Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Megan Deals With Baycorp Fallout | FULL SHOW

Episode Date: June 16, 2026

On today’s show: Dear Megan sparks the great street parking debate and whether “your spot” is really your Megan has to deal with Baycorp fallout... When did you get caught skipping work? From football matches to international trips! What’s ruined your name? A fan thinks Ben's dating a teenager! Jono tries to start a viral challenge... Breaking down World Cup teams using pop star comparisons Join the Itty Bitty Hitty Committee HERE!Instagram:  @THEHITSBREAKFASTFacebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jono Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to Dilma. Goodness really does taste great. Dear Megan, Dilma, making the world a better tea. It's, parking is always a spicy one. I'm surprised. People are split and people are passionate. So today's Dear Megan reads, I know this sounds trivial, but it's driving me nuts.

My neighbour has started parking outside my house. I park there usually, and I would be fine with a one-off, but it's happening all the time now. and I feel like there is an unspoken rule that you get to park outside your own bloody house. I have to park down the street and walk to my house. What should I do? I don't really want to do the passive aggressive note because it will be obvious who it's from. Yeah, I mean, she really summed up the whole case by saying an unwritten rule.

Yeah, yeah. The letter of the law would suggest that anyone can park. You don't own the road in the property, but I do know it does wind some people up. Some people. You do? I mean, everyone gets overly defensive about what's happening outside their house. Even when someone pulls into a three-point turn into your driveway. Who's that?

What are they up to? Oh, I know. What are they up to? Especially if it's nighttime and your lights are on. The blinds will pull it and look back at you. What are you doing? I'm like, just doing it. I'm turning around.

But it really does affect. We had a neighbour across the street. They've moved now, but it would really affect them. And it was like, who's the van's been parked outside there for two weeks? I'm like, to be honest, I had not noticed it at all. I was like, I don't know. He's like, we should know. It's your house.

And I'm like, I don't, honestly, don't know. Oh, so is that one your house? And it was winding up. Because they couldn't park on their side of the street. So that was obviously where they were parking as well. I was like a couple days later, my sister went, oh, I meant to text you. I parked their van out.

So you probably. Spicy. Yeah. Someone said on the Facebook page, acquire some road cones, place them out at the front of your house. Your mom does this? Yeah. But I don't know if that's legal.

No. I do love the Boomer community. They've taken it upon themselves to act as unofficial members of the NZTA. A bit of road control. Ray, Ray, how many cones has she got at her house that she pulls out? She's got about seven, I think. Yeah, and so she'll pull them out when there's works going on on the road and people are clogging up her little space.

So she, good on, you're taking matters into your own hands. Yeah. Okay, so what are we going to do? I'm going to, you're not as much as it's frustrating for some people. You can't do anything about it. You're not entitled to it. That's what I'm going to say. I'm not seeing on the fence on this one.

I know it's public property, but I always feel like you get first dibs on that. And if people know that you need to put your car out there, then leave it alone. It does kind of get personal when you're on your small suburban streets. I know what you're saying. You know, it's not some sort of main road thorough here. I know that berm.

So that should be my little posy. Phil, you've got some sort of ownership over. I kind of lean towards you, Megan. Okay. But I don't like complaining too Because there's people People outside our house We've got a tree

And it kind of blocks the view of our driveway Entrance and so people park really close to the driveway So it's hard to reverse And there's such a niche problem That no one else listening right now Cares about it but it's a big part of my day Today There's always a car slightly over the entrance to the driveway

But I've never made a complaint about it I just seeth quietly in my car For 10 seconds every morning All right now I'm saying nothing Nothing you can do about it You guys are saying well yeah, it's an issue and maybe they need to say something, to do something about it?

Well, I was just saying I am on their side that it's your property, but I'm not going to do anything. Okay, all right. John O'Benn and Megan, the podcast. The heads. Good morning. Dear Megan. Come on, baby. Come on, baby.

