fast-forwarded her education by nine years during lockdown. And all I did was put on nine kgs. She is absolutely incredible. So is it saying a lot about the New Zealand secondary school education system when an 11 year old can finish it in 10 months? It's a pretty special 11 year old.

She's with us right now. We're going to do a test against you and her pretty quickly. But Alyssa, you've got your own company as well. You own your own company. Yeah, I do. It's a company that sells grass straws. It's like eco-friendly, you know? Oh, grass straws, did you say?

Yeah. Right, because I have an issue with the paper ones. That's what I'm saying. They're like so soggy in your water and it gets disgusting. Yes, that's my issue and it makes my lips feel not nice. Your straws, they don't go soggy. No, they're like grass. So it's like really like tough, you know,

grass kind of thing. So it doesn't go soggy, but you can like throw it away and it kind of just decompose and animals can have it too because it's grass. Very smart. So you've got big goals. You've written a list of those, which is awesome. It's incredible. One of them, of course, is to have your own company on the stock exchange in a few years' time.

You want to publish a book in like 10 languages. I mean, these are incredible things. Was one of your goals appear on Jono and Ben on the hits? Because you've nailed that. I definitely want to appear on media, kind of. Media. Say Jono and Ben. Hey, John, I'll be. Hey, now, being at university, have you burned your first couch yet?

Have I what? Burned your first couch. You must do it. They do that in Otago. The naughty students do that. They burn couches. Yeah. I don't burn couches.

No. Well, you're not even 12. Why would you? That'd be quite concerning if you were burning couches. Listen, now, I wanted to put Jono to the test. I found some questions online, and then I'll see if you know the answers. If he doesn't know the answers to some, I'm not going to say Jono. Well, we know how this is going to pan out.

You're talking to an 11-year-old who's at university, and you're talking to a 40-year-old who's never been to university. I don't want you guys to compete against each other. I just want to see if you got – these are questions – a genius test. It's a genius test. Well, maybe. It's kind of – okay. So, Jono, you're running in a race.

You're almost at the finish line when you pass the competitor in second place. What place are you now? I'm in first. Over to you, Alyssa. Do you know the answer to that one? You'd be in second place because technically if you overtake the second person they move down to third place

so you're like taking their position now. Don't say it like I'm an idiot though. Like when you're explaining it. But these questions are designed to be

sort of trick questions. Well, well done. You're a genius. One for one genius points to you. A man wants to marry his widow's sister. Is that legal?

Masterdance. That's a masterdance. Marry his widow's sister. Is that legal? Masterdance. That's a masterdance. Marry his widow's sister. So he's marrying his wife's sister. That's legal. Alyssa, over to you. Well, for a woman to be like a widow, her husband must be dead. So the man is dead.

He can't really marry anyone. Again, you're talking down to me. It's very patronizing when you're getting this explained to you by an 11-year-old. You're just, you know, you're not taking this well. You're explaining it perfectly. Okay, how many birthdays does one person typically get? Does it depend on how long they live, Jono?

Well, you'd have more birthdays the longer you live. Yes, it does. Alright, over to you, Alyssa. Oh, well, isn't your birthday like the day you were born? You were only born once. So you only got one day for your birthday hang up on her she's making me look bad how do I end the zoom call

Alyssa how do I end the zoom call it's so nice talking to you congratulations on all you've achieved it's incredible you should be so proud of what you've done so yeah well done you're incredible. Lovely to meet you and all the best, all right? Thank you.

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Thank you for listening to the show. Thank you. The show where the masks make them look a whole lot better. John Owen Behan on the hits. Now, COVID-19, it's been a big topic of conversation over the last couple of years, and we're hoping after yesterday's announcement from Jacinda Ardern and the government

that we're hoping that we're trying to be positive that this could be the beginning of the end of the pandemic. Working towards that, because as of yesterday, there's some new freedoms coming back, new changes, goodbye to vaccine passes, goodbye to scanning, mandates are being dropped, crowds are coming back. So we're sort of reflecting on the last couple of years. Jacinda Ardern did that yesterday in her speech. While we've been successful, it has also been bloody hard.

Yeah, and geez, that wound up the talkback battlers, didn't it? Stop with the waffle at the beginning! Windy Cindy, I heard something Windy Cindy! Waffle going on about something? Oh, there we go. Windy Cindy! Yeah, well, see, you know,

Windy Cindy is right. That has been bloody hard, and we were just reflecting on the last two years. And guys, wow, we let some stuff get away on us. No, and everyone's offence. We hadn't been through a pandemic before, and we're still going through it. So we're trying to work out.

It was a lot of news and information to digest and to navigate our way through it. And we're still, you know. I mean, I did some things I regret. You tell us about it. Well, I turned up to work. New job. New job.

People I hadn't met before. And I wore, for about four or five weeks, I wore surgical gloves. Bright blue. Bright blue surgical gloves every day. We have video and photo evidence. And I know I could feel judgment. I tried to join in because we were a team for a while. I was like, I'll join in.

I was like, okay, I'm going to tap out on this one. I can't do this one. But you were very, like, I've never seen you stick to anything. You stuck to those gloves. And they stuck to me because my hands got quite clammy in the gloves. I'd like to call it my Michael Jackson years. Okay.

Were you like, because you had never met me before, Julia, were you like, why is this guy trying to hot cover of his fingerprints? Because Ben wasn't wearing anything. I was like,

I'm trying to just be overconfident. I'm very concerned about where I leave my fingerprints. Well, hey, look, I was scanning. I was one of New Zealand's greatest scanners for a while there.

