Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Megan Turned Swimming Lessons Into The Olympics | FULL SHOW

Episode Date: September 21, 2026

On today’s show: (00:00) Megan’s competitive streak goes into overdrive at her son’s swimming lessons! (03:40) The emotional video about dads that nearly broke Jono after the Warriors loss (06:40) Dear Megan: Is a bridesmaid with bright pink hair ruining the wedding? (23:20) A tribute to Roger Farrelly after 34 years on breakfast radio (16:40) Ben’s dog has developed an unexpected bedroom habit (26:40) Kiwi creator Taylor Siraj joins us after racing Max Verstappen! (31:40) The simple fitness tests every adult should be able to pass (33:50) Terrible first impressions that somehow turned into lasting relationships (46:00) Suzy Cato joins us to chat We The Young and performing with a live band!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The John O'Benna Megan podcast, thanks to Dilma. Goodness really does taste great. Dilma, making the world a better tea. Megan, you've done something. I, okay, I can admit I'm competitive, okay? I don't always think it's a bad thing. It's not, no, it's made us wary of you. Scares.

I was running for like a silver lining. Yeah, noted. I mean, and the dates back, the more we learn about you, it dates back to your father, wanting you to get better and better and drive you to success. What was the famous line when you came home? I got 80% in my English exam, and I was stoked. That's an A.

And Dad was like, what happened to the other 20%? Good stuff. That's character building. That's good. I don't know. It's made you a driven person, though. Yes. And I think I might be passing it down.

So I went to swimming lessons. It was Bashan. He did them when he was younger, but he's just going back to swimming lessons now as a five-year-old. And they were like, okay, while we assess, where he's at. We'll put him in beginner one. And I was like, great. And she made the mistake of saying to me that they have people going around on iPads.

And so they kind of assess them as they go. And they look and they do like little, you know, they do little tests in the pool to see if they need to go up a level. Do some grading. Why is that a mistake her telling you how. Because I was like, all right, Bastie, we're going to go up a level. So he had to do it. Is this day one of him swimming?

Yes. Okay. This isn't even like official. He's never even jumped into the pool before. Yeah. So he had to do a starfish on his face for four seconds and he had to hold it. And like, it took him a couple of goes. And I was like, Bastie, four seconds.

You have to go on up a four seconds. You can do it, bud. You can do it. And I could hear myself. But I was like, I never know where the line is from encouraging to. So you're not saying this internally. Nope. This is coming out of your mouth.

Yep. In front of all the other people there. Yep. So, and then he does, he ends up doing five seconds. And I was like, excelling. Level up. Overshot it. Get you to lie pad, mate.

Do the level up on the pad. Then he had to doggie paddle across the little lane. And if he could do that, he could, they were like, okay, well, he's pretty competent. He can move up. And then he starts and I'm like, that's not doggy. But buddy, you've got to do your legs too. Do your legs too. Come on.

So he's doing his arms and he's like, kicking his legs. And then he stops halfway through. I was like, you've got to go all the way across to the. other side all the way across and he's like okay okay so he ends up doing it and just as the lady with the iPad comes over and I'm like sitting there like perched on the edge of my seat and I was like this is it babe to my husband I was like this is it he's got to show them that he can do it I was like go bash it my husband's like you need to calm down you're in a frenzy he's like this isn't the Olympics okay and as soon as they're done and they came over and she was like I think

he needs to go up a level. And like the elation I felt inside, I felt like he'd won a gold medal. And that level is Los Angeles Olympics, 2028. Afterwards, he was like... This is the best swimmer I've ever seen at this age. He was like, I'm going to go up a level every lesson. I was like, if you set your mind to it, you can do whatever you want, buddy.

Focus! I was like, you got it! And Andrew's like, as long as you have fun, it's all just to have fun and, you know, it's about safety. And I was like, and you work hard and you can get that gold cap. I reckon you need to sit in the car In the car park No Andrews already said you're not coming

Fair enough Yeah Yeah John O'Benn and Megan The podcast The heads Yeah like I said yesterday I don't know if it was after

Sunday night's loss It was in a vulnerable State yesterday I know you were too Ben Oh yeah And it still carries on With now that the referee being stood down For the decision

Now the NRL's like Yes no he did make a bad call It's too late Now guys You're like Leave us alone What have we done to you people It's too late.

Anyway, the Rift did it pretty well, I thought, for most of it. But anyway, it's hard. Well, I'm glad you didn't see this video yesterday, so I don't know if you'd be able to come into work today. Right. And so, listen, I know how these work. Get a little bit of this. Oh, yeah.

Yeah. So it popped off on my feed yesterday. You're glazy-eyed already. Well, because I guess it's the stage of life we're in, where being you and me, kids a little bit older. Yeah. And our parents are a little bit older. And it's how a child sees his father at every hour.

age. So five years old, dad is a superhero. The strongest and cleverest, the best on the planet. Ten, he's the defender. Solves things. Still a hero, but no longer a magician. You start noticing he gets tired. Fifteen. He's behind the times. His advice is old. His rules are inferior. infuriating. His jokes, not funny. 20. Dad is in the background. He calls you decline. He texts, you answer in one word. You grew up, you're forming your own life. 25. Turns out the advice was right. The annoying advice.

The warnings come true. What sounded like nagging turned out to have been experienced. 30. Dad is a person. Not a God. A man who is scared, who got things wrong. And you finally see him for who he is and love him. 40. Time is running out. You notice the grey, the slower walk. The pauses when he loses the word. And then afterwards, Dad is inside you for good. He's gone, but you catch his gestures in yourself. His phrases, his look. In the bureau. They got me yesterday. Bloody warriors. I think you got me. And Ben's just sitting there without a tear. I think it's thinking it's good.

