Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Should grandparents be liable for babysitting?

Episode Date: March 17, 2024

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The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. A bit of heartbreak for the Warriors over the weekend, a last minute try for the Storm. They're calling it the greatest try of all time. I don't know much about rugby league, but I watched it and it was pretty impressive. It was heartbreaking because the Warriors deserved to win that game, didn't they? Yeah, well they did in the second half, first half they were a bit, it was a bit of a shame. But yeah, a great comeback. Warriors up by

eight points with a couple of minutes to go. I was like we're finally going to beat Melbourne Storm in Melbourne. And then someone did a cartwheel and put the ball over the line. It's pretty impressive. How do you control your body when you're flying through the air like that? I'd just be flailing. Yeah, to put the ball down was pretty incredible.

So we're just working out before. It's our first show the three of us back together for what, 11 days? 11 days. It's a tumultuous period. It has been. Rocky period of the show's history. How's your elbow, mate? Have you had an infected elbow?

It's still not great. Not handy. I was at the St. Peter's School Fair yesterday. A lot of people asking about the elbow. How's it going? Is it poisoned or what's going on there? I don't know. Some infection that's going on my body.

So yeah, they double my meds. So that's good. That's always what you want to hear when you think you're getting into the unit. Oh no. They're like, yeah,

you're going to need to double what your meds are doing. Are you jacked up on antibiotics, are you? Yeah, so. I mean,

I said to Megan, I'm all new me. I mean, I haven't been drinking for a couple of weeks, don't do coffee anymore. Don't you? I haven't felt like coffee.

I'm not saying I'm never going to go back. I just, you know, I made a quiche the other day. Quiche? Like a weird, random. I don't know why the no coffee upsets me go back. I just, you know, I made a quiche the other day. Quiche? Like a weird, random. I don't know why the no coffee upsets me so much.

I'll get back to you. Because I'm like, what about our coffee rhymes? I just don't feel like it. Yeah. I was just like, I really don't. I'm like, why am I doing this? So I haven't. So yeah.

Jacked up on steroids. Yeah. Maybe that's what's going on. Going to see a new muscly Ben. Yeah, that's great. But anyway, I'm fresh back from COVID too. How are you feeling? I'll tell you what, it doesn't have all the showbiz and razzmatazz it once did.

COVID. You know, back in the day, if I got it, it would have been bloody news headlines. Well, not just me, but one person gets it. News headlines, don't go to that supermarket. Yeah, I know. They walked in there three days earlier. Now it's like everywhere. It is everywhere.

I hugged someone the other day. It was a couple of weeks ago. And he's like, oh, I probably shouldn't have hugged you. I've got COVID. I mean, oh, recovering. He goes, no, I've got covid i mean oh recovering he goes no i've got covid oh i was kind of like i don't know if that oh okay yeah you definitely should hug me yeah it was i thought it was really be hugging anyone right yeah that was casual but that's probably where things are at the moment

with it is yeah whatever i know but then even sitting in a room by yourself as though like keeping myself isolated from the family. Oh, did you go? Yeah. Yeah. I was like, oh, I don't know. I don't need to be alone in a room with my dark, dark thoughts.

Producer Taylor's like, oh, when you get to your age, you've got to worry about long COVID. When you get to your age, like some old uncle you're concerned about. But anyway, it was just the same as it always was, really. How many times have you guys had it? I've just had it once. Yeah, I think I've only had it once. Yeah. I don't, yeah.

You're going to say you don't taste when you get sick. Read your mind, mate. That's it, he pulled out of it. Sensible broadcasting bed pulled out of it. Well, yeah, I've definitely got some sickness going on at the moment. So that's still that. Blame the steroids. The Hits, I've definitely got some sickness going on at the moment. So that's still that. Blame the steroids. Yeah, yeah.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, making your bed in the mornings. You know, people that make their bed in the mornings, you know, there's that old adage that gives you the sense of accomplishment. You did one thing in the morning, you've achieved or ready to start your day. Not much of a thing, though, is it? Like, if you get to the end of the day and you're like, well, at least I made my bed this morning.

You're like, jeez, you could have done a little bit. You're like, yes, well done. That's literally what I say to the end of the day you're like well at least i made my bed this morning you're like jeez you could have done a little bit yes well done literally what i say to myself at least the bed was made so you'll get up in the morning well i suppose it's hard in our job because you know we get up probably before our partners no i still make it with jennifer in it yeah tuck it in she's locked in there tight yeah so now bedding experts i like this and making a case against making the bed uh Firstly, it saves you time, but, you know, like not making the bed. But also dust mites that feed. This is a nice conversation to have in the morning. That live in your bed on dead skin cells and stuff.

Apparently, when you make your bed again, that kind of traps them in the, like, moisture. So they like it. They like that. They like that when you make the bed. But if you actually have your bed unmade, it kind of ears out your bed. Ears it out. And the dust mites won't survive. Grim.'s reaching there yeah well there you go if you don't want dust mites don't make your bed i know but what's like i wouldn't know if they're there or they're not there half an hour yeah half an hour apparently

is you need to have it unmade but like do they affect you well yeah really like a thing that bling on me in the night like i don't. Yeah, they're not like biting sort of things, are they? They're sort of like bed bugs, yeah. No. I mean, they're bugs in your bed, but, you know, I'm not really bothered by them, so. I was just trying to Google the average over the lifespan of an average human being, how long you would spend.

In your bed. In your bed. 26 years spent sleeping. Oh. Good Lord. 26 years spent sleeping. And still Good Lord. 26 years spent sleeping. And still not enough, most of us would say. Does that seem like an awful...

It's like a quarter, more than a quarter of your life. I suppose it would be, yeah, when you think about it. 26 years sleeping. If you live to what age? Around about 80. If the average human spends 80 years on Earth... That sounds right, because almost, what, it's a quarter, yeah. More than a quarter?

Yeah, if you live to 80. Yeah. I a quarter. More than a quarter? Yeah. If you lived to 80. Yeah. I suppose so. You spend a lot of time like that. You do. Man, I've slept so much

over the last few weeks. I don't know. He's never been more awake. No, there's so much. I just keep sleeping. Are you still tired? Yeah, well, infection I think it's too.

