Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: A Dear Megan that divides the show.

Episode Date: February 11, 2024

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The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. Are people in the Tauranga region this morning told to work from home if they can until Wednesday? Yeah, at least a couple of road closures, the main routes into Mount Maunganui. So it's going to be some congestion this morning. We've banged on about it before, so many road cones. I know. Cameron Road is just littered with road cones.

Tell you what, whoever sold Tauranga some road cones, the road cone salesperson, geez, they took the rest of the month off. Aren't they expensive? Aren't they like 40 bucks each? Are they? No, near 100, I think. Are they?

Patrick Gower did his drinking documentary, and that was one of the big takeaways. The people stealing them, yeah. Yeah, and he said, these are $120 each. Wow. Ben Boyce is a bit raspy this morning Yeah sorry guys

My voice is It's three days of You know doing We had a function For Thursday night For the Hits radio station And a couple things Over the weekend

And whew My voice is not quite recovered Yeah A lot of singing at Symphony Yeah it was amazing Symphony was incredible Like if you get a chance To go along

I've never been And it's just awesome You know So many acts during the day And then they put this amazing full orchestra light show lasers people singing along 12 days to set up takes 12 days and then 12 days to pack down apparently so yeah it was pretty incredible so i really really enjoyed it so badass right now you do because you're like i've been partying so hard for three days straight. Three days straight. He could be like a cast member of Fast and Furious.

Oh yeah, maybe this is the new me. Maybe we need to sexify out the radio show just a little bit. It's what has been lacking, sex. More sex on this show is what I've always demanded. Although I finally got it. My sister was giving me grief because I didn't realise this, that I thought I'd wear a festival sort of, you know, it's a festival atmosphere. I'll wear a festival sort of, you know, it's a festival atmosphere. I'll wear a festival sort of outfit to a symphony.

And I had a Bugs Bunny matching shirt and shorts combo. It looked great. That I hadn't really worn too much before in public. So I wore it along and she went, uh-oh, this is a Looney Tunes outfit. Harping back to what I wore to the school ball, which I hadn't even thought of. Now Megan, if you don't know, before my school ball, I got my mum to make a duvet cover that was Looney Tunes

into an outfit, a waistcoat, pants, and bandana. Yeah, that's not badass. Wow, a bandana too. A bandana, but it wasn't over his ears. It was like his ears poked out, the bandana was over the top. I know. And my sister's like, what are you doing? I thought you would have moved past that.

So I'm like, oh, my God, I hadn't thought of that. No, we'll have to show you the photo We'll put the photo up On the hits breakfast Oh god please don't It's a school board Please do And then he got his

Poor partner he took To the board as well She had to wear matching gloves Yeah gloves with Looney Tunes characters on Which you didn't have to Are you joking Just to tie it in

You know like Posh and Beckham Oh wow Did she wear them Yeah made out of the same Duvet cover She must have liked you Well we're not together anymore. For obvious reasons.

I am taking a hit for you in these gloves. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The ball's on today. The 49ers taking on the Chiefs. 12.30 New Zealand time. You can watch that. And already the first touchdown before the game even started. Yeah.

Taylor Swift has touched down in a private jet in America. In LA. Yeah, so the game's in Vegas. So there's lots of theories as to why that is. Although the Vegas airport is international, they're saying maybe they couldn't do the customs servicing there because she's coming from another, like a foreign country. I thought they had a reserved park for her plane there. So did I. So maybe she's

flying from there to the reserved park later when she clears customs, I'm guessing. Bloody rolling coverage of this journey is happening on TMZ Live. Updates happening. Is she going to make it to the Super Bowl? Megan, what are your bets on? She has landed in LA, so she will be making her way to

the Super Bowl. But all of the windows were blacked out, so you couldn't see. As she was getting out of the car, there was umbrellas covering her. Really? I don't know. Why?

It's not really a surprise. Long flight, look all jet-lagged, a bit greasy. You know you come off a plane like that, feeling all greasy, so maybe she was a bit shiny. Yeah, it does look like she's making her way back. And a 30-minute flight from LA to Vegas. I think something like that, yeah.

I'm not sure. She's going to make it, guys. She's going to make it. She will make it. Well, now she's definitely going to make it. Beforehand, there was a bit of talk if she would. Huge day in America. It's massive.

Just, you know, like even if you're not into football, it just seems to just be a massive day. They reckon 1.3 billion chicken wings will be eaten today. 1.3 billion. Enough beer to fill 2,000 Olympic-sized pools. 2,000 pools could be filled with beer. That's so many chickens. Oh, yeah.

Don't worry about the chickens, mate. This is what they were destined to become, wings covered in buffalo sauce, okay, and eaten by drunk Americans. I didn't realize, too, that 120 footballs will be used during the game. What happens? They just use a whole, like each team has like 50-something footballs each and they just kind of rotate them. Because they switch all the time, right? Yeah.

So there's not just one match ball. They just rotate the balls. And so up to 120 will be used throughout the game. Wow. She's still got the chickens in her head, mate. Yeah. She's still worried about this chicken massacre that's taken place. The chickens, they're not alive anymore.

Don't worry about them. They don't have any feelings now. They had a good life living in cages. Did they? Yes, they did. 140 million pounds of guacamole. Do you care about the avocados or not? They're all right.

Okay. Potato chips, 11.2 million pounds. Also, have you seen the size of their chicken wings? They're huge. Yeah, they're pretty massive, aren't they? There's like growth hormones, and then they top them off. More steroids than the actual players made those chickens. The hits.

The Jono and Ben podcast. Let's play headlines. Oh, we've got an introduction. We've got a new intro. Yeah. Megan. I give you three headlines. You can only choose one that you would like to click.

Three spicy headlines. Or actual news headlines. Actual news headlines. I actually got click baited over the weekend into a wonderful story of someone who was sadly, I don't know how, humped to death by a camel. And that was the headline. Imagine being by a camel. Wow. And the headline. Imagine being by a camel. And it happened, and it happens quite a lot too.