Dear Megan today, it is a parking issue and they agree it sounds trivial, but the neighbour has started parking outside their house. That's usually where they park. And they'd be fine with a one-off, but it's happening. all the time now. They say they should park outside their own bloody house. Yeah, you do. It's a really special and personal thing, isn't it, parking outside your house on your street. You've got your place, you know, it throws you out if you have to park anywhere else. Or throw some people out. Yeah, it does. You shouldn't really throw you out in the

grand scheme of life. There's a lot of comments on our Facebook page. Leslie says there's nothing you can actually do. It's not part of your property. Best thing you could do is have a conversation. someone said suck it up, it's fast or last, should be the rule. Families have more than one car per household, so parking up front is a luxury. Then Gretchen said years ago they had neighbours who had multiple off-street parks on, I guess, their driveway. And their friends and family would park outside their house. So they ended up parking their cars and their off-street parking. In their driveway?

Yeah. Dan, that's making a statement. Oh, yeah. But she said it worked and they stopped doing it. it. You're ready for a fight. Yeah. That's some real passive-aggressive moves.

Wouldn't you be blocking them in in their own driveway? I guess so. Oh, yeah. Legendary move. I don't have the gumption to do that. Also, we didn't mention before too. Is your mum painted yellow lines on the road before?

Yeah, I think so. That's always an option. Paint your own no parking lines. I mean, it's an option. I don't know how legal. Well, it's not legal. Yeah. Bridget, happy New Year to you in

Fangara. Happy New Year. Good to have you on, Bridgio. Is this something close to your heart? Not really, but it would irk me if it became quite the pattern. So what would you do about it? Well, I don't know, I'd say this, but I don't know if I'd actually do it. I'd grab some crutches and just sort of like hobble up the street one day and then...

Oh, a bit of a pandemine performance. Oh. Yeah. space back, right? I need, I can't do this. I'm on these for six weeks and then hopefully they just go away. But then you've also committed to a month and a half crutch performance that you need to pull

up every day. They're next day, you saunter off to your car and they're like, hey. I like you thinking, Bridget, Blue Sky stuff. Yeah. Yeah. Good brainstorming there. Ollie, morning to you. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. All right, what would you do?

If someone was parking outside your house, Holly. Oh, at my old house Who were two spots available And this old lady used to park in the middle Of the two spots Which I didn't mind She wasn't a guest there But she'd always go visit our neighbour

So I put a letter in her windscreen wiper Oh, you did a passive aggressive letter And She put it in my neighbour's mailbox Once she returned the letter And she wasn't very happy So my neighbours got a little bit of a Oh so they

She thought it was someone else Did you ever claim it all? It got given back to me. I never spoke to them real life. He never confronted. Never had a face to face. Did we have a conversation? No.

It was the neighbours. Anyway, that was shocking what they said, but I kind of agree with them. Hey, well, these are great... It ended up moving forward. Oh, you got the results. Oh, got results. Oh, there's a passive aggressiveness gets results. So maybe that's it, Megan.

Maybe it's a letter. What do you do? What do we suggest here? Well, it depends on how whole bullsy you are. Conversations obviously best. Next step, a letter. Or you could just suffer in silence. It's just probably what I do.

Or the third step, get some crutches. Yeah. Do the pantomime. Wheelchairs, you know, anything is the notes. John O'Bennon and Megan. The podcast. The hit. I'm going to say that a letter is getting up there with being as scary as a phone call from a random number.

Oh, yeah. Especially a letter with official documentation or government departments on it. They always really put the quivers up me. Well, this was a letter that didn't have anything on it. Well, there was two, actually. There was one for me and one for my husband, Andrew. They were both the same. They had nothing on the front, but it did say confidential.

To the occupant. I'm like, oh, the occupant. Oh, God. The more you put confidential on those, the more people want to open them and have a little peak, don't they? Yeah, so that's like a private number. I was terrified, and I didn't open it for a few days. I finally got around to it once my parents had left, because I was like, I don't want, and can't get something dodgy.