Yeah, it's weird. I was just like, I just keep sleeping. Like 25 years in bed and the rest of your life dreaming about being in bed. Yeah. Do you know 11 years screen time? They figure out over 11 years looking at a screen. I would imagine that stat will probably go up more, won't it?

Well, this is a bloody interesting article. 13 years working? What? That doesn't make sense. No. No. There's only a couple of years difference between screen time and work.

Four years, six months eating. Oh yeah. Four years non-stop just eating. Four years. Wow. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. You can pitch your big business idea for us. We've got this thing called Dragons Ben at the moment.

You can win a $10,000 business startup package, which is a wild amount of money and products for a kid. It's all thanks to Square One, which is a new app that gives you kids the financial head start. You can find it on the App Store or Google Play. And we're joined by the founders of Square One right now, Jamie and Jovan. Thanks for being here. Thank you. Good to be here. Nice to have you guys here. Now, Square One, well, you guys got a really interesting story. You've been mates for a while and how you came to develop this app yeah yeah well i've got

two kids and jamie's blessed with three um they're all sort of they're now between the ages of about six and twelve and it was a few years ago now when we had this idea and it came from talking with our own kids and looking at how they're growing up and how they're dealing with money you know they're getting to that age we're starting think, how do we get you your first bank account? How do we handle pocket money? How do we help you connect the dots with money, basically? How are you going to earn some, spend some, save some? And kids have only ever seen you tap a card. It looks a bit like a magic wand. Yeah, that's a very good point. You know, we carried around cash back in the day. Now cash is just non-existent, pretty much, out and about.

Yeah, I mean, in our day, you know, we would have maybe had a few jars and we would have saved the money, put money in for our savings, money in for spending, maybe money in for giving. And we're not here to say that we shouldn't have cash. It's just that a lot of parents, you know, don't carry cash around with them. What's your problem with cash, mate? You sound like you're coming in. No, but you're right, and it's an ever-changing time.

And so this app that you have designed, what does it do? Yeah, so we like to think of it as kind of like a toolkit to help you teach your kids about money. So it's not just about, OK, giving them a card so they can go out and spend. It's, OK, how do we give them a jobs area so that they can load in a job to unload the dishwasher for $2 and they can actually learn about the value of earning money and how long that takes to get money to spend so as yohan said like connecting those dots between you know how long does it take to actually learn 10 20 to buy yourself something at the warehouse you know not just hey i'll buy it for you and then kids can set up unlimited savings pockets they can set goals so it's really kids learn by doing we always use the analogy that you know you can't learn to play rugby by reading a book you know you can learn the rules um same with money you can read all you like about financial

literacy but it's actually empowering kids to go out you know start earning start spending start saving and that's how they really learn that's you know giving them putting the tools in their hands but parents having the ability to set boundaries you know to set limits to get notifications of where they're spending that's where it's really useful i had an app idea can i put you if you guys you go you're in the app game. Okay. You know, the speech-to-talk system on your phones really struggles to understand the New Zealand accent. You guys design an app that can understand base-level New Zealand.

I mean, it's obviously quite niche worldwide. It's just probably really focusing on New Zealanders. It might help international people understand what New Zealanders are saying, like the colloquialisms, like when we say, yeah, nah. What does it mean it's kind of hard to both things are you saying yes you say no fire in the building is there anyone inside yeah nah what does that mean I don't know if it's got legs but I'll leave it with you unfortunately the tech just it's not quite there

yet you are looking for ideas though because we're doing something pretty cool with you which you know a kid if there's kids listening or if there's a parent right now with you know their kids they've got an idea big or small you guys want to support it with a ten thousand dollar pack that's it yeah so we're after uh the next young kiwi entrepreneur you know we're a nation of entrepreneurs um 97 of kiwi businesses are small and medium businesses so you know as a nation we're very innovative um love to come up with ideas love to turn those into businesses and we know that kids have some amazing ideas. And, you know, this has been running for a couple of days now. We've had over 150 applications already, which is incredible to see some of the stuff coming through from kids who self-publish books to app ideas to merch and jewelry.

It's been incredible to read them. And each one is amazing. For the person that comes up with the best idea, we're offering a big prize package and we're looking to kind of help kickstart their success. They'll get to come into the Square One office and work with our designers and marketers and ourselves so that we can get them an amazing logo and website. There's some money there as well, two and a half grand.

There's Apple products as well. So it's a really, really cool startup pack that I think even big businesses from adults would love. Everyone's got an idea. everyone's got an idea but we're trying to mine the the minds of young people and we did say to you uh when we're talking about this the other day that you know if there aren't any like really genuine good ideas we keep them okay i don't think they want to do that no but we do you do i do well thank you so much boys that's a wonderful prize and a wonderful thing you're doing

for young entrepreneurs. And if you'd like to enter, you can head to the hitstockcode.nz. Dragons, Ben, you pitch your idea to Ben. Well, look, I can't make the decision, but I'll... Oh, it's called Dragons, Ben. It's not called Dragon Megan.

Dragons, Jono. It didn't work. Look, I'll talk to... You know, you need to discuss it. I'll talk to, you know, the square one people. So the game is people pitch their idea and you're like, oh, there's something in it, but I won't make a decision.

Well, who am I to really decide? But it's a good name. It's a good name. It works well. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, this is a game you started a couple of weeks ago. It's using the AI Siri that is available. I'm not going to mansplain Siri.

People know what Siri is. I remember Siri is AI. Yeah. I didn't know that. I'm not going to mansplain Siri. People know what Siri is. I remember Siri is AI. Yeah. I didn't know that. I'd assume so, right? Well, because she's old school AI now. Yeah. Yeah, true.

She's been around for ages. Yeah, well, artificial intelligence. All right, so Siri's going to read out song lyrics. So we're going to take some lyrics from famous songs. Megan, Jono, you need to race to see if you can be the first to guess. I reckon you'll get these. Okay. What I have found, you need to race to see if you can be the first to guess. I reckon you'll get these. What I have found though after doing this game is Siri probably not making it past the first

round, the audition round on the X-Factor. It lacks flow. It lacks a bit of emotion. Yeah, as well. Okay, here's the first lyrics. Have a listen. Ooh, one step to the right we head into the dive bar we always thought was nice Ooh, run me to the left, then spin me in the middle.

