Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Our Unique Post-Death Wishes | FULL SHOW

Episode Date: May 24, 2026

On today’s show: How Jono watched the football final from his daughter’s dance recital Megan’s old “life goals” list from her early radio days resurfaces Our unique post-death wishes Ben’s mother-in-law unknowingly cuddling the dog’s filthy blanket Ben awkwardly ambushes the Prime Minister to try to get Mike Hosking on the show Our entertainment reporter on interviewing the cast of Modern Family Join the Itty Bitty Hitty Committee HERE!Instagram:  @THEHITSBREAKFASTFacebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The John O'Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to Dilma. Goodness really does taste great. Dilma, making the world a better tea. He's just fresh back from accosting the Prime Minister on his way to News Talk ZB to be interviewed by Mike Hosking, does it every Monday morning. First of all, I'm glad you didn't get tased because they was unplanned. We're waiting outside the elevator for him when he comes through. He comes through his security team.

He's got his press secretary. It's all like they're in business. They're in business mode. They're walking fast. Well, you know, the Prime Minister's day scheduled minute by minute. I know. They haven't scheduled your old comedic radio guy in for his. And I wanted to tell him about what we want to do with Mike Hoskin.

For some reason, I decided to give him the full story that looked. Oh my God, I think we sent the wrong person. I know. And then I, and then the lady's like, we got to go. I'm like, oh. Ben's like giving every detail. Yeah, so I handed the ad to him. So we're trying to get Hosking on our show after he berated us and we, uh, we've put.

I might have crumbled. I might have spoiled it, guys. Did you do your classic being over explaining? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that's why I was like, maybe we should have. Yeah. You just had to say, we're trying to get Mike on our show.

He started too, the prominency bamboo. me with our like, where's your coho? You know, and then we talked about him being bald and you being bored and you being bored. Oh, God, Ben. Stick on topic. Oh, Ben. Oh, Ben.

Oh, no. So anyway, I have that actual audio for you coming up. I handed him the ad from the Herald. And as soon as he was going, I said he'd come on, but I don't know. So we've placed an ad in the New Zealand Herald today, basically, bullying Mike Hosking onto the show. For a moment we were like, is he taking you with you on the interview? No.

I didn't have a game plan. I should have stuck to it so I'm sorry, we'll have that audio for you at some stage, I think. Auckland. We'd be talking for three minutes to the Prime Minister while he nods politely.

A huge weekend for Auckland FC. Queen Chenexas! There we go. They've taken out the A-leg, incredible scenes on Saturday night. And we're going to try

and call coach Steve Korica. Another ambush. Don't get me to do it. Okay, guys. I have seen a photo of him. having some bevies after the game. He was crying, it looks like. Of course you would be.

That moment was amazing too. I don't have you seen it on social media where he was doing his press conference and the team just burst in with a loud speaker and champagne everywhere. That was awesome. Although the journalists whose phones were up there to record, you can see them all grabbed their phones

because of this champagne spraying everywhere. First thing we worried about is audio people with the microphones and the phones. But obviously, you went along. You said it was an amazing atmosphere. Producer Grace went along and I was at my daughter's dance recital on Saturday night

Amazing. Amazing, electric atmosphere. Electric atmosphere, just as electric. Fleer's going off. You also, you know, you want to respect the dance that's going on stage but you also want to keep abreast of it. Oh, you've got the game on your phone, don't you? SkyGo.

But I had it on my knee and I was like in a dark theatre it really illuminates. So then I just kind of had to have it under my jersey and it was just like looking. and then people got behind me like, oh, it's the Sky who's like heavy breathing into my hair

What is there? How many minutes to go? So that's how I ended up secretly watching it. Were you there when the game finished? Were you at the dance recital? I was in the car park by then, yeah. So I had rolling coverage.

Jeez, when you're running SkyGo on your phone it snaps the battery out of your phone. It was real panics, so I was on like 7% with 10 minutes left to go on the game. I was just worried you were in the dance recital and you're like, yeah! Yeah.