That's really well written. Yeah. Yeah. So, hey. Good perspective. Yeah. Love your parents. Yeah, exactly.

That's some really good stuff this morning. It's the hats. John O'Benn and Megan The podcast The Hits Dear Megan Okay People slide into my DMs with issues

It's kind of like Cost of Living Crisis This is affordable therapy Isn't it? Yeah We put everyone's opinions and thoughts out there On your dilemma And you can choose

Whether you want to take the advice or not It's always anonymous So if you've got an issue You can slide into my DMs with it But today's one reads Dear Megan I need to know if I'm in the wrong here Great, that's what we're here

I asked my good friend to be my bridesmaid and now we're only three weeks away from the wedding and she has pink hair I thought it was just a one-off fun thing but she's just had it redone the thing is when I asked her to be my bridesmaid she had blonde hair now it feels a little mean to ask her

to change it back but I really don't want pink hair in my wedding photos forever it kind of feels like she's taking all the attention I feel fine telling you guys this anonymously but I don't feel comfortable bringing it up with her. It's definitely not cool, right? I didn't realize hair was such an issue for bridal parties. That makes a lot of sense as to why I've never been invited.

Do you know, without a word of a lie, I was thinking about this after you told me about it yesterday and many years ago where I had a really regrettable dreadlock hairstyle. He did you dreadlock ears? I was part of a bridal party for my friend. I remember my friend's wife to be going, hey you got to keep your hair like this for the wedding and I was like yeah yeah and I had it for many years

I was like yeah absolutely this is you know what you did you not see that as a leading question no and now looking back I was like oh my gosh I should have got rid of it but I had had it for many years it wasn't a change AI can fix that now in the photos oh dear gosh he was right you tied it up though right yeah yeah I tried to make it tidy yes yeah but also like

it was a sophisticated weed dealer you had those when you were asked And for a long time So they knew what they were getting When they got you To be honest I shouldn't be all around But I can relate to this

So okay Put yourself in that situation If you were Or you actually listened To what the question was Would you have Remove the dreads For the wedding

Well but yeah Like if I just If it was a new Like a new thing afterwards I feel like that's In this case Maybe this shouldn't be done You know

Like I'm thinking no That yeah I feel like Doing a late change It's changing things People need to express themselves How they want to express themselves how they want to express themselves.

Not on my... Not on my wedding day. Just have black and white photos. Can't tell. Classy, sophisticated black and white. Your AI could do a lot of things. Yeah, you can change the colour of her hair in the body, post-production. Yeah.

What about the video? What about just on the day and everyone's like staring at her instead of staring at the bride and groom? So we know where you stand. I'm with you, Megan. I'm with you. The thing is like, I don't have any friends that would actually do that. I think that's really rude. Oh, 800 the hits.

but I wouldn't tell her either So you're going to say it's right? You're going to say it's okay Johnno? Yeah absolutely Yeah and you can fix all the photos and stuff for the back end No I mean honestly It's a huge deal when you get married But you know 10, 15 years down the track

It was a blip You gotta lip in your relationship Who was that weird guy with dreadlocks You know? I mean two years later You could like get divorce anyway It happens It happens They tell me it happens

But the thing is you don't wear white to a wedding You know There's rules You don't try and take the shine away from anyone. Okay. And that's taking the shine away. Do you agree with Megan? 4487 on the text?

Or should this woman be allowed to express herself? Is it her choice? John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Ooh, the text are flying through for this one. Dear Megan. Okay, that's quickly recap because we need to get your thoughts.

A lot of people have thoughts on this. Okay, so this is from a bride. She asked her good friend to be her bridesmaid, and they're three weeks away from the wedding. She has pink hair. I thought it was just a one-off fun thing, but she's just had it redone. When I asked her to be my bridesmaid, she's a blonde hair, now it feels mean to ask her to change it. She kind of feels like she's taking all the attention.

And I agree. But not a lot of people seem to agree on Facebook. I'm willing to die on this hill, I tell you. Guy has to spell D-Y-E too. I, yeah. Janine, welcome to you. Happy New Year at Hamilton. Yeah, happy year, do you?

All right, Janine, you've got a wedding. One mad dog, one red dog, one roe. rogue member has dyed their head pink. Three weeks out from the wedding, what are you doing? Yeah, I'm making it wear a wig. Oh, you are you? A wig's an option. Yeah. Yeah, but those good quality lace ones, they're quite expensive.

You get a one from bloody, look sharp, yeah. Maybe you can bring up the wig, and then she realizes it's an issue, and she dies it. This you could do, too. I mean, if she's a good friend, she'll understand. I mean, you've been a good friend and allowing her to say, hey, keep your pink hair. But for my day, you know, I'd like you to wear it. I'd like you to wear an Austin Powers wig from Looksharp.

Yeah, no, that is a solution. What do you think about that one? Megan? Yeah. No, she's not sold. Okay. Leah, what do you reckon? Oh, happy New Year.

I reckon the bride's being ridiculous. Oh, okay. Why? I think, you know, I mean, I think when you're up there, getting married and the people in your bridal party, it's the people that you want with you, that love you, that love you, and when you look back you at photos, yeah, sure, there might be some pink here, but when you look back at any photos of any time, you think about the people and who they were to you and their personalities and...

You're not looking at their follicles. Yeah, and how... Not just the colour hair they had at that time. And how your good friend took all the attention away with a bright pink hair. With me having blonde hair in the hits photos around the country at the moment. Yeah, that's right. You had your Beninem period.

