Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Nicole from New York on America making histroy!

Episode Date: July 25, 2024

What's Snoop like in real life? What do Americans think of Kamala Harris? How did Trumps attempted assassination shock the USA? And so much more...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is John O'Bien podcast. Hey, that's us. Brought to you by HelloFresh, the experts and tastes that Kiwis love. Right now, let's cross live to our New York correspondent, our American correspondent, Nicole from New York. Nicole in New York, it's been an age. How are you? I'm doing okay. I missed you guys. I didn't realize I was going to, but I did. Yeah, you're looking 10 years younger. Oh, thank you so very much. You guys look great. You were away too, right? Yeah, I'll tell you what. I was over your part of the world.

I went to New York with the family, went to Long Island where we've got family, then went into the city. The city, New York, is an amazing place. I mean, you know it. It's just full on. So many people, people everywhere, cars, horns, people trying to get money off you. I mean, you were here and you didn't even call me? We did. You know what? Before he left, you were here and you didn't even call me? We did.

You know what? Before he left, you should contact Nicole. And he's like, I don't know. We've only just met her. Does she want me turning up to her house? I a million percent would have met you for a drink, showed you around a little bit. Come on.

All right, next time. Next time. It was amazing. I feel bad, though, because everyone comes up to you and wants to get money off you. There's people in costumes. There's people with Gucci bags. I'm pretty sure they're not Gucci bags, but they're selling them very cheap.

No, they're not. None of them are. Never, ever, ever. I used to think, okay, maybe a few of them fell off the back of a truck, but they are all fake, but they're amazing fakes. I love, just Googled, Gucci actually do have a line of street sales people. Oh, they do? Yeah.

They sell it on blankets so they can pick up quite quickly as well and move somewhere else. It is crazy, though. I mean, they have gotten, like, if you go down to Chinatown and stuff, some of the designer stuff, they have gotten so close that it really is hard to tell. And, I mean, like, I'm not above that. Not exactly.

It's way cheaper. At least someone's going to inspect it. Then they're not going to know. But also, you need to learn when you're in New York, you look straight. And if somebody approaches you, you put your hand up and say, I'm sorry, I have no time. Or you put your cell phone to your ear and go, I'm on a call. You do not let people talk to you.

Obviously, big news over there, politics. The race for the White House, Joe Biden has finally decided it's too much for him. He's going to have a nap. I don't know what you're talking about. Yeah, you know, the thing is, I think it needed to happen. and has finally decided it's too much for him. He's going to have a nap. I don't know what you're talking about. First I'm hearing of this. Yeah, you know, the thing is,

I think it needed to happen. I think that he's a good person. He did the best that he could, but a lot of people sort of likened this whole thing to when your grandpa gets older and it's like, grandpa, you should not be driving anymore kind of thing. Like he did a lot of amazing things. Whether you love him or hate him,

he did a lot of amazing things, but it was him or hate him he did a lot of amazing things but it was time and that's why people retire right you're old you should go and enjoy and sail off into the sunset but he wasn't driving he wasn't driving but he was in control of the free world yeah yeah i mean honestly like just i know that we shouldn't be laughing about this but like the memes alone that came out of that debate like him just looking so freaking confused. The thing that was for me, I felt really bad, is after the debate, there was footage of him and his lovely wife, Jill, and Jill had him on stage

and she was like, didn't he do well? He answered all the questions. Like a proud parent. I wonder if she was like a little power hungry and like she wanted him to say like, let's do this. You still got it in you. You still got a little bit of gas. i was traveling through the airport and you know how when you go on your wi-fi and other people's wi-fi pops up i'm gonna swear here we're gonna

have the beat machine someone's wi-fi was biden no no i mean i couldn't get on it it does it is crazy because depending on where you are in the country like like we are in New York and we drove all the way down to North Carolina. So as you enter the South, I saw flags with Trump on him dressed as Rambo. People feel very strongly about how they feel. The moment that the attempted assassination happened, my husband looked at me and he was like, that's it. Like he won. And the fact that he knew that it grazed and didn't get him. he was like yeah like just the usa chant off the back of it i was like this is this is magnificent yeah it was crazy it really was great and so kamala kamala kamala you think she's gonna mow in now it feels like the support has uh swayed i mean crazy i mean like honestly there's people like starving in this country and we just like, they just raised $50 million for her in one day, which is pretty insane. Listen, I mean,

it's historic, right? This has never happened. So when it's never stepped down like this, obviously this would be a first woman president for us. Um, I don't know. I think she's definitely going to give him a run for his money. Can I, can I ask you a question? Uh, cause you obviously over there in America, I just, I just came back and I'm the, I struggled to say my name. Now, how should I be saying my name? Every time I'd order a hot drink or somewhere, you know, food, and they have to call out my name, I would say Ben in my

New Zealand accent, and I got Pin, P-I-N, P-E-N. I got Beer if I overhand. Okay, Ben. Yeah, yes, it's Ben. So what you're saying is B-I-N, Bin. That's just your accent. But guess what? If you're at any Starbucks, no one's getting your name right. It could be they mess up all of our names.

Because I wondered if I was doing something wrong. No, no, it's not you. When you tell someone your name, you can tell they don't care what your name is anyway on day to day. So Starbucks are no different. If we said Jono, what does it sound like we're saying to you? Jono? Jono, that sounds okay. That sounds right saying to you? Jono? Jono.

That sounds okay. That sounds right. I get a lot of, when I go over there from the Hispanic community, Hono. Oh yeah, they do. They start calling me Hono.

