Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: Ben's in the hospital?!

Episode Date: March 7, 2024

Megans got a poem for international women's day! Mike Hosking roasts the boys. We chat to P!NK. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations. Smeagol looking after things for Ben today. He's off because he's got his elbow is a bit sore. He overexerted himself at the gymnasium. I don't know what that means. He's built like the pack and save stick man. So I don't know what overexertion means for someone like that.

But he ended up doing his elbow and then bursitis came in and his elbow blown up like the Michelin man. Even when he was here yesterday, it had swollen up to the point of his wrist. And then we get a WhatsApp message from him. Last night, 12.30, he's like, I'm in A&E on a drip. Did he have to get it drained? Is that what he said? I don't know.

The whole time I was like, just drain the thing. We can lance it here with the scissors and bloody squirt it out. But he got a fever too. Because yesterday he was just playing it down playing it down but it actually turns out it's quite a quite a bad injury well because the whole time you're like not you're not wearing your sling and he's like i think the sling is an exaggeration of the injury so he didn't want to wear it for credibility purposes but this is what happens when you don't follow the doctor's instructions it is right yeah and also he. And also, he's deeply and morally opposed to International Women's Day as well. Didn't want to be here for it. Can't be here for it.

And we've always known his hard stance on women. And he would not acknowledge the day. So happy International Women's Day to you, Megan. Thank you. Grace, who's pushing the buttons here, and producer Taylor as well. You are completely outnumbered today, John. Outnumbered. And radio's not used to this. Production, I'm pushing the buttons here, and producer Taylor as well. You are completely outnumbered today, John. Outnumbered.

And radio's not used to this. The testosterone should never be outnumbered by the estrogen. Never. I wondered if you were going to know what the female hormone was. Halfway through it, I was like, I'm going to take a guess here. And did I land it? Estrogen, yeah. Thank you. Yeah, no, but is it a big day for you?

Surely every day should be acknowledged or equal. Yeah, you'd think so. But today was, you know, brought about with the women's suffrage movement back in the day. It's all about gender equality and all that kind of stuff. Do you, as a woman, do you appreciate this day? Yeah, of course. 100%. It doesn't feel token?

It does feel a little token, yeah. Great, yeah, love that. Especially when media is like, yeah, we'll do Only Women on the show today. We can't do that any other day, but today it's okay. No, the audience can't handle that. Too volatile, too unpredictable. Do you know the funny thing is, every year,

the first thing guys often say is, well, when's International Men's Day? I'm like, it's November 19. Great. Good. I was just about to ask you. November 19 is your day. Not that you know because you don't really have a need for it. I'll mark it down in the calendar.

We are going to be going hard on November 19. And we can. It's your day. Yeah. Well, you take a day's annual leave. What do you want in be going hard on November 19th. And we can. It's your day. Well, you take a day's annual leave. We won't want you in here, mate. November 19th. No, but happy International Women's Day. And a day to appreciate and acknowledge all the wonderful women in your life.

The wahine in your life today. So you were a bit flying by the seat of our pants this morning. Minus Ben Boyce, but that's okay. We'll roll on. Next, roasted, publicly roasted, the both of us were yesterday before he went to A&E, by Mike Hosking. Oh, yeah. I know, and you can't do it.

It was like those comedy roasts on Comedy Central. Yeah. We didn't have a microphone to talk back. He was roasting you and no right of reply. No right of reply. All right, we'll hear about that coming up. The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Looking after things for Ben today.

He's got a sore elbow, a gym injury, so he's at home today. When you say it like that, it sounds so minimal. A sore elbow. It doesn't like... No, it's quite serious, actually, yeah. He ended up on a drip last night, but it needs... Serious fever. We need to sex that injury up a bit to just get the impact.

Yesterday, Megan, Ben and myself were required to mingle, mingle with clients of the company. You went to a mingle event too a few weeks ago, didn't you? They're quite exhausting because there's a lot of small talk, and I'm not good at that. It's top-level banter. You really don't go much deeper than the top level with those things. I saw you were talking to someone,

but it felt like an hour and a half. I know. I didn't want to, I'm a good listener. I'm not really good at the talking back. So do you appreciate someone when they come in and they're just rolling on with conversation? You like that. But then I also don't know how to get out of it.

So I was talking to that one person for quite a while. I left you, I said, I'm going to go now. So I left you out there in the trenches. I'm sorry. Thanks. But yeah, one skill in life that I have is just talking about nothing to people, like nothing important.

I was with you at one point at this other client meeting and you were really good at small talk. I was just like, I'm going to stick with Jono because he knows what he's doing. Yeah, but don't try and have a deep and meaningful conversation with me. Just top level stuff. So then yesterday they had Mike Hosking, the sort of the king of the company.

He comes and he makes a speech on the microphone. And we're sitting there and we're enjoying him. You know, it's his usual wonderful sort of... He commands the room, right? He does command the room. Yeah, when Hoski's talking, you listen. You know, usual sort of affable, smarmy, arrogant, love it. But he's unashamed about it.

So he doesn't care. He really doesn't care what people think about him. And I admire that about people. Yeah. Do you like that when you see someone who's like. Yeah, 100%. They give zero shit about what people think. Unapologetic.

Yeah. And so he's doing his thing. And I'm like, this is see someone who's like... Yeah, 100%. They give zero shits about what people think of them. Unapologetic. Yeah. And so he's doing his thing. And I'm like, this is funny. Everyone's enjoying it. Out of nowhere, he starts talking about how successful he is. You know, how many people tune into his show every day. I'm like, that's fine. Yeah, he's number one by a country mile.

Yeah. No one even comes close to the Mike Hosking breakfast. Ben, out of nowhere, blindsided, he's like, Jono and Ben, why don't you tell everyone

how many people listen to your show? Oh, Ben. Out of nowhere. Mate, we're like at the back of the room, we've got no microphone

or a button, whole room laughing, mocking us. Oh. Ha, ha, ha. I feel like like you know One of those moments In the school hall

When everyone's eating lunch In one of those movies And they're laughing And pointing at us And we're hanging our heads In shame Rude He's like

You're letting down the company Was this This was at a client thing though Right People trying to like Yeah Tell our show to The lady next to me

Was like Are you okay She's like I didn't even know her She's like Are you okay Put her hand on my even know her She's like Are you okay Put her hand on my shoulder So yeah that was us

Maybe that's why Ben's actually Taken the day off Maybe it's an Emotional stress day Cut him deep Yeah So there we go

Don't know what you did Yesterday for lunch But we got roasted By Hosking The hits The Jono and Ben podcast Playing tonight At Eden Park

In front of 50,000 people Willow gets up On stage as well And by all accounts The weather is supposed to clear up in Auckland this evening. Does she sing that song with Pink, does she? Yeah, she does. You're going along Saturday night.