Boy, I can't read your mind. This ain't Texas. Oh, Beyonce, shut up! Guys, I don't know. You just yelled stuff. No, he just went, I see Beyonce, Texas. Yeah, you did. Yeah, the dive bar part.

I was trying to not use the actual Texas part, but then we got there. She's like, this ain'em. Yeah, you do. Yeah, the dive bar part. Just trying to not use the actual Texas part, but then we got there. As soon as she's like, this ain't Texas. Yeah. I'm sorry for yelling at you, Megan. I'll maybe give that one to Megan, all right? But it was a lot of yelling.

Could you hear the answer? Could you hear the answer? No, it's very hard to hear the answer. All right, the next one. Suri Sings, have a listen. I got that sunshine in my pocket. But Justin Timberlake! I got that good soul in my pocket.

I can't stop the feeling. Damn it. Ow, I hit my elbow. Suri sounds like she doesn't have sunshine in her pocket, though. John gives me a fright because he goes, ah, points. I don't actually know the answers. Megan's got two. Let's see if John can get the consolation one.

Here's the last one. Fill up my cup. Mazel Tov, look at her dancing. Oh, Black Eyed Peas. Just take it off. Let's paint it. Well done, Black Eyed Peas. You got that. Fill up my cup mazel tov look at her dancing black eyed peas you think where ai is now that we could have layers of emotion with siri yeah true you probably could ask siri to do it again with a bit more emotion but anyway that's how we do it there's gonna be a point we're gonna get home and we're gonna have to explain to siri where we've been i'm sorry

sorry late working late again. Oh, yeah, I see. Okay. Well, thank you, Ben. That was enjoyable and probably too much energy for this type of morning. We've got some clickbait headlines next, Megan, including... Dolphins are getting high. On what and why?

That could be a headline you choose. We'll find out if we want to hear more on that story. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. And this is something we like to do from time to time, Megan, find some clickbait headlines, and we can only decide on which one we want to hear. Clickbait headlines. I'd love to look at your internet history, Megan.

Any radio announcer's internet history would be a little disturbing, wouldn't it? Yeah, especially when you get, you know, a bad pathway or something or IT stops you. You're like, oh, I've been flagged again. Yeah, that's when you push the limits. It's happened multiple times to this program. It has.

Now, Megan, you're going to read us out three headlines and then we only get to decide which one we want to hear more on. What are the clickbait headlines? Dolphins are getting high. That's all. Dolphins are getting high. Why? How?

Right, okay. You can choose that story. You know I've got a dolphin story, Megan. Yeah. I told you about my dolphin story. That was a. Dolphins get a pie. How? Right, okay. You can choose that story. You know I've got a dolphin story, Megan. I've told you about my dolphin story. That was a wild, wild web. New vending machines are pumping in Germany. Pumping what? Exactly.

Gas. I think there was a pie vending machine in New Zealand. Is there? A hot pie vending machine. Oh, yeah, that would make sense. Yeah, which is quite cool. Why hasn't there been one up until now? Oh no, yeah.

It feels like we've really missed the track. I guess heating it, keeping it hot, but that's, yeah. Sorry, carry on. That's not all about me right now. A campaign to change the name of Fire Ants gathers momentum. What would you, like, is the dolphin, what's the most interesting? Yeah, let's cut to the chase. Um, I'm probably.

Dolphins are just like going high in the air like that Melbourne Storm winger or something like that. No, they're definitely getting wasted. Okay. They're getting off their chops. And we know the rules of this game. There's no logical possibility that we can ever find out about the other two stories. No, actually, to be honest, I never actually Googled. Dolphin?

Yeah, should we? Yeah. You look at the dolphin? What are the dolphins doing? I quite like the dolphin story. Okay, great. It feels like you're leading us towards the dolphin story. Yeah, okay. You look at the dolphin? What are the dolphins doing? I quite like the dolphin story. Okay, great. It feels like you're leading us towards the dolphin story. Yeah, okay.

We'll click on that. So dolphins are deliberately getting high on puffer fish. So what they do is they get the nerve toxins out of the puffer fish. They chew them and they spit them around to each other. So they pass them around to each other. It's like literally passing the joint. Right. Pufferfish is a great name for a toad.

Yeah, true. Yeah, exactly. A good character in Finding Nemo. The pufferfish releases a toxin and it makes the dolphins high. So they all get together and I guess they just literally have a party and then they roll around like...

Blaze out the laugh in the ocean. But I'm not sure If the puffer fish survives I don't know You wouldn't imagine So after being chewed around And spat around All the dolphins Yeah they literally

Pass it round between them Unless it just puffed Into their mouth Like it was the I'm hoping I'm just going to say Yeah the puffer fish Like swims away

At the end of it Yeah Have you heard Megan's dolphin noise it is oh you weren't yeah i heard megan was quite traumatized by your story which you can actually catch on the wild wild web which is the new podcast that we do my dolphin story yeah so check that out the wild wild web we'll push it towards that because uh we need some listens on that one because it's a lot of fun that podcast it is yeah okay do your dolphin sound effect that's very good i remember

it being better i remember i'm sorry yeah that was very good okay go again sorry now you got pressure on it yeah that was good that was a good one yeah yeah really good how often has that helped you in life quite a lot actually i some i find dolphin stories just so i can like put it out i see yes and that's why you're leading us into that dolphin story I find dolphin stories just so I can put it out there I see and that's why you're leading us into that dolphin story Dolphins getting high The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast The Warriors over the weekend

played the Melbourne Storm we struggled to beat, particularly in Melbourne and it looked like we were going to do it with five minutes to go and then the Bloomin' Storm scored two tries and one of the greatest tries ever they're calling it with 30 seconds to go and Producer Taylor the Bloomin' Storm score two tries, and one of the greatest tries ever, they're calling it, with 30 seconds to go. And Producer Taylor, obviously your husband, out there on the field,

scored a great try. He did. He had a great game. Oh, just turn your mic on. Sorry there, mate. Oh, sorry. Yeah. He was meant to score two tries.