They did their goal of dancing well. That was good. I'm naming that routine. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. Megan, I have been holding on to this a little bit of information for a little while now. I was sent something from a previous life of yours. Oh, God.

I've had many lives. It looks, well, you've had your married life, remember that one? My roller derby career A couple of years Netball, did you do netball? Netball, rowing. Rowing, cricket? No, shut up, dick.

You always keep bringing up cricket. You never play cricket? I've never played cricket. Softball, yeah. I always thought of you like doing 20 sports and I thought one day it'd be quite funny. Volleyball, I did do volleyball. Yeah, making me do all the sports

she's claimed to have. Yeah, I know. Claimed to have done. But yeah, I got to send this. This is, it looks like a list of goals when you're working at the Edge Radio Station. Oh. Now it says Megan's list.

Number one, so I'm imagining this is 20-something Megan, age-wise, at the edge. Yes, like 24. So this is something that Megan's written or you don't know? I can't figure it out, so I'd like to get her, yeah. On the top of the list, wear higher heels. I would say you've ticked that box. If that was, yeah, okay. So much so that it becomes a burden on us, she won't walk upstairs.

Yep, yeah, true. Number two, find out if more animals exist. Is that something you've done? Because I didn't know that flamingos were real for a time and I went to the zoo. Can you imagine seeing, I was like, I thought they were fake and also reindeer. That's a lot, okay. I didn't know reindeer were real. That seems like a pretty achievable goal to find out more animals.

I only talk to Fletch and Vaughn at work. How's that gone? Can you give us an update on that one? It's not going well that one. Still time, still time. Still a lot of life to live. Wear more sunglasses inside. I've never seen you with sunglasses on inside.

No, I was a bit more into drinking back in the day. Yeah, I think I see after the radio awards once, you might have sunglasses inside. That's probably the only time. There's bright lights in here, and if you're a little bit hung over. Yeah, no, gotcha. It was a different time. Then finally, in Bigel riding, wear more. What massive shoes.

Oh yeah, so really you really wanted bigger shoes. All that stuff's pretty achievable in life. Yeah. Now, did you write that or was that a mockery list? I think that's a mockery list. I did, I have always worn massive heels. You have?

Yeah. Yeah, I mean, there's a couple of things we can help her knock off. Yeah, right now we can. There's a fletch handle walking outside the studio right now. You're right, Ben. Let's go. Did you wave? Oh, I know, he didn't wave.

He said, let's go. He knocked us off the to-do list. So we're busy. You don't mean a to-do list, mate. Love ticking some of the list. John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast. The Hits.

We started talking about what we would do, well, mainly it was me. What we would do with our ashes or our body after, you know, we passed away. If you've got some unique wishes. This came about after I saw a story of a new world worker at Stoke and Nelson. I actually remember her. You know this lady. Diane. Diane Hodgson was there for 30 years.

And she was kind, she was lovely, but she was really dedicated in the freezer department. So her family, along with the supermarket, decided that a part of her would be buried in a cylinder in the foundations of the building. Oh, that's lovely. Is it what Diane would have wanted? Do you think you knew her? She was really dedicated. She loved New World Hard. Yeah, yeah.

Oh, good on her. So lovely. Maybe it was part of her request. Yeah. Some people do have, some people have really planned. what happens when they go. I'm like, I'm gone. Why am I going to try and control life after I'm not even here?

Yeah, our mate Sharon Casey's got it planned down to a T what she wants. Pre-written eulogies, a track list, a guest list. You can't write your own eulogy. She's got it all. She's got it all. He'll be handed out and be like read from the script. Bean and me have got a cameo there. We've got a script to read. Do you?

I don't have a script. Oh, well, you might be on the list. Who knows? So I have had this idea when I heard about it, because I'm pretty sure Chris Jena wants this. And I was like, if it's good enough for Christiana, it's good enough for me. You can get your ashes turned into a diamond. Because a diamond is just a carbon under pressure.

So it is a man-made factory diamond, but you can get it done. Not a blood diamond, not one of the OG diamonds. Tomorrowly it's fine. Turn me into a diamond. You can wear me round your neck. I was going to wear that, though. I don't know. My daughter might want it.