Not a scammer. No, I was scanning into work. You know, like that's how far I was scanning. I was like, zealand's greatest scanners for a while there i was not scammer no i was scanning into work you know like that's how far i was scared i was like guys we've got a scam we've got a scan in everywhere i let that get right away on me no no you did you did and i was always like well you know where you are yeah there's only one place we're going to and from every day but i was like the government needs to keep track of me i'm gonna scan in these places. I was scanning it. I'm going to get away. I don't know why I got all judgy. You should have gone, hey, blue gloves.

Would you mind keeping quiet in the cheap seats there? Julia, you surely have done something as well. Yes, I turned up to work wearing a plastic glass thing over my face to protect. It was like a shield. Like actual PPE gear. She looked like an Avenger. But the thing is, you were in the studio by yourself. Yes, you guys were broadcasting

from home. It was like a window for your face. Wasn't it? A protective window. And can I just, on behalf of New Zealand, I want to send a heartfelt apology to DJ Omicron. Wasn't it? A protective window. And can I just, on behalf of New Zealand, I want to send a heartfelt apology to DJ Omicron. Which wasn't his name.

I'm sorry, mate. Like, we, jeez, we really got the pitchforks out there, buddy. Nothing happened in the end of it. But we navigated through a couple of years of a pandemic that we hadn't been through before. We all did some stuff. What about when we just unreasonably fell in love with Ashley Bloomfield? Oh, yeah.

It was almost like we were suffering from Stockholm Syndrome. This guy's holding us all captive. We can't do anything. We fall in love with our kidnapper. Yeah. I'm sorry, Ashley. We probably came on quite strong there.

And freaking out over a couple of cases. Yes. Remember that? We just go the whole... The country ended the lockdown over a couple of cases. Now we're getting 20,000 a day. And we're chill with it.

I know. It's funny how that changes. Have we mentioned the washing of the cucumbers and the individual grapes? I'm trying to forget. Washing detergent. We washed our, yeah we did. Nothing really makes you question life as you're washing a single courgette one by one. So those are the things we did as we navigated our way over the last couple of years,

and we'll continue to do more of that. Let's all just agree to never tell future generations what we did over the last two years. That is the Hits, 839, John O'Byrne. Spy, know what's up. Spy.co.nz All right, time to chuck your raincoat on. There's a downpour of celebrity fodder and Juliet what's

happening? So a couple of weeks ago you might have remembered me talking about how Elton John's private jet had to make an emergency landing

after it kind of got caught up in some very windy conditions. And then some hordes of people turned up to the airport to see if

it was going to crash. Yeah. Didn't they? Crowds formed. That's right. They were like I don't know what they're hoping for.

I don't know. I think they just found out that Elton John was in the plane and they just wanted to be there to witness maybe the fate. Either his demise or the plane landing safely. Yeah, the fate of Elton John. But thank goodness he's still alive. But another celebrity has found themselves in a similar situation. Miley Cyrus.

So she was in her plane and was struck by lightning and had to make an emergency landing. So she was performing, she had performed in South America and was travelling to a music festival in Paraguay and the plane had to be rerouted to safety. She was forced to cancel her appearance at the festival the next day but she wrote on Instagram that her crew, band, friends and family who were travelling with her are safe

after that emergency landing. But that is terrifying. Have you ever been in a plane where it's nearly gone down or any incidents? No, not really. I've always thought, oh gosh, I wonder what would happen if it got struck by lightning, but I think that's just a fear that you have in your head, but it actually

if that did happen, a lot of the time it's actually a better situation. It's not as bad as you think? I mean they only took Ben strapped me to the top of a plane once on the wing of a plane. That's right. That is outrageous. I must admit there were a couple of moments of like well this is how it all

ends. You know you're up so high and you're like well there's nothing I can do. There's literally. Wind walking it was crazy though. Yeah. I mean, that was probably one thing I look back on and go, could have thought about that a bit more before we embarked on that journey. We even asked the pilot member that day, we're like, would you do this?

He's like, hell no. And he was the pilot. He was a veteran too, wasn't he? He was an old fighter pilot or something from the war. And he introduced himself to me once. I went away and got changed. And then he introduced himself to me the second time. And and got changed and then he introduced himself to me the second time and I was like,

this guy's about to fly the plane and strapped me to this plane. Were you like lying down on the plane or were you standing up? Standing up on top of the wing. That is, I don't know how you found.

It was a bit of a silent car drive back, wasn't it Ben? Both of us were like, wow. We dodged a bullet on that one. Goodness me. And Hillary Clinton has tested positive for COVID

The list of famous people who have tested positive Just keeps increasing Just like New Zealanders But I think it's like it's gone past the cool talkability point Of oh did you hear Sonny Bulliams has got COVID Yeah Now it's like I wish I'd got it earlier on

So I was part of the talkability phase I know what you mean now I'm just one of the yeah no I know what you mean and if you still got it though like you'd still be like oh my god guys

I have COVID but then no one else would bat an eyelid yeah because I feel like we're going to do our isolation where everyone's out they're out enjoying yeah

I mean producer Bee Humps has currently got COVID we haven't mentioned it once yesterday at six o'clock in the morning we don't even we would have yeah sorry Bee Humps has currently got COVID. We mentioned it once yesterday at six o'clock in the morning. We don't even, we would have, yeah. Sorry, Bee Humps, we should have mentioned it more. I hope you're feeling all right, mate.

I do, yeah. The 2020 version of ourselves would have been like, oh my God. It's like you've just read a story going, Hillary Clinton's got a cold. Yeah, exactly, exactly. And that is your Spark Entertainment update for this hour. For more, you can head to thehits.co.nz. Jono and Ben, brought to you by Resene, New Zealand's most trusted paint. Kiwi made since 1946. entertainment update for this hour. For more you can head to thehits.co.nz.