Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Jonos new career path.

Episode Date: April 1, 2024

Show Highlights: Megan fangirls at the Warriors game. Did we win the mascot race?! Do you consult with your partner before big purchases? Audio credit: @Snoopdogg via Instagram May contain AISee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. Before her full album out over the weekend, including songs with Dolly Parton, Does Jolene with Dolly Parton. Miley Cyrus. Post Malone. That's a good one, yeah.

Yeah, I've seen the album cover where she's straddling a white horse. With a sash or something. With a sash, yeah. Looking good. Great photo. I'd love to straddle a horse like that saw some horses you went to the easter show did you go go to an easter show over the weekend

it seemed like a lot of admin with my two kids just uh just took poppy along and uh we went on some of those wild rides like the battle of disneyland yeah sometimes you're halfway through those rides going is this how it's gonna win it? It's part of the fun, though, right? Yeah, I think I got a light bit of brain damage. But no, it was fun. It was great. Yeah, and I bought a whole bunch of plastic stuff to chuck in the landfill later on.

Oh, good. The weather was great over the weekend, too. I was one of the people reporting last week. It was going to be shocking. Fake news, mate. Mainstream media. This is why I listen to the platform. That was really good.

It was nice to have the Easter weekend as well. Although the Easter bunny did come to our house. We had our nieces staying as well, which was pretty cool. But at least the bunny left a note to say how many eggs for them to find. And then they could share afterwards like an Easter bunny hunt. Two still missing. Two little eggs still missing. And you've got a dog too.

He's got a dog. Yeah. So I don't know where the Easter Bunny placed them, but I'm like, well, I don't know. He's going to get some metallic foil in his poo, I reckon. Either that or some ants at some stage. How intoxicated do you think the Easter Bunny was when the Easter Bunny planted these eggs?

Maybe he's forgotten. Who knows? I don't think the Easter Bunny goes drinking like Santa. Yeah, yeah. We really ply Santa up with booze, don't we? How was your weekend there, Megan? Speaking of booze, I actually went out on, well, we went to the Warriors game, and then afterwards I had some drinks.

The first time at the Warriors game for you? Yes. Yeah, nice. I actually can't remember the last time I went to a sports game, and I was like, oh, I missed the commentary, because I'm a union girl like I'm just dabbling into league

and I don't understand what's going on well you get some lively commentary in those grandstands you do that's probably not the ball by ball commentary

more abuse abuse to the players the people around me probably didn't appreciate my commentary I'm like what's happening why did you do that why didn't you just

kick it over there like all the time I've been doing that the whole time yeah our boss was very obliging though I've been doing that the whole time. Yeah. Our boss was very obliging though. He's trying to explain the whole time.

But yeah, I had to look after two young children yesterday after a big night. And that was. How was that? Fun. So much fun. They love loud toys and noises. This is why we need sedatives. So you can slip them a sedative and just, you know, give you a couple of hours. It's frowned upon. Yeah, of course it's frowned upon.

I'm saying let's not frown upon it, so you can get some sleep. Well, also at the Warriors at the weekend, not just me and Pappas enjoying the... Asking questions? Enjoying the alcohol. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. And now over the weekend, we had it

for the second time, our mascot race. We had, well, there was meant to be 20, a couple of late scratchings from a couple of mascots. So 18 of New Zealand's best mascots out there on the field. We did this last year at the Warriors halftime, and it was a huge success. And the Warriors very kindly asked us to come back and run it again. Yeah, corporate carnage, we like to call it out on the field. And I tell you what, you do not know hit until you walk into a tiny changing room with 18 mascots. It was so hot, eh?

Wall of body temperature that hits you. Mid-40s, I would have said. How did they all fit in there? Because some of them were massive. Oh, yeah. They didn't. They didn't. It was quite a hazard, too.

An emergency hazard. Tiny room and, gee whiz, a lot of bodies. A lot of bodies crammed in. But this is all pre-race stuff. And we spoke to Claire, who was nominated as the person who was going to jump in the hippopotamus. Because last year we had a former warrior running and we won. And it was great that we won in our hippopotamus costume, but it was at the same time we were

like, oh, we can't just turn up every year and win it, can we? I was okay with doing that, just by the way. Turning up every year and blitzing the field. So we did speak to Claire, who turned up on time with your kids. I'm definitely feeling the energy, and my kids have been giving me heaps of tips,

which is fantastic, so I'm ready to go. Well, your kids are here. What are the tips you've been passing on? Well, we've been just giving her a bunch of winning dance moves to do. I think it's going to be a blast tonight and I think it's such a full house, I think it's sold out. Yeah, full house, otherwise. Any concerns? Well the biggest concern for my kids is if I fall over and my head flies off and I'm revealed as the mother behind the mascot.

I won't lie, visibility is at an all-time low. Yeah, I'm actually blind in one eye as well, so I'm a little bit concerned about... You didn't tell us any of this stuff before coming along. But I'm sure it'll be fine. This is information you could have passed on when we chose you, but anyway... You don't give away the bad things, only the good things. I've had plenty of experience.

That's the thing, you lie to get the job and then you kind of work out how it works right so that was Claire pre-race we're finding out about disabilities

and all sorts that was awesome she was a lot of fun and she went out there with the other mascots lined up packed house go media stadium

she put on a show full performance this was some of the action it was live on Sky Sport as well. There's a mascot race going on behind us. There's a bit on the giraffe. Look, there's too many things to look at there.

I have since learned that the giraffe is not the one you want to back because of the balance of the costume is my understanding. So, look, there's a bit to unpack in that race. The pineapple seems to have done itself a service from last year because I don't recall. Oh, no, the pineapple's coming about third to last. Never mind. Is that a potato?

There was a lot going on. Is that a potato? Yeah, that was a potato. It's somehow tied into Auckland rugby. I don't know. So we doubled the length too. They had to go pretty much 200 metres there and back. And, well, the hippopotamus came dead last.

