Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - LIVE from Megan’s house: Can Jono and Ben handle the kids’ morning chaos and still host the show
Episode Date: May 7, 2026It’s been YEARS since Jono and Ben have tackled a full morning routine with little kids and it shows! Knives in mouths, dangerously hot porridge, rogue costumes, and total chaos as they attempt ...to get Megan’s kids fed, dressed, and out the door... all while hosting a LIVE radio show. Will they survive… and will the kids make it to school on time?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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We're at Megan's house, Jono, we've got inside.
We've woken Megan up.
Welcome, Megan.
Thanks for that.
I thought this was supposed to be like my day off or something.
Well, you have to, someone has to let us sit.
Yeah, right, okay.
Do you know it's so far away this house.
We've talked about it multiple times.
My phone's gone over to roaming charges, ma'am.
You know, word of a lie, like when you get no streetlights,
and there's no, it's like, wow, you're in the middle of, you know,
there is a dead patch on the way here where you can't communicate, take the one.
Is it still, like, is it still the same time zone out here?
Like, is it still six o'clock here where it is, you know.
It's a little bit of difference, but you get used to it eventually.
Can I go back to bed?
Okay, Megan really wants to go back to bed.
All week we've been talking about the fact that your husband, Andrew, he's away.
He's away for six weeks.
And he had a Mother's Day, we thought we'd do.
something, we're trying to do something nice.
Now, the intention's there to do something nice.
Give you the morning off and help the kids get to school and daycare, right?
Yeah.
So how have you found the gift so far?
You've had to wake up.
Well, I would have probably still went asleep, so...
Not ideal.
Okay, so we want to send you back to bed, and we want to take care of things this morning,
but what do we need to do?
Well, I did, I wrote you, I mean, I was a little bit nervous, so I wrote you a list of things.
I love a list.
You do.
This is a deep, Jesus.
This is a deep list.
And what I like about this list is every instruction starts with pleas.
But it's like a passive-aggressive pleas, a threatening pleas.
There's also stuff I need to do around dogs as well, Leo, you know.
Oh, I know.
I forgot about that.
And I added it in at the top so it made it look like I didn't forget.
So you have to get him out of his crate and he needs to go the toilet.
Okay, take us to a bit of a hit list of what we could do this morning.
Okay, so it is book day for Bastion.
Okay.
So it's dress up.
Oh, I love it.
Ben has come prepared for that.
I've got some dress-up options for Bastie.
Okay, great.
You do need to make sure that he's got a school uniform to change into in a bag.
Oh, okay, okay.
Yep, great.
So you need to make his lunch.
His lunchbox is out.
I've cleaned it.
I have bought some food.
I bought my own food.
I bought some sausages and hot dog buns.
Oh, no.
So I might want to dress up because she might feel left out.
Can't dress up?
Yeah, she's got a dress-up box.
You just make sure she's warm.
Okay.
Okay.
You need to feed them.
Yep.
Hot dogs, great.
Can't have hot dogs for lunch and breakfast.
But I did put on there, please don't give them chocolate
because Bashan will probably tell you that he has chocolate for breakfast.
Okay.
Okay.
Listen, I'm going to say right now this stuff's going out the window.
We'll try and do some of it.
Some of it.
The priorities are get the kids dressed, get them to school.
Okay.
Everything else is by the bye.
Well, let's see me back to bed.
I don't think I'm going to sleep.
I'm just going to be straight.
That's the worst that can happen.
And let's try and start on the lunches next while we're doing the New Zealand Herald Daily Quay.
John O'Bennon and Megan.
The podcast.
The Hats.
Because Megan's husband's away, we'll try and give her the morning off.
It's a nice thing for Mother's Day.
We've sent her back to bed.
We're in her house.
And right now, we're about to do the New Zealand Herald Daily Quay as well as Basty,
your five-year-old son.
He needs breakfast, apparently.
Where's he gone?
Basty!
I think you'll keep an eye on him.
Basty.
Where is he?
Oh, here is.
Hey, Basty.
Breakfast.
What do you want?
Weepie Spites.
Weebix.
Now, we've heard that you get 11, 11 of those, is that right?
Okay, 11 we've also bought something.
Would you like some of Uncle Gano's signature dish?
Uh-oh.
No, thank you.
He doesn't even know what it is, but that was the right answer.
Hot dogs.
Hot dogs for breakfast, mate.
I've bought some six Frankfurters with cheese.
I'll put them in the microwave.
They'll be ready in 58 seconds.
What?
Yeah, I know.
It's a game change.
Would you like me to put them in?
No, thank you.
Okay, I'll try and get the Wheatbig Spites sorted.
You can work on the hot dogs just in case, Jono,
but let's start with the New Zealand Hero Daily Quiz.
All right.
Our quiz queen, producer Grace is with us here as well in the chaos.
You've done a dry run of the quiz.
How are you looking, mate big, mate.
That's great.
That's great.
This is what we need.
Ben's doing Weatheatts and we're quizzing at the same time.
Question number one.
Okay, we need Ben for this one.
What is Disney character?
Mickey Mouse's middle name.
Is it Faunt, Leroy, Theodore, or Maximus?
Isn't it the Cedaror?
What was the first one?
Um, Faunt Leroy?
Fon't Leroy?
Oh, I think it's the first one.
You think it's the first one?
Yeah.
I think it's the second one.
Oh, Bessie.
Which one is it?
Uh, the second one.
Okay, this goes Bessie.
Let's go with Bessie.
I think it's the third one.
I think it's Theodore.
Basty is correct.
Oh, Basty's correct.
Yeah, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
Well done, Basty.
Uh, our mic's sounding really weird right now.
Are we all good?
No, we're all good.
We're back in the game.
Question number two.
Which reality TV show features
which is contestants being murdered by other contestants.
The traitors, the quick and the dead or the killers.
We're looking in the last one.
Thanks, Besty.
The last one is incorrect, Bastian.
Oh, we shouldn't have got a five-year-old.
I got it again.
You did it, mate.
No, you did it.
You did it.
You did the opposite of get it again.
No.
Okay.
So I'm trying to sort out the wheat big spite.
It's very distracted right now.
Never listened to a five-year-old when you're quizzing.
But you got the first one right, though.
Yeah.
Okay.
Okay.
So that's the end of the New Zealand.
on here all daily quiz done and dusted.
So 11 wheat bags.
Okay.
And then we need to get the lunches
ready as well.
If you just joined us with live
from Megan's house,
we're giving her the day off
for Mother's Day.
And there's a lot going on.
I'm kind of about
40% radio, 60% babysitting
right now.
Yeah, yeah, I'm probably 50-50
after those odds at the moment.
Okay, so Bastie, do you need milk in this,
Bastie?
Is it milk?
I don't have to have milk.
He doesn't have milk?
You just have dry wheat bits?
Do you just have to dry it?
Really?
You're a mad bastard, mate.
I want to have.
Okay, okay, mate.