It'll still look like a diamond. You just be like, yeah, this is my mum. So that's what you want. Imagine the audacity of dying and then burdening your family into having to get a diamond made. How much are we talking here? Well, it depends on what you want. But you can get rings and stuff. I think it starts at about $3,000.

They do it in Australia. We've just paid for a coffin? Yeah. Paid for the funeral. Well, fine, I'll prepay it. I'll prepay it all you. That's fine. That's fine. Okay. Okay. Great.

Can you pre-book it as well? I don't know. That seems presumptuous. Where do I book it for? Okay. So that's what we want to know. You're like Megan and you've got something, you know, that plant, your wishes. But I did forget the fact that I couldn't enjoy.

You can't wear it. Yeah. But at least you've turned into something, you know, sparkling. Beautiful. Yeah. I would like a casket with just puns. Oh, written or like, oh, I'm dying to get in here. You know, things like, not dead, just resting my eyes.

That sort of thing. Like, just if you can just cover it with a whole lot of puns, that's all I want. He was deadly serious. I saw a TikTok recently of an Irish guy who had passed away, and when they were putting the casket in the ground to all his family and everything, they played a track, and it was him banging on it being like, let me out of here. Come on, guys, I'm alive.

That's great. That's good good. Would you do that as well in your pun, coffee? It feels a little bit. What if I was alive? And everyone's like, a good gig. You know? Well, I don't think you'd be on a microphone.

True, true. The quality wouldn't be that good, do I. Excuse me, I'm coughing. Anyone got a lozinger? Yeah, that's good. They'll be littered with puns, that thing. Just puns, that's a little bit of a laugh. And everyone come dressed in a costume?

Yeah, your costume would be nice. Oh, no. Well, you can't come back. You know what I mean. You know the rules? She's busy turning herself into a diamond. Man-made, not blood diamond. John O'Ben and Megan

The podcast. That's. Talking about your post death requests. Megan, you shared something that you'd like your family to look after after you pass. Yeah, and you guys, like, Diva.

Just, that's my request. I want to be turned into a diamond. There's a company in Australia. Sounds deeper. It's like putting carbon under pressure makes a diamond. So that's what they do. They put your ashes under pressure and they turn me into something sparkly. I'd like you to spread my ashes all over this radio desk and never dust.

And then get the dice in and... Yeah. Well, actually, vacuuming, I happened to a friend of mine. His father passed away and they were taking... the ashes back. He wanted to go back to the Philippines where he's from. And so they were traveling back from the UK and stopping off in Australia at Friends. They had the ashes in a bag.

Young kids got into the bag of the house. Spilt half of it. All over the floor. Yeah, they got some of it back into it. And then the last book was like, I'm going to have to vacuum my dad. Oh, no. Vacuum up. Just a little bit. He was like, sorry, dad, I'm just going to have to just a little bit, just a miss. Could you just emptied the

vacuum bag into the? Yeah, he did consider that. A bit of cat hair and peanuts. Well, it was like, yeah, sorry, Dad, but you can't quite get all that. Happy New Year, Kimbo. Yeah, happy new year to you guys, too. What's your post-death request, mate? Well, all my pets get cremated, and my boys know that when I snuff it, they've got to cremate me and take me up to Arthur's Pass and spread us all together.

You and the pets together? Me and the pets, yep. Why Arthur's Pass? Oh, just because I love it. I love it up there. I'm from the coast. Every time I drove over there, I just love it. That's where I need to be.

You really need to check the old wind conditions too when you're depositing the ashes. Flows back at your face. Yeah, you see some funny ones on TikTok. Obviously not funny at the time for the people involved. I spread my dad and he blew back at me. Did he? Did he blow back in your mouth?

You're like, oh. I think I might have my mouth, I think, God. You're like, oh, geez, yeah. I had to brush him off my jeans. Did you? And see, that's why you've got to check the wind conditions. Yeah, you're right. Thank you so much for you, cool.