We're still dealing with the hangover of that, aren't we? I don't know what colour the bridesmaid dresses, but what if they're like green? They're just going to look like, you know, a wicked billboard. You know the other crazy thing, a lot of people at your wedding, you know, when you move on,

you don't even hear from those people now. A lot of people that you invite and things like that. We'll take one more call on this. Alex, good morning to you. Morning, how are you? Welcome to Dear Megan. Where do you sit on this one, mate?

Oh, it's not a very nice thing to do. I had blue hair and I changed mine for my mum's wedding. Thank you, Alex. All right. Was this a conversation that your mum brought up with you? Or was this just you deciding that was the thing you needed to do? No, I'm just a decent person to find that it was a decent thing to do. Sassy, love this sassie.

So many people on the Facebook page are saying you need to take her as she is. Yes, but she wasn't born with blonde pink hair. This is a one of you got, Megan, is it? It is winding me up because no good friend does that to another friend. The better or worse things for your person you're getting married to? No good friend decides to dye their hair pink and be a bridesman at someone's wedding. Come on. You've got to ask at least.

I'm getting married in February and my sister just asked me if she could cut her hair shorter. And I was like, of course, off you go. I'm going to tell you not to. So do you have, okay, how many months do you have ownership over this person's looks? What month was? You've got like a six-month lead in where you get to control. Do you control the weights? No.

You're like a weekly weigh in. Sorry, Patricia, looks like you've had a couple of kegs on this week, mate. Someone else said, dropping you from the team. My friend asked if she could cut her hair because she knew that the bride was planning updoes and so she waited. So, okay, so you're thinking that even though you strongly think that they should have asked, you seem to be in the minority for what most people are. I'm fine with that because I think most people are lying anyway. Don't seem fine with it. Don't seem fine.

No, but do you know what I think she should do? Put it on someone else. Get your mum or your mother-in-law to go and be like, do you think that that's a good idea? Okay, thanks so much for your calls and texts. We really appreciate it. John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The hits. They're in the radio industry. We like to pretend that you don't know that there are other radio stations out there. And we all hate each other. For the first time you're hearing that, I'm sorry. What a way to wake up. What?

There are other options. But don't go, don't go tuning into other options. We like you with this option. But, you know, there's some things that kind of transcend your traditional rules that we stick by in radio, big events that do happen within the industry. And Roger from the Rock, Roger Farrelly, after 34 years, is leaving the Morning Rumble, the breakfast show. That same gig, 34 years, phenomenal. Yeah, an incredible run.

I mean, you're not just getting up at that time of the morning every day for some. long. But just, yeah, to be doing it for that long at that level, incredible. And a lovely, lovely person with one heck of a laugh, too. Yeah, he does. Yeah, the most recognisable laugh in New Zealand radio. Oh, that's cool. Tell you what, even when you're telling his story, he makes you feel like a million dollars when he's laughing like that. You're like, oh, jeez. As the kids always say to me, they're glazing you, they're glazing you up, you know?

Maybe he is, but if not, it works a treat, right? Yeah. So, yeah, he's going to continue radio on another station. But, yeah, but a heck of a run. Like you say, 34 years. I've only been doing this for six years, and I feel like I've aged 34 years. Yeah, the early mornings, yeah. Yeah, but he, you know, there's a reason he's stayed in that role for so long.

And it's because, at its core, he's just a wonderful person. And you can't, the great thing about a microphone is you can put up an act for so long, but eventually over time, you're the real parts of you start to emerge. don't they? The good and the bad. And I guess we all play sort of a hyped up version of who we are as people on air. But yeah, I remember when I first started there because I was at the rock for

like 16 years. And going into the station as a teenager, you're nervous and you're hanging around like a bad smell, just desperate to work in radio. Working for free too back then, I don't know what the child labour laws were, but they were relaxed. And he being the breakfast host, who's

like sort of the king of the station, was just so generous with his time and he would sit down and talk to you after the show and be genuinely interested in what you wanted to do in your career and yeah he just had a lot of time for people that he didn't necessarily had to have time for that's awesome he's done that tell me like because he's been doing that job for a long time and he started i think when he was like 1819 right does he always had that voice that like incredible voice i think i think from the day he was born mama when's it kick in for me like when does that happen it's called puberty

We're still waiting. Okay. We're still waiting. As they keep saying, a hell of a shift, Roger. So congratulations on 34 years. And here's to another 30. Oh, let's be honest, you're not going to do another 34. Another 3 to 4 years.

It's so hard for, and then you had to turn it around. Another 3 or 4, you're right, man. 34 is wild. Another 34. That's a good run. Because I grew up listening to him on the radio as well, and when you joined, that's the age difference between us. I was at high school when I would listen to you on the rock. just trying to age me.

That was because they gave me a huge break. They had this segment called Do Stuff to Jono, which essentially was every Friday morning. Just live radio torture. You know, I got probed, tattooed and... Set on fire and all sorts. Sent across Cookstrait. Yeah, half the safety, too.

Health and safety, not a thing. Yeah, phovo. Shark infested. I didn't know there were shark infested waters back then. It was really stormy too. And the salty old tugboat driver halfway through. We meant to end up in Stewart Island. And I was on a rubber ring on the back.

And I remember the waves being so big, the boat would disappear. And I was behind the waves. And he, because it was a long, like 100 metre rope. And then he turned around. He's like, mate, no good out here. No good out here. The salty tow truck. But no one's filming it.