Always a great approach to confidence. financial mail is leave it and don't open it for five days it's never urgent is it you know you can you go away from your parents so open it's true you know what i'll come to i'll get to that in a week no but i was worried i'd be like it would be something bad and i wouldn't be able to hide it from them so it's just ignorance is bliss at this point how did i what you're buying life you answered you answered that question how did you not just go what is inside this thing well eventually i opened it i opened my one first and it's a letter from bay corp and i was like oh my God, I'm turning into Jono.

Yeah, Benham. I've never had one of these before. And I was like, what on earth? I do all the finances. I pay all the bills. I've never missed one. And I was like, I literally have no idea what this is for. So I opened my husband's one and it's addressed to him too.

Same bill. Oh, same bill, right. But they come in for both of us. Oh, yeah. They do attack you from all angles, Baycorp. Yeah, they won't stop. They're relentless, those people. It was from a bill in 20.

2024 from the council that obviously just slipped through the cracks. But I did go back and look if I'd had any follow-ups, if they were like, hey, could you please pay this bill? There was none of that. So over two years, they were like, oh, I just sent her to Bacon. So my next question is, I've paid it, but do I have to tell my husband that he got a letter from Baker? Oh, case close, mate. Case close.

But it will show upon his history if he ever looks into it, right? Where's his confidential letter at the moment? Have you got that? Have you got his confidential letter? No, it's in the bin. Oh, you threw it away. Oh, sorry. I paid it and I threw it in the bin. The crime's already been committed.

But the thing is, what are you wanting from us? I can't. We can't cover up a crime anymore. No, I mean, I could just not say anything and he might never know. Or I could say Baycorp sent you a letter, but I've fixed it. Do you know? As the Baycorp correspondent here on the show? Do I need to tell someone that they've got like a little, they've got a file now with Baycorp?

Yeah, well, I tried to, uh, you know, scoge around the old loophole, we're getting all my stuff seen here to work. But where I didn't factor in is my wife also worked here as well. So she gets to all of my bills too, all of the... I just, honesty's the best policy. Come clean. So there might be a little credit rating issue with you,

but that's all right. It might be my fault, hey, things happen. Yeah. The trouble with Baycorp is when they say, we're going to send someone around with a glass eye to get your kneecaps. That's when you're like, okay, enough's enough. Now we're paying the bill. I know.

So you paid it first off. Well, it was overdue, though, because I procrastinate. on it so I hope the man with the glass eye doesn't come around John O'Benn and Megan The podcast The Hits What happened? We were sitting there yesterday and this guy comes and sits at our table

and he looks at he looked a bit sheepish And he was like oh I'm kind of I've knocked off work for a couple hours to come here I've told him I've had to go home for an emergency And he's sitting at the table with us Trying to like hide himself There is probably every media organisation in New Zealand In different corners of the pub

Not the great place to watch it really for that No. And then he pulls up his phone about like maybe 30 minutes into the game and he goes on stuff and there's a live stream of stuff. And the camera is focused on him. Is he the main character in the live stream? Poor guy. Could he not see the camera? There were cameras everywhere and I think he was just hoping this isn't going to go anywhere that my boss is going to look at.

Then the client that he was, I think he's in the construction game, the client comes into the bar that he's supposed to be working for. And you see somebody goes, oh, hey Greg, hey mate. This is a... Kick in the footballs from start to finish. And a classic football hat trick this morning in the Herald front page of the sports section. He's in the photo. It's almost like they knew.

He got some good media coverage, too. A guy who didn't want to be caught on camera. That's a dream for our radio show to get that most media coverage, didn't it? The Herald. We can't get staff. We can't get the Herald. He must have been really, like, enthusiastic. though.

He was a photogenic football lover. I think he looked like, you know, like wind-swept hair. Yeah. I know, but surely the employers knew that when an emergency came up at the same time, the all-wires were kicking off. You're like, at what o'clock? And I'll be back into two hours later. For exactly 90 minutes.

