Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Hidden Voice Memos: We Test Our Whistling Skills...

Episode Date: January 1, 2025

In Hidden Voice Memos, we dive deep into the vault of our cringiest and most awkward voice recordings.  Happy New Year!!! In this episode, we discover that Ben's wife, Amanda, is the ultimate whistler—no one does it better! Megan shares a hilarious audio clip of her unforgettable Uber driver from 2011, while Jono reveals the sound that echoes through his house every single day.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. You're the voice memo. Yes it is, you're the voice memo. So what we do is we get to clear one bit of audio from each of our phones that were recorded on our voice memos. Who would like to plug into the dongy first today? Well Megan, last time you had like Khloe, I think, and we went with something else. It is technically an interview with someone.

It's not Khloe Kardashian, though. But happy to go first. Yeah, let's leave it at that. Let's penetrate this donkey in here. And here we go. This is... Okay, tell me one thing. Who was the guy standing next to me

which I wanted to take a photograph with? Sorry, can I just ask, who is this and what is this? This is my taxi driver, my Uber driver. So how long ago was this? Take us back. See the scene, come on. Is it 2015 or... 2011.

Oh, 2011. Oh, okay, so a while ago. So this guy in the Uber was telling me a big old yarn about how he met Sonny Bill Williams. And I was like, okay, cool, but who's going to verify this? So he decided to get his mate on the phone to corroborate his story that he didn't date. Were you calling him out on it, though?

Were you like, I don't believe you? Why can't you just let it go? 2011 me was obviously quite sassy. Yeah, like, just let it go for a moment. He's like, I met Sonny Bill. You're like, did you? Did you really? So he called his friend while we were in the cab.

Why is it not feasible for him to meet? Oh, I think I was just teasing him. Oh, right. His mate gets on the phone to corroborate his story. So you demand a verification. Okay, here we go. Ryan, where's Chris? Chris is here.

Okay, tell me one thing. Who was the guy standing next to me which I wanted to take a photograph with and you said you can take it tomorrow morning? Who was the guy? Wasn't it Sonny Bill Williams? Sonny Will Bill, yeah. Yeah, Sonny Bill it Sonny Bill Williams? Sonny Will Williams, yeah. Yeah, Sonny Bill. Sonny Will Williams.

He said Sonny Will Williams. Sonny Bill Williams. He was Sonny Bill Williams, right? Okay, thanks mate. So you went through all that. And so what happened after that? Yeah, it was a guy like I told you. I obviously felt strongly enough to record the guy.

Did you play that gold on radio? Probably. We play it all on radio. Who do you think the most famous person is you've been in a car with? Been in a car with? Yeah. I almost tried to get into the van of Teddy Swims when he was here. Oh, yeah. Yeah, because you went down to see him perform, didn't you? Yeah. Oh. I almost tried to get into the van of Teddy Swims when he was here. Oh, yeah.

Yeah, because you went down to see him perform, didn't you? Yeah, and that was a big hard no. Oh, no, he was actually like, yeah, man, we can make some room for you. Yeah. And then I looked to the people. You know how they come with people? The people's faces said, no, no, we can't make any room for you. So I politely backed out of that.

I walked Flavor Flav to his car. Did you? And got his car, you know, picked his car keys up from the valet server and then we walked to his well he had left him at reception and then we walked to his car me and andy our friend andy who's director as well was the two of us two white dudes walking by and we're like and everyone's like flavor flay even then looked at us like wow these guys clearly not bodyguards he's really entourage he's really leveled down on his on his crew these white kiwi dudes that are walking around skinny white dudes through a casino in las vegas so yeah he'd just done an interview with us which was awesome and then we're like oh we'll get back down and walked him back just turned up by himself which i thought

was very cool what sort of car was flavor flavor driving the sort of car you would hope you'd be yeah i can't remember he's obviously driving Yeah, it was a pretty nice car from memory. That's a big thing, getting in the car with someone, though. That seems like quite intimate. I've been in the car, but I've walked to the car with him. I don't know if I've got anyone. If only James Corden was on this podcast. Yeah, he'd have a lot of examples of people he's taken a car trip with.