Saturday night. And Grace, young Grace, you're going with your mum tonight in the mosh pit. I'm so excited. Are you and your mum in the mosh? We're in the mosh. Is it Alison? Wow. What, my mum? Did I just make up your mum's name? It's an A name if you want to. Annie. No, that's Jono's mum? Did I just make up your mum's name? It's an A name. Annie.

No, that's Jono's mum. Annabelle. No, it's a good one. Ellie. Alexis. I'm running out of A names. A-N. Ann.

Ann. Ann. Angela. Angela. Angela. How did we not get Angela? I don't know. So, Angela's a huge fan. Sorry, Angela. Yeah, mum loves Angela. How did we not get Angela? So Angela's a huge fan.

Sorry, Angela. Yeah, Mum loves pink. She's crazy. Well, that's cute that you can both go along together. But Mum's a bit short and we're in the pit, so I feel like I have to protect her. You do that. You protect Mum. You're not tall.

I'm really tall, actually. Six foot. Friday Flashback Yeah we like to look back on Stuff from years gone by And given the fact Pink is in town I thought we'd take a quick look back At New Zealand's concert hysteria

We do love a bit of hysteria In this country don't we We love when stars come here Caught piles for Harry Styles. Caught Bieber fever, haven't we? Celiac disease when Celine Dion came. Okay, is there more? I don't know.

Trying to think of them on the spot. Is there any more? Wacko for Jacko. Yeah, there you go. We went Wacko for Jacko. Michael Jackson came. Mid-90s, 1996 on the His Story Tour. His Story. Turns out there was quite a on the His Story Tour. His Story.

Turns out there was quite a lot to His Story that he didn't reveal until later in the piece. But yeah. And looking at the footage of this, boy, the country went insane. Why don't I remember this? Maybe because I was really young. But no, I don't remember him coming. In 1996?

Yeah. He would have probably been at the biggest, at the peak of his career, I imagine, in 1996. Shut down the country. And the news did a story on this lovely couple in Christchurch. Their whole house was just a shrine to Michael Jackson. There wasn't a room that didn't have Jackson memorabilia dripped all over it. Every single room doused in it. And so the news went to visit and they've even got us, they've had a sign out the front calling it Jacksonville. Have a listen. Hi, welcome to Jacksonville. They eat,

sleep and breathe Michael Jackson. Oh, he's so unique. He's just, I don't know, he's just such a wonderful entertainer. He's a true humanitarian. he's the sort of person that won't sing anything unless he really means it. And between the two of them they own 60 Jackson videos, 300 CDs and they've lost count of the records. Everybody's got something, whether it be sewing, golf, anything like swimming, your aerobics, anything. We just choose to do this. I mean what more could you want? A $30,000 shrine to their hero. Wow.

It isn't aged well, has it? True humanitarian. True humanitarian. And the aerobics really time stamps the pitch. But yeah, I wonder what they've done with all that stuff now. $30,000 worth of stuff. Do they still have Jacksonville? Would you?

No, I think I'd probably move on from Jacksonville. What's the best bit of memorabilia you've got, Megan? I don't have much now, but I used to have a shrine to Hanson. My whole roof included was just Hanson. Ceiling as well, right. One of my FPOS pins on my card is related to Hanson. I'm not going to give you details because we'll give it away. Oh, still to this day? Yeah.

Really? It's a pin number that's related to Hanson. Really? That's how obsessed I was. So, I mean, I was pretty up there with them, but Hanson I don't think have been cancelled. Hanson came a couple of years ago. I went, yeah. Memories? It was amazing.

Yeah? Imbop, Imbopped my heart out. What else is there apart from Imbop? Where's the Love. Sorry. How could I forget Where's the Love? Weird was another one that was actually single, but whatever. It's been multiple albums.

They're still releasing music to this day. I could go on, but I won't. Please don't. Please don't. You've gone on and on. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. National Women's Day. We're only playing women this morning.

Did you know that, Jono? Did you notice? Of course I noticed. Yeah, definitely noticed. Of course I noticed. You had to make an inspirational speech yesterday. You know what I didn't notice? Because The Hits plays female artists all the time. That's time that's good that's a good thing yeah isn't it all year round okay

not just one day you're not some sort of tokenism of international women so yeah i did have to make a speech last night megan and i've never i the last time i made a speech was probably at school when was really when was the last time you actually had to make a speech? Speech, speech. It was like my dream to go back to my high school and make like a speech at the end of the year. The inspirational end of year speech, yeah. A couple of years ago they invited me back. I did feel like I kind of asked for it.

Oh, did you say publicly on radio? Oh yeah, yeah. And then they invited me. Yeah, you definitely bullied your way into that gig. Was the speech good? Did it go down well? It was alright. I was trying to be

a Michelle Obama and I was... Oh, inspirational. Yeah, I think it came off that well. Were you hoping that someone was filming it and then they'd clip it up

on Instagram? Yeah, it never happened. It didn't happen? Maybe we can do that. Didn't make it to TikTok or anything. Still got the footage? Yeah.

Now, I've never been asked back to my actual school for an inspirational speech or either. Do you want to? Put it out there, maybe bully your way in. To be honest, I've never been asked back to my actual school for an inspirational speech either. Do you want to? Put it out there, maybe. To be honest, I think too far, I was there in the 1920s, mate. They probably deleted that period in history.

It was probably problematic, actually, that period in history. Yeah. But, you know, my son's school, St. Peter's got a call from one of the teachers there. He says, can you make a speech at the new parents' dinner? So they have this annual dinner for the parents of the boys just starting that year. And it's a lovely thing to do. They all get to meet each other, hang out, mingle.

But I had to make the after-dinner speech. And Matt, the wonderful teacher, asked me to do it. He's like, you know, sort of 15 minutes. 15 minutes. I was like, 15 minutes? Did you write something? I had to. I had to.