Yeah, that's all sorted out. So we wanted to know what I'm 100 of the hits, 4487. When have you been busted? Maybe skip and work, skip and school, what happens to all of us? I seen him around to Rod Stewart the other day over the weekend. And he was meant to perform for 30,000 people. And he got, I'm not saying he didn't get laryngitis, but he said, I can't do the concert, no laryngitis,

pretty much last minute at the concert. And then he flew a private jet to the football to watch his beloved Scotland team playing the World Cup was on camera there. He caught on multiple streams. And everyone was like, hey, I thought you were sick, mate. He thought you meant to be at work. He was like, he was at the Football World Cup. Yeah, Rod, you could have done that a little bit more.

He put a moustache on or something. He did go for laryngitis. You know, he chose one that he could still, you know. Couldn't perform, yeah, I guess you're right. But you still can be active. Well, you should really be resting. And definitely shouldn't be screaming, Scotland. Yeah.

Maybe he could have gone COVID because you can't have COVID now and be out in the community, can't you? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I just make something up there. We've all forgotten the rules for that. Even Rod.

John O'Bin and Megan. The podcast. The Hats. Football World Cup on at the moment. A little people are getting busted. skipping out of work for the games? Well, it is sort of in the middle of the workday. A lot of the games, particularly the All-White's opener

against Iran yesterday. And producers Troy and Grace went along there to the bar and they were sitting with another guy who was, oh, I've just had to sneak out of work. I've told them there's an emergency at home. Unfortunately, the bar they were at, had tracked it a lot of media. And they were live streaming on their particular websites.

Then his client came in and saw him there. And then now he's featuring in the New Zealand Herald in a big photo too on the paper. So we wanted to know when you were busted, skipping work. We got a text through. Someone's saying, I was a teacher. Caught in sick for parent teacher interviews to go out with my boyfriend

because I was feeling maybe there was something special, came back to school the next day with an engagement ring, and the principal was like, hang on, were you sick? How did that? That timeline didn't quite work. One of the symptoms. He proposed when we went to bed.

Yeah. Yes. One of the symptoms of COVID is getting an engagement ring. Richard with us on 0800 the hits. Happy New Year, Rich. Happy New Year, how are you guys? We're doing well.

Now I've read your story. I read your story on the text and this is a wild play from you, Richard, but we'll hand it over to you. Okay, well, I like going to Thailand just to go shopping and just to chill out. It's my sort of place to go. And I took the wife over there probably about six, eight years ago and I like to go back all the time. So I went, I wanted to go one year.

and I usually go work out of Auckland to Christchurch and to need in different places so I said I was going to Christchurch and I went to Thailand instead for the week and my daughter my daughter calls me in the morning she calls usually about 7, 3rd 8 o'clock

to say good morning dad and stuff like that and my phone was off because I was on the plane and it goes to you know the telecom how they do those translations of your phones out of service you're in a different country or something like that and then the wife rang up and goes you're not in New Zealand day and I'm like

yes I am I'm down in Christchurch No you went And because the delay The time delay and the phone So every time you talk It's delayed a couple of seconds Yeah like their delay is killing me right now Yes exactly exactly

So I got sprang and then yeah The whole trip was It was a good trip But it wasn't a good trip It wasn't a trip We'll do it again What did she not want to go Or did you just not ask

She wasn't like Thailand Because you know the the force of what Thailand is and I just like going to show her. Because I work night shift, I work quite long hours, and I just want to get away, and I just like chilling there, because it's cheap enough in this nice place. And, yeah, she didn't want to come. And, yeah, sweet, here's my time.

Well, that is a big play from you saying you're in Christchurch for the week. Yeah, man. Because I've been going to Christchurch back as and forwards that whole year for work, so it was a good excuse. Yeah, well, it turns out it wasn't. I get annoyed when my husband wants to, like, go play golf with the boys, and you're like going to Thailand. for a week.