If that's what you normally have, that's what you have.
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I have her five-year-old son, Bastion, up,
and we're trying to get things sorted.
The struggle-juggle, as they call it, Bassi,
you've got your breakfast?
How's it going?
I'm going.
He's got a mouth full of wheat-bigsplight.
It's not ideal to talk to him right now,
and he's not having any milk or anything with the wheat-bick spites,
which seems wrong.
Must be like eating sand, Bastia.
Have you got any moisture left in your mouth?
He can't even talk.
His mouth so dry.
Okay, I'll make sure it's not a choking hazard at the moment,
but at the moment I think he's enjoying is good.
You've got the thumbs up, he's good.
Jono, you've got a second option for breakfast?
I do.
I consider that you're on-ray, Bastie,
because I've also got you got Uncle Jono's signature microwaved hot dogs on the way, big fella.
Oh.
Oh, indeed.
Oh, indeed.
Okay, so Megan has gone back to bed as we said.
She's left us a very detailed list for the, oh, God.
Oh, they look.
First the hot dogs, too.
And the cheese are oozing out of them here, matey.
Don't give them three.
Do you like tomato sauce, bestie?
They're probably a house that makes it from scratch, though, aren't they?
Wow.
What do you think of that?
What do you think of that?
Good.
Okay, good, good.
Thank you.
I think he's just being polite.
He's thinking of it.
It's hot.
Okay, yeah.
We'll get some, do you want sauce on them?
Okay, mate.
I'm going to go look at Megan's very detailed list.
She's left us this morning.
These microwave hot dogs are the opposite of what Megan Pappas stands for.
I know.
Just don't think too hard about what's in those.
Oh, you put a lot of sauce all over the top of those, too.
Okay.
Anyway, look away, look away.
Okay, Leo out of the crate.
The dog out of the crate, okay.
It doesn't say where the dog is located,
but he needs to go to the toilet around about now.
Do you want to try to?
The dog, okay.
Where's the dog, bro?
Where's the dog?
Pardon?
The dog needs to go the toilet?
Yeah.
Yeah, okay.
Well, where's the dog right now?
Where's the dog?
No one knows where the dog is.
No one really cares about the dog in this household, do they?
Yeah, okay.
Poor dog.
I'll call Megan.
I don't want to interrupt her, but we sent me back.
Do you're calling her?
I'm just calling her my cell phone
Okay
We're trying to give her the morning off though
Surely we can find the dog
I'm sorry
She's trying to ignore us
Don't get up at my
I still asleep
She's bloody ghost here
Where's the room
I think it's down the hallway
Okay Joddo's going down the hallway
Here at Megan's house
I'm going to wait Megan up
Okay
I really feel quite creepy
Yeah well you sound quite creepy as well
Hey Megan
I was trying to call you, mate.
Can you still hear me, Ben?
Yeah, I can hear.
This feels really illegal right now what I'm doing.
Hey, sorry.
Hi.
Where's your dog?
He's on the list, Jono.
We can't find.
Are you joking?
Is he in the garage?
No, he's in the front room.
Front room.
Okay, get back to sleep.
Good night.
All right, okay.
Johno, Ben and Megan.
The podcast.
The hits.
Fine to get, well, at the moment, it's only one of the two.
Children awake?
Yeah, unless we've lost the other one.
I haven't seen the other one.
It'd be a shocking start.
Got five-year-old Basti who's in the middle of playing with Lego.
I don't know if that's part of his morning routine.
He said normally he'd be dressed by now.
Also, Bessie, there's a lot of wheatbicks bites.
You still are not hungry?
Yeah.
He's okay.
Apparently, okay.
Okay, Aya has just opened the door.
Good morning, Aya.
Hello.
Hey.
Two creepy guys is whispering in your kitchen.
Okay, she's not sure she's going to come back out.
She's kind of poking her head halfway through the door.
going, dear God, what have I woken up to?
What I'm concerned of is that are we at the right stage of our morning routine?
Like, we've got, around about 8 o'clock, we have to leave to take Basti to school.
And if he's late, apparently, he can't get in.
They lock him out.
That seems like a really savage, savage, we're almost sort of Chinese communist territory there.
But Basty, I'm a little stressed that we haven't got your lunch ready.
Can you come and help me out in the cupboard here, buddy?
What do you usually have for lunch?
At the moment, he's, don't eat the Lego, mate.
Don't eat the Lego.
Oh, no, okay, cool.
Bastii, do you want to come help us make lunch?
Yeah, here we go.
It's Lego part of the food period.
No, he's just biting it to get the Lego pieces off, but it's concerning me just slightly.
There's a choking hazard.
Basty, come on, over here.
Basty.
He's in the middle of building something.
So 4487, where are you at in your morning routine?
I'd love to know where you're at because at the moment it feels like we are very behind.
What's happening?
We're doing my lunch fast.
Yeah, we're out.
That's what we're trying to do, mate.
Yeah, I know, so what do you need?
Apple.
Okay, I've got an apple.
Okay, we've got an apple.
Okay, we've got an apple.
What else you need?
Is that your brain food?
I've got a Mandarin as well.
Okay, 4487 on the text.
Where are you at in your morning?
Are we really behind?
Or have we got plenty of time to get up to or at the door around 8 o'clock?
Like you said, we've got an hour and 11 minutes until he has to leave.
One is maybe chippies.
Chippies?
Okay, chippies.
I'll take your word for it.
It's seaweed.
Oh, yeah, okay.
Seweed?
Where is that?
Where would that be like that?
What about these chocolate eggs here?
Oh, no, I'm not allowed to have those.
Well, today you are.
Today you are.
Four, four, eight seven.
Where are you?
John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast.
The Hats.
Live from Megan's house, trying to give her the morning off for Mother's Day.
Her husband's away on tour playing Romeo and Aunt Juliet.
He's currently courting Juliet.
Yeah.
And Besty, five-year-old Basty, Megan's son.
How do you think we're going so far?
Uh...
You can be honest.
Pretty good.
Pretty good.
Okay.
We're trying to make you at lunch right now.
We wanted to know if we were at the right.
stage of everyone's morning routine because it feels like maybe we're behind.
Yeah.
We are?
Okay, but he's like we are.
That's good.
That's good.
No one's calling through because they're probably doing their own morning routines,
which is understandable.
We've got an hour until he needs to be out of the house.
Have you found the seaweed?
He talked about what he wanted seaweed?
Like, we haven't found that so far.
Yeah.
Yeah.
How about we have a seaweed free Friday today?
Put it in there and then we put the chipies on.
Okay, we've got chippies in there.
I'm guessing that's okay to put it in there.
Chippies, a muffin.
We've got two bits of fruit for his brain break at the moment.
There's another kid we haven't got to.
right now. We'll get to that in a minute. Troy, you're pointing over that way.
Okay, and I'm about to make a sandwich?
Yeah.
What do you want in your sandwich?
Um, peanut butter and...
I don't think you can take peanut.