And dolphins as well pin people to the ocean floor. That's the clickbait I got sucked into over the weekend. Wow, that's a cheery thought. That's a thing. That's a thing. Over to you now, Megan. Okay, here's your three headlines. Protesters bear their bums in the Gold Coast.

Contractor finds deadly surprise in house while renovating. Okay, the bums on the Gold Coast. I imagine there'd be a lot of bums on display anyway in the beach. Yeah, I think I know about this. I think there's been a bit of backlash because someone's come out and said that they shouldn't be, you know, the G-string sort of bikini, the thong bikinis. Some old guys complained about it and people, and there is now a backlash.

That is not who I expected to complain. Yeah. An old guy. Don't, no, don't complain. Don't, no, no. Whatever you do. Let's stop,

stop complaining. Let's not, let's stop that protest. And now it's become quite a big thing, I think, over there because people are like, well, you can't tell us

how to dress. It's also very hard to find, I think, over there, because people are like, well, you can't tell us how to dress. It's also very hard to find a bikini bottom at the moment that isn't, like, cheeky. A cheeky one. Yeah, you're right. And there is a lot of cheeks happening. Honestly, as a 41-year-old man, I just stare at the sand. I just find myself just looking at the sand.

Not knowing where to put my eyes. Okay, so, we already know that story. Yeah, I think that's done it I think that's it I think that's it So the world record Eight years Eight years of his life He spent doing this

And almost missed out Okay you've got me You want to know about the world record You guys have done a few World records in your time Yeah we have done some Wacky world records Not official though

No They're always in quotation marks Whenever anything's printed about it And you know why It's because to actually get Guinness to officiate a world record, bloody ball like. It really is. Well, that's what's happened here.

So this guy, I don't know if he looked into it beforehand, but he spent eight years trying to make a replica of the Eiffel Tower out of matchsticks. And he did it. He made it. However, when he went to go and get the Guinness World Record, they said that they weren't going to give it to him because the matchsticks you couldn't buy commercially.

What? He'd got fancy matchsticks made for him. They're still matchsticks. Yeah, I don't think they had the lightable end. So they didn't give it to him. He complained. They went back and they did finally give it to him? He complained, they went back and they did finally give it to him.

It's 23.6 feet. I've just googled it. High? It is magnificent. Eight years of his life and they're like, sorry mate. Sorry mate.

But then, shouldn't you check beforehand? Yeah, granted. Just before I embark on this. Over the eight years, you've got a chance to go, hang on. Yeah.

It took him 4,200 hours of just reading this article but i mean at the end of the day who cares like get us just be like you're biffy in the book mate oh i thought you meant who cares about the tower i was like that too but it looks cool yeah it looks awesome i don't know what he's gonna do with it now uh yeah i don't know is he that would make sense he said there's been an emotional rollercoaster. Does he have a partner? Because I imagine they wouldn't be around any longer.

Yeah, no. I wouldn't have thought so. What are you going to do? I'm just going to go and add a few more matchsticks. Wow, 23 kilograms of glue. Really? Where does he keep that? It's huge.

But where do you build it? In my mind, I was like, I feel like gluing is cheating. i thought he was just like stacking oh haters gonna hate listen to the kiwi bloody tall poppy hey nice eiffel tower mate i use glue to do your life loser the hits the jonah and ben podcast valentine's day and a couple of days time and producer grace i'm gonna bring you on right here now because she does something every year so you've been with your partner for how long three years now so and a cute little thing you do every year i he has to ask to be my valentine's even though they're in a relationship they have to he has to ask every year some years ago are you like no i'm obviously gonna say yes but you know like he has to ask because like what if it gets to the day

and there's just nothing planned i'm like what am i going to do not this year you're like not this year he's already asked he's in the good books don't worry don't worry guys that's interesting yeah are you you get valentine's day person uh no no no we're not really no we didn't really we used to do something on the day before or the day after we'd go out for dinner so you went with everyone else oh it doesn't bind to the commercialism? Yeah. Yeah. That's what we used to do.

But even now we don't do that. Now the love's died. Yeah, but... Are you? We were until we had two little kids. And now we're like, oh, what are we going to do now? He was like, what do you want to do for Valentine's Day? I was like, I don't know, go to bed.

Get the kids to sleep and go to bed. Well, actually doing something pretty cool. Thanks to Chemist Warehouse. You can win your partner a fragrance as well. Fragrance. Fragrance. Fragrance. Yeah.

So you can just nominate a song. Go to the hits.co.nz and tell us what song you'd like to dedicate and why it means a lot to your partner, why it reminds you of your partner. And you can win a fragrance, as I said before. Thanks to Maddie and PJ in the afternoons and, of course, here on the morning show. And we will play some songs on Valentine's Day

dedicated to your partner. Maybe you find out the story behind it. So there you go. You don't have to get a present. You can just dedicate a song on the radio, which is pretty cool. Old school stuff. Yeah.

You could play it on Spotify or Apple Music, but no, it's not quite the same. No. Everyone can hear it there. You could play it on Spotify or Apple Music, but no. It's not quite the same. No. Everyone can hear it there. You're right. You can get Ben's sexy husky voice. I don't know.

Maybe this is my new Valentine's Day voice. Yeah, right. Just be a bit more husky and a bit more cool. Oh, some Fleetwood Mac. Going out to all the lovers out there. Remember there was a show called Love Songs Till Midnight on the radio? It was huge. On classic hits before it was a hit.

Was it? Yeah, it was. Yeah. I used to listen to it. Really radio It was huge On classic hits Before it was that Was it Yeah it was Yeah I used to listen to it Really It was great Lael Ludlow Was the name That used to

Lael Ludlow That's right Lazy voice Husky like me Yeah And it was just Basically just bordering On very sexual

The whole show The whole Five hours of Oh here's some boys to me And we're going out to Leanne. It was great. Would have been a fun show to host.

Yeah. All good vibes. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, your son, Oscar Jono, he issued us a bit of a challenge. Yeah. We went to an RSA recently. He was like, what's in there? And I was like, well, that, my friend, is where people go to drink before midday and don't get judged.