I appreciate it. Ah, Monique, welcome. Hi, yeah. Happy New Year. Help us out of this whole. We've got ourselves in two. What do you want to do post-death wishes? So I got the Hukramara Rangers a lot.

Like they're the steps by my house. And so I've told the kids they have to put me in a backpack, punch a hole in my ashes bag. and just walk up the ranges, so I'm just getting on all the steps the whole way up. And then they can sink of me when they're at the top. That's lovely. Now that's a good smart ash distribution as well. I was thinking that I won't get all over them except for their shoes.

That's right. Yeah. If they punch the hole's too big, you're all going to be tipped out at the start. Or if they stop too much, so I'll be like, come on, slog it out. You know, don't stop. Mommy, we'll plug the hole if you need to stop. Just block the hole. Mum set the top.

You got on your unique. Appreciate that. Some great text coming through 24487. I'd like to be stuffed. My husband said he'd like to be stuffed, like taxidermied by the front door. I don't know if that's legal. I don't know if you can taxidermy, human. That would be good, though.

As a constant reminder. Godd would scare you. You've been out on night. He says thumbs up so he can hang coats on him as well. Oh, God. Oh, very good. Next. John O'Bennon and Megan.

The podcast. The Hats. My wife, a school teacher, was on camp last week, and so my mother-in-law, Joyce was staying and helping the kids in the morning. You know, when I leave the early. and dog Bo, a big fluffy white Samoy

he's got a blanket and he loves that blanket like he's had a blanket just sits on his bed at the moment he kind of nuzzles it and choose it and then if people come around he wants to play with it

Does he show it to them Do you know that's the sign of a really happy dog when it picks up its favourite toy and shows it to people so he wants to play Tiger Ward the bank

he nuzzles it he goobers all over at this blanket it sits in his dog bed and it's back for a couple of years now do you wash it No, no, no, it's just his blanket.

It's just his blanket. It's just his thing. He loves it. What color is it? It's like, I think it was an old blanket. It's sort of a greeny, sort of white sort of color. So you'd see his fair on it. Yeah, yeah, it'd see his fair on it. So the blanket sits there. Was it meant to be green or was it just turned green over?

No, it was meant to be green. But, you know, the dog, yeah, it's his blanket. We all know that. But my mother-in-law Joyce was staying, and it was a night last week where we came home quite late with the kids and I. And she loves her sport, and she was watching sport on the telly. But obviously, she'd fallen in us. sleep and we came into the lounge and she was cutely falling asleep all nestled up with a blanket round out

I'm like, Oh, not the dog blanket. The things he's done with their blanket. I know. And we were like, the kids and I were like, uh, uh-oh. And you've never washed it. She's asleep, but I don't want to wake her up at the same time she's asleep with the blanket and the dog's blanket all tucked around.

Oh, God. Just nice. And it's like, do you say something? Do you not say something? Do you just like, she doesn't know it that? Is it not all chewed? I don't know. I mean, it was to be, like, it was, there was no light time but the TV,

so maybe she just grabbed the blanket from the floor because he often. What is he rubbed on that blanket? Everything. I don't know. I think if you're, I think my theory is she probably doesn't want to know. Like I don't, you haven't told it. She's already done it, so don't tell her. There's no, there's no good can come from saying, hey, guess what?

Can we bring Joyce? Oh, because when the old rabies start flaring up, you might want to, oh, it'll be the blanket. If she gets a rash or something. You're getting your shots from that one. I'm like, oh no, what are we doing? The blanket is very used. Did you lift it off her?

No, I thought about that. But then I thought, that's quite weird me. Hey, I'm just going to take the, like, why are you taking the bucket off? What if she wakes up and you're like? Why is she talking the blanket? Why are you on dressing me? Taking the blanket. So we left her there asleep.

How close to her mouth was it? It was under a chin. Oh, no. Did it not smell? Very cute. Maybe, I'm sure. But, yeah, it was like, oh, dear. I don't know.