Asian country, mate. Exactly. I can't even find my passport now. Oh, it's been hidden. Exactly. I've got to lose to you. I've lost it. He'd get a new one.

We've got on you, Richard. Thank you for sharing. Really appreciate it. Someone said on the text, say, conjunctivitis, was working. So I took a couple of days off, decided to go out for drinks. And who should walk in?

You boss. John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. I was six months ago, six to 12 months. Once ago, Whitney Houston, you might remember the song, I Will Always Love You. That was from the Bodyguard soundtrack, wasn't it, with Kevin Costner?

Absolute banger of a song. Out of my heart will go on, or I Will Always Love You, what would you pick out of your movie, your movie bangers? They are. Do I have to pick? Not really. No, no one's really making it. I don't want to delete either of those songs. Both are great.

Both are great. Both are great. There's no consequences to my dumb game. Was it Jolly Partons originally? Yeah, I didn't know that. So then there's this little moment in the song where it breaks down, so I'm just fast-forwarding through as I'm talking, where it stops and then the drumbeat kicks in.

Yeah, and it was like a social media thing, right, where people would listen to the song and then try and hit something, either a drum or something else, and try and time it to that drumbeat. It was harder than you thought it would be. Now, I think I might have a new one, guys. I think I might have a new one. We could start a trend.

Oh, don't say it. that. No, no one who never started a trend, ever said that to start things off. I know.

So let's go into it, Blasso. Okay, we're going and catch, hey, I've just got a game I'd like to play with. Oh, cool, okay. Okay, now my son's

two favorite artists, Kanye West, his first favorite one. Controversial. And Michael Jackson. Oh, okay. I'm just waiting for him to come home and going,

geez, Rolf Harris, Tommy Kangaroo Down Sports a banger! That would completely the trio of, anyway. I don't want to blow it bursters,

but all their good artists. You know, separate the artist. from the whatever. So he's got smooth criminal. So smooth criminal we all know the song.

At the beginning of smooth criminal there's a little drone noise before Jackson rips into the song. Yeah, you play this yesterday I've never heard the start of that.

We probably chop it off. Yeah, like it's almost on radio it starts with you know, so this is the make this game extra hard. I'll give it a go first

because I've heard how it goes and then you guys can both give it a bash so this is the beginning. Just a bit of mystery. trying to what we're looking for?

You're looking for his first. Oh, okay, so we're trying to time. I'm worried. Okay. It's not ready to go, yeah. Don't do it just yet. Oh, see? See?

Yeah, it catches your guard. I've never heard that before. No, neither right. This is it yesterday, but yeah, must just chop it off for radio. I see why, because it's quite frightening. It is quite frightening. It is quite frightening.

It's quite frightening. It sounds like something really ominous is about to happen. Okay, Megan, good luck. Okay. The Michael Jackson Challenge Challenge. Oh God. Just go when you're ready.

Feel it in his gut. Was that a fright from the thing or was that you trying to time out? He does come out of nowhere, doesn't he on that one? Okay, Ben, your turn. Oh, geez. Good luck. Okay. The viral Michael Jackson Challenge coming to Instagram and TikTok.

Oh, don't. Yeah. Sorry. When you ready? Just when you read? Feel it in your gut? feel it in your guts I feel like I was just a bit late

you just said it yeah you see a fright more than anything it's after that second sort of quite intense split isn't it yeah so there you go you can play that today bit of a fun game get that going viral you know that's your job now we've

actually terrifying like popping up in your window oh jeez Michael what's you doing? What's you doing? John O'Benn and Megan the podcast The Hits He just inducted

or performed at Taylor Swift's Induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame Youngest woman ever to be inducted. Yeah, pretty awesome, eh? Stevie Wonder was the youngest person at 33. Oh, right. Oh, wow. I suppose to, you can't induct people

too early into songwriting because they've got to have some life experience. That's true. Don't they? So, you're sombered to the cover of Dear John and Cardigan. I don't think I've heard Cardigan. Is Cardigan a good song? It is a good song, actually.