And so we went in and had a lovely meal there. It's a lovely place, the RSA, isn't it? And he was like, you need to do a parody song on your radio show to Miley Cyrus' Party in the USA and turn it into Party in the RSA. It works well. Oh, my God. Why have we not done this? It's been right in front of us. When did she release that song?

Ten years ago? Yeah, easily. Yeah. It's been sitting right in front of our noses, Megan, this entire time. So we called the RSA because we're going to release the song hopefully tomorrow all going well. And we called the RSA just to get a few things, a bit of content that we can slip into the song.

Hello, Anne-Marie speaking. G'day Anne-Marie, how are you? Good, thank you. Got a hold of the RSA? Yes, you have. It's a party in the RSA. Is it? Well, it's about to be. It's Jono and Ben, we're calling from the Hits radio station. Yes.

And my son came up with a genius idea for a song. Are you familiar with Miley Cyrus' Party in the USA? No. Okay, well, this is going to mean nothing to you. I'm far too old for that. Okay, well, she wrote a song called Party in the USA. Yes. So can you imagine what we want to do?

You want to come and party in the RSA. Correct, yeah. But we need some content for the song, don't we, Ben? Yeah, we need some lines. I know you're probably busy at the RSA, but a couple of things we could include in our song. I mean, what's great about the RSA? Oh, the people.

Okay, people, good. The staff. Are the people and the staff the same thing? No, the people are the patrons. Oh, yes, good. The staff. Are the people and the staff the same thing? No, the people are the patrons. Oh, yes. Look after the patrons. I remember RSA is one of the places you get your glasses out of the fridge. Is that what we're talking?

Yes, you're right. You get your glasses out of the fridge, and you return your glasses to the bar at the end of the night. Is there a tray there? Yes, there is a tray. Okay, good. Do you play bingo? No, we don't play bingo, but we play jingo.

Oh, jingo. What's jingo? Jingo is a musical bingo. Oh, okay. So you do a form of bingo. Okay. All right, good. Have you got pokies?

Yes, we do have a gaming machine. Pool cues? Yeah, pool, snooker. Courtesy van? Yes, we do have a courtesy van. Good. Okay. And food, what sort of food can we get at an RSA?

You can get to the bistro and you can have bistro meals. If you've got 50 friends, you can come along and have a buffet meal. Oh, wow. 50 friends. Jeez. Okay. Great. So is that enough, Ben?

I think that's pretty good. Yeah. That's good. Oh, well, it means nothing to? I think that's pretty good. Yeah. That's good. Oh, well, it means nothing to you. Thursday and Fridays we have raffles. Yeah, meat raffles, money raffles, and season oyster raffles. Sounds a lot of fun. Yep.

Does sound like a Disneyland for seasoned drinkers at the RSA. I love it. Yeah, it's a party in the RSA. It's like that song Miley Cyrus, but you don't know it. Oh, well, I kind of know it. I have heard it, but don't ask me to sing it. It's a party in the RSA. It's like that song Miley Cyrus, but you don't know it. Oh, well, I kind of know. I do have heard it, but don't ask me to sing it, because that would be appalling. Well, thank you.

Hey, listen, thank you so much. You've been more than helpful. We're going to write and record the song overnight and release it tomorrow. Would you like us to phone you and play it to you? Yes, that would be good. You probably will end up talking to Steve in the morning. He's the manager.

I'm just the office lady. Well, Steve's going to have no idea what we're phoning about. No, he won't, but I'll give him a heads up. All right. Thank you. Appreciate your time. Bye, guys. So there it is.

Tomorrow we may have a party in the RSA. I was reading it took Freddie Mercury three months to record Bohemian Rhapsody. It'll take us three hours to do this song. Well, there's a lot to Bohemian Rhapsody. It'll take us three hours to do this song. Well, there's a lot to Bohemian Rhapsody, though, isn't there? There's quite a lot of parts to that. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It is the Super Bowl today, 12.30. It's a huge, huge day in America.

The Chiefs taking on the 49ers. You had some wonderful Super Bowl facts that you were spouting off about a huge chicken massacre that has taken place. It wasn't sitting well with Megan Pappas. Was it 1.2 billion? 3 billion chicken wings will be eaten across the day. Oh, no, that's right. Because in my mind, I was like, that's 1.5 billion chickens because, you know, two wings per chicken.

I think to Las Vegas, because it's being held in Las Vegas, just today, it is bringing in $500 million. Wow. That's a lot of cash. That's huge. Taylor Swift watch, of course her partner Travis Kelsey is playing in the game today. There was talk all during the week, the last couple of weeks would she make it back from Tokyo in time? Megan, up to date coverage?

I can tell you she has made it back to LA. She's touched down. She went back to her Beverly Hills mansion and everyone's saying that she will take a private jet to Vegas. Well, she's gone home to freshen up, I guess. Except pack an overnight bag. Do the triple

S's in the bathroom, eh? And do you know how big her carbon footprint is too over the last 48 hours? Have we got an update on that? Huge. But this is the dream, right? But it's all worth it. She won a Grammy.

She got her hardware. He's going to win his hardware and then he's going to propose and they'll have joint hardware. That's what's going to happen. What do you think he's going to propose after the Super Bowl? I just want to be a... They've only been dating for two minutes?

Who cares? Great location. Fairytale ending. I mean, yeah, it would be pretty romantic in some ways. Well, would it? As a female, would you find that romantic?

So I think this is my theory. I think that a lot of guys think that women maybe want a public proposal, but I wouldn't be down for it. I made it very clear that I didn't want to be proposed to on the radio or in public at all. What? You didn't want to milk your personal marriage for the entertainment of a radio show?