Oh, yeah, another one disallowed, right? Didn't you have a great idea that each Warriors game, we should have a microphone on Taylor? Because they mic up the players. God, that was a game to mic me up. Are you just swearing and throwing things at the television? And it was just me and the dog, and my watch went off with a decibel warning,

so it was like loud exposure. The noise reached like 90 decibels, whatever that means. So the watch is warning you against yourself. Yeah, just me. 90 decibels seems... Yeah. Yeah, and they returned home last night, and you see Marcelo looks like he's come back from war.

Yep. Like four stitches in his eyeball, three on his elbow. That'd be hard to heal, though. He got game this weekend in Christchurch, right? Yeah. It'll open back up. Oh, jeez. Does it make him hotter?

It does. Yeah. It does. That's the main thing. Now, last year at the Warriors, we had had a mascot Remember the mascot? The hippo The hippopotamus That sits in a bag under Producer Taylor's desk It's been sitting there for a while

No he doesn't, he's been relaxing He's been chilling He holidays in the Bahamas He's not in a bag In between seasons It's tax haven I remember us clearly saying we're

going to start this hippopotamus and we're like we're going to take it everywhere it's going to be the mascot it still goes out and hits things

still goes out and about which is great to see but I thought well you should bring it back make an annual thing because last year we got it to run at

halftime at the Warriors and it was huge we got about 20 other mascots had a big race at halftime the hippopotamus actually won because huge. We got about 20 other mascots, had a big race at halftime. The Hidipotamus actually won because we put an ex-Warrior inside the mascot suit. So we kind of, yeah. Now you've pitched it to the Warriors.

They're interested? Interested, yeah. We need to lock in an actual day. I was thinking we should do this again, though, get other mascots, do it again, make it bigger and better. Yeah, for sure. But the deal is we want to even the play field. We can't put a former athlete in the hit eponymous.

It felt like we had an unfair advantage. Basically, we got like poor Jesse from sales having to run in another costume. It felt a little North Korea to me, didn't it? You know, when you bring it out, you're like, oh, we're going to, and we win now. And it's like, what? Did anyone get a chance? So I think this time we should put it out to you. oh we're gonna and we win now and it's like what did you want to get a chance so i think this time uh we should put it out to you this is my thought now we'll work on this behind the scenes but so if you want to run in the in the race if you want to be our mascot then

maybe you should pitch your your case to us yeah text 4487 you might be a fast runner and if that's it great you know we can still win are we looking for like credentials of sports people? Or just like why? Just who wants to give it a bash? And we're looking, like the Warriors said, maybe Easter Sunday. They've got a game Easter Sunday at Go Media Stadium. And hey, what Jesus did over that weekend might not be the only miracle. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast.

Today was St. Paddy's Day. A lot of people out and about, particularly I saw in Dunedin. A lot of students all in green. They need any excuse just to get amongst it, don't they? I was speaking to a lady in her daughter's third year uni there, and she phoned her mum at 6.30 in the morning. She's like, Mum!

Six before six! Oh, God. They kick things off early in the morning. Six before six. I mean, the good thing is, by midday, you're done. Yeah. Now, Irish Dave, the good thing is by midday, you're done. Yeah. Now, Irish Dave is a friend of the show. On Friday, Megan, we phoned him just before St. Paddy's Day.

We woke him up just to get the backstory on St. Patrick's Day. Yeah. And we see we were trying him on Monday morning. And how was he Friday? All primed up? He was pretty good. He was a little tired because it was early in the morning. But he was excited about St. Paddy's Day.

Let's find out what he's like this morning. If he answers, let's give him a call. I'm not holding much hope. We don't do good things for Irish stereotypes with Dave, do we? Hello? Oh! Is it a top of the morning or is it a, oh, geez. It's the bottom of the morning, I think, is it?

It's the bottom of the morning, love. Oh, I feel guilty. I feel bad is it? It's the bottom of the morning, love. Oh, Horace, I feel guilty. I feel bad. Oh, it's okay. Are you alive? Are we continuing? Are we at the end of the night? What are we doing?

Yeah, it's kind of just, I apologize for drinking all of the Guinness in New Zealand. It's all out. We're out of stock in New Zealand. Okay, so talk us through, we should probably lower our voices just a little bit. Yeah, just a touch.

Talk us through St Paddy's Day. How was it yesterday? Yeah, were you there? No, I wasn't there. I'm not drinking at the bar. I think he's pretty much summed up how St Paddy's Day was then. Were you there? You did send me a lovely text, invited me along so that was nice. I did, yeah.

Yeah. Yeah, I met the guys. We started at the tavern across the road. Then I went to the city. Wow. I pretty much just went to every Irish bar.

The good thing is it doesn't sound like a day. Yeah. Did you stick to the rule of thirds with the Guinness, drinking in the three sips? We learned that, eh? You've got to split the G on the first sip, the G on the Guinness and the writing on the cup.

What you can do, which we won't show to the public, but Ben, if you look in our lad's chat, you can show the guys the video that I sent. Okay. The lad's chat. Okay can show the guys the video that I sent. Okay. The lad's chat. Okay, I don't know why. I'm kind of frightened to open up this video now. Open it up now and we'll do it live.

We'll get a live reaction from you. So, Irish Dave, have you been to sleep? I think like an hour ago. What time is it? Oh, sorry. Thank you for answering the phone. I'm sorry, mate. That's good.

Yeah. We're reading, ironically, a lot of ironically Irish things about St. Patrick. He wasn't Irish. No, we learned that on Friday. He was Welsh, right? He was Welsh, yeah. And he wore blue, not green. So, yeah, someone told me that last night.

I nearly fought him with that. Yeah. The fighting words. And then he came and he said he chased all the snakes out of Ireland. They've done the stats. There's probably no snakes in Ireland. Okay, I found the video here. Here we go.

There's Irish Dave here. He's got a Guinness, got a full Guinness, all ready to go. Fiddly D potatoes. He's good to go. Cheersing the Guinness. And we're going to see if he's going to split the B. Oh, that's going all down. There we go.

Oh, wow. And it's gone. I reckon that was three seconds, maybe. Yeah. Wow. And that was, wow, that was one off, I imagine, anyway. Do you remember that video, Dave? That was actually quite early in the day, so I do remember that one.