Okay. Look, we get reprimanded all the time here at work for talking too long. So I was like, 15 minutes shouldn't be a problem. But it's a problem. That's a long time to talk. Yeah. And not waffle. Yeah.

Yeah. And I think in terms of how speeches went, like if we're doing it on a scale of Kanye, I'm going to let you finish, to I don't know what else would be there. Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream. Yeah, right. It's probably sitting around a Jacinda 1pm COVID press conference. Okay. Towards the latter end.

You know, not the fun part at the beginning when we're all into it. Yeah, when you're a bit over it. Yeah, so it was okay. But jeez, you get nervous. Do you get nervous publicly speaking? Yeah. And it's funny because you get asked to do it so often in this job, but people forget that when we're sitting here,

like I'm just sitting in a room with you having a yarn. It's not the same as standing up in front of – We don't think about the consequences. Yeah. Yeah. That people may be listening to this or may not be listening to this. And then there's the theory Of like you look out

And you picture The audience naked Never been able to do it No And I'm like If I'm standing on stage At my son's school And I'm picturing

The principal naked Parents of all these Students naked I don't know It's a bit weird A bit weird Yeah And if I get aroused

Like what happens there Throw myself off. So I didn't do the naked theory. Yeah, okay. But did you get a clap? Did it go well? Yeah, it was a smattering of applause. What did you talk about?

Just, yeah, well, that was the thing. I'd spent like two weeks going, what the hell am I going to talk about? And it was just our experience of being at school. And basically the fact that people have to become used to your boys turning into teenagers who slowly start to use less and less syllables in their communications with you. How was your day, mate? Good.

How was it? Anything you want to talk about? Nah. Yeah, that's what you've got to look forward to, Megan. Yeah, can't wait. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Ben is actually away today. His gym injury, his elbow ouchie, has gone quite serious overnight

and he ended up in hospital. On a drip? Yeah, he had a fever. Will they be pumping antibiotics into him? Yeah, yeah. We put the photo up on Instagram. Hopefully he's okay with that. Did we?

Yeah, I did. Was that a bit personal? Maybe you should have checked with him. Really? He's asleep though. I said, check the photo up on Instagram. Really? He's asleep though. Go check. I said, check the photo up on Instagram. And then Taylor's like, you sure?

And I was like, you sure will you mind? I said, no, but now I'm questioning it. Oh, well, I mean, you know him better than any of us, so. What's up? It's too late. People have already seen it. Yeah, anyway, go check it out if you want. It was a good little tease too, because Taylor was like, wrote, tune in to why Ben is not on the radio.

Yeah, he was in the hospital on a trip. Yeah, so hopefully that works out for us this morning. Now, producer Taylor. Up the wars tonight. Yeah. Big game for the warriors. You've got a new saying for International Women's Day, though. Up the war-iness.

That's nice. Good touch. That's very good. Now, Taylor, married to Marcello, who is in the Warriors. Yes, the winger. One of the wingers. Are you excited? Nervous?

Nervous. Are you? Nervous. I'll probably stop eating now, actually. Yeah. Because you start to violently vomit, don't you? I do. I've been known to vomit before during the game.

Yeah. Yeah. Known to also get violently drunk during the game. I know. That's what I thought you meant when you said vomit. No, it's sober vomit until the next day. Violently vomit. So the two do go hand in hand.

And the reason you get nervous is injury, if he hurts himself. Everything. I just want him to go out and kill it. Because I know how hard he works and how serious he takes it and how much he loves it. So I just want him to go and live out his dreams. Oh, good on you. Just what I do here every morning.

Do I? Do you? You're saying it with sarcasm in your voice. But then you've had your brother and his wife come with their newborn. Yeah, so he's a one-year-old from Sydney, which has been amazing. So excited to have him over. Has Luke Lombardi been to New Zealand before? Yes, yes.

Your brother? But not to visit us he manages players for his other players but so yeah I was a bit concerned at the same time because my husband is an A to B kind of guy

like everything's a process and God forbid something ruins that process then it's just a spiral. Well, as we found out the other day, when you were coughing and he was cleaning the fridge. And he was cleaning the fridge. Has he heard him?

Does he know that we have that? I don't know. He got frustrated with Taylor coughing. But you were coughing on purpose and over the top. I was. I sucked in myself. And he was concentrating. I might try that again today on purpose and over the top. I was. I was sucked in, Marcelo. And he was concentrating. I might try that again today on game day, see how it goes down.

Oh, my God. So you were concerned that a newborn in the house, your lovely, your adorable nephew. Nephew, yeah. Would be awake all night crying and being a baby. Absolutely. And when we picked them up from the airport yesterday, it was already like six o'clock, which was already off to a bit of a rough start because they were delayed,

and Marcelo needs to have his pre-game pasta at 6pm on the dot. And when we were at the airport, he was asking questions, where are they, have you texted them? I was like, what do you want me to do, go on the plane and escort them myself? There's a process here, they need to go through customs. So we didn't get home till like 7.30 and it was too late for me to cook. I'm not cooking.

So I was like, oh, what do you want for dinner? And he's pacing. So we got takeaway. Didn't finish that till like 8.30 by the time the Uber found our house. And then the night before game day, 8.30. Everything has to be perfectly aligned. Everything has to be perfectly aligned before game day. Everything has to be perfectly aligned, yeah, yeah.

And then he was helping with the nappies. He put the port-a-cot up because we hadn't organised that yet. So, mate, it was a long night. And everything, like I slept through the night. I don't think there was any issues. Hopefully there wasn't until I woke up this morning and decided to go to the toilet at 4 a.m. and then wah!

And I said, well, that's my cue to leave. I've got to go to the toilet at 4am and then wah. Wah. And I said, well, that's my cue to leave. I've got to go to work. Good luck with that team. So if things go south for Marcelo Montoya. I know. What's the soundtrack this morning? Wah.

Wah. With the baby cries. Wah. Oh, God. What time does he get up on game day, Maud? Like 8 o'clock. Oh, because he's usually up early. Yeah, he's usually up with me.

All the rituals are out the window. Oh, no. Well, if the wars don't go well tonight. No, don't put it out there. Don't put it out there. We know who we do to blame. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Yeah, giving you the chance to go see the Warriors tonight.