I don't know if we should bring that up or not. I reckon when you, the next day, when the dog reclaimed ownership of the blanket, she probably went, oh. Oh, no. This is not ideal. This is not what you want. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits.

Mike Hosking made a comment just over a week ago saying Luke Metcalf from the Warriors going to the Dragons would be like him going to the Hits. He laughed about it. He laughed. He laughed. He was sitting up there in his ivory tower. Tell you what he's not laughing about now. A week long week's worth of harassment. that we've given the poor guy since.

Back and forth, we've been going back and forth. We've had billboards. We've had an ad today in the paper trying to get his attention because he said he'd come down and show us a thing or two, Mike Hosking. And we're like, well, when? When's this going to happen? See, that was a great wrap-up. You should have done that in front of the Prime Minister.

I know. So you sent me upstairs, we thought, because the Prime Minister is going in to see Mike Hosking. He does it every morning in the same building. You sent me up there to wait outside the elevator for the Prime Minister. In hindsight, we couldn't have had a shaky pair of heads. Just, you know, with the time. pressure and getting the message across clearly.

Yeah, no, I know. I know. It came out with, you know, security around, people with airpieces. It's quite intimidating. He's got his press secretary. He's going on. They were on a mission to go into my cosking. And, yeah, I was trying to explain, I went too deep into a backstory of trying to explain

what was going on, just to give him some context. I shouldn't have done it. So this is him coming out of the elevator into the news talks he'd be office. Okay. Are you missing your buddy? I know. You need to come to go. Yeah, you look.

I found another ball, close. Now, Mike Hosking the other day compared out the hits And when Luke Meerkath was going to the base of the dragons He said the hits was like the dragons So basically, yeah Oh, you're serious So we're trying to get Mike on the show now Can you just mention the two?

I'm going to take it right over the same He's got to come down Yeah, I'll say Mike I love that, he's got to love that Oh, Sal's coming physically Yeah, he said he would But we don't know when So we're like, yeah

There we go He's got to go, he's got to go Well, I could hear about five seconds in We've got to go I've got to go. We've got to go. That threw me some more as well, so I hadn't got into it. Listening to it back, you did a good job of getting the message of great.

Kind of got something. Well, anyway, at least I gave him the ad from the paper today that said Mike Hosking, question mark on the hits tomorrow nine o'clock. If you want to see the ad, you can text Harold 4487. Was my shaky pair of hands good enough for him to talk about it on air? So this is the first 10 seconds. A serious political chat that he has with Mike Hosking on his show. Is he going to bring it up? Mike's got grilling questions he needs to ask the Prime Minister.

He's ready to go. In the chamber, ready to go. The Prime Minister has just decided to arrive. Nice to see you. Well, it's nice to get into your studio. I got accosted on the way in by the hits, apparently. Oh, no. Not calling them they, what did you call them?

The dragons of radio world. And now they've got a bunch of losers. They've prepared this on your, apparently's got you on their show. Oh, for goodness. So I spent like five minutes getting past them and just that's why I'm here. So I'm a bit breathless, but ready to go. Never mind. Now, listen, a couple of things.

couple of quick things. He remembered quite a bit of detail. He did. Well, he was unlucky. He was listening. From what I said to what he took out of it, that's pretty impressive. But I, like, to be honest, I barely remember what I said. You can tell the press person was like, blame it on the hats, blame it on the hats.

Yeah, yeah. He was already late before us just, by the way. Now, can I just say, as a campaign, we've reached the summit. Well, there's not much more we can do to get this guy on the radio. show. You can't get higher than the Prime Minister. You literally can't. So what if, I think we'll leave it to the universe now. Okay. There's, you know, there's been

billboards, there's been text harassment, there's been newspaper ads, the Prime Minister's got involved, we ambush the guys show live on Friday. There's really not much more we can do. Mike, there's one way to stop this, to end it once and for all, just come down and put your money where

your mouth is. He said he'd do it on one of his quieter days. What does that mean? He doesn't have quiet days. He's always busy, right? Yeah, he's a busy guy. So we'll find out. Hey, the Prime Minister. Well done. We've dragged everyone into this.