I probably did that a lot more times than just the one. Yeah. Oh, well, happy St. Patrick's Day for yesterday. As you said last week, today should be the holiday in Ireland. It should be the day after. They should have the holiday so everyone can recover. But anyway, that's not how it works. Are you working today?

I'm definitely not working today. Well, thank you for answering the phone. Jeez. Go back to sleep, Dave. Cheers. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Megan, you said you've answering the phone. Jeez. Go back to sleep, Dave. Cheers. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Megan, you said you've been accidentally meditating. Yeah.

How does this happen? So have you, you might have been doing it too. This is a new type of meditation. It's been made popular from Gwyneth Paltrow, the woman responsible for that crazy group website. Yeah. And the candle. Every time I hear Gwyneth's name now website. Yeah. And the candle. Every time I hear Gwyneth's name now, I always think of the candle.

It smells like. The vaginal. Jandal. The vaginal. I don't know. I'm just trying to come up with a cute name for it. So, you know, when you like stare into the distance and you kind of glaze over and someone will walk past you,

but you get comfy eyes. I call it comfy eyes, where you're just kind of daydreaming, and you suddenly get relaxed and in somewhat of a meditative state. Apparently, that's kind of like meditating with your eyes open. Oh, really? So this is a new meditation that she's made famous. It's just being blank and not really with it. It's parenting.

It's kind of parenting. Just being blank and not really with it. It's parenting. That's kind of parenting, isn't it? Just being here. I'm here, but I'm not really here. So she's even launched a new app where you can pay $31 New Zealand dollars a month to get Gwyneth Paltrow to talk you through meditating with your eyes open. You just told us how to do it. Why do we need Gwyneth Paltrow to tell us for $31 a month? That's a lot of money.

But basically it's to challenge the idea that you need to be quiet, shut your eyes, do the um or whatever. You can literally just stare into the distance and she says she's adopted it now in her real life to deal with hard conversations. I'm like, hang on,

that's just like ignoring someone. Gwyneth's very vacant in this boardroom meeting, that's just like ignoring someone. Gwyneth's very vacant in this boardroom meeting. She's not answering any questions. Oh, sorry, I was meditating, guys. Giving us any guidance. She said you can incorporate it at any time so you can be engaged with the world but still very connected to yourself. I'm like, no, I think you're there. What that means is you're there in person, but mentally you're like, la, la, la, la, la, la, you know?

It is. I've tried periods of meditation, but it's finally the time to sit down. So I see why she's come up with this. You two would be the worst at it. Oh yeah, I'm no good. My head's all over the show, mate. And you don't like relaxing.

Nah. Ben especially. I tried to get Ben into Headspace, this app, and he was like, oh, you know, download it. Never got to it. I don't think he wants to sit alone with his thoughts either for too long.

But also if you've got kids, you can't close your eyes and shut yourself off in silence for a bit. You've got to keep an eye on them. But the people who do it, you fully appreciate, don't you? They're the kind of people who can give themselves an orgasm. Are they?

I was about to say, my parents are getting into meditation, but I don't know if I want to, yeah. They're very in touch with themselves. I had a mate who went bloody silent for three or four weeks out in the bush. Wow. It's a whole thing with monks and everything. No talking.

Can't say a word. Can you text? No comms. No comms. Nothing. Wow. Came back a changed man. Yeah. Really? Yeah.s, nothing. Wow. Came back a changed man. Yeah.

Really? Yeah. I guess you would be, yeah. He's like, the first week or so is very unusual. But then you become comfortable with just being in your own head with your own thoughts. And you find out who you really are. That's pretty cool. Hope you can take three weeks to do that.

Yeah. You'll have a week's off of your job for that. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Congratulations, Megan. You have been talking about this a lot the last couple of days at the Palace. Buckingham Palace might be announcing something. But they haven't said what? No, apparently they gave British tabloids and media a heads up

that they had an announcement. A royal announcement. Of course, lots of rumours circulating around the Palace at the moment. So we'll find out what that's going to be. Prince William's affair. Can I cast your mind back to nine months ago, Ben? When I did a piece on the radio, I was like, Prince William's having an affair.

You're like, you can't say that. No one said it until Stephen Colbert, the talk show host in America. And everyone's like, well, you can't say that. Poor, if it's not true, we're saying today, this poor lady. Yeah, Rose. Yeah, will be dragged through the coals on.

For no reason. Yeah. I mean, I we'll be dragged through the coals on. For no reason. Yeah. I mean, I don't want to say I hope it's true, but at the same time, yeah. Yeah, people just shouldn't speculate, even though I've just been speculating for the last minute. Now, as parents, you try not to play favourites, but I feel like when kids growing up,

part of brothers and sisters, part of siblings, you have these moments where you're like, well, maybe, maybe, you know, well, I did in particular. Maybe I'm not the favorite. And I want to cast, you know, many years ago, something that I'm bitter about. And I mentioned this the other day, we had a meeting, and I said I was very bitter about something. My parents separated when I was about 11 years old.

My sister, Amelia, was a few years younger. She was about seven or eight. And my dad had got a new partner. They went off to the Gold Coast on holiday. Took my sister along. They went to Movie World. And he would say, Hollywood on the Gold Coast. Hollywood on the Gold Coast.

He always says that when he tells the story. What a wonderful time they had. So it was just you and your sister. At that stage, it was just me and my sister. So they went off to Hollywood on the Gold Coast. Oh, my gosh. I was with the Bugs Bunny, came home with the cool little, you know, Superman cape.

So I heard about all the great rides. I was like, oh, what a wonderful time they had. Where were you? I was at home. I was an awkward teenage boy, probably with my pimples and my cricket bat, you know. Did they think that you didn't want to hang out with them or something? I don't know.

I just, they took her along. And I was like, oh, well, at least I've got, you know, mum. She's, you know? Did they think that you didn't want to hang out with them or something? I don't know. I just, they took her along. And I was like, oh, well, at least I've got, you know, mum. She's, you know, my parents are split. She's in a new relationship. Next holidays, she's going to Gold Coast. Hollywood on the Gold Coast. Going to Movie World. Took my sister.