That's right. Up the wars, as they say. Now, if you want the tickets, 0800, that's the telephone number. Cronulla Sharks. Are Cronulla good this year? That's your hometown, Producer Taylor.

Yeah, they're a really good team. All right. And you're going to take Taylor on in some Warriors trivia. Now, a bit of a background here. You support the team, obviously. Yeah. Support your husband. But you really more are focused on your spray tan this afternoon,

what you're going to wear to the WAGs corporate box tonight, and that sort of thing. Yeah, and my knowledge of the Warriors, is only the team Marcello plays in. I don't know much of, like, before we got here. Yeah, so this game is essentially meant to be you get to pick

whether you play against Ben, who's a huge Warriors fan to the point where they probably, I think, Sean Johnson has a restraining order out on him. Has to keep 500 metres distance from Sean Johnson at all times. Or you choose Producer Taylor to take on. Now, who have we got on the phone this morning? Lani, how are you? Morena. Morena, how are choose Producer Taylor to take on. Now, who have we got on the phone this morning? Lani, how are you? Morena.

Morena, how are you? We're doing well. Usually I'd give you a choice to combat Ben or Taylor, but you're going to go Producer Taylor. Three questions. It's a best of three, so if you get two in a row, you're off to the Warriors tonight, okay? Okay.

First question. And just say your name if you know the answer Who is the only player to win the Dally M Award for the Warriors Lani Lani Roger RTS Correct well done one from one

Go Lani Taylor just drew a blank What if I asked What tan of Well done, one from one. Go Lani. Taylor just drew a blank. I'm like, huh? What if I asked, what tone of spray tan are you using tonight? Bondi Sands Ultra Dark. There we go. Yeah, good one. Okay, back to the league questions.

Who is the Warriors Player of the Year award named after? Oh, Lani. Lani. Simon Manoring. Two from two there. Oh, she's won. She's won it. Yeah, Lani. Lani. Simon Manoring. Two from two there. She's won. She's won it. She won. Good job, Lani.

Well done. Well done. What was the third one? The third question is, how many drinks are you going to have in the wags box tonight? Computer says five. Disqualified. You didn't say your name. All right.

Well done, Lani. You're off to the game. You're going to have a wonderful evening tonight at the Wiles, okay? Awesome. Thank you so much. My boys will be very happy. I appreciate you listening. Now... The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. He's away. Maybe it's because of the guilt. He's riddled with

guilt. He's not actually... Claiming he's away with an infected elbow and he was on a drip in the hospital last night at 12.30. I mean, there was photo evidence. It's not actually, he's claiming he's away with an infected elbow and he was on a drip in the hospital last night at 12.30. I mean there was photo evidence. Yeah, you can AI anything nowadays can't you? That's true. Green screen stuff. Maybe he's actually away because he's riddled with guilt. Can't face us today because yesterday we were viciously stitched up, weren't we? Absolutely. Super rugby old picky. The women's Super Rugby competition is on at the moment,

and we had an interview with Crowd Goes Wild and Sky Sports commentator Taylor Curtis. I was already pretty stressed because I was like, okay, you know, I'm not a very sporty person, so I was trying to put on my best sporty pants and have a serious interview. Now, it was weird for us because it was a pre-recorded interview, and Taylor came in and we just started the interview but she just keeps like stopping the interview and leaving like multiple times. Have a listen. Super Rugby Alpiki is back. Great competition this and we've got from Sky Sports. Sky Sports presenter you know from Crowd Goes Wild. Taylor Curtis good morning. Good morning thank you so much for having me. Nice to have you. Excited about the competition

there's more games this year, a shorter space of time. It's pretty exciting. Actually, I actually have some tickets. Oh, you've got tickets to give away? Yeah, we can give away some tickets. Oh, cool. Let's give away tickets. We can do tickets.

This is an unusual start to the interview. It's the first time a guest has ever said, I've got tickets. I think Taylor said she was bringing tickets, but she dropped the ticket. All right. Well, we can edit this out. So, Super Rugby, R-Picky, as a former player, must be pretty good. Well, we can eat it this year. So, Super Rugby,

R-Picky, as a former player, must be pretty good. Well, you're still playing, right, obviously. Oh, no, I made the transition to league. Yeah.

Sorry. I'm kind of caught off-tickle. It's all right. This is pre-recorded. Yeah, we're pre-recording. It's all right. It takes time. No, I'm just going to have to

quickly get some water. It's all right. It's all right. It's fine. Is she nervous? No, she had a drink bottle, so it's fine. But the drink bottle's empty. Yeah, that's all right. It's all right. I alright, that's fine. Is she nervous? No, she had a drink bottle so it's fine. But the drink bottle's empty.

It's alright, I'll keep you recording this. You alright? Sorry, bad we're recording this. Should we start from the top? Yeah, we might as well start from the top. Super Rugby Out Bicky back this year, and actually we've got Taylor Curtis with us for the Sky Sport. Sorry, I'll just have to take this real quick.

That's alright. Taylor Curtis with us for the Sky Sport. Sorry, I'll just have to take this real quick. No, it's all right. Good thing we're recording this. Is this a stitch-up? No. What? Why? It's all right. You're good. It's all right.

You've got to take a call. You're busy. Yeah, sorry about that. Are you all right? Are you all right? Yeah, no, I'm busting really bad. Oh, you can go. She's okay.

Yeah, she's okay. No, someone's stitching us up. No, someone's stitching us up. No, someone's stitching us up. 100%. We knew something was happening, didn't we? And then it blew our marbles. Ben walks back in with two of them. Identical people.

And it turns out they're identical twins Taylor and Sam Curtis what what is going on What? What the hell? Yeah. Yeah. I can only tell with one, Taylor and Sam. Yeah, I'm Sam. I'm Sam. Oh my God, you're identical. Are you in on this? Yeah, I'm in on this, guys. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'm in on this as well. Wait, did you guys not have any idea? No. Me and Jono are like, wait. You guys are identical. Yeah. Yeah. Crazy.

Seven minutes apart. Because people don't even know which one of us is Jono or Ben, and that's fine. I'll roll with either. But do you get used to kind of just answering for each other? People come up. A hundred apart. Because people don't even know which one of us is John or Ben. And that's fine. I'll roll with either. But do you get used to kind of just answering for each other? People come up. A hundred percent. Yeah. We've learned to just look across the street.