Yes. Dead last. You said, if you're not coming first the hippopotamus came dead last. Yes. Dead last. You said, if you're not coming first, we want you to come last. You guys were, like, commentating the end of the race, and she's still trying to cross the finish line. It was quite comical because we were like, oh, everyone's done, and then we're locked up. And it was like the hippopotamus is still just having the time of its life,

just coming in. I felt sorry for the Snow Planet mascot. Big L. Big L, the polar bear, because it was winning. And with about 20 minutes to go, I was like, did it fall over? What happened? I thought Steely Dan did an ankle tap. No, what happened is I talked to Big L afterwards.

It was a polar bear from Snow Planet. Again, bad visibility. Thought it was the finish line. Dived. Dived at the 10-meter line. And then Counties Monaco Rugby's Steely Dan just

scooted on past to take the victory Steely Dan stole it yeah slippery underfoot as well and you'd think if anyone was used to slippery conditions

a polar bear would be but there we go so well done Steely Dan taking out this year's mascot race it was a huge success I think I think

it was a lot of fun it was entertaining it was a lot of fun and thank you so much to all the businesses that put up their mascots for the race we couldn't have I think. I think it was a lot of fun. It was entertaining. It was a lot of fun. And thank you so much to all the businesses that put up their mascots for the race. We couldn't have done it without you. And all the bodies on the line too. You see them afterwards and they are puffing and sweating.

Two laps was a bit much, but I think for a lot of people in costumes. Did the polar bear have grass stains? It's a very white costume. And a spare thought for the poor promotional people who have to jump in those mascot costumes after this. Yeah. Yeah.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Jono's internet wormhole. Oh, yeah, lost again. And someone I follow on Instagram, Snoop Dogg, who posts a wide variety of content, Snoop Dogg. He does, actually, doesn't he? Yeah. Funny memes. Yeah.

Then he'll do a bit of hip-hop content. Then he'll do some Einstein Content as well So this is from Snoop Dogg's account And he posted a video about Einstein And Now excuse I know it's the first morning back After a long weekend

Excuse the hugely depressing voice over That is presenting this next piece Of content but take a listen to what Einstein Did to a class One day Albert Einstein was teaching a class One day Albert Einstein was teaching a class and wrote on the board 9 times 1 equals 9

9 times 2 equals 18 and he continued all the way up to 9 times 10 equals 91 The class broke out in laughter because Einstein made a mistake. Einstein waited for everyone to be silent and then said, despite the fact that I analyzed nine problems correctly, no one

congratulated me. But when I made one mistake, everyone started laughing. This means that even if a person is successful, society will notice even the slightest mistake. As Einstein once said, the only person who never makes a mistake is someone who slightest mistake. As Einstein once said, the only person who never makes a mistake is someone who does nothing. Thanks, Einstein. That's bloody good. Einstein, he mind-screwed those dumb students, didn't he? I feel like he nailed social media too

before social media. That is social media, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah, good old Einstein. Weighing in on everyone else's things, aren't they, with their opinions? He's a bloody genius, Einstein. Didn't think of a scientific formula

to fix his hair, did he? His hair was a bit of a shambolic operation, but crazy. Do you know he didn't pass his university entrance examination? No, really? He did. He passed science and maths but all the history and geography and stuff, he had to go away and learn so he could get into university. His brain.

Someone removed his brain when he died and it's kept and preserved. They were going to do studies on why he was so smart He also had an illegitimate daughter Bit of a pants man on this time Yeah And no one ever spoke of her No one knew what happened to her

It was out of wedlock So I guess back in the day That was frowned upon You had a baby out of wedlock too didn't you Megan? No Someone did here? No, I didn't. Okay, no.

No. Good, good, I'm glad. But it doesn't matter if you do. And he left his first wife and married his cousin. Really? No one thinks about these details. People make mistakes. If you got the name Einstein too,

if that was your great grandfathergrandfather or something like that, you'd just feel obligated to be a genius, wouldn't you? It's a big name to live up to. Hold on. You'd be like, oh, I'm a bit dumb. The US was so scared of his geniusness that they spied on him for 22 years, the FBI, until he died.

Really? Yeah, he had over 1,800 pages on him. And they're probably like, well, this guy's not up to much. He's just been quite smart. Yeah. And that's some stuff about Einstein. There we go. Some Einstein information for you.

I don't know what you're going to do with that. But go forth and have a great day. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It's the 2nd of April, which means yesterday was April 4th. First, sorry. And a lot of people, ah, April Fool's got you. And yesterday there was a few pranks, a few hoaxes going around, as recapped on the news last night.

With April Fool's hoaxes catching people out, the revelation Bushmall were making a return to the Miramar Peninsula was one many wished was true. Crusaders coach Scott Robertson re-signed for the next 44 years and Auckland police rolled out a new form of transport. Our officers will be patrolling the streets on skateboards. See you out there. Some bizarre new foods were unveiled.

Subway had coriander cookies, McDonald's a quarter pounder with pineapple, there was marmite flavoured all sorts and a frozen pickle drink from Burger King. Yes, a lot of April Fool's hoaxes everywhere. Good day to get people off guard too. Not focused. Having a day's annual leave Easter Monday

being you, you're always focused on pulling one over our boss Matt Anderson. That's the drive. That's why you come into work. How can I stitch him up today? Today is Easter Tuesday which for some reason the kids get off. Which is a concept that's really wound you up. And Matt Anderson.

Two people very wound up about this, our boss. Because no one knew about Easter Tuesday before. It felt like it's never been a thing until this year, which I think because of the holidays, something to do with the school holidays. Normally Easter's in school holidays. So who actually gets it? Is it just schools that get the day off?

Just kids and teachers and stuff. Ben's a get the economy running type of guy. He's like, let's get out there, stimulate this economy. And so you thought it'd be a good idea because, as we said, Matt Anderson, our boss, very tense about Easter Tuesday. We've just sort of been dropping little hints that we might like Tuesday off, today off. And we all sent him texts, didn't we?