And you call yourself a breakfast host. You wanted to keep that private? Yeah. Oh, really? You're not a public... Are you publicly proposed? I did kind of in a way. I didn't do it in front of like a huge crowd. We were in Italy going through. It was Amanda's birthday and we're in Rome and

by the fountain, beautiful trivii fountain, I secretly brought over a ring and I sort of did it to the side. But as soon, and I kind of did and then Amanda went, what, you're not getting down on one knee? And then I was like, oh, well, I better. And that's when I drew a lot of attention to myself and the people that were trying to sell flowers and other things were like,

this guy is going to buy so much stuff. Look at the schmuck on his knee. The guy gave me a whole, like the whole bouquet. He was selling individual flowers, but he gave it to me a whole bouquet. He was selling individual flowers but he gave it to me like a bouquet. He was like, you're going to buy all this? I'm like, no I'm not. Do you love her? If you loved her, you would.

So it was kind of public. But then that's on Amanda because I was trying to do it quieter, just the two of us. Yeah, right. They saw you coming as soon as he bent down on that knee. Here we go. This is you coming as soon as he bent down on that knee. Here we go.

0800 The Hits. This is what we're going to chuck out there. I mean, potentially a huge public proposal on the cards today after the Super Bowl. Where's he keeping the ring?

Because they don't have pockets in those tight little football players. Jockstrap. Jockstrap. Yeah, it's a jockstrap. It's so tight, it's not getting out.

But does she want a sweaty crotch ring as an engagement ring? She wants it done privately. The Hits. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Of course, Usher playing halftime at the Super Bowl. I hope he's bringing out the old bloody yaya.

Well, they are saying there's rumours that Little John Ludacris will join him. Also Justin Bieber. Justin Bieber might as well. Because Usher kind of found Justin Bieber, right? Yeah, and mentored him. So they could do Somebody to Love. Is that their song? Yeah. 13 minutes is normally what they get at Somebody to Love. Is that their song? Yeah.

13 minutes is normally what they get at halftime, but just Usher's getting 15. Requested an extra two minutes. Wow. And they don't get paid a cent. I know that's been spoken about previously, but they all do it from the love of their heart, the love of the art,

and then also the love of the streams that come afterwards. I think Rihanna's streams after last year's performance increased by 266 percent wow that's more than the percentage system would allow for yeah it's huge boost for already massive artists isn't it yeah yeah so you're you're picking a proposal travis kelsey who i think i'm staring at right now because ben boyce got a tra Kelsey haircut on Friday. He's in the studio now. I don't know if the odds are high, but I'm hoping. It just would be like I want the Chiefs to win.

I know nothing about football. I want the Chiefs to win. I know they're not the favourites. Yeah, but they won last year. Yeah, right. Okay, so I want him to get a ring and then I want him to give her a ring. Well, that would just be the best fairy tale ending to all of this. There's a true football fan right there. Right there.

You just heard it, ladies and gentlemen. But she's all jet lagged. She came from Tokyo. She'll be all screechy and sweaty. She's been home to freshen up. She's freshened up. She's freshened up. She's good to go.

I'm sure she's got nice accommodation in Vegas. She's got a shower there as well. She won't be looking greasy. I can tell you that. I don't think I got nice accommodation in Vegas. She's got a shower there as well. She won't be looking greasy. I don't think I've ever seen a greasy. Have you ever seen a greasy Taylor Swift? No. She's always immaculate. So public proposals.

Are we into it or are we not? Because for some people that would be the most romantic thing, the most incredible thing in front of the whole world. For other people they would be like, please do not do this here. A friend of mine, she went to break up with her partner and I think he could sense something was coming. And they were at a restaurant and she was trying to drop the bomb.

And in a last ditch attempt, he pulled out a proposal. Oh, did he? He could sense the break up. So he felt a break up and thought he'd proposed. How did it go? That was a we'll talk about this when we get home. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

No, so don't try that. I mean, hey, he was pulling anything out of thin air. Let's get Stacey on. You were proposed to in public, were you? Stacey? Oh, sorry. Sorry, no, I didn't. It's fine.

It's early in the morning, mate. Yeah. Yeah, my husband proposed to me under the Christmas tree in front of all my extended family on Christmas morning. How'd that go down? Oh, no, it was good. Oh, good, good. Your tone and your voice was like, he shouldn't have done that.

Yeah. No, I just couldn't understand why he was cracking open a beer at 8 o'clock that morning, but now I know. He's nervous. So you had a beer beforehand? Yes, definitely. That's an early beer. It was, yeah.

I understand now why, though. You built up the courage, and all the family, did they know what was going to happen? My parents did, but no one else did. So, yeah, it was quite a shock for everyone, I think. Oh, what a great... This is on Christmas Day. Yeah.

No other present would have matched. No other present would have been as good as that ring. Way to take the shine off Jesus' birthday. He's got one day a year. Couldn't have done it on Boxing Day. I'd be worried. I know he's so like Christmas. I don't want to do it in front of people because I'd be worried I'd like ugly cry and snot in front of people.

Yeah. Is that you? Yeah. Oh, that's beautiful. Well, front of people. Yeah. Was that you? Yeah. Oh, that's beautiful. Well, that's lovely, Stacey. Thank you. So many great texts coming through, 4487 as well. The only thing I'd change about my proposal is my husband was in his underpants.

It was a very hot summer's day. Hopefully that wasn't too public, that one. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now we've been giving away a double pass to see Taylor Swift when she's going to be in Australia very, very shortly. The phone lines have been crazy. So many people want to go see Taylor Swift, of course, when she's in Australia.

And Kate was the winner on Friday and she joins us right now. Good morning, Kate. Hi. How are you? Trying to regain some normality, but good. Wow. If we can take you back to Friday afternoon With Maddie and PJ

Have a listen Oh my god Kate This is Maddie and PJ calling from the Hits Yeah Did you go in the draw to win something recently? Yes I did I'm struggling

If I've got a decent... Don't go into cardiac arrest, Kate. You and your daughter are going to see Taylor Swift live on her Ears tour in Sydney. Congratulations. This is so huge. We are stoked for you, Kate. Wow.

And a couple of days later. Yeah. How are you feeling? I'm back to normal breathing patterns. I can string a sentence together, which is nice. But it's just unbelievable. Reality, yeah, kind of hasn't really sunk in yet. Yeah, I bet.