If someone's like, Taylor, I'm like, yeah, look. Even someone said to me, they're like, oh, how's the new Sky gig going? And I'm like, really good, thank you. Just be polite. Yeah. Yeah, roll with it. Yeah, it's better than saying, oh, I'm the other one, by the way. You know? Yeah. Just makes them feel awkward. Yeah. Yeah, roll with it. Yeah, it's better than like saying, oh, I'm the other one, by the way, you know? Yeah, it just makes them feel awkward.

It's like, yeah. He's got a Taylor Swift Errors Tour T-shirt and he didn't go to the Errors Tour and everyone keeps asking him how the concert is. Now he's just going, it was great. Yeah, it was so good, wasn't it? You know, you're like, yeah, it was great. I knew there was, I was like,

maybe the game is like how many times you can get out of the studio during the interview. That's what I was, yeah. Yeah, but you didn't know that it was so good. You had no idea. Mind the interview. That's what I was thinking. But you didn't know that was what we were talking about. I had no idea. Mind-blowing. Great. Thank you to Ben Boyce for that.

And thank you to your family's genetics as well. Super Rugby. I'll bring you back on Sky Sport. A very cool competition. All right. Who do you think is going to take it out? One team this year. Who's it going to be?

Should we say all three? Okay. Oh, yeah. See if you've got the twin thing going on. One, two, three. Chiefs. Favorite color. One, two, three. this year who's it going to be should we say okay oh yeah see if you've got like the twin thing going on one two three chiefs favorite color one two three blue oh okay favorite black fern of all time one two three i hate him i could play this game for hours. Favourite city in New Zealand? Okay. One, two, three.

Nelson. This is so good. Thank you so much for being such good sports coming in today. That was lots of fun. And check out Super Rugby Up again on Sky Sport right now. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Jono and Megan today. Ben is away on International Women's Day.

We're only playing women this morning on the hits, in case you haven't noticed. And obviously Ben got a hard-line stance on celebrating International Women's Day. He hates women, so he's not here today. Won't be here today. Each to their own. Now, Producer Taylor, you're a woman. Yes, I am.

Thank you for noticing. Great to have you in the studio. Thank you. You were just explaining before the show this morning, rollercoaster of an afternoon yesterday with your vehicle. What happened? Yep, so it all started when I jumped in my car and the coolant light came on. And I was like, that's fine.

You can normally drive with those things for a bit until stuff really hits the fan that's the attitude yeah so i jumped in my car and i said that's a later thing hopped i went i went to the gym got to the gym and there was like kind of smoke coming out of my oh my god um what is it called not the boot the radiator the bonnet the bonnet and i was like oh it's that's the latest oh, it's probably just hot. Was it steam or smoke? I don't know. How do you tell the difference? Well, one dissipates quicker than the other.

I didn't really take notice for too long. I just go, ha, bye. That'll be fine by the time I wrap this workout up. And it was. I came back out and it was fine. All the smoke or steam had dissipated, as you would say, Megan. And I was like, perfect, she's drivable again. So then I get in the car and as soon as I turned the key,

the coolant thing came on again and I was like, oh, I only live three, four kilometres away. She'll be right. Now, I'll stop you here. It feels like there's been just three flags in the story already. Your car's like, hey. Yeah. Hey.

Yeah, but I feel like it's like when I'm thirsty, I'm not going to drop on the spot. There am I. You've got a couple more Ks in you. Yeah, I could still go like two, three hours without a glass of water. Yeah. I still need it, but I'm not going to die from it. You're going to survive.

So the light's on. So that's how I think about my car. What's the light telling you? Coolant. So it says, like, needs coolant. And I'm like, well, I don't have that on me. Who the hell has coolant on them? Anyway, so I was like, I'm going to make it home.

It's fine. And didn't really take note of the time it was. It was peak hour traffic. So even though my commute was probably four kilometres, it took me like 25 minutes. So I'm idling in traffic and suddenly the coolant notification now turns to um pull handbrake up immediately put in p pull over park the car stop you've ridden me to as far as i can go yeah and i'm like no

this is like a formula one the chief's in your ear going, stop the car, stop the car, Taylor, stop the car. And I'm like, no, it's fine. And so you keep going. I'll talk to you when I get home. So I was like, stuff that God, please just let me make at home because I don't want to pull over and then have to walk home. So you know things are bad though. Yeah, I do.

You're resorting to praying to God. I do, but I'm like, oh, like I had so much to praying to god yeah but i'm like oh i like i had so much to do yesterday i was like i did not like accommodate for a broken down car so i did make it home um and then i was like to marcello my husband who was home hey um i think something's wrong with car and he's like what's wrong and i was like i don't know like there was steam and stuff and there's something like coolant. I don't know. Just go check it. So then he opens the bonnet and he's like.

That actually like, oh, my God, I thought he was on the line there and I was going to cry. And he literally did that. He looked in the coolant, he opened the bonnet and it was like bone dry. And he had noticed in the garage there was a puddle of water from when I had left the hour prior. So obviously whatever it's done, it's just draining through. So he's topped it up with coolant, and as he's topping it up,

I turn the engine on, and like suddenly it just gushes out of the car like it's just pissed itself. And so what are you going to do? You're going to send it to a mechanic. I put out a thing on my Instagram because I don't know any mechanics here and I don't want to get ripped off. And the mechanic's like, oh, you should probably get it towed here. Do not drive the car because you can blow the engine.

And I'm like, you're telling me I'm going to have to pay $600 to tow it to Onihanga? No, I'm driving it there. You're not driving it. You can't drive it. Yes, I'm driving it. Onihanga is like three k'm driving it there. You're not driving. You can't drive it. Yes, I'm driving it. Onihanga is like three k's away from where I live. Around the corner.

Oh. Okay. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Ben decided to take the day off. He's a woman, I heard. Yep. That's the word.

We'll get that word out there today. And we thought we'd also celebrate International Women's Day by helping a little lady in distress. Mansplain about a car. So just to recap, yesterday you really did, you pushed the limits and boundaries of your vehicle yesterday and it was warning you from the get-go. I had things on, things to do, can't stop for no one. It's smoking and there's lights on in your car.