I like that actually. That's better. Yeah, the J makes a ha sound. But like also you guys just say different things. Like when my producer Ben from Australia says like, do you have any like

aluminium foil? I'm like, what the frig is that? That's not, what is aluminium? I think that's just, you okay can i say can i say you guys you love the olympics like every shop you would go to you would get be able to get usa merchandise for the olympics like everywhere yeah i mean literally like my amazon it might as well be fourth of july like they are literally just like support your country and people do want to support and people especially

in new york, people get excited. So there's certain events like the bars will be packed and you need your American flag stuff and you need all your stuff. So, yeah, they know how to take advantage of any way. Snoop Dogg is as the official one of the official torchbearers. I'll say you guys. There's nothing better than that. There's nothing better. The last time I interviewed him, it was on Zoom, and he smoked an entire blunt while I interviewed him. Like, I'd ask him a question, we'd be talking,

and he'd take a second and make a couple of flops, and then he would answer. And I'm assuming he's going to do the same while. He'd be lighting a joint with the torch, wouldn't he? It would be rude not to. It's the best lighter in the world. Right? Yeah.

I mean, he's just so great, and he really is so sweet, and he knows what he's doing. Like, he knows, like, his shtick. He knows that people want him to do the Snoop stuff. And his commentating was just so popular when he did it last time that it's like he's, like, the everyman man, right? So when he talks, it's kind of like what we're thinking when we're watching some of these events.

So I think it's really fun. So it feels like he's done a collab with the Olympics. Is he doing commentary over there too? I believe he's going to be doing some commentary with a bunch of others. I mean, he did it with, I think, Kevin Hart the last time, which was epic. Oh, it was legendary. It's kind of like we have over here, we have the alternate commentary.

I think it was kind of like that. Him and Kevin Hart would kind of provide funny commentary. So you had an option. And it was very hilarious. Some of the stuff we saw was very, very that. Him and Kevin Hart would kind of provide funny commentary. So you had an option. And it was very hilarious. Some of the stuff we saw was very, very funny. Even at the Super Bowl. So before his halftime performance at the Super Bowl, there was cell phone footage of him smoking weed

before the performance start halftime. Is he ever not? Yeah. No, I'm pretty sure he wakes up, he rolls over with either a joint, a blunt, or a bong in his face. I mean, I just think that that's how he lives his life. And you do you, boo. Like, if that works for you, it's just part of who he is.

He's high-functioning while high. Look at this. Totally. Look at this. I've just Googled. 150 joints a day he's mowing through. No way. Yeah, it's very expensive.

He's got the money, so I think he's okay. If he comes into your studio, are you like, sorry, Snoop Dogg, you can't smoke in here or what? How does it roll out? No. So the last time he came up to the studio, I mean, he walked in and we all got a contact high, obviously. They don't let him smoke in our studio, but he rolls up. And when our talent like greeters come, they open the door to the car service that has brought him. And it's literally like a poop of smoke coming out.

He comes up, they put in the green room, they allow him to smoke pot in literally like a poop of smoke coming out. He comes up. They put him in the green room. They allow him to smoke pot in the green room, but don't tell anybody I told you that, and then he comes. So, yeah, he needs another quick one before he comes in, but not in our studio. In New York, it's legal, right? There were stores over there.

There was weed stores, but then there was people selling it outside with, like, the rolled up. Now, they didn't seem like official people, but there were lots of cops everywhere. They would just, like, walk past. Yeah, yeah don't do that don't touch the people off the off the street but there are there's tons of dispensaries there's tons of little stores literally like one or two every block and yes it is now legal so i you really can't walk down the street without smelling it and i think it's the best it's like a stupid thing to be illegal it's

not that there's so many things that are hurting that people that is the last thing that is hurting people and i've mentioned to these guys too. You guys love a revolving door in New York. Jeez. You love it. Every shop took being out. Oh yeah. I ran into the one at Sephora.

I didn't realize it was glass around the outside of it. And I was like, you got to go quick kids. And I ran straight. You know, one of my biggest pet peeves is when I'm, I'm going through one. Cause we have them up at Sirius XM when I'm going through one and I'm coming out, just wait. Just wait a second.

You don't have to get right into the one that I just came out of. And also, if I get in one and you think there's room... That's an unspoken rule. Each segment is one person. I didn't know that. Thank you. I was squeezing in with all sorts of people. That turns into your bubble. Okay. Wait, how did you do with an escalator? Because there's very, very specific rules in New York City with an escalator there. Or like when you're walking, like there's different lanes. Like there's a standing lane on the escalator

and then there's a walking lane. Badly because we drive on obviously the other side of the road over here. So left for us is where I'd hang and that's no. It's like no. That's the fast lane? Get the hell out of my way. Also, do you hate it like when people go over to New York and they're like,

hey, I'm walking here? Yeah. Yes, I hate it a lot. I hate it a lot. I just feel like just don't like, listen, we love tourists. It helps keep this whole city going. But, like, I just feel like try to be a tourist, but be as less touristy as you can.

Does no one over there say, hey, I'm walking here? No, not unless they're trying to get punched in the face. Hey, I'm walking here. Don't do a New York accent to a New Yorker unless it's really good. So maybe the Italians aren't saying mamma mia all the time as well. No, they're not. Oh, they're not? No one's going to say mamma mia.

Okay, all right. This is really eye-opening. Yeah, we got rid of some stereotypes today. That's great. Hey, lovely catching up with you again, Nicole. We'll speak again next week. Okay. Take care, guys.