No one's taking photos. The internet wasn't much of a thing back then. You could have just pretended. I know. He were like, whoa. Yeah, I know. Now we couldn't even, without a word of lie, throw a feather off the building, one story up without, like,

safety vests and, like, cones last year. We did, yeah, we're trying to catch items from levels above us here at work, and you did have to cone off, and we threw a feather down. And everyone wore high viz, and we had to register it with health and safety. That's how much has changed over 34 years. What PC madness? John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. That's about the longest time that someone you know has been in a job after Rodge from the Rock radio station,

34 years in the same job. I tried to give him a heartwarming tribute just moments ago. And then I said when I first started at the Rock when I was a teenager, you know, he was like the king, the breakfast show host. And Megan's like, oh, okay, big dog. So you consider yourself the king of the radio. That's all I heard when you were like, the breakfast host is like the king. The king of radio.

I'm not calling you king. No, now you need to. He says the king of radio. I just said, we are the king of the radio station. Does that make me the queen? And what about all the heartfelt stuff I said? All you could focus in on us. You calling yourself a king.

Just me calling myself a king. And you didn't really even. But let's go to the calls. Some of great calls coming through. People, They know of someone working in the same place for so many years. There's always, you know, one battler in your workplace. It's just been there for like 82 years, and they're beloved, aren't they?

Asher, happy New Year to you. Happy New Year's, how you going? Good work, mate. Lovely to have you on with our show catchphrase, Asher. Who are you working with that's been there a long time? It's actually my papa. He worked for Fulton Hogan for 55 years. Do you get a gold watch?

Is it a gold watch scenario? Well, when he retired, he got a pretty cool sort of placard, it was a bit of Funamu, and like a, he worked in the quarry, so he got like a little model, um, crush this sort of thing, you know? Oh, 55, that's amazing. They must have, he would have been one of those people they just loved him at work. Yeah, I think he got pretty well looked after, you know, but yeah, it was, yeah, pretty cool thing, hey? That's a crazy amount of time. Yeah, that's a huge amount of your life. That's incredible.

Thank you for sharing that with us. I appreciate it. Wayno, morning. Hey, bro. Lovely to have you on, Wayno. Longest stints at work. 46. I'm still going, bud.

What? Is that you? Believe it or not, I lost a job when I was just turning 20. Needed anything. Asked my dad, do you know, of anyone? He said I might. He said, turned up to this address. Turned up.

Basically with a cross-refer. It was my first job for my first day. Floor sweeping, yeah. Sorry. Floor sweeping. Whereabouts are you working? A company called AJ Bates in Penrose system, a manufacturer and company. And started the first day the sweeping floors.

Today I'm currently the engineering manager for the same company. That's 4046 years. That's incredible. Great tenure, Wayne. Great tenure. Thank you so much for sharing. Appreciate it. And Lois.

Hello. How long have, well, who's the person you know been in the job for a long time? So my partner Roku, he's been in the same job for 50 years, just this July gone. Doing what? So he is a maintenance engineer in a Nonganui for a company called Axiom Plastics. She would have seen so many managers come and go. Oh, look, he's seen the whole fact. transform from a tiny little factory to an absolutely blossoming business and he's just an

incredible person he gets up every morning come rain come shine 5 30 and then he gets on his little scooter and off he goes oh he's taking a scooter is he yeah bloody listen to that gen Z wow get on your scooter every day get it up every day it doesn't matter if it's blowing a gale it's pouring with rain or what it is he's on his scooter yeah that gracious So I'm just going to look at our producer Grace dead in the eyes, 25-year-old producer. I want you to start scootering to work, mate. And the rain, hail or shine.

Down the motorway, down the southern. Where's your commitment? Oh, that is incredible. Did he get something after 50 years? Did he get a present? He did. They gave him a gift card. And a rain jacket.

No, they didn't. But they gave him a ladder, a little plastic ladder. Now, the reasoning behind the ladder is he's fallen. off them a few times they're like this could be a nightmare for the company let's give them a little one hey Lois thanks to be cool babe

appreciate it John O'Benn and Megan The podcast That's While we're on the countdown A daylight saving This weekend This weekend go forward an hour

Lose an hour's sleep But it's for the best For more sunshine Safe feet I know you have trying really hard to go Savings singular But you're really emphasising Yeah a little bit much

When British people say singing and stuff like that. He has been in the past a daylight savings type of guy. I have made. I've been like throwing S's in there or willy-nilly and it's winding you up. I'm trying this year to stop. Getting better never stops, Ben. Well done. Something that is winding up at the moment.

Yeah. And like, okay, it's front footer. At some stage, I've started snoring. I've talked about this before. I don't know if it happens every night or whatever, but it will cause issues in my relationship with my wife. she will often, it started off with secret air plugs that she'd sometimes wear and never become less and less secret.

Those sort of air muffs now. Yeah, over the while. The muff category. So that will happen and not all the time, but it will happen. And now the dog has decided to sleep in the bedroom, in our bedroom, which my wife thinks is cute as well. He's a big dog, big, fluffy white samurai. On the bed or just a lot?

No, he's never gone anywhere near on the bed. He's just too big. He's too much dog for one bed. He's bigger than me. So he's never been on the bed on the couch type dog or anything like that. He's on the room. I know, it's fine, but he has developed. He's developed snoring, and he is so loud.

I don't know I've ever heard dogs snores. Snuffling, snoring, all sorts of restlessness, and like up and then, and you know this job, we don't get much sleep. Yeah. And so I am, and I'm the one that waking up, and I am just getting no sympathy from my wife. Have you removed yourself from the bedroom now? Oh, yeah, trying to, I'm like, trying to get the dog out.

My wife's like, it's cute. It's so nice. He wants to be with us. I'm like, yeah, but he's snoring. But how is she okay with him snoring? but not you snoring. Exactly. Exactly. And I've got nothing to stand on because she's like, well, you're snoring?