No, we're a soft nation of people with peanut allergies.
I can't do that, mate, don't tell it.
What's that?
Marmaine cheese.
Marmite and cheese. We can do that. It's a good cook-boy.
I honestly reckon, marmite and cheese,
ham and cheese, two of the greatest food combinations you'll ever find.
Goes well. Go as well. Okay, so I'm going to make a marmite and cheese.
What's that? You want to do it? Okay, I'm sure with that.
What could go wrong?
Don't let the kids make the sandwiches.
No, don't just.
Okay, yep, no worries.
Now, sweet little Aya, she's just woken up in her Lilo and Stitch pajamas.
Aya, good morning.
Hello, darling.
What do you have for breakfast usually?
I couldn't understand any of that.
Porridge and banana.
Thank you, producer Troy.
We gave you a translator.
A child translator.
We subtitled that.
It was like, oh, porridge and banana.
It's like Google translate for three-year-olds.
We'll put the Netflix subtitles on for Aya this morning,
just so we can know what's going on.
Okay, so you're going to get the porridge and banana?
I'll do porridge and banana.
Where is the dog?
Have we seen the dog?
Has it come back inside?
So the dog's the least of our worries at the moment.
Bassey, what is it now, mate?
Do you know where the porridge is?
No.
Show me, bro.
Okay, all right.
John O'Ben and Megan.
The podcast.
The hats.
We've got a special massage book for later on,
but right now we're trying to negotiate two kids.
Yeah.
Aya, three, Basty, five,
and get them ready for school and daycare.
There's a lot, there's a lot going on.
Can I be completely transparent?
I thought there was going to be a bit of showbiz,
Rasmataz, you know, where, oh, we're here, we're getting ready.
But actual stuff was going to happen behind the scene?
Yeah, no.
Bigger's gone back to bed.
It's been all last the whole time.
I thought it should be like hovering around and go, no, don't you that.
She's gone back to bed.
She knows how radio works, right?
I know.
We've been lying to people for decades.
At the moment, we're trying to get things sorted.
Breakfast, Basty said his breakfast.
He didn't eat at all, but, okay, that's...
What do you want?
11 wheat-bix bites bites?
So there's still quite a few left, but that's fine.
I think I've made his lunch, although we can't find the seaweed.
He keeps talking about seaweed, so I don't know where that is.
The ocean.
The, um, oh yeah, Ia.
Asia porridge.
It is almost thermonuclear.
Oh, that's a bit hot.
We'll just wait, yeah, even the beer that was eaten, the hot porridge might be just like,
not as keen on that one.
We'll just give that a mo.
But today.
I could never understand in that story.
Sorry to dog leg.
Yeah.
I know there's a lot going on right now, Ben.
Don't start talking about Goldilocks to me.
Why did you have, like, wildly different temperature,
varying temperature bowls of porridge.
She's got her timing all wrong in the kitchen, right?
She's only one person.
Yeah, I know.
How do you screw that anyway?
She must have made three different types of porridge.
Yeah.
Anyway, that's a complete, we don't need that right now.
Not right now.
Not right now, Ben.
Not on today of all days.
Have not seen the dog for a while since we put the dog outside,
but that's not worry about the dog.
Less of our worries.
If you've seen Megan's dog, please text 4487.
Basty, who is going to school and we need to leave around about 8 o'clock this morning.
He's got Book Day.
And he's BASDY.
Now I understand it's a non-fiction book day,
so you have to come dressed as your favorite non-fiction character.
He's adamant.
He's going to turn up as Black Panther.
Now, last time I checked Marvel wasn't running a documentary series, were they?
No.
Has there been anything around?
Is there a book based on Black Panther a real person?
I don't.
They're probably based on Panthers.
So today you've got to dress up, Basty.
for school, right?
Now, you're thinking about Black Panther.
Yeah.
Okay, so I've got some other options just in case.
At the moment, you've put on my Warriors top.
Sean Johnson's got an autobiography.
You could go dressed as Sean Johnson.
Do you know who that is?
What do you think, though?
Do you like the Warriors top?
Yep.
Can you say up de waz?
Updawalis?
Updawalis?
Yeah, well, that's close enough.
So that's an option.
I've also got a large Mona Lisa costume as well.
I'm sure that's, you know.
That's a good non-fitting.
Oh, that's like you see you're in a picture frame, I see.
And a dinosaur onesie as well, you know, because I'm sure they'll have non-fiction books on dinosaurs and Leonardo da Vinci.
Can we put Basti and those and get a photo up on the hits breakfast?
See what he looks like.
Maybe there can be a bit of a vote.
Are you still stuck on Black Panther?
You still want to go as Black Panther?
Yeah, okay.
You could go, keeping with the wild cat theme, as Tiger Woods.
Oh.
Tiger Woods?
Give him a bit of Pamhole, if it'd send him off, drive us to school with a bit of Pam.
Probably not the best idea.
Okay, so 4487 on the text.
Because I'm worried that we're going to send him to school and it's not going to be a book day.
It's not going to be costume day.
Yeah.
Well, you want to know.
We've misread the whole thing.
This is what we would love you to call up about this morning.
Oh, 800, the hits, four, four, eight, seven.
Have you completely screwed up a costume?
Maybe you turned up, but you thought it was a dress-up party, and it wasn't a dress-up party.
Did you ever go to school and forget it was Mufty day?
You know, or non-uniform day.
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The Hits.
So I'm feeling like we're just ending up doing chores.
She can't be bothered doing.
But I'm out here in the garage where they've got a few weights and a bench,
and literally there's a sign on the wall illuminated that says Papa's Pump House.
Okay.
They've also got the same sign in the bedroom, so I can only assume they pump iron in the bedroom as well, Ben.
So it's bin day.
You're going to take the bins out at the moment.
The kids are inside.
Aya are three years old.
She's eating at the moment.
It's porridge are good.
It's good eating it.
She's got a mouthful porridge.
Morning.
Basty at the moment is playing with Lego.
He's very happy, but he's about to go off to book day at school.
It's a dress-up themed non-fiction, and he wants to go as Black Panther,
adamant that he wants to go as Black Panther.
Can I ask, do you know if it's a double bin day out here, Ben?
I'm not sure.
No, I don't know if it's a double bin day.
I'm looking around, because I know you like to label the other people who lead the bins,
the binfluences.
Yes, there's always someone that leads the charge with one or two bins, right, if you've got those.
There's double bins at number 23, but then any of it.
everyone else is rolled with
single one. Just single one. So I feel like
23's just optimistic and I'm hoping for the best.
Sometimes you really hope that's going to be the case
right now.
Now the Black Panther, can you still hear me?
Yeah, I can hear you. The Black Panther costume has been
problematic. Basti's got to dress up as a non-fiction
book character. I suggested Vladimir Putin
as an option that was vetoed.