About a carterian? He treats her like an old cardigan. Who, dear John, Jones? Or those two separate topics. Two separate topics. Yeah. Oh my God, Swiffy's are so pissed at you right now. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Swifties.

All righty-o, so I'll 800 of the hits of a telephone number in 4487 on the text. We just want to know what ended up ruining your name. Now, a lot of commercials, we spoke to someone last week. Monique, all of us in sync said the same thing, didn't we? Monique thinks you're dumb. Which is from an ad on, you know. Ghostchips ad, isn't it? Yeah.

The drink driving ad a few years ago, right? Yeah. So, yeah. David would have got the same thing, the same day, David. Same day, David. She's even got a lot of laughs out of those drink driving commercials. My sister-in-law is Monique. And every time my husband does something stupid, I'm like,

Monique thinks you're done. I think we all miss the point of those drink-driving commercial. They know, yeah. I think so. I actually forgot that's what it was for. Yeah, yeah. They made it too entertaining. They did.

They had to make a real grim one every now. again for us and go, oh, oh. They did. Four comical ones, then a one real sobering, oh, can't watch that. But then, same day, David, was pretty grim, wasn't it? Grim, but then you turn that one into comical, you're right. Yeah, right, that was, that was grim.

I think they've given up on doing them now, ever they? They're like, oh, God, you guys aren't getting the message. So, yeah, what ruined your name? Also, I feel sorry for the Diannas of the world when Michael came out with Dirty Diana. Oh, yeah. Imagine how many, imagine how many Diannas started being called dirty Diana.

That was about Diana Ross, wasn't it, that song? Yeah, I think... I don't know. Yeah, I think it might be right. Do you think he was like, hey Diana, I've written you a song? He's like, fantastic.

She's like, fantastic. Can't wait to hear it. And he's like, I might want to listen to that in your own time. Is it not very nice? I know. It sort of says she's very promiscuous

as the vibe I get. I think she's into it. That's right. You do you, girl. She's into it. So yeah, oh, 800 of the hits. What's ruined your name?

Anything ruined Ben for you? Well, I do remember a teacher at school and I don't remember this show but I remember there was a teacher at school you know some teachers that would call your nicknames I don't know if that's still the thing and one of the nicknames he would say for me was Private Benjamin and I was like I didn't know what that meant and we later discovered it was

a TV show and then the kids discovered it was a woman's character who last name was Benjamin so everyone would go Private Benjamin was my teacher believing me and I had no idea yeah because my name I guess was Benjamin so yeah for a while then that was yeah I was like yeah but I didn't get the reference at first

Smart play from that teacher. I might just give me things a little private. I don't know. It's a close book. So yeah. For a while there, maybe a term. It was something that affected me, but not really too much in the long term.

Did Megan Markle affect you? No. No. She's kind of American, they kind of go, Megan, don't they? Yeah, Megan. And hers has a spelled different. Although now everyone spells my name with an H.

And I'm like, that's not how you spell it. Megan Fox kind of affected me more. Really? What did she do? Super hot. Oh, yeah, right. So you weren't the good. looking Megan

even more. You're like, damn it. That was my thing. I was the good looking Megan. Now I've been to,

am I still on the podium? Well, I tell you what, your first place in this podium, okay, Megan?

John O'Benn and Megan The podcast, The hits. Just talking about what ruined your name, whether it was a movie, a celebrity, a TV show,

a commercial, some really good texts coming through here. James, friend, he said there were so many Jameses at my school with that roll call, they started calling me Jack just to differentiate from the Jameses.

And then that sort of morphed into wacko jacko. So that was his name through the school years as well. James and ended up that. Yeah, it was Wacko Jacko, yeah. Caroline. What ruined your name, Caroline? Oh, sweet Caroline.