I'm like, yeah, but this is my future. But that didn't affect me because I was asleep. Yeah, exactly. She can't pat Ben. So now we've reached a bit of a style mate. I'd be like, the dog was up snoring again last night. Also, maybe you were snoring as well. I'm like, oh, jeez.

I wasn't because I was awake. Awake with a dog, yeah. Can you get it like a sleep apnea machine for him? Maybe you need it. It's honestly like when you go back to the newborn stage. He's up. He's doing this. He's.

What about mouth tape for the dog? Well, they did buy me mouth tape, didn't they? Do they have the nasal strips for the dog as well? Have you tried the mouth tape? No. My family bought that as a gag present, and I'm doing gag in quotation marks, and I'm like, it doesn't seem like a gag present. Many a true thing said in Jess being.

I didn't laugh when receiving it. Like, no point did I go, oh, that's funny. They just went, you should try this. It's a joke present, but I haven't tried it. Has it been, as it transformed, it's just like normal cello tape. now in the household your mouth tape. I feel like I'm going to sleep

like a kidnap victim if I put it on. So yeah, maybe I could try some dog dog mouth tape or let you know. Or you need your own earplugs.

I don't want to be an earplugs. I'm just like can the dog sleep out but we've reached this. Can I just say don't tape your dog's mouth show? You might wake up to some pretty grim scenes.

He's not snoring, told you. Yeah, but something else is that. He's so peaceful. And I got a great night's sleep. John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast. The heads.

Taylor Saraj is a Kiwi content creator who just got to do something incredible Megan. Yeah, she went to Silverstone and she got to

race Max Verstappen at the racetrack. It was Max versus 100 put on by Red Bull and Disney Plus. This is it. This is the move.

The long. They spin. And Max Verstappan has got past all of them. So 100 go-karts and he was at the back and he had to race

them all and he had to overlap a hundred people Wow incredible overtake sorry and Taylor Saraj fresh back from the UK welcome oh what's the heck how amazing I mean we were watching very jealous of seeing what you got to do but how cool was it insane I just watched it back like the whole thing

unbelievable so crazy do you remember the moment Max actually passed you on the go car track so yes So I had just settled in when I got the past the first corner, got past the second corner. And then down the straight, he comes past and I did a double take. I was like, oh, that's a different soup. That was in the first lap. Because he passed, how many on the first lap?

63. Yeah. So as soon as that kind of happened, I was like, oh, I'm just here for the good times now. And I thought in top 50, we would get a lap, but you really needed to be like top 30 to get a full lap. So was his go-kart faster? No. Because that's one of all people thinking online. He's just that good.

He's just that good. His reaction time is so different to all of us. Like, our foot is just hitting the gas and he's already on it. And also I saw him like shimmying his cart to like get it moving and get the momentum. Even the proper race guy drivers had techniques about launching their carts where all of it. Even the guy in front of me didn't go at green and I had to go around him. So you really want to be straight in a straight line. What was his technique? What was he waiting for?

I don't know. He's distracted. We had in our comms. It was like 30 seconds. So you all had headphones. Yeah, we had headpiece. So all hundred of us had comms and we could talk to our team. We were in teams.

And I was like, come on, guys, where are you? Oh, so you had people in your ear going. You're doing well? Yeah, yeah. Oh, really? Because there was points where people could talk to Max. They would connect them through and, like, the second and third place. They were chatting to Max once they'd cross the line.

That is. And so did you get to meet Max for Stapton? Yes. So he was on a minute by minute schedule, which is insane. And so, yeah, post-race, I was behind him. We saw you. I know, I was like so freaking out. There's so many cameras, the lighting, like, Disney are just like next level when you see it on like a global production.

There was 900 people there plus the 100 of us. Oh, my gosh. Huge operation. Mickey, Mickey doesn't do things to buy him. And then all hundred of us that stayed at a castle that day, it was just so crazy. Yeah, but Red Bull don't do things by house. 100 people in the castle. There are 100 rooms.

They had 100 rooms. And then that was also like Rebel representatives. We had chaperones with the athletes had filmers with them. Like there was, it was huge. So it took about 35 minutes or something for Max to actually pass everyone. Was that what people were thinking? And it could also have gone wrong at any moment too. For no one to get hurt as well and for Max to be fine, like have so much fun.

Because he's probably used to like obviously racing grade drivers, but there's probably a few that couldn't drive as well as he's used to. So that could have gone wrong for him. A hundred percent. Yeah, so he, we had 75 minutes and he overtook us all in 32 minutes. Wow. Insane. And I was thinking, 75 minutes, I don't think I'm going to hold off for that long.

Like, that is crazy. So how long are you out there on the track for in that one? A minute. Yeah. Yeah. How fast do the carts go? I think they were like 80. They felt, do you know what, okay, they didn't have a seat belt.

I had to boost a seat, no seat belt in the car. So I got in with my helmet on. I was like, where's a seatbelt? What the heck? No seatbelts in Europe for go-karting. So we're all, yeah, if you watch it back, none of us are wearing seatbouts. But you feel so low to the ground. Like, as soon as you go away.

You just roll out. Yeah. I was like, are you sure? And I was like asking production because they check your helmets. I was like, where's a seatbelt? And they're like, no seatbelt. Wow. Incredible.

In New Zealand, all they talk about is a. Literally, I get in trouble for seat belts. What an amazing experience. Can I try on the helmets? Of course. Yes. It is made to my specifications. Is it?

Yeah, it's the custom made to us. Really? Yeah, so we sent, so apparently it was someone said 80,000 pounds for all of our gear. And so people can still watch it on Disney Plus now. It's still up there, yeah. Oh, guys, this is so cool. I'd like you to carry out the rest of the interview with the helmet on. Can you hear me?