I bet. You couldn't have saved some of those tears for our show? Jeez. You made me cry. It was beautiful. It was lovely. It was truly tragic radio, that was. No, it was wonderful.

We froth that stuff in commercial radio, mate. Tears. It must mean a lot to go see her. It's pretty awesome. Yeah, it's been a massive process. I mean, like a lot of diehard Swifties, our lives have been on hold pretty much for seven months since the first tickets came out.

Oh, my God. We've been talking about nothing but. And you're taking your daughter over. What was her reaction? Hazel was pretty overwhelmed. She knew originally that we'd been trying hardcore. I think she thought that we'd sort of given up, but I'd obviously entered,

and it kind of blew her mind because it was her birthday last week, and it had always been our dream to give her the tickets for her birthday. And so I don't think that she's kind of got it. Now she's in flapper mode. She's like, I've got to make more bracelets. I've got to find an outfit. Oh, the friendship bracelet. Apparently you don't know how to take the friendship bracelets in, Benusa.

Oh, no, they're on your arms. You can take as many as you want wearing them. You just can't take them into a bag. You can take 300 on your arms if you can wear them all. If you can fit them on your arms, yeah. Is she up and at them? She is. She is getting ready for school.

Can we have a chat to Hazel? Yeah, of course you can. Just a minute. Hi. Mate, how happy are you? I don't think I've ever been this happy in my life. That's pretty awesome. Taylor Swift.

What did all your friends say? I mean, I had people asking me a couple of days before we got them, Hazel, have you managed to get tickets yet? Have you got them? And I was like, no. So to be able to tell them that I'm going and that I got tickets, they're just so happy for me. It's honestly the best.

Oh, that's great. I mean, it's only February, and I think we probably have a contender for Mother of the Year already. Yeah, definitely. Yep, definitely. Oh, so happy for you both. That's awesome. We'll have a chat to your mum again, Hazel. Yep, definitely. Yeah. Oh, so happy for you both. That's awesome. We'll have a chat to

your mum again, Hazel. Hi, guys. Can she get time off school? Oh, I don't think that that's going to be an issue. I think I feel a bit of

sickness coming on, Hazel. That's a quit school situation, you know, homeschool sort of option for that, surely. I don't think in this situation that that's going to

be a problem. You'll remember this for the rest of your lives. We just cannot thank the HITS team enough. We know how many people would have wanted their phones to ring like ours, you know, like mine did on Friday, and that's not lost on us. There's lots of Swifties that have missed

out, so we are just so eternally grateful. Oh, good on you. Good on you. Well, congratulations. Couldn't have had a better winner. Thank you so much. And a better winner. Enjoy the trip, and we'll be harassing you when you're over there. Oh, we'll be harassing you. You'll be spammed with photos all day long.

Yes, amazing. Love it. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. In the Tauranga region This morning They reckon actually Until Wednesday morning Megan Maybe work from home

Yeah there's Going to be a lot of congestion A couple of roads closed So yeah if you can Work from home Do it Don't get stuck in that Dream result mate

Shambles of a council Few days working from home Great stuff Yeah I think some roads Actually there's like A massive slip Or something That's part of the roads

Gone or something Is there a big hole Yeah I mean I read the news story But can't remember And I don't think The infrastructure's not set up Because all the Aucklanders

Are moving to Tauranga Yeah probably right And their Range Rovers Better weather Yeah and then I don't think everything's Set up for them So I think traffic's

Always been pretty tough there So hey enjoy your WFH Now over the weekend I took my kids to a frozen yogurt store. Now, don't get me wrong. I love a frozen yogurt. In fact, if I had a choice between ice cream and frozen yogurt, I'm taking frozen yogurt any day of the week. Yeah, he's a healthy guy.

You know, he'll have a celery stick over a bag of potato chips. But my problem with the frozen yogurt store, and they know exactly what they're doing, is they're putting all the responsibility for filling up the yogurt in the hands of the customers. And as a parent, no matter how much you say,

don't get too much in your cup, the kids, I mean, it's just like, they are getting to basically pull the lever to get the frozen yogurt out of the machine. Multiple flavors. So of course they want ones of bits. And then you go to a table full of sprinkles and all sorts right toppings galore yeah and then you take it up to get weighed and i'm like you know what you're doing frozen yogurt people you know what you're doing as an industry you know where i'm paying the paying the penance

for your serve yourself system that no matter young old, you're going to get a lot more yourself than if you went up to and said, just one of those $6 things, you know? It's like, you just go out there with it like. Pay as you wait. Yeah, so it's how much you want is, yeah, so you can grab a small cup or a larger cup of more.

It's like, get the small cup, kids. Yeah, no worries. And then they pile it up with all sorts of toppings and all sorts of things. And you get up there and you're like,. Yeah, no worries. And then they pile it up with all sorts of toppings and all sorts of things. And you get up there and you're like, $35. $35. $15 of sprinkles. Weighing me down.

And it's too late. Once you're at the counter, it's too late. What are you going to do? Put it back? You can't because it's touched the frozen yogurt. They know what they're doing. I mean, it's delicious. And, you know, it's great.

But Ben's not coming back. Well, I know. That sweet, sweet, healthy taste of it's great. But Ben's not coming back. Well, I'll be back. That sweet, sweet, healthy taste of the yogurt will bring him back in every time. Do you remember back in the day the all-you-could-eat pizza hut? Oh, yeah. Nine bucks and you could just go. It was nine bucks. Bonkers on the foot.

Like, you could just sit there and essentially gain about seven kilograms in one setting. Lunch, dinner, and you had the whole dessert bar. And dessert, yeah. Everything was on offer. And being Kiwis, we, boy, oh, boy, I think there's a reason why it's no longer a thing. We ran that thing dry. But that was the same scenario.

Well, you didn't have to pay as you weigh. No. You just paid one fee. Well, they weighed you on the way out. Yeah, you rolled out the door. That'd be degrading, wouldn't it? That's a great system, though. Pays your way.