Megan, have you gotten into that car with him? Recently, I got in a car with Jono and Ben. It was quite exciting. Did Jono fall asleep? Highline of my career. No, have you gotten into the car with your... Recently I got in a car with Jono and Ben. Oh yeah. It was quite exciting. Did Jono fall asleep? Highline of my career. No, he stayed awake. Who's driving? You put him driving, he doesn't fall asleep. I've had a pretty good track record of staying awake around you.

Thank God. Just in a couple of movies. Which shall remain nameless. Definitely fell asleep in those. Fell asleep on a plane on Friday actually we were coming back and I woke up woke up, and I was drooling. Because I get nervous. I sleep with my mouth open. And I knew the head flight attendant was one of my friends from high school,

so I was even more embarrassed. She was walking past me laughing as I've got my mouth open, but I didn't dribble, at least. You never know what's going on when you're asleep, do you? He once put cutlery inside my mouth. I was supposed to say, we've got all the cutlery, all the three sets.

Oh my God. Yeah. Next time we should play again. Next flight, next flight, we'll see what we can get in his mouth before he wakes up. All balanced beautifully too,

just in his mouth. How much can we get into his mouth? We've got the bloody Kyoto magazine in there. Rolling up, shoving it in like a post box. Safety card. You can get it all in there.

That was very good. What have you got there, Benny? Look, I'll show you something here. I'm picking this as what it says it is. It just says Amanda Whistle. My wife, Amanda, very good whistler. I witnessed this at Coldplay.

At Coldplay the other night. You did. And you looked at me and I looked at you and we nodded. I was like, yeah. Famous whistle. Yeah, so I think

there's two bits here, but here you go. She's a fingers in the mouth whistler, isn't she? Oh, so this is me trying to whistle for the dog. Bye-bye. Okay, you do it.

Bye. That is powerful.'s do it again Let us whistle, go Yes That's some country calendar shit It's like a burglar alarm Get her mind She's very good at that

We're dogs from the South Island She loves using it though She loves using it Get her mind She's very good Very good at that There are dogs From the South Island With their ears Pricking up at that She loves using it though She loves using it I would too I mean I would At concerts and stuff

And stuff as well But I hate being whistled At when it's at me It's not as loud as that But if it's like You know She doesn't use it that much But if I'm not listening

I'm doing something like that I'm away She'll whistle And I'm like I've heard that But I'm not going to acknowledge it Oh you don't acknowledge the whistle No I don't acknowledge it that much, but if I'm not listening, I'm doing something like that, I'm away, she'll whistle. I'm like, I've heard that, but I'm not going to acknowledge it. Oh, you don't acknowledge the whistle. No, I don't acknowledge it. I'm like, I'm not whistled at. It really winds me up.

I see why ladies walking past construction sites may find it. Yeah, I don't like it. Yeah, exactly. Has she ever wolf whistled at you? No, she hasn't wolf whistled at me. It's just like a little, you know. It's normally not that whistle. It's like a dee, dee, dee.

But I'm like, eh, no. Is that your family whistle? That's the one it's normally not that whistle. It's like a dee dee dee, but I'm like, eh, no. Do you know, is that your family whistle? That's the one she was for her family whistle. So I've got my family whistle. No family member ever whistled at me. Well, I've got a family whistle too. Yeah, well, they have. She tried to initiate me into it.

I'm refusing to be part of it. I don't like being whistled at. I don't know why. No, it's because everyone's called mum, right? So like, and it's a good when you're in like the supermarket, you're in a crowd and you hear your whistle. Yeah, she'll do it with the kids if they're off there and she'll do it rather than, yeah.

But I'm like, oh, I don't like it. But she would know that you're ignoring the whistle too. Yeah, she'll do it more. So loud. And I'm like, I'm not being whistled at. So I hate it. It winds me up. Do you think, like if I was walking past a construction site and people were whistling at me for my hotness, I would low-key be pretty happy with that.

Um, yeah. You would, yeah. I think it's a weird one because it's like, oh, that's, I mean, that's nice they find me attractive, but it also is a little bit scary. Intimidating, I get it. It's a little bit scary because you're like, uh, yeah, because often it comes with, like, yelling and stuff and you're like, okay, leave me alone. Just the whistle. You'd like to say you think it wouldn't happen much and stuff. And you're like, okay, leave me alone. Just the whistle. You know, I just think it wouldn't happen much these days. Oh, I haven't been.