A little bit, yeah. Yeah, we can hear you hear me. I think it's quite tight. Yeah, it does look quite tight. I think my head's bigger than yours. I've never felt so cool. though. You look cool.

You look cool. Yeah, you do. It's so cool. Congratulations. It's such a cool thing you got to do. It was so awesome to watch it all play out as well. And I can't wait to see all the rest of your footage of the next couple days.

Wow. There you go. Taylor's Rod. John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast. The Hats. We all sit down for our job. A lot of people have a sedentary job.

And physical therapists, I've been fed this, which is a little bit offensive. But they said there is five movements that every adult should do, if you're over 50. So this has come through, this has been pushed to you on your social Yeah, rude. I'm not even near 50. Maybe it's going off looks.

Excuse me. Okay, so what? But now you're like... So I was, you know me, competitive, I was like, can I do these? Should be able to do these. Well, hopefully, you can. But then they're very simple.

They're patronising. Yeah. She was reading some of them out yesterday. The first one, sit to stand. Just sit down, stand up. But when you think about it, It said as people get older, a lot of people find it hard to get off a seat without using some kind of like push. Okay.

Like don't put your hands on the seat beside you and push. Just get up without your hands. And no noise either. You know? No, no. No, noises are allowed. So try that. Not pushing on an armchair.

What? Just sitting and standing. Are they confusing 50 year olds for 90 year olds? Well, no, but you get lazy and you push down to get up. All right, so sitting and standing hands free. I know that one. The next one is put your back on a wall and put your arms up like you're a goalpost and put everything flat back.

Okay, John, I can do that one. You're close to a wall. I'm used to these. We do them in the rhyme. There you go. Now lift your arms up and lift them down again. Yeah, you're right. These are a little patronising.

The next one is heel raises. So stand holding a desk and lift you. But the thing is, I live permanently. raised. Oh, with the high heels, of course, yeah. I, like, am always raised. Ben's not even dignifying that with an attempt. I mean, somewhere between this and high rocks is a good, a good,

it's a safe space for everyone. And I feel like we've gone the other way. I don't think you're going to. I just defecated myself. John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast. The Hits. We wanted to know, did you have a bad first impression of someone that ended up being

your partner? Yeah. I'm not actually surprised. that this story has come out because Jason Kelsey, he's so much fun, he is Travis Kelsey's brother and they do a podcast together. Travis Kelsey, of Taylor Swift?

With Taylor Swift. Husband of Taylor Swift? Jason Kelsey, Taylor Swift's brother-in-law. There we go. Full jandal guy. Jandals everywhere he goes. Love taking this top off too, isn't he? Absolute lad who played NFL.

He is. He's a lovable lad. Yeah. It's just like, if there was anyone to scream USA, USA, USA, well, spinning a t-shirt around the top of the head. Yeah, it'd be this dude. Yeah.

Yeah. So on the, was this revealed on his podcast or did his wife go on another podcast? Yeah, look, so she was talking about their relationship on something. And yeah, and the first time that they actually, well, he messaged her was like on Tinder or something. And they did some digging and they were like, Jason, Jason, Kelsey, that's. Can't be the same football. But they're like, well, we should turn up to the bar anyway because if it's either a catfish, as you're here just now, or it could be the footballer.

Here's how it started and how it ended. He won't let me lie about this. We met on Tinder, Jason 27. He said, oh, come meet us at this bar. But right away, as soon as she walks through the door, like, most beautiful woman I've ever seen. 45 minutes later, he fell asleep at the bar, like just out. Like, asleep asleep.

Not the best first impression for me. 45 minutes. Jesus, he had a powerful 45 minutes of drinking. Yeah. That kind of suggested he had a few before she got there. I think he might have a few before. I think, yeah. As timing was all off.

The most incredible thing about the story is that there was with a couple of football people. He's a big dude. One of his other football mates picked him up in a fireman's carry and carried him back. So it was a combination. I was like, who, that's impressive. So she was probably like, I would have been easier if he was just being catfished actually. I'm just sitting here on a date with an unconscious human being. But, hey, it ended up working out for them.

Oh, no. And now they're, you know, they've got kids. They're married. Yeah. Love me as I am. Love me at my worst or don't love me. at all. Did you talk about what the

was there a phone call the next day? Was there a message the next day? I don't know. Like a hey, yeah. Sorry about that. She's a better woman than me. I'm not afraid to admit that I probably would have been like

not for me. First date, probably not for me. Again, though, he looks like a guy who would scream USA USA with his t-shirt on top of his head, but also the same sort of guy who would pass out in a bar too. So I mean, you get, yeah. He's living up to the stereotype.

So, oh, 800 of the hits. Worst first impression. of your partner? I used to work with when I met Amanda it was in different departments of the same building at the radio.

Pretty close direct departments. But the first time I met her was by the photocopier and I was trying to get the photocopier I was having issues with the photocopier

And you know all these years later we still have issues Yeah and I think in hindsight she was like either this guy's an idiot because you can't work the photocopier

or this is a play to try and it was definitely not a play I was just being an idiot I just could Did she fix it? Yeah she fixed it Oh my God start how you

mean to carry on in your relationship. And she was always like the years later was there to play was it and I was like no. Oh, are you creating a meat cute stare? Yeah, I wasn't. I was just I just want to put the A4 in the tray. There's a jam, a paper jam. Era in the loading, which loading tray? You know, like yeah. And she helped me out.

And that's, yeah. That's so cute. But that was probably a bad first impression. Just thinking is he, you know. Can this man even operate a photocopier? No, no, I can't. No, I can't even use the one at work. Sometimes people think it's a play and it's cute. and then you marry them and you're like, oh no, he's actually you slits. It's actually the personality trait.