Yeah, the same. Megan, you led the charge i was trying to keep it casual yeah um sorry i missed you i'll see you wednesday okay all right keep it brief yeah so i i'm gonna send uh hey thanks for being so understanding about tuesday mate catch you wednesday okay and then the third hey mate best bits are all loaded for tuesday's show but admin looking forward to having day off see you wednesday there's nothing suspicious about this at all 10 seconds later he texts me back okay okay okay what is it sorry i missed you and i'll hear you tuesday morning and you'll hear you tuesday morning oh he's text back me i'll call you at 5 30 on tuesday morning

anyway just to make sure you're there. Maybe he won't give it to me. Maybe Ben's got Tuesday and a lot longer off. Yeah, maybe it's the don't come back at all situation. A few moments later. Why don't you text him back and go, hey, did you get my joke? Did you get the joke text? Here you go.

Hey, mate, save those best bits for the 26th of April when you're off. Ah, see you Tuesday morning. So I don't know who this April Fool's prank was on. It didn't work at all. So, yeah, once upon a time, pranking was considered an art form. Now it's just asking for a day's annual leave. Yeah. When we're going to turn up anyway.

I felt like yesterday the kids got me lots of times just with little things that were just, you know, because we'd borrowed my friend's GoPro for something we were doing. And then my daughter was like, I can't find the GoPro anywhere. I'm like, it's in the bag. I'm like, ah, April Fool's. You know, things like that.

Just little things, just believable things just to wind you up all morning till 12 o'clock. It just got me real good actually. Was the GoPro in the bag? It was in the bag. Yeah, good, good, good. Things like that. I was like, that's a GoPro we borrowed.

And they're like, yeah, right, mate, April Fool's. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It's the Statue of David as overseas, you know, the classic Statue of David, which we've talked about before. They're worried about all the tourist stuff being made about them, you know, the postcards, the pictures and stuff. And they're thinking, you know, maybe it's time we protect his modesty. David, yeah.

Well, we've been saying it for years. And David's, you know, if we're calling a spade a spade, they didn't sculpt him in his finest hour. You know, he was a little shriveled up. You know, the air con might have been on in the art studio or something. Apparently that's why they all have little thingies, because it was, like, considered garish or something to have a big one back in the day.

Oh, well, like boorish, was it? Or like gross. Oh, really? What a time to be alive. What a time to be alive. I know. Take us back then, mate. Should have been alive then, yeah.

Oh, jeez, yeah. I'm still abiding by that theory. It's gorge. What do you call it? Garish. Garish. Yes, garish. Garish, you have a huge one

you always did feel a little sorry for David no because you go over there you see you're taking photos everyone's looking at it

you know pointing at it do you think Michelangelo was like hey don't worry mate this is just a little dumb statue I'm doing it won't be anything

no one will see it no one will see it I promise now it's there all its glory. So now they're thinking about it. It feels a little late to protect his modesty. I mean, we've all seen it.

Yeah. David's statue. I'm going to have another look right now. Yeah. Oh, and it's on like a big stand and a big hall. Yeah. It's up. There's no hiding.

I forever understand. You think you could have. Well, maybe you're right, Megan. Maybe that's why he didn't help him out because that was the. That was the fashion. He's like, oh, great, I did this. And he was like, oh, that looks so good. I mean, he's bloody ripped.

Yeah, yeah. He's ripped. He does have a look of uneasiness on his face where he's like, I don't know about this. Oh, he did it. This weird artist has asked me to take my clothes off. It's all very classy All very tasteful David mate

Get up there mate You'll be fine Get off mate Chiselling away And that would have Taken a while too Yeah You know

That sculpture's not Happening over You know In a couple of hours He would have had to Come back It would have been like At least a fortnight long process

Do I have to have my Clothes off every time Or are you working On the upper body At the moment The Hits The Jono and Ben Podcast Bill Martiza The Riddler It's been like at least a fortnight long process. Do I have to have my clothes off every time or are you working on the upper body at the moment? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Dilma Teaser.

The Riddler. With The Riddler, producer Taylor, you can win a Dilma tea prize pack and $100 cash. It's a hot and tea, sorry, a hot and cold tea prize pack, which is pretty great for my friends at Dilma. Yeah, because you all need a cup of tea and a lie down after this. It really does screw with your brains. Now, Taylor, welcome into the studio. Thank you.

You and Megan just having a fake tan conversation off air that you suggested some fake tan Megan use, and it was too dark for you, Megan? It's ultra dark, and I left it on for three hours. I could have been cancelled. Luckily, I put it on Friday, and I'd only had to go to the Warriors on Sunday, so I had like a couple of days to weird off.

It calmed down. Do you sleep within a bed, and it all goes on the sheets and everything? It looks like you've been sleeping with oompa loompas. No, my husband makes me lay down a towel. Good. Don't you roll around? The towel would be no good.

Oh, like, I roll around, but on the vicinity of the towel. Okay. He gets everywhere, the fake tan, doesn't he? Nightmare. Anyway, what's the riddle today there, Taylor? Shelly has four cats, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. What is the name of the fourth cat?

We don't know. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Is it a day of the week? No. No? No. What is the name of the fourth cat? Think outside the box.

What is the name? My friends. She's got four cats with her on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. No. Okay. What is the name of the fourth cat? Pink outside the box. What is the name? My friends. She's got four cats with her on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. No. Okay. That's tricky. Four cats named. Don't laugh at me.

So the three cats are named Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Yes. She has a fourth cat. What is the name of the fourth cat? Barry. Shirley. Barry, no. Saturday. What is the name of the fourth cat? It's Barry. Shirley. Barry, no. What's the name of the fourth cat?

Taylor, it's Thursday. It does seem like it's Thursday. If you think you know 0800 the hits, thanks to Dilma, we got that price back $100 up for grabs. The phones are blowing up. When I say blowing up, we've got one call. That's blowing up for this show. There's two, actually.