I bought in a Warriors top for Sean Johnson and Mona Lisa and stuff
as well, but it's, yeah, it feels like Black Panther is what he wants to go
Now, there's been a wave of support for Bastie's costume decisions on the text machine
4487.
Thank you for helping us out this morning.
A lot of people saying, if you look hard enough, there'll be books on Panthers.
Oh, yeah, that's true.
Technically, a panther's a non-fiction character.
Yeah, well, yeah, a great idea.
Okay, so are we going to go with it?
We're locking in the Black Panther.
The thing is we need to get him dressed, Ben.
We've got like a little over half an hour until we lead to leave this place.
Okay, well, yeah, some people are saying we're on the text machine saying,
we're on track
keep an eye on the time
and make sure you have enough time
to get to school
well done lads
just got to work myself
so the nation is behind us
you can feel the support of the nation
can't you?
I feel the weight of the nation
and the support of them
I've never done a radio show
while trying to do the morning admin
and I'll tell you what
something is going to give
at some stage right
I think this is what
Hillary must have felt like
just he was climbed to the top of Everest
he knew the people were behind him
all right next I think Megan
we're going to have
to wake her up because Basty keeps talking about
a seaweed and I feel like
that's one thing missing from her lunch
and are we behind? He's made some Lego
and he's not in the Lego
mate he's been hour and a half he's been Legoing
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The podcast
Just to update everyone on
Megan's you know 52 point to do list
today where are we at
The kids are fed when
Yes the kids are awake
But that's okay
The dog has gone missing
But I'm sure he's fine
Okay.
Now, the hair we need to do.
I are her three-year-olds here.
Are you three years old, mate?
Yeah, three years old.
We need to do your hair, and we've seen a hack online that you can put your hair into a vacuum.
Oh, okay.
There's a naked child, naked child.
Bestie, clothing optional.
I, you, Bessie, put some Mondays on, mate.
Put some Mondays on.
I did not have that.
It was like a street cat.
It was like, dear God.
Dear God, there's a...
Okay.
The camera's a cut away from it, too.
We didn't script that.
That really threw me.
That did throw me.
He's hopefully going on his Black Panther costume for Book Day.
Oh dear.
We're going to have to get Megan up in a minute as well.
It's turning into chaos.
We've got naked children running around.
Dogs are missing.
We're trying to vacuum little eyes here.
So there's a hack on the internet.
Have you heard of the internet hire?
And we put your hair in this vacuum.
cleaner and then we'll tie it up.
What do you reckon?
It's a hard no.
It's a hard no.
It's definitely a hard no.
Okay, well, listen, I think
this is a bit of a regroup period, Ben, in the morning.
Yeah, yeah, okay?
Things are really starting to fall off.
Things are really starting to fall apart.
If you've got any advice for us to get through the next
sort of 40 minutes or so before we have to get kid number one out the door?
8 o'clock, 8 o'clock.
And apparently if he's not there by, when is it, 8, 30,
the school gates shut and no more children are allowed in,
which seems like a really tight rule there from,
everything okay there, producer grace?
Yeah, he's all right.
We've got some clothes on.
Oh, we've got clothes on.
And the Black Panther costume.
That's good.
That's a tick.
Okay, I think we're going to have to bring Megan in next.
Just to regroup, get things going.
She's like, look, I haven't seen her since she has in.
Like, she literally's like, oh, I'm going to go back to bed,
and I thought I'll be a bit of a gag or keep interrupting her and stuff.
We haven't seen her for bloody two hours.
I know.
I know.
I know.
She's literally taking the morning off.
I guess that's what we promised.
John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast.
The Hits.
It went back to bed for a bit.
You're up now.
You're not too happy with how things are looking at here?
No.
He's gone away and I somehow got two men who are completely inadequate.
We're trying to do a radio show.
Like, I feel like I am.
There's a lot of mess.
There's Lego.
There's costumes.
They're playing.
I'm thinking you're the fun uncles that didn't want to say no when he said, can I do Lego?
Yes.
We want them to like us.
We're also a shallow radio host
who are desperate for affection.
But Megan, we had to prioritise things.
No, don't colour there, I am.
On the other side, loving.
Yeah, don't do that on the walls.
That's right. I've got this.
See, stuff goes on when you're here as well.
Yeah, it's been before this.
Nothing's gone wrong.
What did you say?
At the moment, there's sort of felts and costumes and Lego just strewn all over the floor.
There is.
But we've just had to prioritise, mate.
We've had to prioritise Basties.
departure, breakfast.
I mean, on the to-do list, bins are out,
dogs go on to the toilet, lunches are done.
I mean, you did lose the dog for like an hour.
Yes, yeah.
Don't focus on the negatives.
Kids stress.
I know, but you know that they're supposed to both got the same time, eh?
Oh, no.
I thought that was, Basty had to go first, no?
Yeah, he gets dropped off first.
Ayah, can you take yourself to daycare today?
No, that's a hard note.
Now, Basty, can you give us some honest feedback
of how you think the morning's gone so far, my man?
Who's your favourite bud out of Jono and Ben?
John O.
I think I just win by default because my name comes first.
Yeah, I'll take it though.
But Basty, do you think we've done an okay job feeding you, getting you dressed?
Yeah.
Do you remember when you ran naked through the kitchen about 20 minutes ago?
Yeah.
That was confronting.
Yeah, we didn't expect that.
It was like a streaker at the rugby, you know?
Yeah.
I mean, that happens quite often.
It does?
Yeah.
All right.
Have you brushed their tea?
No.
Okay, Bastii, I've tried to brush your teeth.
No.
Let's go brush your teeth.
Fent straight on to it?
No.
The ultimate husband answer?
No.
Normally it's not one of those, was it?
Give yourself some thinking, do I?
You know the answer.
I've definitely heard what you said.
Basti, where are going to go brush your teeth?
I'm like, I've got that on the to-do list.
Yeah, let's go brush your teeth, okay?
It's on the to do list.
Okay.
Okay.
You've got to go brush your teeth.
After 8 o'clock is a lot.
is a huge announcement.
Very excited about this.
Megan, you know who's coming to New Zealand.
A big concert,
and you're pretty excited about this.
Very excited.
You got your first chance.
Do you know,
or you're just playing along with them?
No, I do know.
I read my emails, John-O.
Does she reply to the emails?
No, but I took it in.
No.
And do you regret having us here this morning?
We have got the big announcement
for the concert just after 8 o'clock
and a huge surprise for you after 8 as well, Megan.
Yeah, Megan.
You're going to clean up.
We'll clean up, yep, let's sort it.
And there's a bit of a bit of a lot.
a Mother's Day gift for you.
Yeah.
It's going to be a little weird.
It's true. What? No.
Yeah, Bessie's not the only one going to be naked
in the kitchen after.
John O'Bennon and Megan.
The podcast.
The Hats.
But right now we're at Megan's house.
Megan's, your husband, Andrew, he's away. He's in a musical
performance. He's away for six weeks.
Yeah, he's in Wellington at the moment.