What have you weighed coming in? Oh, OK, on the way out. People need a lot less than that, was the thing. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I know it's Monday, beginning of the week. Don't want to bring the vibes down. But war, it's a thing. It's happening at the moment.

You know, Israel, Palestine you've got Russia, Ukraine North Korea's always old Kim Jong cute little fella isn't he he's always talking about

firing off missiles and stuff you kind of feel like those things are huge in the news and then they still continue the wars continue

but then the news kind of moves on in a lot of ways I know that there is articles still going but it feels like everyone moves to another story remember when the Ukraine started being invaded and we were all like but then the news kind of moves on in a lot of ways. I know that there is articles still going, but it feels like everyone moves to another story.

Remember when the Ukraine started being invaded, and we're all like, Zelensky, Zelensky. That battler is still there every day in his bloody military green T-shirt. We're talking about Travis Kelsey proposing to Taylor Swift at halftime. We're worried if Taylor Swift's jet's going to make it to the airport. You're right, Ben. You're right. It's a good chance to just take stock, isn't it? But there is Chad, and there has been some conversation about conscription coming back into play if World War does break out,

which would mean those who are youthful enough and with enough energy could be called up to serve in the military. And I was talking to my son about this Oscar. He's like, what does this mean? I said, well, my friend, anyone under the age of 35, don't worry, I did the age check there, Ben. We're too old. We're too senile for it. And it's one of the joys about being 41 years old.

You're like, sorry. They're like, well, we can't have you with your bloody complaining about your sore knees and the missiles are too loud. I can't hear anyone in here. So we're too old for it. We're senile for war. Yeah, anyone under the age of 35 it could be called up and i tell you what the generation guess what they turned to they turned to tiktok to talk about this this generation is going to suck at war i can't even make a phone call without getting anxious i'm not dying for nothing i'm not

involved i have 100 don't agree with war but there is absolutely no way we should be forced to it. And this has truly terrified me. Day in the life on the battlefield. So after waking up to the sound of air sirens, I got myself up and had my morning rations of eight beans and a slice of bread. This is what I was wearing for the day. I can't believe they gave us these cargoes for free because they are so cute. To whom it may concern, if we are getting conscripted to war, take me off the roster. I loved Day in the Life of the Battlefield. Get ready with me while I go to the front line.

I reckon we should just tell them that conscription's like a three-day music festival. They can all go along. Can't be worse than five best. I'd be shocking at war. When you think about what our grandparents went through, Ben, I know your granddad went to war. Some of them aged 12 were getting put into the junior cadet programs to be conscripted.

You just can't fathom it, can you, what they went through, really. There's no way they're taking my husband. He's under 35. I'll fight them because they're not leaving me at home with those two kids. You might fight them, but we need him to fight the enemy. I'm sorry. This is the problem when you marry someone younger than you. They can get conscripted to war.

You should have thought about that. Hopefully that doesn't happen. Particularly here in New Zealand. I feel like New Zealand's not getting involved in too many things. Thanks, mate. We can have your 2,000 people. We don't make much impact on the international world war. You're right.

Why don't we just keep our heads down? Down here. Pretend we don't exist. Megan, you've been sent a DM. And if you'd like to send Megan a DM, because clearly you don't trust Ben and me to handle your sensitive emotional issues, you can get in touch with Megan Louise Pappas on Instagram. Yeah. It's just a me to handle your sensitive emotional issues. You can get in touch with Megaloispapas on Instagram. Yeah, it's just a shameless plug.

Slide on into the DMs. Do it. Today, we've been discussing this at large over the last couple of days. Almost got a little bit heated between us. So here is the DM, anonymous, of course. All right, guys, I feel like this is a good one for DM again. Yes, I'm feeling super uneasy about something my fiance is planning to do. He's going on a work trip to Fiji. It's a team building thing with the whole team, but he's asked me if he could stay on

for another week afterwards for a holiday. I don't have any holidays, so I't go here is my issue he wants to stay on with a female colleague of his so it would be him and her and Fiji alone together for a week he's playing the whole they're just mates line but it makes me uncomfortable and I just think if I can't go then he should just come home he's still going to Fiji I don't feel comfy with him staying on with her What do you think? I'm going to sound really superficial here Is she an ago? Jono

It needs to be said Because that like I'm going to be disliked for saying this out loud And on the broadcast But it comes into play Like if she's a dedicated lesbian like i'm talking prison mullet lesbian then you're like hey no harm no foul you're going to have a great week but i would say that whatever she looks like i would it sounds like there's potential for

attraction do you know what i mean like are you reading a lot into that message though yeah ben would you be worried if there wasn't she didn't think there was potential for attraction right i'd like to think in my in my relationship with amanda we've been together many many years that if you know it was a situation like that that i would trust her in the situation i would go okay fine and i would probably know the person and go yeah that's cool you know like that's that's fine amanda amanda has said to you. Whatever. It's Hot Fernando from Italy. Or Jason Momoa. Okay, bring it closer to home. Sam Wallace from Coast.

Good looking guy. Good looking guy. He's puffed up. Puffed up on protein. Tanned all over. Wouldn't be a part of his body that hasn't seen the sun. She says I want seven days with Wallace. Yeah, but it's not like they're two in the same room together.

They're not in the same room together. For the first night anyway. A week's a long time. A week's a long time. I get it. A week's a long time. But a couple of days extra, I'll be like, yeah, sweet ass. I'm fine.

I trust you enough in our relationship. Don't make it a trust thing. Well, it is a trust thing. That's what you're saying, that the issue is trust. It's also the intent, I think. Like, why does he want to be on a tropical island with her for a week afterwards? And maybe it's you do trust your partner partner but you don't know what the intentions are of yeah of a proteined up sam wallace yeah and yeah and it would be a bit you'd be a lot more comfortable

if you knew both the parties yeah yeah both you know like friends of mine then i'll be like yeah that's cool yeah i'm just i i don't want to would you let andrew go i don't want to sound like a psycho but no well i wouldn't it's not that i wouldn't let him go i'd be like a psycho. Would you let Andrew go? I don't want to sound like a psycho, but no. Well, I wouldn't. It's not that I wouldn't let him go. I'd be like, it's up to you, but I'm not comfortable with it. Okay. I'm not comfortable. Like, why do you want to be on a tropical island with another female for a week?