John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Great win from the Auckland FC over the weekend, which was epic. We've got the number of the coach. We're going to try and call after 8 o'clock. Haven't organised it. Steve Corrica, we're going to try and he mistakenly gave us his phone number on Friday,

and he'll be regretting that when we call him shortly. I don't think Steve-O's going to answer. No, but it was a big weekend of sport. We went to the A&Z Premiership near ball over the weekend. over the weekend, which was epic as always. And you saw a big celebrity there, Meg. Yeah, as we were leaving, we left a smidge early because it seemed like, we're two minutes early,

it seemed like the mystics were going to take it out. We wanted to dodge the traffic because I had a whole family with me. Welcome to a new chapter of life. Yeah. Wanting to avoid the crowds and dodge the traffic. Yeah. So we were walking down the stairs to the nominals, obviously, because the game's still going.

And as we're walking down, another couple come along. older couple and my son and daughter were with me and my son's meandering down the stairs unaware of anyone else he walks in front of the man um and i just hear it and i was like oh move out of the way bastion he's trying to get down the stairs and i just see and this right beside me in the corner of my eye it's sir graeme henry so graeme henry wow but i i think i recognized the tone of the grumble you know but it's kind of his charm he's kind of got that little bit of thing, but he's actually very funny Graham Henry. He is.

He's very dry. Listen, I wouldn't have begrudged Sir Graham if he had pushed Basti down the stairs with his foot. I don't condone it usually, but, you know, you get into Sir Graham's way. He walked off and I said to Basty, I was like, there was a sir that you walked in front of. He was like, oh, my gosh. We always wanted him on our TV show for years and years. We tried really hard, you know, when he was the coach of the All Blacks. And remember we had him on the radio, but this is so good.

And he left and he came back into the studio and he's like, right, your worst nightmares here. and we're like, what's something? He's like, I'm selling these tickets for a raffle for spa pool. So how many are you guys buying? I'll put you down for five each. You can't say no. No. I don't think they ever did the draw for that spa pool.

He kept asking him. He's like, you guys don't need a spa pool? What do you keep asking me about this? Why'd you sell us tickets to a spa pool? I've seen him since then. I was like, what happened to the spa pool? I'm like, I am. You charged me a lot of money to worry about the spa pool.

Did you win and he's got it in his house? Potentially. Raywin and Graham, bloody, soaking up a storming. our bloody sparpal. That's why they're in a hurry to get home, Megan. So Monday and Monday, it's something we like to do on a Monday. When did you see a big celebrity like Sir Graham Henry doing something Monday? Walking down the stairs, grumbling at my kid.

Yeah, we have this every week, and it's amazing the celebrities from New Zealand or around the world that we get. Yeah, and there's been some beauties in the past. I went to my mate's barbecue, and I looked across to the barbecue, and Brett McKenzie from Father Concord's was just turning sausages. Michael J. Fox is smoking waiting for an elevator with you. He was filming the Thrivenors in Wellington. Oh, I served Orlando Bloom in a supermarket back in the UK. So, those are some of the highlights. Now, I'm pretty sure I saw John Key, former Prime Minister, do something on Friday.

I won't tell you what I was just yet. Yes, they're pretty sure, but I can't imagine him doing this. He told us before the show and we're like, I'm 80% sure it was John Key. I hope it was here. John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Hits. Yeah, Monday, Monday, we love to do where we find out what mundane thing you

a celebrity doing? Megan's witnessed Sir Graham Henry. Walking down the stairs at the netball. He was escaping smidgrily like we were. Yeah, escaping the traffic in the crowds. Yeah. And your son, viciously walked in front of Sir Graham. You know, kids are unaware, just stepped in front of him, as I would be annoyed too,

but I heard the unmistakable tone of Sir Graham Henry going, Mew. Move Bassi out of the way, and I was like, do not walk in front of a Sir. No, exactly. Now, you were in you saw another. Sir. Sir John Key, former Prime Minister. Friday afternoon would have been

250, 250pm, main arterial. I am 80% sure I saw Sir John Key riding a lime scooter. What was he wearing? Just casual polo, Chino's combo and he wasn't on a stand-up line scooter. It was the one to sit-down. Which would be my preference, but no one looks cool.