She went back. The same sister. Same sister. What is happening? And I was like, oh. Were you just a dirt bag that no one wanted to hang out with? Maybe, maybe. When you described yourself as a pimply guy with a cricket bat, do you want to

take that on tour? And so twice you were denied by your family. To go to the movie world. It looks like such a great time. But also, you know Ben, they would have been like, oh, is it okay? He's like, yeah, yeah, no worries. No, it's all good. Has it had any long-lasting trauma and i'm good can i answer my own question here

you have an insatiable love of children's movie merchandise yeah as an adult maybe this is the long-lasting trauma right maybe it is because i think i'm not the favorite sibling and i reckon there's a lot of people out there listening right now that have grown up going, well, I don't think I'm the favourite either. Oh, under the hits, 4, 4, 8, 7. Signs point to you being 100% correct. You're not. Hard to deny that one, right? What have they said since when you brought it up?

Oh, I like it. Yeah, I feel like a lot of the, I didn't, it was probably like, I didn't think you guys, I didn't think you wanted to, you didn't want to go, did you? And I'm probably right, Megan. I probably would have gone,

oh no, I'm okay. Sitting there with my Lynx Africa as a teenager, spraying it onto myself. Didn't you have your R. Kelly sunglasses too? I did have some. I talked about those the other day, but that was a different time. Your LL Cool J necklace? Yeah, I know.

That was a different R. Kelly. Well, no, it was probably the same R. Kelly. We just didn't know what R. Kelly was doing. Exactly, exactly. You put the glasses on and it made you think that you could do unspeakable things through those lenses. Not for me, that's for sure.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It's about why you think you're not the favourite sibling. Lots of calls and texts coming through. A lot of people like myself that maybe didn't get to go to,

not go to Hollywood on the Gold Coast, the movie world, but got to not do some other things. It wasn't that you weren't the favourite, it's just you were

on the reserve bench. Yeah, exactly. They didn't want to hang out with you We should do a redemption tour You take a tour party Of all the loser kids Who never got to Felt like they weren't the favourite sibling And you take them on a tour and you take them to Hollywood on the Gold Coast Love it, I love it

The redemption holiday I love it, that would be great Come along. Finally get that trip we always wanted. Well, that was more for me, but you get something cool, you know?

Let's get to the phones and I have no idea who we're talking to, but I'm going to just make up a name. Is this Taniqua? No, that was always going to happen, wasn't it?

What is your name? Champagne Radio here from Pryor. What was your name, sorry? It's Pip. Pip! Good morning, Pip. Why weren't you the favourite? I'm a twin.

My twin sister is 11 minutes older than me. Every year, if the family remembers her birthday, celebrates her, gets her lots of presents, does everything for her, and they forget her birthday. No, they forget your birthday, but you're a twin. Yeah. What? Every year. It's the same day.

She also gets all the special trips and does all the fun things and was always spoiled and I got nothing. Really? But this is physically impossible for them to forget your birthday. Absolutely, but they still did. Look, if I could waggle this trip to a movie world, would you like to come along? Oh, absolutely.

I've never been to Australia, so that'd be great. Okay, yeah. The redemption tour. I don't know if this is going to happen. I'm just saying it. But, hey, we can dream, can't we? Yeah. Absolutely.

Well, it could just be you and Pip on a awkward holiday. Hey, we'll have a great time, won't we, Pip? Absolutely. Yeah, that's right. We'll have a good time. How are your partners going to feel about this? It's not important right now, they'll understand. We need to go get a photo with Bugs Bunny.

We need to do this for us. Hey, Pip, well, lovely talking with you, mate. You have a great day. You too, thank you really appreciate it a lot of people, the middle child seems to be a common theme coming through they get forgotten about

on the text 4487 as well, we put this up on Facebook last night too, and a huge amount of response Ben Boyce, I think there's you could probably take tour parties go with Ben Boyce on your... But it's a huge response on the Hits Facebook page as well.

A lot of people feeling that they have favourite siblings. People who have never been on a holiday. There's been never been on a family holiday. Left behind. I don't know how you could do that. I can't imagine leaving one behind. What's the excuse? Yeah, I feel like... You want to pay for both both of you but then you'd take turns right you'd take one one time and one the

other time it didn't happen that way with you what we should do is get parents to phone up and go okay this is all anonymous you just phone up and you just say the name of your favorite child no no okay jono go name your child. We've got ads to play. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Involved in one over the weekend. Okay. So it was probably the most interesting human to human interaction I think I've ever had.

Wow. Now, last week off with the vid, been chugging back the old Panadol. Yeah. Had to replenish the stocks. So went to the chemist, back the old Panadol. I had to replenish the stocks. So I went to the chemist, got some more Panadol, and then I just threw the bag and the rubbish in a communal public rubbish bin. Then I hear behind me, what's that?

I said, hey. He said, what's that? What's that you just chucked in the bin? So this is just a member of the public. Just a member of the public sitting there outside the fish and chip shop, which will come later in the story. I couldn is just a member of the public. Just a member of the public sitting there outside the fish and chip shop, which will come later in the story. I couldn't leave because I just ordered some chips. I was hungry. So I couldn't escape this conversation.

What's that? I said, oh, it's just some rubbish. What sort of rubbish? Oh. And then he went and had a look and then rifled through the bin, picked it out. He said, panadol. Oh, so she's having a look at you.

Yes. At which point I said, sorry, who are you? Be a natural reaction. Like a bin inspector or something. I said, why have you been taking Panadol? I said, well, I had. Oh, excuse me. Yeah, completely.

In my head, I'm going. So the pharmacy bag is one of those brown paper bags. Brown paper bags. Yeah, so that no one can see what you've got in there. No, then he's pulled out the receipt, had a look. I said, why the panel i said well i've been taking a lot of panel i said i had covered last week he's like you're testing negative now honestly the whole time i'm going who is this man who are you and he goes hey

you're off the radio and came out with probably the best line i think i've ever heard you're a lot taller than your sound usually it goes the other way yeah you're a lot taller than your sound you know Chang so do you know Chang from the edge used to work on the edge for many years I said you know Chang so how well do you know Chang I said we work together is that what what did you say to Chang well just I was like, well, just sort of top level stuff to be honest, pleasantries and he's like, I love Chang. And then it ended

because I couldn't wait for my, I had to, sorry, I couldn't leave because I was waiting for these chips and the lady's like,

your chips are ready. I'm like, thank God. You know, if it was Ben Boyce, it would be one of those conversations where you keep walking but you keep saying stuff.