Because he's thinking of the household. He's like, work's paying for us to go over there. This is a chance for me to get some annual leave. But you've had time in Fiji. A week's a long time. I get you. You've already been in Fiji, so you've had the holiday. Working. Conference. Conference stuff. Oh, yeah. Working on it. A couple more days. All right. Let's throw it out there. We've had time in Fiji. A week's a long time. I get you. You've already been in Fiji, so you've had the holiday. Working. Conference. Conference stuff.

Oh, yeah. Working on it. A couple more days. All right, let's throw it out there. We've had so much feedback that we need to get to on social media. The hits breakfast as well. Would you let your partner go? Because that's the question here. Does she say yes or no?

Do you let your fiancé stay on for a week afterwards with another female is the question. You've got a good way of wording it so you get the audience on your side. Don't think I don't know what you're doing here. We've got another very, very interesting DM, Megan, this morning. A DM that's been sent to you, Megan. I did tell you it would be spicy. So this is a woman whose fiancé wants to go to, he's already going to Fiji as part of a work trip but he wants

to stay on an extra week with one of his female colleagues. She's not okay with it as I wouldn't be but she wants to know what we think. Yeah, should she let him go? I purely base the decision on photographic evidence

I want to see what this person looks like. And then my decision will be made. John, I would be upset with it if they were a hottie. Yeah. Wouldn't you? I think it's also their relationship status. Yeah. You know, like it'd be a good looking,

but if they were in a relationship and I knew they were married or whatever, in their relationship, I'd probably be fine. That comes into play as well. Being boys would be fine. He'd let Amanda go. Megan, you are not letting Andrew go. Probably not.

On a sultry summer holiday. I could be like Ben and be like, you know, this or that. It depends. But I probably wouldn't. Not too many people are on my side on this one. It feels like there's a lot of hell to the no coming through on the messages. Hell to the no. And also, I don't think he's planning anything or else he wouldn't have told her.

You know, if he wanted to get up to any nonsense, you do it during the conference week, surely. Why would you stay up for another week and then tell your fiance, hey, I'm doing this with this person, you know? He should have just said the trip was two weeks long. So my message here, what I thought was quite a good message on our Facebook, tell him you've booked flights to come, meet him, and then see how he reacts. So say you're going, oh, great, I'll book flights day three, and then see what his reaction is.

Yeah, see, this is the psychology you're dealing with, isn't it? So we're going to go to Craig in Auckland. Would you let your partner go, Craig? Yeah, no, not at all. Not at all. Classic Kiwi aunts there. Yeah, oh, no, not at all. Not at all. Classic Kiwians there. Yeah, oh, no. Not at all. Do you guys know

if she's got a partner? Yeah, well, that's why I was saying the human relationship status plays a lot into it. Yeah, no, I think you do things when you're single, but when you're in a committed relationship, those sorts of things get just knocked on the head. So, that's a definite firm no from me.

Thank you, Craig. I'm glad that a male rung up on my side of things. There's a lot of that. Jeremy's messaged on Facebook as well saying, no, wouldn't let my partner go. It's just the intent. Like, why does he want to hang out in Fiji with a female for a week that's not his fiancée? Well, they're not hanging out together. They're just there in the same resort.

Sure. They're not going to do it. That's the same thing, boys. Gentlemen, that's the same thing. That's called hanging out. Thank you, Craig. I don't know why we're defending this person. We don't know.

Get Craig's number. I feel like I need him on speed dial. No, you know, I get your point. I get your point. I was just trying to look at it from the other side of things. Yeah, we're going to go to Tauranga. We'll get Zoe on. Would you have a problem meeting your partner,

go on holiday with a female or a male colleague? Zoe. Hello. No, I think it's fine. Like, I think that she probably, they shouldn't be getting married if they don't trust each other. Oh, good call. But, yeah, I think, like, the most fundamental thing in any relationship is if you trust each other.

And if he's already in Fiji, it's not like they're planning a trip together. So if she doesn't trust him, then why not marry him? What if your partner's going on holiday with some flirty minx? Well, so the way I see it, so my partner, it was my birthday this weekend, and my partner went to Coast to Coast to be the support crew for this incredible woman. She's obviously an amazing athlete. She's doing Coast to Coast. She's incredibly beautiful, and he went to be her support crew instead of being here for my birthday.

And I'm fine with it because like he's, that's what he wanted to do. He loves that race. He's won it four times before. Like she wanted him to be her support crew. So he's taking me out for my birthday this week. And like, I trust him.

So it doesn't bother me in the slightest. You are a better woman than I. You're saying that I'm doing cross signals. Nope, nope, nope. Coast to coast. You wouldn't even let go of the coast to coast. They're going from coast to coast. Support person.

I feel like this person's been quite upfront with it too, like revealed the whole situation. If she was keeping it, if he was keeping it a secret and like, oh, you know, then that's really dodgy. Hiding in plain sight. Yeah, but he's just being really open and saying, like, he's already there. So, yeah, I'd be totally fine with it.

Okay, well, we're in the minority, you and me, Zoe. We're in the minority by a long way. A long, long, long way. I hear the trust issue argument, and I do, yeah, I do partially agree. You're like David Seymour at Waitangi. Oh, don't, please don't. No, no. No, I'm not.

Definitely not. He's open. The crowd is against you. Yeah. In that regard, but not with his beliefs, that's for sure. So, what are we telling this person to do? Well, I don't want Zoe to make me sound like a psycho, but I would say you need to have a frank conversation with them.

Explain that you're uncomfortable and see where he goes to from there because he might end up putting you at ease with it. 86% of people say no. Don't let him go. Don't let him go. You need to at least tell him that you're uncomfortable and see what he says. Have the conversation for sure.