On a sit-down. They're comfortable. Everyone looks retirement age. No matter how. old you are when you're sitting down on one of those. I try to take one all the way back from a Warriors game one time. My family picked me up and I go, oh, you look like you're 75. So comfortable, though.

I know, but I'm comfortable. So great. I'm pretty sure it was him. And it's like, oh, technically it could be him. I would have expected like a motorcade of Lime scooters following him around. But no. Oh, my gosh. I hope it was.

He could have been out for a lunch or you don't know nowadays, do you? Yeah. So we want to know on our 100 of the hits of 4, 4,487, the celebrity that you saw doing a mundane thing, Rachel, good morning to you in Hamilton. Good morning, guys. How are you? Happy New Year, Rach. We understand another all-black coach.

Yes, and I've actually, just remember there was two times that I saw Mr. Ian Foster. The first one was on a golf course, which was about 10 years ago in Morinsville. And the second one, I served in that Cambridge New World when I worked there about six years ago. So I've seen him twice, guys. Two Ian Foster sightings. Now, what was he doing on the golf course? What was he doing? playing golf?

Playing golf, maybe. I thought you were going to ask what was he buying at New York. No, he had his one question and that was it. We'll never know what he was buying because Jono asked what he was doing on the golf course. He was right in front of our group and he had, yeah, I think he'd just taken the shot and went to get his ball.

But remember he did turn around and look at our crazy fellas. You're happy with that, John? We had crazy hats on that day. It was one of those fun days. And he said nice hats. No, was he buying the Super Bowl? No, no. No, we're not going to know.

We're never done. Now we're going to move on. Thank you for your call. I appreciate it. Jerry, celebrities doing mundane things on a mundane Monday. Mate, I ran into, I went to a concert with the next partner. I was Justin Timberlake and we're in this VIP area and I looked over and I was like, oh my God.

And I said to my miss us and she said, what? And I was Jennifer Hawkins, Miss Universe. And I was like, man, she's unbelievably stunned. She says, screw that, look who she's standing next to. And I was like, who's that? it's Hugh Jackman, you idiot. Oh, wow. Great combo there in a Justin Timberlake concert.

Yeah, and he was awesome. Like, he bought us a couple of rounds of drinks. Oh, Jackman, really? He was just a normal dude, and she was like, she was okay, but she was Miss Universe so she could do whatever she wanted. Yeah, but you were talking to Wolverine, and he should, what, did you just go up and approach him, did you? Yeah, because we're in this, like, little VIP area.

The stage setup was unreal. It was like an oval shape, like a football. And on either end that they had these things called Sexy Back Loungeers because that was his album Sexy Back Love Tour or something like that or...

Something about a sexy back. Yeah, something about that. Hairy back or something like that. Oh, thank you, Sugar. I was a back or something or something. Wow, that is impressive, Hugh Jackman. Yeah, should we take one more? Yeah, she'll go real quick.

Okay, all right. Let's get Sarah on the show. Welcome, Sarah. Happy New Year to you. Oh, happy new year to you guys too. How are you all? We're doing well, Sarah. Celebrities doing mundane things.

Well, I met two people I'm going to throw one in, sorry the first one is the Somer-Fitt-Eagle going with the Sears that you were going with. Okay. Now, do you know Somer Fet Eagle? No, but I pretended I did. No, good on you.

He was the Admiral of the New Zealand Navy. Oh, okay. He was pop it off to the doctor. Oh, there we go. Sir Thomas getting a bloody check-up at the doctor. A full old service. Hey, well, good on you. Sarah, thanks so much.

And those, it was a wide range of celebrities doing mundane things. The podcast. The Hats. Live from New York City. It's our entertainment correspondent, Nicole Ryan. Good morning, Nicole. Thanks for joining us.