Bomb, bomb, bomb. Caroline. Luce is a good song though, right? You know? Or did you not care about that? Well, I have a friend who sends me video reels and every time it's this song being played every single time. Right, I haven't let it go.

How many years ago was Sweet Caroline released as well? That's really stuck with you, Caroline, your poor thing. I thought you were going to say Outcast. Caroline, Caroline. No, no, no, no, no. That one hasn't stuck with me. No, no. No, just look at it.

But it's a stadium, like, staple. You know, sports grounds, your player, everyone. It's along. Exactly. Bop, pop, pop. Yeah, so I'm sorry you had to enjoy that, but it's a great song. Yeah, everyone loves it at least. Yeah, it does.

Yeah. It's not a negative thing, Carol. I really appreciate it. Text here on 4487. My name's Tim. And South Park with Timmy became the bane of my existence for about a 10-year period. Timmy. At least, I was just thinking it was like Gary from the,

the Team America movie, that would be horrible. I can see how that would wear with it. Scotty with us, happy new year. Happy New Year, guys, how you guys? We're doing well. Now, it wasn't your name that was ruined? No, I had a mate at school. His name was unfortunately David Bain.

I don't even think of the spell the same. Oh, yeah. Well, David Bain, very, well, you can look up, David Bain. Yeah, right. Well known. Well known in this country. And so did he change his name? What he kept with David Bain?

No, he just rolled with it. I mean, it's pretty mainstream, I guess. But yeah, we used to joke to him about knitted sweaters as well, and I don't think he really like that one. I would have worn Finn. I would have worn Finn over, you know, 20-year period. The sweater. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're right.

But, you know, he would leave school. He was like, thank God, that's over. Then you'd start at a workplace. Yeah. Yeah. I understand. It's your name. So you feel attached to it.

You're like, why should I change it? But, you know, every time you meet someone new, I'd just be like, oh. Yeah, it's kind of similar to the thing. There'd be a lot of people, a lot of newsmakers that have really affected people's names over the years. Celebrities who have scandals. We talked about. Producer Grace, you had a friend at school called... Her name was ISIS.

Which is a very popular name. Oh, yeah. I think it means peace, doesn't it? It doesn't mean peace. And there's a car brand as well. Exactly. But, like, being in primary school in high school. school during the 2010s.

She ended up changing it legally. I don't know what it's now, but she changed it legally. To Al-Qaeda? Not funny. Ben, don't laugh. It's not funny. He's not. No one is.

No one is. John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hit. I did mention the other day that, you know, my family really got into it this year, a lot more than usual. And one of my daughters in particular, Siener's really into it. And I'm trying to be cool with it, but inside I'm like, yes.

that's really cool. After probably forcing them to go to probably many games when they were younger and bribing them with yeah we'll get hot dogs, we'll go chips, you know, you can roll down the hill, those sort of things were fun for them as younger. I imagine it's like a cult, how a cult starts. You know, people are they're a little resistant at first,

but eventually you keep chipping away at them and they're like, oh, you know, give them a few little carrot dance Scientology, we'll get me one of these, give them, and you're all in. She's like, yeah, because you're off and go, we're going to the game, we're going to this thing. I'm like, oh, okay, this is good. You're talking my language.

So we went that the two of us went together to last, last game, we managed to get two tickets to the game. So she came along with me as well. She even talked me into getting her top as well. Wow, she's in. I know, I know. Because she's like, always wear your old tops, but I don't have my own top. Did you get one that also fits you at the same time?

I didn't. I really wanted to get it. I was like, get a bigger size. Get a baggy one. One like producer Troy got there, you know, the Christchurch long sleep one, but it's like a small one. Even me, I might strike. You could squeeze into it.