You keep mumbling but you keep moving. I couldn't keep moving. And then I said to him, well, no, no. You keep mumbling, but you keep moving. Yeah. I couldn't keep moving. Oh, God. And then I said to him, well, this has been something. Pleasure to meet you. And this is what stuck with me. He goes, we'll see.

We'll see? We'll see. Oh, wow. And I was driving home. I was like, what does we'll see mean? We'll see. We'll see if it was pleasant. How do I sign off a conversation? We'll see if it was pleasant?

Yeah. I don't know. We'll see if it's the Out of the way to sign off A conversation We'll see if it was pleasant Or Don't know We'll see if it's the last time Oh Yeah Ominous The guy He hasn't left my head The whole time

It's only been a five minute interaction But boy he stuck with me We'll see Try that today If anyone says Hey it's nice to meet you We'll see We'll see if it is

Wow I feel like it's not It's going to be the last time I see this guy Yeah A very unusual conversation The hits We'll see. We'll see if it is. Wow. I feel like it's going to be the last time I see this guy. Yeah. A very unusual conversation. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Having, of course, great sport on over the weekend

and a rough start for the Crusaders. Four losses in a row. Very Arnold Crusader-like. Yeah, so feeling for the Crusaders fans this morning. Tell you who's not feeling for the Crusaders fans. Who's that? The Blues fans. Oh, yeah.

Yeah. The other Super Rugby franchise. Yeah, they've been pretty good for a long time, right? Now Megan, dear Megan, someone's slid into your DMs and you welcome people sliding

in all the time, sliding all over the place. Just slide into my DMs anytime. I have a few messages in there actually at the moment, but this

one is from a grandparent. I always find sliding into the DMs comes with a negative connotation, as in nefarious things have been said. But this is all above board. Yeah. I haven't had any nefarious ones.

Haven't you? Kind of like, I'm gutted about it. Shall we welcome? Welcome us. Anything. Slide on in. Yeah. Why not, eh?

So this is from a grandparent. Dear Megan, I don't want to sound like I'm complaining about my grandkids. They are wonderful and they light up my life. However, my daughter has recently been asking us to look after them a lot. We are quite young grandparents, so we have our own lives. We are still working and we are quite social people. So while we don't mind looking after the bubs every

now and then it's becoming more and more frequent and we're feeling a little bit used. We want our time together to be fun and not like we are just babysitters. It's a very awkward conversation to have and I don't want anyone to feel like we like we don't want to be with our beautiful grandchildren but I would also love to know if this is a problem anyone else faces and how they navigate it. Thank you so much. Have a lovely day. Well, that's why you have grandparents, isn't it?

So they then look after the kids that you've had. That's what they're there for. I find it confusing because they love to hang out with them, right? But I'm like, you're just hanging out with them in a time that I appointed. Yeah, but it's a high, a grandparent, I imagine a grandparent wants to play a high impact role. They come in for an hour or two, lavish gifts. It's kind of like a passive aggressive payback

for maybe everything we did to them when we were growing up. And then they leave. That's what they want, I feel. So you harped on and on at me about having them. So now look after them. But how much though? How much do they need to like look up that's a question right and probably like it's a horses for courses thing isn't it depending on each

grandparent each you know relationship yeah your kids your your parents are nelson so do you lean on andrew's mother a lot yeah they and also because andrew goes away on tour quite a lot. So my mum and his parents end up looking after the kids. Is this them running in? They end up looking after our children quite a bit. Raising your children. And helping me. While you're out bloody partying in nightclubs till four in the morning. Yeah, that's definitely me.

What do you do, Ben? What are your thoughts on this? Oh, man, his mum is awesome. Yeah, she's around, lives close. And even like this week, my wife's a school teacher. so you got to go away for camp for like four nights and so joyce will have to come of course come stay at our house because i'm what are you doing oh no no i'll do that i'm like i'll look after the kid but in the morning you can't like just go like it you know and take help get the kids to school and stuff or to the bus or whatever in the morning so yeah so this

is what we want to check out for dear me Megan. Just because you're a grandparent, are you obligated to look after your grandchildren? Is it a must? Do you need to? Well, yeah. I feel like if you don't want to, you're not obligated. But you're old. What else are you going to do?

These people sound like they've got a great – they sound like they want to go out. Well, they seem like young grandparents, right? Yeah. I mean, they could be in their 50s. They've got their own lives, but aren't the grandkids part of your lives? Oh, yeah, but a little bit.

But also if you want to go cruising or doing stuff, you know, like. Yeah. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Dear Megan, this morning we've heard from a grandparent who is asking whether it is their job, their obligation to look after their grandkids. Although they love them, they tend to be doing it quite a lot recently and they're starting to feel a little bit used.

Okay. So they're wanting to opt out. Don't love the kids anymore. Is that what you're saying? Yeah, pretty much. Is that what we're reading into this? Yep. So grandparents, just because you're a grandparent,

are you obligated to look after your grandkids? You often hear about that argument that people end up looking after their grandkids quite a lot, like daycare vibes, and then should they get paid for it? Should you be paying your parents to look after your kids if they're doing it all the time? That's another argument, I guess. No. But then if you're going to pay someone else at the same time, I guess you could offer stuff. Yeah. going to pay someone else at the same time? I guess you could offer. You can offer stuff. I mean, I pay my father-in-law

John in gin. Plentiful supply of gin when he's looking after the kids. Amazing. Yeah, that's great pay. That's payment. Well, you're paying him. We don't need to do that. Then you're buying, yeah? Yeah. Then he has to be sober looking after kids. Use some gin. Don't drink it right now.

Just because you're a grandparent doesn't mean you need to look after your grandkids. So we're going to get Marie on. Welcome. How are you, Marie? I'm good it right now. Just because you're a grandparent doesn't mean you need to look after your grandkids. So we're going to get Marie on. Welcome. How are you, Marie? I'm good, thank you. How are you? How are you?