Yep. And you still drove it. Stop the car now pull over now it was giving you these instructions when i got home okay and then i'm not done with phone to mechanic mechanics did you need to get it towed to me yeah and you're like i'm not paying the towing bill i'm going to drive it to the mechanics this is the question can she can we get it to the mechanics safely uh we're going to get Wendy on. Welcome. Wendy, your thoughts.

Hi. Definitely not drive it. No, no, no. No? Have you been in this position before? With the oil. Years and years ago, I had a Mark 1 Cortina. I don't know if you remember those.

I do. But I drove it from one place to the next and I ran out of oil and I seized the engine So is there any coming back from seizing an engine or is that done and dusted? No, that's it So was the car written off? No, I had to put a new engine in it

but it was very expensive How much was that? It was a long time ago It was over 40 years Thousands I can't remember but it was very expensive. How much was that? Oh, it was a long time ago. It was over 40 years, so... Thousands, thousands. I can't remember. Yeah, well, Wendy, hey, thank you. That's your advice.

That's no. That's one for no. Let's get Ben on. Ben's a mechanic. Professional industry opinion here, Ben. Your thoughts? I reckon she'll be right. Yes, thank you, Ben.

And that's what I needed to hear. Be right. From a mechanic. Yep. See, all the people in that's what I needed to hear. We right. From a mechanic. Yep. See, all the people in the text machine blowing up at me. This is a mechanic now. What are they saying to you on the text machine, mate? I'm an idiot.

And you know what I say to them? I'm not. That's not what you said off air. Yeah. But that was a lovely response. Give your business a plug there, Ben. Yep. So we're in Rotorua, Mossman Mechanical. There we go. Just drive to Rotorua and get your car fixed. Will I make it plug there, Ben. Yep, so we're in Rotorua, Mossman, Kenickle.

There we go, Mossman. Just drive to Rotorua and get your car fixed. Yeah, will I make it for you, Ben? Yeah, I'll do it for free. Do it for free. Oh, legend. What a legend. Okay, so there we are.

The votes, we've got to take one more decider. There's one in each camp. One no, one yes. Martin, what are you saying, Whangarei? No, turn the car off, stop, and if it says coolant, Put some water in the bloody radiator There we go I mean it seems self explanatory

So we're opting for a tow Okay you go in tow Next International Women's Day And Barbie have released some new role model dolls Especially for International Women's Day Including Kylie Minogue, Dame Helen Mirren, Viola Davis and Shania Twain.

You're talking about the Dame Helen Mirren one. Blue hair. Yeah. Dame Helen Mirren. Interesting choice from them. Has she rinsed her hair? Has she got the blue rinse running through it nowadays? I don't know when she had blue hair.

Maybe it was a manufacturing error and they've rolled with it. They're like, too late now. We've got to get these Barbies out. The Shania one's cool though. We're a bit worried about our friend Ben. Got a WhatsApp message last night, just a photo of him. You know when your friends on social media, they just post an ominous photo of them in A&E or lying in a hospital bed.

With a drip in their arm. And everyone's like, what's wrong? It's a great way to get attention. Ben's kind of the opposite. He spent the whole time playing down this gym injury. So he hurt his elbow and it's,

what do you call it? Burstitis or something. Burstitis, yeah. So it's got a whole lot of fluid that has run into his arm. And yesterday, right up to his wrist,

it was just swollen and he kept taking off his arm sling being like, ah, it's just too dramatic. So he's playing it right down, but then got a fever overnight and had to go to A&E and get a drip. So he's in a drip, and he's lying on the bed there, and we posted the photo on the Hits Breakfast Instagram,

and then you said, is that okay to do? Probably should have asked him. Probably should have asked him. Personal photo, he's got very spread legs in the photo as well. Yeah. He's spread eagle, lying on the bed. Thumbs up. So he's indicating he's okay. He's not doing a thumbs

down. He would do thumbs up. He'd be on his deathbed and be like, yeah, I'm alright, mate. At his funeral. He's like, everything's okay. Everyone have a good time. So we're going to dial him now live. We actually pre-organised this, so if he answers, great. If not... Just ask him if we can put it on social media. Pretend we haven't done it.

Great. See what he says. That's good. Because if he gets annoyed... It's on you. It's your fault, Ms. Bitsy. It's all your fault. It's your fault.

Surely he'd be awake, right? Well... Body clock? We got this at 12.20am, this photo. So he would have been there for hours. He's not going to answer. We've lost... I'll leave a message on his phone.

Hi, this is Ben's phone. Leave him a message. That was me. At the tone, record your message. I'm glad you still got my message on there, mate. Hey, just a quick question, buddy. We just wanted to post that photo of you on the hospital bed on social just to show the audience.

Just checking with you first before we do it to make sure it's okay. We definitely have not posted it. Alright, rest up. Hope you're okay. Thanks for answering the phone. We're live on the radio right now. You've really left us in a hole. Thanks Ben. See you buddy. Miss you. So hopefully Ben's back on Monday.

Hopefully. All going well. He's got a bit like his arm literally, one arm looks like the size of Dwayne the Rock Johnson's. Well, no, not even exaggerating. It's all puffed up. Yeah. And the other one looks like the pack and save stick man. Very uneven at the moment.

The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Hey, Ben, there's a way she's getting the party started tonight at Eden Park. 50,000 people are going to go see her live. 8.30 tonight, this morning. We're going to have Pink on the show as well. Was it pre-recorded a year ago? Hey, let's not split hairs. Semantics. So Pink going to have Pink on the show as well. Was it pre-recorded a year ago?

Hey, let's not split hairs. Semantics. So Pink is going to be on the show, and that's all you need to care about, 8.30 this morning. Now, yesterday I was just walking into the casino, had car parked into the casino, and I just hear this voice. Oi, you're looking for an audio engineer, someone says to me. And I turn around, and there's a gentleman

lying sort of on a bus stop, like, relax, feet, you know, legs crossed over, arms behind his head. You're looking for an audio engineer. And I was thinking to myself, right now, I'm just looking for my car, to be honest. And he seemed like a good guy. One of those guys that you probably don't want to stop and engage in conversation with. It's one of those ones you keep walking. Oh, yeah, good, mate, yeah, yeah. You want to keep your movement on. Momentum, yeah. And I did it.