And you guys have decided to come over
and help.
Well, you talked about being alone for, you know,
having to desol her mum for Mother's Day.
And we're like, for the second year in a row.
We're like, well, it wouldn't be nice to do something for you.
We landed on this.
This was the best intentions of doing something nice.
Yeah.
It feels like we've added more stress maybe to you, you know, being in your house trying to get the kids ready.
Yeah, yeah.
I did have to write you on extensive list, and I don't know how much you've actually stuck to.
Currently, you were supposed to leave 10 minutes ago.
Yeah.
And one of them is still in their pajamas.
Okay.
Jono is now trying to glue a mask.
That's his mask that he needs to wear a book day.
He's going dressed to a non-fiction book day as Black Panther.
We've got problems with it, but anyway, we're vetoed by the audience.
They voted in favour of Bastie.
But the problem is I have done up the elastic on this mask eight times.
And he keeps coming back going, the elastics come off the mask again.
Now I've just discovered a little crack in the structure of the mask, which is obviously not helping.
And Megan's giving me some super glue to try and...
Okay, picture this.
Jono is sitting on my couch.
The dog's on his lap.
He's got fairy wings on that my daughter just gave him.
He's trying to glue a black panther mask.
Please don't get it on the dog.
And we're six minutes late.
The six-mas-day, and the house is like chaos.
It's like a bomb site at the moment.
This is usually a show home this place.
I know.
Okay, so the kids are we got to get moving.
We got to, okay, I is down here.
I'm all the way down the bedroom.
We need to get you dressed.
Have you chosen what you want to wear?
Yeah, okay.
She works in syllables, just one syllables.
Oh, we got fair, is she later wear fairy wings?
Is it right?
And two?
Yeah.
Okay, the color scheme does not, I don't think it got,
I mean, I'm not a fashionable person,
but I don't think the scheme works together, but I love it.
Let's just do it.
What does she pick?
She's got sort of a purple top, a pink tutu, she's got some jeans, she's got pink fairy wing.
Oh, is he dropped out?
Yeah.
Oh, he's dropped out.
He's deep in the bowels of met.
You're in the west wing.
Come on back.
Come on back here.
You lose mic coverage five kilometres away in this household.
It's such a big house.
It is.
What did you see down there?
Faraway lens.
All sorts.
It was customs.
They had to go through customs and stuff.
How do they greet you in that part of the house?
You can't take an apple down there as well.
They're very strict.
It's very big.
Okay, so where are we at?
We're behind in our morning routine.
Basty!
He doesn't, also the other thing I was just talking to Basti as well,
he's not too keen of just going in the car with you.
Listen, no, no.
It was more turning up.
You have to walk him to the gate, and I said he can meet all your friend's parents,
and he went, oh, no.
Yeah, no, I wouldn't want to.
Bess, are you good to go, bro?
We've got to go, mate.
Honestly, we're like seven minutes late.
You've got your shoes on?
How are you in your morning routine?
We'd love to hear from you this morning.
We feel like we're behind.
We are behind.
Here's your mask.
Oh, Andrew, the hits.
Tell you who hasn't been stressed, Basty, this whole time.
He's loved it.
Are you stressed?
No.
Teeth are clean.
He's got a cool costume on, lunchbox.
He's put his mask on.
Now, I have a slight concern that I've just super glued the mask,
and that could be supergluing itself to his hair,
but let's worry about that a later day.
Are you okay with Jono taking you?
No.
I'm not either as well, so we're both in this together, mate.
Are you keeping those fairy wings on for drop-off?
I am.
Okay, we're off.
Jono Ben and Megan, the podcast.
The heads.
What on on this morning,
went across to Jono as he's taking Bastion,
five-year-old Bastie to school right now.
But Jaden, good morning.
Good morning.
You're on your way to school?
Yeah.
Have you got yourself all organized as well?
You're all sort.
Because there's a lot to, I forget about how much is to get ready in the morning.
You're all set, ready to go?
Yeah.
All right, good to go.
And what's your school?
Were you going to give them a shout out?
Yeah.
school.
I go to a
studying park school timer.
Oh, well, nice.
You have a great day at school, all right?
Thank you.
Appreciate you listening to the show if you want to shout out your school
4487 on the text of school shout out line if you're on the way to school.
Jono, right now, can you hear me?
You are driving Bastie to school.
Loud and clear.
Champagne Kid ban to there, Ben.
Nice work.
Thanks, mate.
Rangling kids this morning and a radio show has been, yeah.
A dream come true.
So I'm just, I'm currently at a roundabout taking Bastie to school.
Listen, he wouldn't go with just me, understandable, given my driving record in my current
demerit points.
I've only got 80, 20 points left.
But Megan, Megan's had to come with me and can I just say, you've got a heater, is my ass
on fire?
Have you got a heat?
No, you're a seat to heat.
Oh my God.
My buttocks are bloody burning up a storm here, but Besty, how we track it?
mate? Yeah, hey, he's dressed his Black Panther in the back, in the back there. Anything you want to say to the people at home, Basti?
No, thank you. He's okay. Do you remember his, like, spare shorts, the spear uniform?
Did you pack his spear uniform? They're in the dryer, aren't they?
No, we don't have a spare uniform. No, we, I was meant to take the shorts out of the dryer, and I don't know if I got those. I'm sorry.
There's a lot going on. Now, Jono, you were waiting in the car before, and Megan was as well, and I was just sort of saying goodbye to Basty out the door.
he turned at me and he's been so chill the morning but he just was like wait am i going by myself
like the fear in his eyes for that little moment i'll never forget that look and i was like no no mate
mum and mum and uncle john are in the car ready to take you to school
oh i reckon we've really created we've shaped some childhoods this morning i think these kids
have seen some stuff they didn't need to see uh yeah well i're seeing some stuff we didn't need
to see as well your son bloody streaked through the kitchen at 725 a year
now remember you've got a hard cut off you can't it can't be late i look at
Otherwise they'll lock them out the school, so hopefully you're on track for that.
I right now is dressed.
Megan, she's wearing gloves, like sort of silk, lacy sort of gloves.
She's got a wand.
She's got fairy wings.
She's got a tutu and a unicorn.
And three or four clips in their hair.
How are we feeling about everything together?
Look, if it gets her out the door, do what you've got to do.
Yeah, do what you've got to do.
Can I just point something out, and I know it's probably not the time.
What's really disgusting about this whole situation right now is
Producer Troy gave me his little headphones to use this broadcast unit, and it's still got his airwax on it.
Okay, we don't need all that right now.
Okay.
Producer Troy airwax in my ears.
Okay.
Oh, geez.
Okay.
John O'Ben and Megan.
The podcast.
The hits.
And I'm very fussed this morning.
And kids at the moment.
Ia is with me at home.
Megan's three-year-old.
Johno, how are you?
Where are you?
Come on in.
Geez, there's nobody parks outside the school.
It's a nightmare here.
It's like the Southern Motorway backed up.