No. I haven't been whistling for a while. I don't know if that's a sign of the times. Listen, we'll take you past the construction site. Is that on you? I know. Is that a pity whistle? This old duck hasn't had it in a while.

It's a weird thing, eh? I'm glad we're not doing that much. Or hopefully not doing that much anyway. Well, there you go. Who's the best's a weird thing, eh? I'm glad we're not doing that much. Well, hopefully not doing that much anyway. Well, there you go. Who's the best whistler out of us? I'm terrible. I blow out instead of in. No, I'm not good.

I can't do those whistles, but if I was whistling a song, I'm pretty good. Like, give me a song to whistle. Sweet Child of Mine. That's not bad. That's not bad That's better than what I could do But I'm not doing the fingers in the mouth No, no you're not Situation

Okay, Jonah, what have you got? I'm going to plug this in I don't It just says Fortnite My son is obsessed with Fortnite Is he still playing Fortnite? He's back into it Alright

Oh there Just the soundtrack of war In the house It's loud too And now he's got to the stage You need to get those headphones Like gaming headphones He's got those now

But then all I hear now The soundtrack is I should actually record him So that's him Very lively commentary I like Fortnite I've never played it The only thing that I can't do

Is the building When you have to like Build towers and stuff Because I get panicky Oh is there a thing that I can't do is the building, when you have to build towers and stuff, because I get panicky. Oh, is there a Minecraft element to it as well? Yep. Oh. Well, there probably is.

And then you can hide in a bush. That's my favorite thing to do. Yeah, you can hide for long and watch the people sort of get slaughtered. You know, the Hunger Games. They're sort of your way. You get them picked off. But then the trouble is with that,

only the good ones are left, and then you're up against. You've got to have the win over them. All I hear is, can I get a Fortnite skin? New outfits. I always thought they should be called Foreskins. Maybe that's what they were leaning towards with it.

Speaking of Fortnite, did you see that video I sent you guys of Snoop Dogg in Times Square? No, I don't think I did. Oh, but have a look at it now video I sent you guys Of Snoop Dogg in Times Square No I don't think I did Oh but have a look at it Now I sent it on the I sent it on the You do have a lot of videos

I do You ignore my videos Sometimes I watch them I generally acknowledge your videos Yeah you do Thank you But take a couple of days I'm that annoying person

Who sends a video And then I'll be like Did you send my video Send that video And she doesn't watch A lot of the videos Was it on the group chat like how far back

was it it was on the whatsapp group chat oh whatsapp group chat oh this is the yeah okay I'll bring it

I'll get it for you I'll get it for you don't worry scrolling you've ignored a lot of my where is it there how far back

we're going oh jeez I can't it was definitely last week or the week before last. Okay, we're gone. No, you've seen the cruise ship.

You've seen the Rockefeller Center. This is an insane Fortnite live event. There we are. That'll be it. I found it. I found it. Hold that screen up. How far back did you go for that one?

It was like the 2nd of November. Here we go. Watch this. This is in Times Square. Snoop Dogg live. He's performing in a billboard. And, uh... Wait, where is he? He's performing in a billboard. Wait, where is he?

He's in Times Square. He's going to come out of the billboard live. It's a real Snoop Dogg comes out of the billboard. The Wi-Fi's not very good in here. They didn't have this trouble at Times Square, did they? So everyone's just watching in the street. So watching billboards in Times Square, as you would. Every billboard in Times Square.

Every billboard. Yeah. And then Snoop Dogg comes out on a stage inside a billboard. Oh, wow. That's cool. Oh, my God. Was this before? This was after the Olympics.

Yeah. He's having a r was after the Olympics. Yeah. He's having a ripper year, eh? Yeah, he is. He doesn't have a new album out or anything, eh? No, he's just trading off his brand, Snoop Dogg. He's doing well. And there is hundreds of thousands of people in Times Square watching this. You've pretty much got a guaranteed audience though, don't you?

Because there's people there just because it's Times Square. Yeah, at all hours of the day or night. But that was Fortnite. So they must be doing not too bad for themselves to be able to afford a bit of a takeover and it's probably all thanks to me buying the foreskins i would say stupid dog can thank me stupid dog wants to thank anyone for that performance sudden four skins. Yeah, true. Usually we're taking the four skins off but I'm giving them more four skins. And that is us clearing another

message each. Another voice sorry, another voice recording of our phones. We'll do it again tomorrow.