We're doing well. You got an opinion on this one? Yeah, sure do. I've got nine grandchildren, so you could well imagine what time limits I would have. I work full-time as well. Oh, that's nice. Two full-time jobs. Has your family heard of contraception, Marie?

Pardon? Nine kids. No, I don't have nine kids. I have nine grandchildren. Okay, so how do you navigate things with looking after the kids? So basically you've got to have that conversation with the parents and just say, hey, you know, like I'm happy to, you know, look after them on a basis that, you know, like I'm happy to, you know, look after them on a basis that, you know,

you get some time to yourself and I get some time to myself and it has to work both ways. You know, you don't want every single Friday and Saturday night with the lovely little munchkins running around your house. You're saying that with love too. Yeah, you go through gritted teeth. Absolutely love them to bits, but you certainly do need your own space as well. And your life as well, yeah. Is it different? So when you're asked to look after them and you have to do, you know, like the bedtime parade or all those kind of things,

does it feel more like a chore than, say, if you just hung out with them at your own leisure? Well, I mean, mine are a little bit older now, so they are excited to come to my house where, you know, they can stay up till nine o'clock at night and watch a movie, etc. But when they're little, sometimes, like, if you're feeding them dinner, that can be an absolute nightmare. And then, you know, bathing them and getting them into bed and reading them stories, it can be really draining. You're like, I thought I was done with this 30 years ago. I can hear you, Marie.

It starts all over again. Yeah, no, there you go. That's Marie's thoughts. Open conversation. Open dialogue. Yeah. Boundaries. Good on you, Marie. Yeah, no, there you go. That's Marie's thoughts. Open conversation. Open dialogue. Very smart. Boundaries. Good on you, Marie.

Absolutely, yeah. Well, have a great day then, eh? Thank you for listening. Appreciate that. We'll get Sharon on. You're on. What do you reckon? Yes or no?

Grandos, do they need to look after the grandkids? Good thoughts. Good thoughts, too. Sharon. Sharon. Yeah. Oh, hey Yeah What do you reckon? What are your thoughts? Same as the last caller really

If you've got your own life You've looked after your kids for the last The first 18 years Why should you have to look after their kids If you're still busy working And you need a life with your partner as well Alright Sharon stop getting all salty But don't you love them? They always go on about how much they love them you need a life with your partner as well. All right, Sharon, stop getting all salty. Okay, mate.

But don't you love them? They always go on about how much they love them. Does that mean you don't love them? I know, but my time's when I want to have them. Sharon, I don't know how old you are, but what are you doing? What other stuff have you got going on? My husband and I quite often go away fishing on holidays up the beach. And, yeah, it quite often falls during the week because we work weekends so we have days off during the week and we can't take the kids when they're at school

but I pick times during the school holidays when I can take my grandkids. But Sharon you sound quite young and you sound like you're quite social whereas like my parents they don't do anything. Megan demands that her parents look after her children. Well, good on you, Sharon. What else would you be doing, Mum? Have a great day. That was Dear Megan. So your advice?

Well, no, I agree. They should have, oh, this sucks because I feel like I'm giving myself advice. Have an open dialogue and chat to them and see what works for them. Yeah, don't overuse it. But, you know, what else would they be doing? Oh, that sounds like a lot. Fishing trips and all. The hits.

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they'll get your logo they'll help you start your business properly uh you got money as well in there to start the business what would you do with this whole thing? Well, our vision would be to buy a mixer first of all, so we can make a lot more at once and a lot faster. All right, commercial-grade mixer. I think you guys have thought about this. Why do you sound smarter than we do? I know. This is so good.

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First show back together for all three of us In 11 days Wild, well thank you for Had the vid last week so thank you for picking up the slack They first show back together for all three of us in 11 days. Yeah. Wild. Well, thank you for, had the vid last week, so thank you for picking up the slack, both of you. Do I leave any slack or is it just, I am slack. There is slack to pick up. No, there's slack. More words to say.

But I did get lost in many internet holes last week when, you know, there's nothing more bleak than my sad thoughts in a wi-fi connection and AI has got me worried guys okay all right have a listen to what this guy who knows sounds like he knows what he's talking about is saying about the future of jobs and AI have a listen AI will increasingly replace repetitive jobs not just for blue-collar work, but a lot of white-collar work. What sort of jobs would be lost to AI? Basically chauffeurs, truck drivers, anyone who is driving for a living, their jobs will be disrupted more in the 15 to 20 year timeframe. And many jobs that seem a little bit complex. Chef, waiter, a lot of things will become automated. We'll have automated stores.

Frightening. But then I'm like, as I'm down this internet hole, I started to feel like buddy Liz Gunn or someone. Then I'm thinking, well, we've got the power to go, hey, let's not do AI. Let's keep everyone working and doing stuff yeah we can pull the plug on these things now if we want i know but if you're running a business and you can you know there's the option to do it a lot cheaper and faster but then you're gonna have people in it with no jobs no money then what are they gonna buy yep true that's a good point also

chefs there's creativity in that right the Can the AI come up with the recipes? Well, yeah, listen to this morning we played a little game, Siri Sing. So we get Siri to sing along. Siri AI, of course, and sing along. She sounds dead inside. Yeah, well, listen to her at the end of the Black Eyed Peas song that we didn't quite get to. You had to guess the lyrics. This was from the Black Eyed Peas and Siri singing.

Let's do it. Let's do it and do it and do it. Let's live it up and do it and do it and do it. Do it.i singing. Let's do it. Let's do it and do it and do it. Let's live it up and do it and do it and do it. Do it. Do it. Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it.

And still more talent than Fergie. What a D-bag. What a D-bag. Well, if you haven't seen that national anthem. Yeah. Fergie took the piss out of herself for that one. That was unnecessary for me.

I just needed an out there. But yeah, Siri hasn't quite nailed singing. One thing that won't be replaced is singing, but yeah. Well, actually to be fair though,

there are some AI versions of singing that is pretty incredible. You want to hear Johnny Cash sing like Venga Boys or something? You can do it on AI. It's wild.