I'm starting your little road, Ragey.
I'm sorry, Bessie.
We parked down a bank.
Yeah, we're on quite the angle.
45 degree angle at the moment.
I know you want to get out, though.
He's been licking the windows.
He's been looking.
He's been looking.
He's got nine minutes until the school won't lend him in at the moment.
Megan, you always say Jono Parks with privilege.
How is he parking this morning?
He did want to park right on the corner where the yellow lines are.
And he's like, we just work here.
And I don't think we can do that.
That's the white man privilege I'm used to.
But we're going to take him to the gate.
It's a non-fiction book character today today.
There's some K-pop demon hunters here.
There's people dressed as M&Ms, which I don't know how that falls into the...
But mind you, Bassies is Black Panther.
I think there's fast and loose with the theme today.
So are we going to get in there on time?
Have you found a park?
Yeah, we've found a park.
Oh, Ben.
There's someone dressed as Sean Johnson.
I'm dressed as Sean Johnson at the gate.
I was trying to get Basty into a Warriors top earlier this morning
because Sean Johnson's got a great autobiography out there
but Basty, he was okay with it but the top was too big.
So, John, I, doing the school run.
They're on our way.
Oh, God.
You parked in the mud, bra.
Oh, jeez.
A lot of bickering.
Like a bickering couple.
A lot of bickering going on.
Well, if you can do a better, you park.
You drive next time.
Okay.
I might leave mum and dad to go try and get a kid number one to school.
The other parents are looking at us.
Yes, the marriage is on the rocks, if you're wondering.
I've had enough of her crap.
Busting my chops out here.
Megan, you're never going to be able to show you face.
Yeah, I'm just trying to get you to school, mate.
Hello, how are you listening?
There's a lady listening in her Mitsubishi.
Good to have you tuned in.
Sorry, we're bickering in front of the other parents here.
It's ugly scenes, Ben.
Okay, just a couple of minutes to get Bassi to school.
Then you're going to have to whip back,
because Ayer needs to go to daycare.
eye right now and every item of clothing that I think she has in her room she's put on but that's
fine she's happy and that's all that you know that mums would say around the country and people
get as long as they're happy and they're fed and it's all good under control it's definitely
under control johnno ben and megan the podcast the heads bassi use five has just been dropped off
by johnno uh megan had to go right along as well he wasn't so keen to just go in the car with uncle
Johnno.
Johno, can you hear me?
Are you back?
Lab, baby, just pull him back into the driveway.
Can you hear me?
I can hear you.
He's coming back in at the moment.
So, Bassie, five-year-old, he got to school in his Black Panther costume for Book Day.
He's okay.
He got him before cut off?
Yeah, no, he's all good.
He's all good.
What wasn't good is Megan and me, we might have been having quite a passionate disagreement
about my parking in front of the other parents.
And, you know, not everyone's aware that we're trying to create a radio show.
so it just looked like there was a bit of a domestic disagreement going on at the school gate.
So Megan will have to deal with the fall out of that tomorrow.
That's not my problem anymore, Ben.
Oh, well, good.
You're coming back inside the door.
Aya, three years old, she's got to go off to daycare in just a moment.
I think I'm going to do the drop off.
Aya's been dressing me as well as herself at the moment.
Megan's back in here.
I've got a tutu on some unicorn sort of headband as well as some clips,
which she's quite worried that I'm going to take.
She's just made me aware a couple times they are her clips.
You've got the good clips
Those are her favourite clips
They are mine
Just so you know
So she's going to have it back
She's got a lot going on
But I love it
What do you think?
What do you think of
Like the Met Gala was this week
And if I was in the Met Gala
Right now with what she's wearing
What do you think
Baby Gille
You look so wonderful
She's got lace gloves
She's got
Tuts
Unicorns
Headbands
She's got wans
She's got wans
Braclets
She looks great
She looks like
She's just dived
Into a clothing
bin and
gone, I'll have one of everything, thank you.
You found the dress-up box, eh?
Yeah, well, it's great.
I did find the...
You got some good stuff in there.
I mean, I love dress-ups.
And I'm like, this is great.
I can stay here.
So, listen, I think it's only fair.
I've just done the bastie drop-off.
You do the Iowa school drop-off.
You can go.
And you'll stay in Tutu.
Okay, we'll do Toos.
I'll get some fairy wings.
And we'll take you to...
With Mum, we'll take you to daycare.
Okay?
I'll call you Desmond Tutu.
It's the niche reference.
There's a niche reference.
Thank you for that.
Megan next though we've got a bit of a surprise for you
Yeah
And this is a good one
They've actually just walked in the door
Yeah this is going to take you out of action
I'd say for an hour and a half
Yeah
In a good way
In a good way
Yeah
It'll get you out of hour here
All you've been is
You haven't done this
You've never done this
You're not doing a waxing egg
Like that's not a good thing
But Megan
You're surprise up there
John O'Bin and Megan
The podcast
The Hats
Trying to do a favour
for Megan for Mother's Day, Ben and I thought, you know, we could take over the duties of the
household for this morning. Let her pamper herself for Mother's Day, Andrew, her husband. He's
away for six weeks. So at the moment, where are we at? Basty, her son, at school. Boom,
that problem's off our hands. Sorry to call your son a problem, Megan, but it's been a journey.
And now we are sending I are off to daycare, dressed like a unicorn. She's got the horn,
She's got fairy wings.
She's got the tutu.
She's got gloves as well.
Just an eclectic mix of costume.
I have a lovely day, sweater.
She needs her wand.
A wand.
God, where's the wand?
Where's the wand?
Yeah, sorry, Ben.
Ben's out there in the car.
He's waiting.
Oh, oh, now she's...
I've got to go.
Ben, can you hear me?
I can hear you hear me?
Ayah's just run off to her bedroom.
Have you got her wand?
I haven't got the wand,
but she has dressed me in a tutu, a unicorn.
headband and some fairy wings at the moment so I am looking fabulous as well.
Go aye, you've got the wand, go. Live your best life. Have a great day at day here.
They're off. I feel like we're getting traction here. We're getting through the to-do list.
We must send a shout-out too. We've been doing these school shout-out line. You can text
4487. Hello to Kaaroa School. Good morning to the Wahee Beach School. All the students at
Malins Bay School if you want a school shout-out 4-487 on the text. That's always you just turn the
show into. It's the school shoutout show. It's the most popular thing we've done. Crossing to the car,
being everything all right there in the Mitzie. Yeah, we're going to get some car seats,
navigating into the car seats right now and get I to daycare. I're going to hop back up. There you go.
Here we go. We'll get in there. No, that's it. Oh, we always, no, we're good. Yeah, we're good.
We're good. Okay. The more you say we're good, we're good, the less I think you're good.
No, I think we're good. You sit around the other way. Yeah, that's it. Around the other way.
I'm not going to lie. Just being in here by myself is just a little bit of me time, mate. It's quite nice. It's quite nice.