Ben's been David Seymour. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Discovered last week how the producer Taylor has a very cute and kind of disturbing voice for her dash hound, Louis. Louis, baby, where's my little baby? Louis, Louis, chi- my little baby? Louis, Louis, chichi. Here comes Louis. Hello, baby.

Oh, my little chivalracha. My little pookie. Now, we heard this on Friday. Now, Patricia, Sally, you're quite nervous about this. This is the first time I've ever been nervous for something. Ever? Yeah, I don't been nervous for something. Ever? Yeah, I don't get nervous because I don't think. Okay, so you're going to phone the CEO, Bogsy.

Buckle Bogs. Your baby voice, with your baby voice. Yeah, that you talk to your sausage dog with. Yeah, and I just want you guys to really think about this because if this goes sour, you're without a producer. ASAP Rocky, so. Okay, so what's your tactic here? Like, so he's going to answer,

obviously, hello, and I think I'm just going to go straight into character. Yeah. Are you going to call them all the same things that you called the little adorable Louie? Yeah, because they're my go-to.

Yeah, it's a chipolata. Bubba Ganoush. It could be called an eggplant dip pretty early on. An eggplant dip? Because I do have Bubba Ganoush's. Taramasoush. It could be called an eggplant dip pretty early on. An eggplant dip? Because I do have baba ganoushies. A tarama salata. I already called them an eggplant dip.

My little eggplant. I'll have a little garlic dip, tarama salata, all my favourites I'll be mentioning. I don't know if I can listen to this. A little tabbouleh-wooh-lee. It's making me feel nervous now too. Oh, God. I've got to...

Okay, we are going through to the CEO. I love the heart palpitations. Yeah, I'm... I don't know. I'm going to close my eyes. I'm hiding. He might not answer. Please don't answer.

He's a very busy man. Please don't answer. My little eggplant dip. Good morning. Hello, my little Bogsy Mogsy. Hello, who is this? This is Tay Tay.

How are you? How's my little Bubba Ganosh doing? Okay, who's giving me a hard time? How are you, my little Chichi? Chichi?

Come on, give me some hard time. How are you, my little chichi? Come on, give me some more hints. I've got little Jono and Ben on the line here. Oh, no. We've got nothing to do with this. It might go down. It might go down.

I mean, he's the CEO of radio stations. He's suspecting someone. Boxy, it's Tony Street here. Sam Wallace. Oh, yeah, just doing some press-ups. Sam Wallace, yeah. And Jase. And Jase, that's Jase.

Yeah, good morning. All right, hang up, hang up, hang up. I feel like he's got more important things to be doing right now than this. So thank you so much, mate. Okay, see you guys later. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. What the? be doing right now than this so thank you so much mate okay see you guys later oh my god i wanted it to go on longer but then i did it i couldn't listen to him i couldn't be i was hiding in the corner your chair and as soon as i was like oh my god this is this is going

south quick i don't know i don't know how much of me just died inside then but there was a lot how do you think i feel mate i'm I'm hollow. There's nothing inside anymore. I always feel like I need a shower. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, Megan, you've got an issue with cleaning the house. I've had a couple of functions recently. Two birthdays, one after the other. One week it's my husband's, next week it's my son's.

And we decided to host them both at our house. Take them off site, mate. Lollipops,ipops chipmunks yeah for your husbands as well he's just still on the age bracket okay no more we decided to do it at the house because you know a little bit cheaper and i don't in hindsight i wish we had sometimes i don't know if it is cheaper you think it's cheaper but then a whole lot of stuff adds up. And you've got to put it, you know, what cost you put on your admin, house admin. Right?

Because I spent ages both times cleaning the house beforehand, and then after the parties happened, obviously, like, you need to clean it again. But I was like, any time someone. I saw what you did for Andrew's birthday on social media. You had a huge trestle table, multiple tables, decorations on the table. Those are called knives and forks.

No, but canned, all sorts as well. It looked incredible. I mean, it's not every day you turn 21, so it's a big birthday for him. But there was a big set up for that. No, but I didn't actually mean to go there. But it looked really looked really flashed It looked incredible

We got a chef come in to cook and everything And then the following weekend Bastion got balloons and a cake So we tapped out the week before But you have to clean the house When people come over surely That's the thing And it's not only when it's like a big function

I've turned into my mum Because anytime anyone wants to come over only when it's like a big function. I've turned into my mum because anytime anyone wants to come over, even if someone's like, can I come pick up a towel or something they left at your house? I'm like, well, I need to clean the house. You know, do you do that where you absolutely need to make the place spotless, even if someone's just coming over for a coffee? Tell you what, when I was growing up, one of the most frustrating and confusing things for my teenage brain was mum had committed to this 80 year old cleaner jocelyn now jocelyn was to be honest wasn't giving us much but we would have to clean up the house before jocelyn the cleaner

would come and mum would go and pick up jocelyn cleaning before the cleaner yeah she wanted a deep clean but she didn't want jocelyn to see just how piggy you guys were. Yeah, I was like, what's this pointless exercise? You're playing this old lady who's a bit shabby at the best of times, to be honest.

We stuck with her to the bitter end till Jocelyn was pretty much blind and couldn't walk and mum was still paying her to come over. Also, it's the same, like, even when I leave

hotel rooms now, I kind of have to make the bed. I know they're going to clean it and strip the sheets, but I don't want them to see, like, that I made a mess. You don of have to make the bed. I know they're going to clean it and strip the sheets, but I don't want them to see that I made a mess. You don't want to be that person. I'm like,

what have I turned into? Do you make the bed in the hotel? Do you? Yeah, because, yeah. They're like, we've got people who are a lot better at this than you.

And I tidy up and I put the towels all in a spot. Yeah, I do that with the towels and stuff, yeah. Yeah. You don't want to leave it in a bad state, but the beds,

that's a whole other level, isn't it? Yeah. But I'm sure that most people when they come to their house don't notice, like as long as it's tidy, right? But it turns into a big deal. Wouldn't it be nice

if we could all just live in squalor like those people you see on the documentaries, the hoarders?