Thank you guys. How are you? Yeah, we're doing well. Good. Good. You just had some of the cast of Modern Family I saw in the studio this week as well. Yes, I love them so much. They're just so, and dirty.

They were, like, super inappropriate. Like, in the best way possible. Like, they just were almost like stand-up comics. They were so fun. And they still totally have their... their characters, vibes, and they have a really, really sweet relationship. So it was fun to have them for sure. Is their show still going?

No, no. I mean, I'm sure they, I could, it's got to be in syndication. Does syndication still exist? Is that like a thing? Yeah. What do you mean? Like plays all over the world sort of thing? Oh, yeah.

It's probably one of the favorite shows in our household. Why were they in with you in the studio? They were there. You want to know the truth? Yeah. So we take big celebrities because you want to get them because they're big. So, of course, you want Phil Dumphy and Claire, right? want them from modern family.

But they were there pushing, and this happens a lot now, pushing a meningitis vaccine. So these big pharma companies will hook up with big celebrities like that. And they know that they can then get their word out because we're like, of course we're taking them. You do your thing. You get that message out. It's important. And then you get to talk about all the things that you want to talk about. But we've had it happen with many people now.

Like creams. Yeah, some new medication or this, yeah, meningitis. vaccine. Claire Dunphy telling everyone to get bloody vaccinated against men and jobs. That is a... Wow. And so what other celebrities

have been tied up with big farmer? Oh my God, I have to like think, well, do you guys care about, I mean, you care about, you know, Tony Romo? He's a former quarterback. Oh, yeah, I know. He had come in for something. I know my producer Ben would have like a list

because he's like, guys, we have to do, we have to talk about this medication. Yeah, but you're getting this big celebrity. And you just, as long as you do, your due diligence and you and you make sure to like push their thing they will let you it's actually very smart we get a little bit of that here but not probably with you

oh you know people coming in to promote something they're attached to some sort of brand not normally like medication HPV injections injections and things but like I've been in America and you watch the commercials and they do their thing and then at the end it's like hey so here's it and it rattles off all the symptoms and possible you also might die

do you have to do that on the radio you always you always also my dad like dad Like death is also one of the things that might happen. The other thing I have noticed is everything. Everywhere you go, there's a sign saying you could get cancer here. You could get cancer over there. Use this toilet. You probably could give you cancer.

Yeah, there's like pools. It was like, yeah, cancer. All sorts. It seems like everyone's covering themselves in America. But I feel like at this point, everything in the United States of America could give you cancer. I mean, I'm a goner, guys. I'm a goner. Do you care in America about James Bond

And then casting for that Yes Okay, good Very much Who is your pick for a bond then Jacob Allorty I would die I was like what's happened

Who is Jacob Alorty I hear you saying his name all the time Yeah, he's good looking Euphoria Wuthering Heights Wuthering Hides Wethering Sandal Jenner And he's from Australia

Oh he's too Not New Zealand But Australia closer to you Idrisalba I love I did hear that Callum Turner is also high up

on the ranks of possibilities he's with Dualipa I believe Idris Alba I love I think he'd be awesome I feel like I'd be talking about Idris Alba for about 10 years

I have been Yes like guessing Yes I agree with you Just why don't they just make the movie And be dumb Yeah do something Yeah you're right That's such a hard role to cast

though Because you aren't going to please everyone I wasn't a huge Daniel Craig fan. No. And then what are your thoughts on that they said they shouldn't do a James Bond? They should have like a girl be like the next. What are your thoughts on her? No, absolutely not.

And I'm a woman. I mean, girl power, but no, James Bond is a man and that's how it is. What about a sister? Like Julie, Julie Bond or something. No. Yeah. Like Jane Bot. She's like, yeah, it just pops up for some of it.

You still got, you know? As long as she gives James Bond the vaccine, then I think I'm in that way. That's right. She's like, have you thought about meningitis? He's travelling the world, he should be careful. Shearing a lot of martini glasses there. Your shots are up to date. Yeah, you're right.

Thank you, Jane. So she's a, maybe she's a doctor. This thing writes itself.