We'll go to Carissa in Rotorua. Morning. Oh, morena. There's two actually. We'll go to Carissa in Rotorua. Morning. Oh, morena. Morena. Okay, this bird's got how many cats? Four cats. Three are Monday,

Tuesday, Wednesday. What is the name of the fourth? We have no idea. What? Do you know the name of the fourth cat? What?

Did you mean to call the hits? No, when I said the phones were blowing up. Chris is like, is that bloody Paul Egan? No, I think Chris has got it. Chris, say the answer again. What? Yeah.

That's right. Oh, what is the name? What is the name of the podcast? We're all like, what the fuck is that? Yes, Chris is it, Carissa. Carissa's 100% correct. Yeah. Oh, what's she calling?

The cat what? What is the name of the cat? Of the fourth cat. Carissa, sorry, firstly, for the mockery when you were just answering the question. And secondly, well done. You've got the Dilmar tea prize pack, hot and cold teas. Oh, thank you. That's awesome.

There you go, $100 as well. So you have it. And it's a great way to kick on with a short week. Awesome. Thanks, guys. Yeah, great one. What is the name of the four-man? She was so dry with it, too. She was like, what? And then we're like, has she been ringing for the right thing? The Hits, the Jono and Ben

podcast. It's a Tuesday, they're calling it. The kids are getting Tuesday off. The rest of us are all back at work. Yeah, and you can hear the disdain in his voice, can't you? Over the weekend

there was a basketball tournament. My son was involved with four days of non-stop basketball. Oh, four days, jeez. A lot of basketball. And, you know, you've got to give it up

for all of the wonderful officials. A lot of them volunteer their time, referees and coaches and people out there doing it, you know? And a lot of people ab, referees and coaches and people out there doing it, you know? And a lot of people abusing referees too.

And you're like, these poor people probably aren't getting paid. I'm one of the, I'm hurling abuse at them and I'm driving home thinking, oh, geez, I just yelled at a volunteer. People get really caught up in it, don't they? They do, yeah. And sometimes when you're watching sport, you just need to take a breath, don't you?

Yeah. I was taking a lot of big, deep breaths because, Ben, I told you this last Easter, it was bestowed upon me the honour of running the digital scoreboard. Okay, so the basketball scoreboard on the wall there. Seems quite complicated. There's a lot going on on the scoreboard.

Who tells you what to put on it? Or do you just have to know? No, well, it was one of those things, this lovely lady, Jenny, she was offering instructions. And I'm one of these people, when I'm getting instructions, I'm going on the exterior going, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, looking like I'm soaking it all in inside my brain's buddy. La, la, la.

And a whole other place. I don't know why I have that disconnect. So, yeah, I like to appear like I'm gathering the information, but then there's no part of me that's retained it. So kind of fumbled my way through it last year. And it was also four or five beers deep as well last year. So then came back this year. You're drinking at that.

And a kids tournament. Oh, beforehand. Beforehand. Does that make it better? Jeez, I got basketball in a few hours. I've been a pre-load. Six, five bevies. This game's a bloody boring sober.

It was a 9am game too. I'm like, what, yeah, you said four days of basketball. Six before six. And she was like, oh, you did this last year. So... I thought I was very drunk. Again, I was saying that my brain was saying that. I wasn't saying that out loud

and I'd vaguely retain the information but boy oh boy Ben I am not good in stressful environments pushing wrong buttons last year I had one team with 473 points might be the alcohol man

yeah I blame that that was last year's that was last year's debacle this year though jeez even worse. I was pushing wrong buttons all the way through. And you've got to have timeouts and fouls on each team. Right.

There's clocks ticking up, ticking down. That's a lot. That's a lot. Two points, three points, one point. When did you get one point? Oh, with the free throws. Free throws. Yeah.

That's confusing. Just, yeah, I don't know. I don't think I'll be asked back again. Yeah. Have you had to volunteer on the sidelines? Oh, yeah. And then again, when you're watching the girls play netball, you have one person from each team has the app,

and you have to kind of, you know. But then you get caught up at the game again, and you're like, oh, I missed a goal. What do you mean, the app? Oh, there's like an app you have to score, and so one person from each team will have to score. And then at the end, you have to confer on so one person from each team will have to score and then at the end you have to confer on whether you... And hope they all

sync up. And if they don't sync up, Ben, you're involved in an awkward conversation which you don't like. You're like, oh, I had two more goals. Oh, did you? Because I didn't, you know. I guess it's good for honesty. I used to ref, like, secondary school netball. Did you get abused? Yeah. It's the worst. Mostly by mums.

Yeah, good character building stuff though, isn't it? Yeah, you get too scared to blow the whistle, you're like, oh she definitely stepped, I'll let that one go. Just because you don't want to deal with the awkwardness. Yeah, yeah. It's not what you want right? Anyway, I just want to send a shout out, you know, next time you go to a sports game and you see a digital billboard, you know, you just

think behind that digital billboard is a very stressed out human being, pushing buttons. Five beers deep. Given to the digital billboard is a very stressed out human being, pushing buttons. Five beers deep. Given to the digital billboard operators in the sporting world. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Something we're doing this week, 24 hours of handball,

the old schoolyard game of handball, four square, whatever you call it. We're going to be playing it for 24 hours, starting 8 o'clock on Thursday, all raising money for Kids Can. Two more sleeps until we have no sleep. Yeah. And it's longer than 24 hours when you think about it because we get up earlier for the radio show too.

So you're probably pushing around a 30-hour non-stop mark there, Ben, boys. I know. There's no real way to prepare for that, I find, in some ways. No, just got to do it. Yeah. We've been slowly coming to terms with the whole event. We've got some handballs in the studio, some red rubber balls, kids' can, can ball-themed balls.

And have you smelt them? There's nothing quite as disturbing and comforting as the smell of a rubber ball. Smell that, Megan. It smells like a contraception light, doesn't it? Yeah, that's what it is. 24 hours, we're going to be doing it Starting at 8 o'clock Trying to play non-stop

With a rotating Sort of fourth player We're doing it with Jordan Watson How to Dad You'll know him From the internet as well 24 hours

Getting a little bit Thinking well We've done these in the past But never standing up The whole time And moving around Can you You could sit on

Put a chair in your square For a little bit. Yes, you could. Oh, then that's like, they'll be like, boomer. Yeah, you'll get the boomer call. But you really didn't, because we're trying to get $350,000 for Kids Can, a magnificent organisation. You're a bit nervous that we've set a figure.