I love hearing stories of like when people meet them and it's not great and then they get married. So your first impression of Andrew, you, primary school, was it your? Oh, bugger off. He wasn't at school. No, let's, so he was 18. He was 18. But he wasn't at school. But I was interviewing him for the boy.

band on a radio station. The interview wasn't in the school yard, but he was... It doesn't sound any better than what you're talking about, but it's all, it's all fine. They're all married now. Society frowned upon it. Okay, yeah, great, but it was a great person. Did you look at him and go, well, this is going to be problematic.

John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, the heads. We just heard about Jason Kelsey, who's the brother of Travis Kelsey. He played football at a very high level for many years. who is the husband of Taylor Swift, it's good to have all these connections. Just for anyone who doesn't know, and he was talking about, well, Jason Kelsey and his now wife, Kylie, they were talking on.

Kylie Kelsey. The sister-in-law of Taylor Swift. Yeah, okay. Just get Taylor Swift's name in as many times as we can. Talking about the first time that they met. He won't let me lie about this. We met on Tinder, Jason 27. He said, oh, come meet us at this bar.

But right away, as soon she walks to the door, like, most beautiful woman I've ever seen. 45 minutes later he fell asleep at the bar like just out like asleep asleep not the best first impression for me not great first date conditions are you such a sweet teddy beer he is a big teddy beer yeah but now they're married and have kids and actually their kids i just heard the other day they for the first few months they just called taylor swift taylor swift they were just every time they met they would just call a taylor they're like you don't need to keep saying taylor swift you can just call uh taylor they were probably like massive fans and now

She's in... She's your auntie. Taylor Swift is suddenly your auntie. Yeah. Travis Kelsey probably still calls her Taylor Swift. Hey Taylor Swift, what do you want for breakfast? Taylor Swift, should we go for a walk? All right, 0-800 with the hits, telephone number.

Worst first impressions of your partner. We have Anonymous. So, yeah, after two weeks, I was staying over at his place. He'd been out with some friends for drinks and was a bit intoxicated. and woke up at about maybe like one or two in the morning, and he was standing in the corner of his room. And I said to him, I was like, what are you doing? And he just kind of, like, didn't respond.

And then I just heard him absolutely urinating all over his washing in his washing basket. Oh, no. It's not a great impression. No. What's going through your mind at this moment? Well, he got back into bed, and then I ended up actually getting up and I left. So I walked home in the middle of the night But we are actually filled together

Eight years later Engaged getting married Oh That's a great result What has to happen between you're like Yuck I'm walking home To like what did he say the next day I can't actually remember

But he was very very apologetic And this is not like now that I know him This is not the person that I met Oh you bet on it That's out of character mode And I mean, we may all make mistakes. We all get flustered at the start. It's a good talking point, you know, to tell people about, like, how we met and kind of first impression.

Yeah. Does he still look after the washing in the house? We still have a washing basket. It's not the same washing basket. Oh, good, okay. And I did say to him, you should probably burn your washing. Hey, well, good luck for the wedding. Thank you very much.

Cheers. I text here 4487. We met at a wedding and we're both incredibly intoxicated and we called each other a week later. Couldn't remember our names. So both of them had to try and slowly figure out. At least they exchanged numbers, I guess. But neither of them wanted to admit that they'd forgotten each other's names. It would have been like saved as wedding person or something on the phone.

John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. The Warriors season was heartbreak after what was a very promising season. ended over the weekend in front of 50,000 at Eden Park. No, I don't think they weren't booing, well, they were booing that they lost, but I think they were booing a lot of the calls that were made through the game. Yeah, there was a few contagious ones towards the end of the game. And as a Warriors fan who was so, you know, like full of hope and promising,

it sucks that came down to those calls, you know, because I really wish we weren't talking about that. And the Warriors really, you know, it's hard when you go, oh, this should have been this or this should have been there. It'd be nice not to have to worry about it. It's almost better if they just lose definitively. Yeah, yeah. Okay. Move on with life.

So there were three contentious calls, but I guess one that's... In the last or 10 minutes. Yeah. One that is really grabbing headlines has got the referee stood down this weekend. Yeah. So it's basically a obstruction of a player that the NRL have said to look out for you. You can't obstruct to other people when they're going for the ball on kicks and stuff like that. So you can't stand in front of...

Yeah. A Warriors player was running for the ball that was kicked. And he got kind of taken out off the ball by someone else. And they said that now the NRL said that should have been a penalty. And I've stood down the ref and it's like, well, great, but a little late now, guys. A little late. Had we run out of captain's challenges by that point. So we had to just rely on the ref, making it.

We'd burnt out one on another contingent call before that I still can't get me head around. 20 seconds before half time. It's a terrible choice to use that captain. We stayed that. That one stayed. But then, yeah. I know. But what were we going to do with that 20 seconds before half time?

Anyway. So as a diehard, would you rather they didn't ban him or stand him down? I don't know. Did you want to know this information that the NRL are like, you know? It's tough now. It's tough now because it's not like they're going to do that game again at the end of the game, you know? So, yeah, it's disgusting. It came down to that.

So I say they'd got that penalty, right? It would have been locked up with pretty much on full time, so it would have gone into Golden Point. So we thought we'd imagine that. Well, he still would have had to kick it, right? But it was very close. Straight in front. Yeah. And that would have tied the game.

So now I'm like, nothing about seeing clips on my algorithm too. I'm like, stop, stop. I don't want to see it anymore. Well, I want to see them play the Golden Point. I want to see them play. Get back, get them back, get the night's back. On the field. Nick Sawnda, Eden Park will sell another 48,000.