I lost momentum. I ended up stopping, engaged one-on-one in this conversation. He was very persistent. He sort of began a job interview, and I don't know how high or powerful he thinks my position is here at the radio station. He was like, you need an audio engineer. I'm an audio engineer. I said, engineer so that's great that's fantastic um he said so you can give me a job

I was like okay mate well I'll um I'll call you he's like how will you call me you don't know my number I'm like oh god okay he's got you yeah he's got me I'll find you on I'll find you on Instagram he said I'm not on Instagram I'm like, how do I get out of this? And I said, okay, what's your number then? You tell me your number. He's like, I can't remember my number, can I? So I was like, where is this? Where are we ending up right now? At which point, I thought,

you've got the job, mate. So Grace, I'm sorry, we've got a new audio engineer. He's based out of the bus stop. He's about to walk in. Lost my job. Yeah, I know. We've just given you the job. Just got it.

Just lost it. Yeah, but I can't say no to anyone. I'd be a terrible manager. I couldn't hire or, you know, I couldn't fire anyone. So we've got a new person starting with us on Monday. I love that he thinks you have the power to hire and fire at the hits. He doesn't wear a shirt. Also, I should probably, yeah, okay, Just so you know What to expect Shoes at least

He had one on Okay That's something Monday New team member guys The hits The Jono and Ben podcast No Ben

He's got a gym out So you guess I am Getting more condescending As we go on in the morning Yeah he's off On the sidelines With an injury He did send us a photo

12.30 last night 12.30 in the morning A&E drip And very spread legs In the photo as well, which we have posted. I don't know why his legs are so spread, but... He was relaxed. Yeah, he was very relaxed.

Almost like one of those model poses where you're lying on the beach, but he's on a hospital bed. Yeah, poor guy. I've been giving him crap all morning, but he actually had a fever and he had to have a drip, so I hope he's okay. Yeah, we've been mocking him all morning. We don't know the state of his health right now. He't answer the phone so we could feel very guilty in about two hours once we find out what's going on yeah today is international women's day uh I hope you're not

sick of it because I have actually written just a little something that I wanted to read out if you'll indulge me Jono hasn't heard this no you said it's a poem uh this is your second poem on the show you're gonna say that A high quota of poems coming from you I was like, otherwise I'm just reeling off a speech I felt like if it rhymed it would be more palatable No, absolutely Everyone loves a poem, there's a reason why they're a thing So is a day important to you?

Yeah, I think so I'd call myself a feminist, which is just someone who believes in the equal rights of women. It's still a gender pay gap in New Zealand, you know, there's a few issues, but especially overseas, you know, like there's people being marginalised,

women being marginalised all over the world. Are they allowed to drive in Sri Lanka yet, women? I hope not. You cringed as soon as you said that because you're in a room full of women on International Women's Day. We've got Taylor, Grace and Megan staring me down right now. But no, you're right. And it needs to be acknowledged. And I did ask you at the beginning of the show, is it a bit token?

And you said yes. Yeah, sometimes it does feel a bit token. But we'll still embrace it. You don't want to ignore it. Absolutely. Yeah. And on November 19, Jono, on International Men's Day, we will celebrate you. You won't be invited into work that day.

We'll be all bros. That's fine. Unless you're wearing a bikini or something. Then you might be able to get through, okay? If not, we won't be acknowledging you that day. Okay, so happy International Women's Day. Just turn this mic off, Grace. All right, here we go.

There are times in life when things don't seem fair. Like being a girl is a burden to bear. Like yelling atop a mountain so high, it might seem easier just being a guy. Here are some things I've learnt on my way that might help someone somewhere someday. You don't need to say sorry when asking for things. You're allowed to love others without all the strings.

You can stand up for yourself, be bossy and bold. That's not just reserved for the men who are old. Love people with everything that you've got. You deserve to be loved, believe it or not. Stand up for yourself and stay true to you. Sometimes that's a pretty hard thing to do. When the pressure is on and the stakes seem so high, it might seem easier just being a guy.

But here's a few things that you mustn't forget. The small stuff, as they say, should cause you no sweat. Just listen when others don't listen when others are putting you down. Sometimes other women will come for your crown. It's more fulfilling in life to lift others up. Wear what you want. Shave your head. Put on your makeup.

Spend less time assessing yourself and your quirks and embrace who you are. Ignore all the jerks. You're a catch, a cool chick, a real smarty pants. You're gorgeous, just perfect and you've got some good bands. So whilst it seems easier being a guy, they can't make a baby, no matter how hard they try. That was very

cool. That was awesome. Thanks guys! Thanks for indulging me today. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. So and Megan today, no Ben, she is playing in total to about 135,000 Kiwis. She's already been to Dunedin. Pink is playing Eden Park tonight in front of 50,000 people.

Good news is the weather looks like it will clear in Auckland. But to celebrate, we thought on International Women's Day, we would replay the interview that Jono and Ben did with Pink last year. Hi, how are you doing? We're doing all right. Do you know we currently play 27 of your songs on our radio station, including your new single as well. So please never stop making music, otherwise we're out of a job.

Wow, 27 songs. I made that many songs. You have. If you stop making music, I have to go out there and sell my body to make money. It's not a pretty body, mate. Yeah, Pink's laughing. We're all laughing money it's not a pretty body mate yeah pink's laughing we're all laughing there's not much market for this body pink and coming back to

new zealand as well you said that we were the nicest people in the world which i think you know is is an amazing the nicest thing anyone's ever said about new zealand obviously you hadn't met us but that's that's awesome you must love coming to new zealand i do and carrie loves it too it's very hard to get my husband to want to go on tour at this point because he has his shop here where he builds motorcycles. Kerry loves it which makes it fun for me and the kids love it and you and you and the Canadians are actually the nicest people in the world. Us and the Canadians? Well I tell you what if we have to kneecap the Canadians for first spot we'll do it mate. Last time you here, Kerry went to some very small rural motocross event, didn't he?