Yeah. And you're trying to bulk up the start line as much as possible so you can get your donations in now. Yeah, for just $10. You can just, you know, it's not like we're going to ask for money every month or anything like that you can go along to kidscanball.org.nz for ten dollars you provide a week of breakfast for one child which is pretty awesome but then you could give all the way up to like 360 dollars with support a whole child for a whole year giving breakfast jackets foods things that kiwi kids need and it can be as big or small as you want.

Yeah, you can give less than $10, right? Yeah, you can. Whatever you can. And if you need any more reason to donate to this wonderful organisation, we'll have a listen to this. One in six Kiwi kids live in hardship. Each year, Kids Can supply over 70,000 raincoats, over 35,000 pairs of shoes,

and feed over 60,000 Kiwi kids in need. Kids Can is facing its biggest waitlist since 2018. Education equals opportunity so we started the organisation to provide those essentials so kids can just get to school, learn and get on with the business of being kids. You know without food in in the alleys, kids can't think and they can't necessarily moderate their behaviour. You were surviving some weeks on like a dollar loaf of bread. Yes, there was a lot of times where we just didn't have enough food.

Ruby Toohey joins us to talk Kids Can. I've actually just signed up as an ambassador quite in the last year. Kids Can, I think, just does a really good job of first-hand with family members in their school. You know, giving them breakfast. They really make a difference, both. I'm so glad you guys are doing this.

As soon as we got that partnership with Kids Can, the attendance rate just went right up. The performance rate in terms of the academic, I mean, kids weren't coming to Kura hungry. They were coming to learn. So what happens when kids can give the school in you food or they give you some shoes? I mean how does that change being at school for you? It kind of just makes it a little bit of a safe space I guess. One of your greatest fears was

your classmates hearing your tummy grumble because you were hungry. Yeah there's a lot of embarrassment and feeling like you have to hide facts that you're poor. Our families, they don't want to hand out, they want to hand up. They're a fantastic charity that just delivers year after year basics that

many people take for granted. Yeah, that's why we're doing it this week. A really important cause, Kids Can. So kidscanball.org.nz if you can give something. I know tough times out there at the moment, but even just a couple of dollars will go a long way for helping out some Kiwi kids.

The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now Megan, we did speak to a guy last week who had the silent treatment for, I think it was a number of weeks after he went in. He bought a car. Yeah, have a listen. I went out randomly one day and went to the old Guildtrap Volkswagen. Yeah, they talked me into a brand new Tiguan Allspace family wagon.

Oh, nice. Sounds like a nice car. Yeah, it was a great car and rocked up and said, Hey, honey, you know, I've got this amazing new car. It's going to, you know, it's incredible and basically not a word from her, you know, for several weeks. Several weeks? Wow.

So no consultation period from you and the partner? Obviously, you consulted with the car dealers and that was good. Absolutely. I called my best mate and said, hey, mate, come and help me test drive. Oh, your best mate, Jay. Oh, you're not helping yourself here. Sounded like sponsorship for VW. He's very passionate.

And so after that, you were like, there needs to be a limit between couples. Yeah. A dollar limit. I thought this was kind of, I thought everyone had this. We have an unspoken limit, kind of, that we wouldn't spend over $200

without talking about it between us. That seems quite reasonable, I guess. That's publicly, but I imagine between the period of years, sneak off and do your own thing every now and then, don't you? Not over $200, I wouldn't. I don't think I would. I'd feel pretty bad. I sneak just under.

$199.95, yeah. I did buy an outfit last week that was under the limit and he still doesn't know about it. Would you pay for something twice and go, can I just pay like $199 now and then $199 in two seconds?

If something was $500 just to keep it under the limit? I genuinely would feel too bad to spend that much money without him knowing. Yeah. Just because it's like, it's still our money. Okay.

This is what we want to know. Have you got a dollar limit with your partner? What is it? And do you secretly go around and break that dollar limit from time to time? Tattoos are a big pressure point in our relationship, in our marriage. They're not cheap. Not a cheap sport, tattooing, is it? They don't provide anything.

A bit of pleasure for you, maybe, but like... No, it's not an enjoyable experience, I tell you what. Yeah, mate, you are not getting a panther with wings holding two flaming sticks for 50 bucks, I tell you that much. Well, you could, but I mean, who knows the quality of that? Maybe in prison? Yeah.

But, you know, that's... And it goes on and on. Like, it's not just one session. Two as well. You're like three or four deep. And then I'm like, even I'm like, sorry, Jean, I've got to go back and finish. It's started now. You've got to finish it.

Can't just leave it. Yeah. These panthers aren't going to kill themselves. So I can understand the frustration there. All right. And it's a pointless. Really, when you think about it, it's like, what are you wasting money on here? Yeah.

Yeah. Well, so how does it work in your relationship? Do you have, like, Megan, like a limit of $200? You've got a $100 limit for sunglasses that Amanda broke your wife last week, you thought? Yeah, I thought she'd broken it in the end. It turns out she was well under that. But she was like, it was under $300. I said, $300.

And no, it was well under. It was like the $35 or something. So that was good. That worked out well well and that's why I said the limit after my blood pressure went up just slightly the hits

the Jono and Ben podcast a bit of a scandal happening at the moment Ben we've got 24 hours of handball coming up in two days time raising money for kids camp

and the fine people at New Balance are sending us some shoes but the shoes got sent to the opposition radio station. Are they giving them up or holding them hostage?

No, holding them hostage. Paul Ego. I'm back and forth at the moment with More FM Breakfast host Paul Ego who sent us a photo of him wearing the shoes. Oh, he's wearing the shoes. Because I got a text from Clint from the Ed's Breakfast as well saying, hey, your shoes are here. Wait, have they just gone everywhere?