Nick will open it up. Golden Point. But obviously there was so many good memories from this year, and even their game as well. But there is a little bit of a dark cloud hanging over the end where some passionate supporters were throwing bottles at the referee as he was walking off, Ben, I know you were one of them. No, I was not one of them.

That's not a good luck. It's not a good luck. And Sean Johnson, Warriors Legend, who does great work on Sky TV nowadays. He had a really good way of some of things up. Ashley Klein is a human being. In the middle of the park doing one of the toughest jobs there is, high pressure environments, things are moving fast. He is never, ever going to get every call right.

Yes, at the back end, the Warriors were definitely hard done by, but that wasn't all on Ashley Klein. of that the bunker has to answer for you guys are so quick to point out that athletes ex-athletes are role models for your kids where you're not sitting the bar very high if that's what they've got to look up to yeah what's that music is he a day spa what's got that yeah yeah yeah well a really good point yeah and i'm sure those people regret their actions now you know they got obviously caught up in the moment and they would they would regret it um but i don't know how actually we're going to get the guy out of the ground unless he just stood in the middle of the

field until everyone had left. But you're right. Not a good look. Not a good look for New Zealand to have that happen. No, I do think we need to as a country work on our losing. And we don't lose well. We're not. And it's great to be passionate and I'm a passionate supporter. But, you know, like there is that line. And you see it in school sports and stuff even, you know, like in weekends when I'm down supporting my kids and stuff. I'm like, well, people are getting a little too caught up at it, you know. And this is coming from like The most competitive person you know.

It's very much about how you lose as well. I can't wait to see you on the sidelines of Basties football. I can't wait. Well, there was swimming last night, but we can talk about that later. Was it a race? No. Oh, it was just like learning to swim. Oh, God.

John O'Ne'n and Megan. The podcast. The Hats. By children's entertainer Susie Kato in the studio. Kiora, Susie. Kiyoara, Tula, it's out time. A special time of day. I like that you still do that, because

You know, some rock stars and stuff don't even want to perform their biggest tip, but you just do it for us all the time. In my DNA, you cannot escape it. If I live with it constantly, you have to have it. I don't want to escape it. It's kind of like your catchphrase as well. I mean, you must, how many times a day would you say

it's our time, Kyoto? It depends on whether I'm in public or just home by myself. I try not to repeat it in the same way. When your family wake up, are you like, it's our time? Yes, yeah, the 19-year-old's not so keen on that anymore. Oh really?

Did your kids know, at what age did they realize that you were Susie? Because I think I was reading something about that. The TV series had kind of stopped when they were kids. They had DVDs, right? We didn't really watch it at home because the kids found it a bit strange. The mum in that TV, she doesn't ask me to put my shoes on or to eat my veggies.

She just sings at me and plays, what's to play Play-Doh and things like that. So when we, they'd be babysat by their grandparents and they'd put you and me on, when it came to see you, see you later. The kids were in tears because mum had said goodbye again, so it wasn't there. A hard concept for a young mind to get their head around, I imagine.

My nephews and niece loved me coming to visit because I brought toys and we had lots of fun and all the rest of it. But they also looked behind me as I came through the door. Where's Barney? Where are the telitubbies? Yeah, you're by yourself. And you're bringing all your mates. You're very young when you first started doing that.

About 1920 and stuff. Are you almost resigned? Is that true? Did I read, like, from early days? Or did they talk you into staying? Oh, yeah. Back in the days of 3pm, when we had Marty Mailbox and we had a, but the early bird show was Russell Rooster,

and then I had 3pm in the afternoons, and we had Marty Mailbox, and I put my hand in every day into his mouth, and we pulled out questions. And we did it. We had requests for pen pals. We had entries for competitions. Our mail bag was so full.

It was just amazing. So yes, I got a letter asking me for assistance with something that was happening to somebody's body that they didn't like. Oh, really? And I went, you are joking. I've never met this child before. I don't know who they are. I get paid to have fun, a little like you guys. Yeah.

But how can they put all their trust and faith in me? So I try to resign and they wouldn't accept my resignation. Instead, they said, this is the most amazing opportunity to help kids. So we addressed it three times in the time we had 3pm. We had various letters come in. And each time we got somebody else showing where on the telephone book, you could find the telephone numbers to get the help you needed. And we know we helped at least one child at that time.

Why were you going to resign? Was it getting too heavy for you? I don't think that I actually deserved that trust, I guess. I was, I didn't know how to answer that question myself. Yeah, I see. Now you're involved at the moment with the Auckland Lives. We're the Young Festival. Now, Megan, you mentioned going along with your kids last year.

I actually can't believe it was a year ago. I took my kids to three different events. They have, like, theatre plays that are... It was really good for the kids. It talked about anger and how to process that through theatre. And then they have events where you can go along and, like, dance and, like, with lights and glowy things. And there was, like,

Clay making class is so fun and it's all free. Well, there are, most of it is free, but there are some ticketed events as well because mine is an example that's ticketed. It's on the 2nd of October and we're in Dam Kittikanoa's. Oh, wow. And which is such an honour to be performing on that stage. I'm there with a live band. I've not really performed with a live band before.

It's at Aucklandlive.co.n.z. And you can download the brochure there and there is just so much for everybody. from the ages from about zero to 11-12. So, yeah, from tweens and everything in between. Susie Cato's live. She's got her band. What are the rider demands backstage? And do you have like simple, what do you request?

I'm thinking like a peppment tea or something like that might be going on. Very nice, very nice. And all of the colours of the M&Ms, not just one. Oh, not just one. Well, love to have you in, as always, Susie. And if people want to find you, and a whole lot of amazing performances. throughout We the Young. They can head to

Aucklandlive.com.