There's a lot of cleaning to do afterwards. But anyway, we'll get that in a second because Aya has got to get to daycare here.
We're just putting a unicorn down and we can't quite the seat because the unicorn's in there.
We've got to go, buddy. We've got to go.
Okay, listen, this is riveting stuff. What we'll do?
It's Ben's trying to negotiate with Ayer to try and strap her into the seat.
is we're going to leave you for a bit
we've got a very special treat for Megan
when she returns
a bit of pampering, Mother's Day pampering
Ben I think we're 85%
there but John O'Benn and Megan
The podcast
And we cross live now
To the transport
The transport part of the operation this morning
Ben Boyce where are you? What's happening?
What can you see?
We're driving towards Ayers Day
care three-old I at the moment
Fairy Wings not really conducive
for driving
but I'm doing it with a unicorn headband
and apparently I've just been told by eye
multiple times my wings are upside down
she's quite concerned that as a ferry
things I might not take flight
but at the moment we're just
I'm more worried about getting her to
and I think wow you're right
the seat is so hot
it is hot yeah
that's my one takeaway of driving that vehicle
is my my butt cheeks well
I think we're sitting about 82 degrees
wow is that why you're driving like 20k
Oh, there's a lot
Go, Ben.
You must...
No, there's cars going, Megan.
You have a huge gap.
Oh, look, it's not Formula One now, mate.
You can save it for your podcast.
Okay, I just want to get everyone there safely.
Ben Boyce.
He's got the hottest ass on radio this morning.
Now, Megan, when you return, can Megan hear me?
Yeah, I can.
Yeah, Megan, we've got a very special gift for you for when you return.
Can I just get you to introduce yourself?
My name's Patrice. I'm from Mandala Mobile Message.
Mandala Mobile Massage. She's going to massage you in a mobile fashion when you return.
I don't know what that means. There's no catch. No catch. You just lie face down. Leave the rest to Patrice.
And I'm looking in one of your nine lounges right now where Patrice is set up in.
And she has candles. She's got, is that the smell of lavender, Patrice?
It's what, sorry?
Rose geranium and lavender.
Rose, geranium and lavender.
I feel like I should hang a dream catcher.
The curtains are shut and you'll come back to some pure opulence.
I don't even know if that's the right word.
You're not going to do that gag where she leaves a room and suddenly like you're doing the massage.
I don't know if I can get away with that in 26.
No, no, no.
Ben's just like, no, no, no.
No, we might leave you to that one.
That's fine.
We've got a lot of cleaning up to do.
There's quite a mess in your house.
Yeah, we do.
We do.
Listen, I'll start the clean-up now, chaps and chaps.
We'll talk to Andrew.
Your husband, your husband's just messaged.
He wants to get on the air.
Next.
Of course he does.
Thank you very much.
Okay, that way.
John O'Bennon and Megan.
The podcast.
The hits.
I'm not going to lie.
This has been an exhausting three hours of getting kids ready, getting lunches,
already getting them off to school.
I'm a shell of a human being.
And the constant feedback that I'm getting for many people is we're just a little bit sweaty.
Producer Grace, this morning has put you off having children.
I do not want children after this.
I'm not going to lie, guys.
It was a lot.
We've closed Grace's uterus off.
That's what the last three hours have done.
It's shaken her to the core.
It's traumatized her.
And Ben and Megan at the moment currently dropping Ayer off to daycare.
team?
We've got the right way.
We just lost the phone.
I keeps calling me Jono, but that's okay.
I feel like we're bonding slowly.
No, but that makes me think that you're her favourite, because she always says Jono's her favourite,
but she thinks you're Johnna, so...
That's okay.
It's one of the two, she's got a 50% chance and she's got it wrong, but that's fine.
That's fine.
We're on our way to take here.
It feels like we've been driving for about four days, and my butt is so hot from the heating.
Can you turn that?
I said, I'm not gonna lie.
I turned it up.
So hot. Honestly, I feel like I've had an accident or something's going on down there.
Now, Megan, we've got a very...
I'm supposed I've got in my hands for a long time.
We've got a special treat for you, Megan.
Because right now, dialing in from his smooching tour of New Zealand,
live from the Anne Juliet musical, it is your husband, Andrew,
a.k.a. Romeo. Where are art thou Romeo?
Are you there, Andrew?
That was such a rock solid throw from me.
Professional broadcasting.
Andrew, can you hear me?
Good morning, team.
How are you going?
How are you, mate?
We're good, we're good.
Oh, left, left, left.
Can I just say, man, you're a hero, Andrew, doing this every morning by yourself?
Fuck her off.
He's a hero.
Look, it's great to have you guys see how much I do.
I like to think that I'm helping the show by letting Megan go to.
work and staying home and sorting the kids.
Absolutely.
What do you find out of interest the most problematic part of your morning?
Because if I was to pick anything, I would say all of it.
Yeah, pretty much that.
Just the constant trying to get them in the car.
It's like that's your goal.
And if you don't get them to the car, you don't get them to like school or something on
time, you're going to be in trouble because you're the parent.
Yeah.
But, yeah, I don't know.
brutally shut off the school gate at 8.30 and don't let any more children in.
Savage rule.
Now, is there anything Megan that you want to say to, you want to say to Andrew,
or is this sort of a conversation you like to take offline?
Oh, this is like a breeze.
I don't know what you complain about all the time.
It's so good.
Well, I'm glad that you guys jumped in to help Megan this morning.
I'm not going to lie, I literally woke up three minutes ago.
I'm not going to lie.
I'm actually really enjoying the tour.
Wow.
But I'm coming back, babe.
I'm going to be so energized and ready to go.
You give him six weeks.
He'll be energized to get back into parenting, Megan.
Yeah, great.
Andrew, Andrew, I'm currently dressed in a two-two unicorn headband.
I've got fairy wings on as well.
Is that usually what happens on the drop-off?
Yeah, sure.
Let's go with that.
Yeah, sure.
Okay, cool.
And Aya has got every item of her costumes and outfit.
She looks fabulous.
She is ready to go, like she's part of the Met Gala.
Nice.
If you dressed her, then I'm kind of worried.
Yeah, you should be.
Andrew, well, good luck for the rest of the Anne Juliet to it.
You're out there, you're out there doing God's work, my friend.
Okay, you don't worry.
Everything's okay at home.
We've got it covered, big guy.
We're here, we're here.
You guys got this.
Thank you so much.
I'd just like to point out, not only is he not here on Mother's Day.
He's also kissing other women.
But how he knows is semantics.
I love you, babe.
You're doing a great job.
Keep it up.
John O'Ben and Megan.
The podcast.
Her husband's away.
We sorted out the kids.
Well, they got to school, didn't they?
They got to the daycare in school.
They got their lunches.
They got fed.
The dog got sorted.
Jono right now doing a bit of vacuum cleaning and getting things back in order.
Do you want to know the honest truth?
I'm just holding the vacuum cleaner for our ambience.