He's got the shoes on there? Oh, yeah. And I said, they match your eyes. And he said, I would have stolen them, but then I've just found out they're for charity. Yeah, that's what I replied back to. I was like, because I knew they'd do some sort of wacky thing at the end. So I was like, well, they're charity shoes, mate. Well, you're not the charity.

Technically, they're for you. We're doing something for charity, and we'll probably auction them off for charity at the end of it. How's that sound? All right? Gross. 24 hours in those bad boys. Sweaty shoes. Nasty.

That's a good thought there, bad boys. Anyway, we were just talking about the dollar value that you have between your partner. It's a $200 limit between Megan and your husband, Andrew. Yep, yep. Do you think he's broken it? Do you think he's broken it secretly? No, I think he's probably got more fear than I do.

I'd be the one to break it. I probably buy more sneaky purchases than he does. What happens at the supermarket? What happens at the supermarket? Oh, no, that's staples. Right, so if anything for the family, the household, that's fine. It's just individuals. Stuff that you enjoy.

Luxury. Have you ever said no? He can't purchase something? Yeah, all the time. Oh, really? What have you said no to? He can't purchase something? Yeah, all the time. Oh, really? What have you said no to? He wanted a tattoo, and I was like, no. Sweetheart, that is luxury at the moment.

We can't afford tattoos. So I said no. Did you? He's very upset about that. Pump the brakes on the tattoo. What did he want? He's got a smallish tattoo on his shoulder. He wanted to make it bigger.

And I was like, no. No. Absolutely not. And what would he have said if he knew you were buying your pantsuit last week? Would he have gone no to that? Probably no. But it's not as much as the tattoo. Those are expensive and pointless.

Yeah, whatever makes you sleep at night, mate. Whatever makes you sleep at night. So 800 the hits. Just talking. If you've got a dollar limit, or you can text 4487 as well. It's our old mate Tess on the phone. Hey, gorgeous. How you going?

Yeah, good. Real good. Lively, lively. Always makes you feel good about yourself, Tessa. Yeah, she does. Spending like a million bucks. Oh, I'd like that. That would be really good.

She'd like the million dollars. Maybe you'd have to tell your partner if you're spending a million dollars. Yeah, well, now you've got an interesting one because we're talking about whether you have to consult with your partner. To what level when you're buying something do you have to consult? But you've got separate bank accounts with your partner, we understand. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. So no consultation?

No, unless it's something that's super big. Okay, so what would be the dollar value of something where you'd go, oh, I'd better tell them about this? A new car. How long have you been together? 23. 23 years? Oh, jeez.

Still got super bank accounts. Yeah. Did you ever talk about, like, joining your bank accounts together or you just got to see how this thing goes, this relationship? Early days. No, no, no. We just to see how this thing goes, this relationship? Early days. No, no, no. We just do it separately. And it works for you?

If I need help, I can ask. Oh, that's good. And all that sort of stuff. So it's good. What's the benefits? I guess in some ways it kind of gives you a lot of independence, even though you're in a relationship.

Yeah. Sometimes I might need help, and it's fine too. Imagine that, Megan, the money that you get from the show. You don't have to consult with Andrew and all those things you buy online. Yeah, so you can spend what you want on clothes and frivolous things and he's never questioning?

Only if it's something that's really expensive and then I can ask my partner about it and get a bit of help. Sounds like the dream, actually. She's not smuggling around her ASOS packages. I know. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. After the game, my daughters went along to the game and some of they did, because they

had Easter activities, they made some friendship bracelets and they made some of the Warriors names on it, took along some of them up the wires as well. They had some of the names and they waited after the game. They were like, can we try and give some to some of the players? Bringing a bit of Taylor Swift to the Warriors. I think it was because they brought them for Taylor Swift

hoping that they would go and I didn't take my kids. I refused to take them. So I took them to my Taylor Swift, the Warriors. What's the next best thing? Heading to Penrose. Yeah,

and they loved it. They loved it. It was actually really, really cool. You know, like producer Taylor's husband, Marcelo, came over, got his Montoya bracelet, Sean Johnson,

Dylan Watanee, he's a Zilli Sneak as well. It was very cool. They all took their bracelets. Bamboozled a couple of them. Not knowing how to react? No, they were just kind of like, I think Jackson Form was kind of like, what's this? What do I do with this?

It was like a friendship bracelet. He's like, what do I keep it? Because I guess he's just in the mode of signing things. Signing things, yeah. Selfie signings, yeah. It's very cool. I mean, particularly after the Warriors have played 80 minutes, it's pretty cool that they all come out there and they spend hours,

pretty much an hour with the kids, walking along, and all put their bracelets on as well. There was a few sizing issues with some of the bracelets. I imagine some big wrists. Yeah, because they kind of go on my wrist. I keep going, don't go on my wrist. My brittle old man wrist Yeah A couple of like

Dallin had to put his He's like I'll put it In the sock for safekeeping So he put it up Underneath his sock Because they've all got Strapping and stuff On their wrists as well

Hopefully their sock Didn't go under the wash Yeah Or else they'd be Tangled up in the Washing In the Washing machine

True Yeah no it'd be my fault But no it was A pretty cool moment. Did they make you a friendship bracelet? Yeah. What was on your one? You had R...

Oh, RTS. It was for Roger, two of us. They didn't quite get him as well. They asked me what sort of players they are, and I was like, you know, a few names, and some they know as well. So you weren't wearing them when you went to go meet the guys? No, I gave them.

Okay, that's a bit creepy. The girls had them all as well. Yeah. It's a bit weird. I'm like, hey as well. Yeah. It's a bit weird. I'm like, hey, hey, Roger, Roger. Pestys. I made you this. What's the caveat with a, you know, a friendship bracelet?