Yeah, as well, but we're at the worries. Croft top. Have a Warriors released a crop top range? A little crop top. It would be nice. Yeah, crop tea. We're going to rock a crop top. But I went to the Warriors game on the weekend with my daughter and it was fun,

even though they lost at the end, but we had to sort of, after half, well, around half time, we were like, let's go for them to walk from our seats, get some food, get some drinks and just to a bit of a lap and see what's going on around the stadium, which is nice. Kind of end up talking to Warriors fans and stuff and people, you know, now and again will come up and ask for a photo, or bits and pieces, sometimes me, sometimes the two of us, sometimes just seeing her and I have to take the photo because she's on social media. I'm like, okay, that's fine. But there was one.

I take a good photo now. I've worked it out. But there was one time that these guys came up, was getting a photo, and then as I was getting a photo, Sienna was standing off to the side. They went, oh, should we get his wife in the photo? And I was like, oh, and this was a moment,

and this was a moment I was like, and Sienna and I both looked each other like, does she mean, does she mean? Did they gesture to Sienna? It was your way. And I was looking around like, is there another lady in the facility? I'm here with my teenage daughter. I'm like, she doesn't look, you know, I would say she looks like a teenager.

She doesn't look like a... You would have ended full panic mode. This is your worst nightmare. I know. And I was like, oh, and he's married to a teenager. He's just said, why? And also, they think that's plausible. I know.

And I was like, did he... I was rattled or I didn't say either. You're going to say either. You needed a jump into fence mode, my friend. Wait, so did they get a photo of you? your wife. No, no, no, no, my wife. No, the wife's like, well, not my wife, my daughter, say out of the photo. General rule of thumb, when anyone accuses you of having a teenage wife, always explain.

Always explained. I haven't been accused of that before. I didn't know. That was a thing. That would be assumed. I'm like, she looked. Did Siena not say anything? She looks very young. He needs to take control of this situation. He does. Well, now I know what would, but I hope it never happens again. They walked away thinking that you're going to. I don't know. Yeah, probably. Because I didn't say anything.

Senator didn't say anything. No one said anything. I was definitely rattled. I was rattled. I don't blame you. Well, let's get that word out there that you're not. Yeah, no. I'm not, yeah.

Yeah, thank you. That'd be nice. You can't even say. I am not married to a teenager. Yeah, I know. You can't. John O'Bin and Megan. The podcast.

The Hits. In the first game of the football world, for New Zealand yesterday the all whites to all and we cross live to our French quarters our producers Grace and Troy have decorated the entire producer booth with French flags or sorry the flags from the Netherlands but just turned on a different angle they got their faces painters burrets and they're playing Senegal aren't they in five minutes they're very excited about there how they got there more than basically they got France and the works sweeps they

So that's why they're so excited. Who's your favourite player? You're top five favourite French players. Then they're drowning you out. Yeah, they only know one. But you know, if you want to know a bit more about the teams and putting it into perspective, and this was something that producer grace brought to our attention yesterday, someone has gone online and explained them if they were pop stars, the football nations.

France is like Taylor Swift. It's the boring answer. they're probably going to win. The numbers are there. They don't lie. They've got the best squad. They're probably going to win, but it's a bit boring if you say that. Spain is Sabrina Carpenter. A bit newer on the block, but still very successful. They've got the current momentum, very modern. They're a bit more fun and likable, but still at the top of their game and they might well win. Brazil is like Madonna, the absolute goats of the game, but right now they're flopping.

Madonna's the Queen of Pop, Brazil's the Queen of Football, but nobody really has them to win. There's just something missing. Portugal is like Fifth Harmony, the year that Camilla Coveo left. They've got all the talent and all the fans. They could win it, but there's just one member of the group who's making everyone feel uneasy. Ronaldo. I love Ronaldo and I hope he wins, but the whole thing is just a bit too centred around him that it kind of takes away from the team. Puts it all in perspective, doesn't it?

Yeah. They've really good analogies though there. You could do it with politicians in New Zealand. Yeah. Winston, the Keith Richards of Parliament. How's he still around? And Luxon, the Coldplay, only appeals to all. to white people. Seymour the Kanye. Dear God, what's he going to say next?