So I want to get into vacuum cleaning, but I just thought it'd be good sound effects
before we were at in the morning.
It's been clean up time.
There's a lot been going on, and a lot of it's been a blur.
We'll recap some of the highlights and low lights, including a wee bit of nudity before 10 o'clock this morning.
Do you remember the naked person?
Yeah, I do.
Yeah.
It was very unexpected.
Now, Megan right now, because we wanted to give her, you know, the morning off,
and she has, well, for the most part, been away and let us deal with the chaos of the juggle struggle.
Just talking about that with producer Troy, he was like, I had imagined a certain amount of smoke and mirrors with this campaign.
And I don't, I'm with Troy.
I think we had all come into this going a little bit of showbiz, Rasmataz, smoke and mirrors.
There's been, no one's been smoking.
I haven't seen a mirror.
We've just been looking through a window the whole time.
Megan went back to bed and then she came out a couple hours later and she's like, oh, that's not done.
Oh, that's done. What about that? We're trying. We're trying. Now, Megan right now is actually enjoying something pretty cool, pretty special for Mother's Day.
Please explain what you're doing.
Oh, sorry. I have my face in one of those massage whole chair beach.
She's getting massaged by Patrice here from Mandala. Mandala massage.
It is.
Can you talk softly? It's so loud.
Sorry, Patrice. You've got the essential oils.
going on and here.
Candles are less.
I feel weird walking in there.
I'm not going to...
It's weird.
I feel weird being here.
I've still got unicorn wings on and fairy wings and stuff.
Mostly naked, but that's okay.
Okay.
I've got my head face the other way.
Patrice...
She's doing that thing where she tucks the towel into my undies, you know?
So if you could just not look, they'd be great.
Patrice, a wonderful gift for Mother's Day.
You massage people all day.
Like, how sore do your hands get?
Like, I do, like, a minute on my wife's shoulders and my hands are aching.
You've just got to know what you're doing.
You've got to be a professional.
I've only had like two minutes and she's got magic hands.
Nothing feels longer than when you're showing a massage.
You know, like that and the gym elliptical.
You know, when you're like, time just feels like it stands still.
You're like, I'll do a minute.
You're like, oh my God, this is the longest minute of my life.
Dean would be the most impatient massage.
Yeah, yeah.
I hate a massage.
Not a fan of a massage.
I just get anxious and I'm already tight.
I don't know.
I feel sorry for the person doing it.
Ben hates being message, Patrice.
Have you ever met anyone in your line of work who hates being messa?
I have, but I'm sure I could turn up.
Right.
Patrice, let's turn you.
See how the morning goes first, Patrice.
All right, we're going to leave Megan to actually enjoy her mother's day.
And, you know, we won't bugger again for the rest.
Okay, well, Megan.
Turn the mic off for God, so.
Sounds horrific.
It sounds weird.
John O'Ben and Megan.
The podcast.
The hits.
Solo parent at the moment, and I'm not going to lie,
this has been an exhausting three hours of,
getting kids ready, getting lunches, ready, getting them off to school.
I'm a shell of a human being.
And the constant feedback that I'm getting for many people is we're just a little bit sweaty.
Producer Grace, this morning has put you off having children.
I do not want children after this. I'm not a lie, guys.
It was a lot.
We've closed Grace's uterus off.
That's what the last three hours have done.
It's shaken her to the core.
It's traumatized her.
And Ben and Megan at the moment currently dropping
Aya off to daycare. How's it going, team?
We've got the right way. We just lost the phone. I keeps calling me
Jono, but that's okay. I feel like we're bonding slowly.
That makes me think that you're her favourite, because she always says
Jono's her favourite, but she thinks you're Johnner.
That's okay. It's one of the two. She's got a 50% chance, and she's got it wrong,
but that's fine. That's fine. We're on our way to daycare.
It feels like we've been driving for about four days, and my butt is so hot from the heating.
Can you turn that heat just seat heater off?
No, I'm not going to lie, I turned it up.
I'm so hot.
Honestly, I feel like I've had an accident or something's going on down there.
Now, Megan, we've got a very...
I've got my hands for a long time.
We've got a special treat for you, Megan.
Because right now, dialing in from his smooching tour of New Zealand,
live from the Ann Juliet musical, it is your husband, Andrew, aka Romeo.
Where for art thou Romeo?
Are you there, Andrew?
That was such a rock solid throw from me.
Professional broadcasting.
Andrew, can you hear me?
Good morning, team.
How are we going?
How are you, mate?
We're good, we're good.
Oh, let's, let's, let's.
Can I just say, man, you're a hero, Andrew, doing this every morning by yourself?
Cut her off.
He's a hero.
Look, it's great to have you guys see how much I do.
I like to think that I'm helping the show by letting Megan go to work and staying home and sorting the kids.
Absolutely.
What do you find out of interest the most problematic part of your morning?
Because if I was to pick anything, I would say all of it.
Yeah, pretty much that.
Just the constant trying to get them in the car.
It's like that's your goal.
And if you don't get them to the car, you don't get them to like school or something on time.
You're going to be in trouble because you're the parent.
Yeah.
Yeah, I don't know.
They brutally shut off the school gate at 8.30 and don't let any more children in.
Savage rule.
Now, is there anything, Megan, that you want to say to Andrew, or is this a sort of conversation you like to take off line?
Oh, this is like a breeze.
I don't know what you complain about all the time.
It's so good.
Well, I'm glad that you guys jumped in to help Megan this morning.
I'm not going to lie, I literally woke up three minutes ago.
I'm not going to lie.
I'm actually really enjoying this.
But I'm coming back, babe.
I'm going to be so energized and ready to go.
You give him six weeks.
He'll be energized to get back into parenting, Megan.
Yeah, great.
Andrew, Andrew, I'm currently dressed in a two-two unicorn headband.
I've got fairy wings on as well.
Is that usually what happens on the drop-off?
Yeah, sure.
Let's go with that.
Yeah, sure.
Okay, cool.
And Aya has got every item of her costumes and outfit.
fabulous. She is ready to go
like she's part of the Met Gala.
Nice. If you dressed her,
then I'm kind of worried.
Yeah, you should be.
Andrew, well, good luck for the rest of the
Ann Juliet to it. You're out there
doing God's work, my friend. Okay,
you don't worry. Everything's okay at home.
We've got it covered, big guy.
We're here. We're here. We're here.
We're here. It's not here.
You guys got this. Thank you so much.
I'd just like to point out, not only is he
not here on Mother's Day. He's also kissing other women.
But hey, those shows, it's semantics.
I love you, babe.
You're doing a great job.
Keep it up.
He's kissing those other women for you, Megan, okay?
You just remember that.
You just remember that.
Now, coming up after 9 o'clock, we have tickets to Westlife.
They've just announced they're going to be coming to our shores next year.
And also, Megan, when you arrive home, you are going to be pampered.
Pampered from head to toe, my friend.