Are they now, do they need to make themselves available for any money lending? I don't know. Any school pickups, airport drop-offs? I don't know. I just think it's a nice, well, maybe, yeah, maybe. It's fine now if we want to borrow some money. But it was a nice, wholesome thing. I remember doing that as a kid and it brought back a lot of memories. Not friendship races, just waiting for autographs or, you know, things.

I know. Don't lie to that as a kid. You still do that. True. Remember those wonderful golden years where you could just run onto the pitch and basically assault the players? Yeah. The kids just like, grabbing clothes, ripping off their shorts.

That was good times. Yeah, I remember getting dragged into, my cousin knew some of the players for the Canterbury cricket team. I wound up in the changing rooms. As a child. Do you want to see

any of your favourite players in their undies? As a 14-year-old boy. There's a kid in there. They're all smoking ciggies, drinking. Yeah, it was an odd experience. But anyway.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It's Easter Tuesday, They're all smoking ciggies, drinking. Yeah, it was an odd experience. But anyway. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. It's Easter Tuesday, which means it's a holiday for all the school kids out there as well. We felt like that run really was sprung on the parents around the country. Yeah. But it has been. Easter Tuesday, sorry, what? It's sapped up apparently because you went to a parent-teacher interview and the only

question you asked was, why is there an Easter Tuesday? Yeah. Apparently, the holidays are usually, and next year even goes back to being an April school holidays Easter. Your girls didn't want to come in to work with you today? Well, they don't mind coming in to work as well. So vending machines are a big plus. Yeah.

They come in from time to time, but it is, you know, like it's quite an early start for them as well. Would you rather bring your kids or dogs into work? Kids. Neither. My dog pooed under Ben's desk once. That was the only time he came in. And you weren't working at this radio station then either.

Ben came in. I walked it through. I was like, man, it smells like, yeah. And I was like, oh, yeah. And I'd seen when I'd walked it through the office and everything. Just a big old pile on the carpet. Was it the last time you brought your dog in? Yep.

Hasn't been in since. But something that you used to do, because I imagine there's a lot of parents around the country bringing their kids to work today to try and navigate that juggle. But you used to go to work with your dad. I did. And now that I'm older, I'm like, questionable. I was about 15 and dad used to well he's a sign erector so he

would sometimes need help like up cherry pickers holding signs and sign right or sign writer or the erection of the signs the erector uh and to my absolute dismay when i was younger dad had a van on the back of it it said erections by wayne and i was like oh god and he like dropped me off at school I'm like this is horrendous I love that love it Wayne probably doesn't want to be driving around with kids in the car with that on the back he loved it it's a good gag so once like health and safety got more advanced I had to do like a sight safe or was it always there I don't know I had to do like a sight safe course so i had to go into this like weird office room and like sit down and do like a test with all it was mostly like older

guys and like high-vis vests and stuff and then me 15 year old like la la la i passed though you were safe on the site and i had like a little card with my picture on it and i was safe accredited is this a this is a necessity if you're working on any of those sort of sites, is it? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, right. And so what could you have done? What could you have done? I don't know.

Go up the cherry picket with Dad? Right. I don't know what I was legally allowed to do. Could you have inappropriately wolf whistled at people walking past? No doubt. Did all the time. How do you feel about the wolf whistle? Flattered in some form surely

i would be if i don't want to say i'm like i don't want it's very misogynistic don't get me wrong but also in some part of you must be like oh if you're like hey and you turn around and it's like this really hot guy you're like okay horses for courses situation in the wolf whistling department yeah well there we go. So you got dragged along to the erections by Wayne. Yeah. Putting up the signs and your sight safe pass. Come to think of it, I never got paid.

I mean, he would argue that I had a roof over my head. Yeah, that's what happens, right? Yeah. I mean, Dan gets in here all the time. He's singing and things. We don't pay her. He does stuff on radio. It's all part of it, right?

It's all part of it, mate. Character building. Yeah, yeah. Did you get dragged along with kevin boys yeah well yeah because he was a teacher principal um so yeah so normally he'd get like he'd get extra chairs there off but he used to work on radio on the weekends and so i'd get dragged around in the radio car that was quite exciting i remember as a kid and he'd report back on sports games which was such a redundant thing now to do because they didn't have cell phones back then. So he'd drive to a sports game, go, what's the score here? And they'd go, oh, Red Star up 29 points to 12 over Marist.

And then he'd phone it into the radio station. How did you get like final scores for all of them? Well, that was the thing. I don't think we did for half of them. Just an update. I've got to drive to the next game. Really want to know if Red Star, what happened to that game?

Because then you'd be off to a netball game and a hockey game and a rugby game and all sorts. But he loved that, didn't he? He did love it. That gave Kevin a reaction. He had a reaction like, yeah, doing the sports scores. So I want to know this morning about where you got dragged along

to as a kid. Your parents take you to work. Where did they take you? We'd love to hear from you this morning. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. It is Easter Tuesday which means the kids get a holiday

and I imagine a lot of parents dragging the kids along to their work today to try and navigate that. It'd be a long day for both parties I imagine.

You know when you get dragged along to anything as a kid and you're like we're going over to this place for dinner and you're like oh end me now.

I used to just like sit under the table just staring at legs. Odd location. Odd setting. Can we go home yet? Yeah. I remember Dad, one of his jobs was working at Manukau City Council and I distinctly remember dragging along one day and walking into this room where they

controlled all the traffic lights. Yeah. And I was thinking I could not trust myself in this room. The carn all the traffic lights. Oh, wow. Yeah. And I was thinking, I could not trust myself in this room. The carnage you could cause in that room. Yeah. Green, green, green, green. Yeah. Nikki, you're dragging your kids along right now on Easter Tuesday, are you?

Yeah, two kids and the dog. Oh, your game. The triple threat in the office. Where do you work? Female Protection Services in Hamilton. Oh geez you're gonna have a lot on your plate today. What are you most nervous about Nikki? Uh them fighting. Yeah. Yeah. Dogs peeing. Constantly be like take the dog outside for a walk. Take him for a walk. Yep. So how are you going to get through this? What are the kids going to do throughout the day? I haven't decided. I'm going to walk the dog.