He did. He loved it. This guy drove up on a dirt bike barefoot. I was like, yep, that sounds right. Well, that's what we wanted to know. We wanted to know what does Pink think? And there were some of the things. So, yeah, we wanted to hold up some pictures. Kerry Hart, obviously doing motocross in New Zealand. What did you think about that mid-tour when he was like hey

i'm gonna go do motocross miss your concert it's a wonderful break for both of us that's married life right there right i like him happy he likes when i'm happy i like when he's happy yeah and you're happier when you're not together Yes Exactly What does Pink think of our former Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern? You know what I think of Jacinda I love Jacinda and I've spent time with Jacinda And she's one of the kindest people in the world And I love her

You sent a lovely message after she resigned It was lovely Yeah, it was kind The response was not as kind But I was being kind What, people being what? Mean to you? Yes Oh really? What were they saying? It was lovely. Yeah, it was kind. The response was not as kind, but I was being kind. What, people being what? Mean to you?

Yes. Oh, really? What were they saying? Oh, that they want me to die slowly. You know, just things like that. I'm sorry about that. I didn't think you'd read it. Now, you know, obviously you have kids.

Taking kids on tour, is it a nightmare? Oh, absolutely. It's a bad idea. I love it, though. Do they get their own room backstage um my daughter actually works quick change for the dancers oh really and we were just actually discussing minimum wage this morning um and my son like i used to have like whiskey in my dressing room and now i have ball pits things have changed. It must be hard to balance, you know, touring life and, and being a mom.

It's impossible, but I love it. I love, I love it. And, and I like having a touring family and days off are great. And we get to see the world and they're good kids. And yeah, we have fun. We're goofy. We just roller skate in the house and it's fun. And it's great when Carrie goes to South Canterbury and does motocross. Yes. Do your kids still think you're cool? Or are they like, oh, mom.

My six-year-old said to my best friend the other day, he goes, do you know that my mom is the best singer in the whole world? And she goes, I do. And he goes, do you know that she performs to a hundred people we're gonna work on that math because you've done over 70 songs uh and i imagine that they're like children but also like children everyone's got a favorite and a least favorite do you have one favorite song out of the whole catalog the whole thing yeah big question no i can't i don't know what did i even write well okay i will always love get the party started it's not my

favorite but i will always love it i never get sick of it is there one you do get sick of performing oh yeah don't let me get me you and your hand raise your glass oh there's a lot most of your back catalog so pink very enthusiastic about these upcoming shows uh no thank you you are so awesome as we said before we love we love you here in new zealand we can't wait for you to come back we love the new album trustful and the singles as well uh so hopefully we'll hang out do some motocross or something when you're in new zealand Do it. Barefoot moto. Let's do it. Those shows they're talking about, she's playing tonight. Finally, that was Jono and Ben's

interview with her last year. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Jono and Megan today. It is 21 minutes to 9. Who's having the best weekend? We like to do this every Friday. Pit the two islands off against each other. Some unnecessary hatred.

And that's what we thrive off on this show. We have Connor from the Hits in Christchurch representing the South. Hayley from the Hits in Wellington representing the North. Welcome to you both. Hello. Thanks for having us. It's great to have you on. Now, the North got a wild advantage this week.

It's a big weekend in Auckland, Hayley. What have you got for us in the South? Oh, me? Oh, okay, right. Oh, no, wait. Yeah, Connor, you're in the South. Yeah, good stuff. Yeah, I got you that great technique.

That's great radio, right? Yeah, thank you. Hey, International Women's Day, you're not allowed to hassle me. Oh, no, no. No, no, no. Yeah, thank you. Hey, International Women's Day, you're not allowed to have something. No, no, no. No, no, no. Yeah, no, there's no... Oh, Connor... I heard Connor hates women.

You can't take my check, though. You didn't do that. There's the rumour around the industry anyway. Well, we start with three days of cricket action in Christchurch. The Blackcaps arrive in Australia, are also in town, and we don't want to repeat what happened in Christchurch. The Blackcaps arrive in Australia are also in town and we don't want to repeat what happened in the last test.

So the most beautiful cricket ground in Aotearoa, New Zealand, hosting what should be a fantastic cricket match starting later on this morning. I won't lie, Megan's eyes glazed over as soon as you mentioned

the word cricket. I was going to be like, what happened last time? But I'm guessing we lost, right? So yeah. Yeah, you're onto it. You won't glaze over here because we go to your hometown here, what happened last time? But I'm guessing we lost, right? So, yeah. Yeah, you're onto it. You won't glaze over here because we go to your hometown here, Nelson. Yes.

A beautiful place, right? Tahuna Nui Reserve. You would have gone there plenty of times as a kid, right? Wonderful. Many memories of Tahuna. Yeah, yeah. Beautiful part of the world. Coming there this weekend is the Sanitarium Week for Kids Triathlon in Nelson.

Thousands of kids running around. I think they swim in the ocean in Nelson as well because it's so warm and lovely and flat and calm there. Should be an amazing morning on Sunday morning at Tahina Nui Reserve. You're doing the Nelson one, aren't you, Connor? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll be there screaming at kids and they'll be screaming back at me.

You should get around, eh? He does. He works very hard, Connor. And that's what a 20-something wants to do is wake up first thing on a Sunday morning and have screaming kids yell at them. Connor, enjoy your weekend. We're going to go to the North. Hayley. Hello.

Low-hanging fruit. It's yours to lose this week. I mean, as soon as we started with the cricket, I thought, yeah, I've got this one. Feeling quietly confident. My eyes are glazing over as well. And it's International Women's Day. And I've actually gone for a theme today, a pink theme. Starting off in Martinborough, we've got pink gin tasting on Saturday night at a very swanky gin bar. And then we've also got a Pink Floyd event, which is celebrating, it's 50 years since Pink Floyd's album

The Dark Side of the Moon came out. That's at the Space Place, big celebration in the capital. And then finishing with the main meal, Pink and Eden Park, of course, tonight and tomorrow night. Please leave knives, fireworks and tasers at home. It's always good to take a switchblade to Pink, isn't it? Oh, and I thought, what's a little baby taser? It's not going to do much, huh?

No, that's right. Pink fans strike me as the type to take a switchblade to. They do, they do. Well, yeah, Grace, producer Grace is going along with her mum tonight to Pink. Megan, you're going along tomorrow night. Yeah. Oh, God.

Connor. What did he say? He just went, oh, God. Everyone's going along. It's just a lot to read. Just put that in the column. It's International Women's Day 2, Connor, and it would be remiss of us not to hand this victory to Hayley today.

Woo! But rest assured, Hayley, you'll be back under that glass ceiling next week. Enjoy it while it lasts. Thanks, mate. Thanks, guys. Love your work, team. Have a great weekend.