You're going to walk the dog, are you? Yeah. That's a good plan. Hey, listen, far be it for me to judge from the comfort of this radio studio, but it feels like adding the dog to this equation was unnecessary. No, I was hoping it might smooth things out. Oh, distraction. Yeah, smoke screen. Good work smooth things out. Oh, distraction. Smoke screen. Good work, Nikki.

Hey, listen. Good luck. Can you do us a favour? Text us tomorrow in the morning and tell us how it all went, all right? Oh, you mean if they're still alive? Yeah. I hope so. Have a good day at work, kids.

Okay, bye. Bye. Hey, thank you so much for your calls and texts. 4487 if you'd like to text us this afternoon. Where did you get dragged along to? Lara, good morning. How are you? I'm very well.

How are you? And now, where did you get dragged along to as a kid? It'd be at parents' work. To the Hokitika Band Mills in Hokitika. What? Sorry? Hokitika what? Band Mills.

Band Mills. It was a sawmill. Oh, a sawmill. Sounds like a safe place for a child. So what did you have to do there when they were working? Oh, my God. We had to sugar soak the smoker room walls. And as blokes, you can imagine what the smoker room looked like.

So this is a dedicated room for, I imagine, back in those days, smoking. Yeah. That's when you didn't want the smoke to get out you wanted to keep that in that beautiful smoke encased in one convenient room get all the secondhand smoke and first hand smoke oh it was lovely yeah good to send the kids in there so how old are you sure you're in there sugar coating uh sugar soap like scrubbing the walls and then putting the primer on the cupboards and the walls and everything. So your

job essentially as a child was to scrub off the nicotine from the walls and repaint the room. Yeah, and empty the cupboards with the six-month-old half bottle of milk. So this is just you? Is this a solo thing or did you have other family members?

I had my older sister with me and we've both got very bad gag reflexes. Yeah, that was all anybody ever heard when they come into the smoking room was us gagging. Yeah, and so would the lads come in when you're painting and light up? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's a different time, eh? Different time. And coffee and tea to be made as well.

Oh, yeah. Well, thank you for sharing that with us. That's quite all right. You have yourself a great day. You too. Yep. There you go. Character building, isn't it, back in the day?

The Hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Beautiful day on Saturday for the Warriors. That's how you say it, eh? The Warriors. It was Sunday, but that's right. You got the Warriors. What did I say?

Saturday. Oh, whatever. It was all a blur. She's had a four-day hangover. Yeah. It kind of felt like a saturday because we had the monday off right yeah yeah uh so i went along to my very first nrl game live what were your first first thoughts um i really like the drums

but like they should be closer to the sidelines so everyone can see them yeah i think there's been a few back and forth on those. Oh, okay. If I touched on this. No, no, yeah. It was a big part of the Warriors' history having the drummers. It's a great atmosphere.

Remember that very first game they came out to Drumston? They ran through that tunnel in 1995. Yeah, fire going out. Yeah, it was good. I still have the fire. Yeah, it was a great atmosphere.

The only thing I miss is the commentary because I don't know what's going on. I'm a union girl. Everything's just slightly different. There's things in the States like sports ears, which you can put in like little AirPods and they can connect to a commentary and stuff, which is not a bad idea to have in games if

you want them. I was trying not to be a punish. Well, instead you spent 80 minutes just asking our boss questions, didn't you? Yeah. About the game. Yeah. Yeah. I think people around us probably would have got a little bit annoyed but we were lucky enough to be in like a corporate lounge situation

and i've never been in one of those before either so there's like dinner and some drinks and stuff it's very fancy and they have like speakers up on a stage like guest speakers wow and i had my back to the stage and they introduced legend Tana Umanga. Oh, that's cool. And I was like, whoa, hold the phone. I'm a union girl. This is pretty exciting. Never met the man before.

And he was like probably 10 metres away from me. And we were all sitting at the table and I was like, I'm going to do it. I'm going to ask for a photo. You did it. Rather than doing a Ben Boyce and taking a creepy picture. Which you did of Jack Black. I did, from behind. We've met a lot of people luckily in this job.

A lot of very famous people. But I was so nervous. He's a lovely guy though. He is a lovely guy. And there were lots of people up there getting his photo. I could see that he was trying to leave. And I was like, oh god, am I going to do it? So I had to take

someone with me. They tapped him on the shoulder and I got a photo but I was like, hello, it's really nice to meet you. My name's Megan. He's a lovely guy. He was so lovely. It would be a better ending to the story if he's like get lost lady and spat his drink in your face or something but I'm sure he didn't.

Yeah, but yeah i had a nrl match watching league but i was just like fangirling over the union player yeah well jason momoa uh actor he loves tana like he's like his he's like his idol oh i've seen them they do they've done videos together right and he came along to the movies now i've kind of like been around a lot of stuff where tana's been i don't think we've had too many conversations other than the hire or anything so he doesn't know me that well, but I was at the movies when he was there to go see Jason Momoa's movie

and a big smile and a wave from Tana. I'm like, oh, Tana's smiling away. To you. So yeah, I smiled and waved across him. And then I realized that he was smiling and waving at his wife who was standing just behind me in line. I was like, way to trump my story, Ben.

Me like, Tana waved at me. I know, but to Tana's credit, he must have known. I was like, way to trump my story, Ben. Me like, Tana waved at me. I know, but to Tana's credit, he must have known that I was feeling like a bit of a dork at that moment. He came over

and had quite a long conversation with me, like about 10 minutes. That's a humbling experience, isn't it? Just, I was like, I knew that Tana knew that.

The misguided wave. The wave wasn't for me. And he knew it was a petty conversation as well. Yeah, but it was lovely. It was so lovely. Rate yourself

that you think Tana's like, I'm here. I know, I was like, oh, Tana's waving at me. And I was like, yeah. And he just turns out he loves his wife. And he's walking over. I'm like, this will be great. And then I was like, oh.

Starts blowing you kisses. Yeah, but we had a lovely time. So it was lovely.