Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: The Race That Stopped The Nation

Episode Date: August 24, 2023

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The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations. It's a good feeling on a Friday. Not a good feeling for actor-comedian Kevin Hart at the moment. Now he's having to, he's in a wheelchair. It looks like for a couple of months. He's suffered multiple muscle tears. And as he, have a listen to him explaining it. He put it on social media because he tried to do young person stuff, have a listen. And I don't want you to be alarmed but I'm in a wheelchair. Yeah. I'm in a wheelchair.

Why? Well because I tried to jump out there and do some young stuff. Tried to go out there and do some young man stuff and I was told to sit my ass down. So he reckons he's quite fast, he was quite fast back in the day. He challenged a former NFL American football player to a sprint race. Thought it was a good idea and ended up

tearing multiple muscles in his legs and it looks like he's going to be two months in a wheelchair as he heals from the injuries. Well at least he'll get tickets to the FIFA World Cup. Wheelchair access. Those are the only tickets available. Now, producer Joel made a wild claim after the show yesterday.

Similar to Kevin Hart. Similar to Kevin Hart. You're right. Joel's a young person, so he can do young person stuff. Yeah. But, Joel, we park two blocks away. Yep. And your claim was that you can get from the radio studio to the car park,

which is in Sky City, 500 meters away, get something out of your car, which is down in the car park, so you have to catch the lift down. Like five levels. Get back here within how long? Look, I reckon five minutes, but you were saying six minutes, maybe, just for a bit of leeway. So you can run there, run back, and do the lifts in six minutes. Yeah, yeah.

Zoe Hobbs couldn't even do this on a good day. Well, yeah, because obviously... You're faster than Zoe Hobbs. Probably. Is that what you're claiming? Some people have said it. No, they cannot. Because obviously I've been claiming that Taylor, her husband, Marcelo Montoya, I think

I'm probably faster than him as well. You're what? So you reckon you can leave here from the radio station? I mean, 500, yeah, it's 500 metres there and back, maybe, but then you've got to factor in getting to lift, getting down all those levels, getting something out, and then coming back. Yeah.

Shall we myth bust it? Well, we're not going to factor in anything, Ben, because we're going to do it. Now, do you think Joel can achieve it? Because we've got prizes up for grabs. You can call us, 0800 the hits. Just so you know, picture it in your head. 500 metres.

There's lifts that need to go down. Well, it's five levels. Also, we've got to factor in the cretins going to the casino this time of the morning as well. They might hold up the lifts. Now, because I knew we were going to do this this morning, I am going to give you my car keys, which is parked in there, and I'll put a note for you on my passenger seat.

Yeah. To prove, because I mean, I don't know if he's going to get there or not. You've got to grab that note and bring that back to the studio. Taylor will be providing rolling coverage. Okay. But 0800, do you think Joel can make this? The Forrest Gump of New Zealand radio? Yeah. I mean, you're not going to get

this time of the morning, there's no traffic around. No foot traffic either. There's no waiting at the lights because I know that does take a while. Yeah. So there's no navigating around too many people. But I just feel like... You're going to look like you're running from a crime at this time of morning too, just sprinting through town.

Calls are already coming through. We'll just take a quick first one here the hits do you think you can do this 500 meters there 500 back no no no he is young though i mean it's you know what 23 23 you gotta allow for the hold-ups i mean you're not always going to get the lift straight away yeah that's the unknown. Not with that attitude. Not with that attitude. You can do it in six minutes. We're going to put it to the test very shortly. Thank you, Michael.

Not that fast. No, they're not. You know, you say it like you know. You're going to have a great day. All right, under the hits, we're going to do it next. To 4487, producer Joel. Can he get there and back in six minutes? The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Exciting start to a Friday right now because producer Joel made some big claims yesterday. A lot like Kevin Hart we just heard before. Claimed he could run fast. Kevin Hart injured himself. He's in a wheelchair for two months. And producer Joel claimed he could get from our radio studio here. About 500 metres across a couple of blocks to some elevators down to a car

that was parked, his car, and then all the way back up again, back to studio within what, he said five minutes, we're going to give him an extra minute, six minutes. Now his board is running gear in. He's looking active and you've got your running shoes. Have you stretched? I haven't stretched.

Sorry. I haven't stretched. No? I haven't stretched Sorry Haven't stretched No haven't stretched But I'll be sweet You know These young Muscles will be sweet We are taking some We're taking some

Bets this morning You think you can make it in six minutes? Hello? Yeah hi You think you can do it in six minutes? It's a K There and back, and some lifts. If he's smart, he can, but I don't think he could.

So you're saying he's not smart. I agree, I agree. This is what they said to Ed Hillary as well before Everest. Yeah, true, you're right. He's like, well, I could have taken a lift up the whole time. Thank you very much for your call. Appreciate that. The hits, welcome.

This is the early morning challenge that the nation is talking, the race that has stopped a nation from doing nothing because it's quite busy at this time of morning. You have to factor on your routine. But you think you can make it? Yes, I do. Oh, Joel, there's a positive comment that you were looking for. That's what I needed. Now,

a little bit of advice to Joel. I was in a running group and my advice would be stretch first before you go and do this exercise and after. If you've got your running shoes, that's a start. Yep. And a little thing about Kevin Hart, I've just been

diagnosed with a type of migraine where it actually wrecks the body with pain so I hope he gets better soon and gets out of that wheelchair. I'm sorry to hear that you've gone through that, that sounds horrible. Well I found out from the doctor yesterday now don't laugh, it's a cervical migraine and it starts at the base of the back and goes to the neck and then it goes to the head and gee was it, I had the doctors yesterday. It was so sore. Oh, you poor thing.

But he's given me medication. But, yeah, I was doing a 60-year-old body and trying to do it in a 40-year-old body and rushing around, and now I can't. Well, I have a 40-year-old body. I am 40, but I have a body of a 60-year-old. He's the opposite. I'm the opposite.

Hey, well, listen, thank you so much for your tips no that's okay you guys are doing wonderful you're making us all laugh and it's what we need in life oh thank you very much I appreciate it yeah that's okay

lovely cool lovely advice that's what I love about the hats that's so it's so lovely advice it's like make sure you stretch yeah so okay Joel

okay so have you got have you got your phone there John I'll set the time and now we're going to cross live to Producer Taylor, who is out on the streets with New Zealand's finest at this time of morning. If I do it, five people get free Hell Pizza for the weekend.

Oh, okay. Is that a good incentive? Yeah, it's a great incentive. Taylor's not here to say no as well, so I reckon we run that. Okay, fine. Yeah, it's a great idea. He's doing it for the nation Producer Joel

I'll set the timer now You're six minutes Are you ready? I'll give you my number as well That's alright I've got your number I can call you back Don't you worry

You can stop producing now You got my car keys ready? You ready to go? Get the note from my car Bring it back Ready Three Two

One He's off He's racing Okay the timer has started Taylor's on the phone too. We'll cross to Taylor very shortly after the ads. Okay, producer Joel is hoofing it. We can see him through the windows here at the studio.

Out of the building. Will he get to the car? Bring back the note within six minutes. We'll be back in just a second. It is the hit. Ladies and gentlemen, he's made it. He's made it back now. With a minute 17 to spare.

Did he get there? Apologies to Post Malone right now. We're going to pull Post Malone down at the moment. Yeah, now we'll start Post Malone again very shortly. Well done, Joel. So you did it. You did it. That's what dreams are made of.

So that was what? Four minutes? There was a minute 17 left, so he did it in under five minutes. Yeah. A kilometre round trip and five levels down into the car park. Look, in this piece of paper, he's got the note I wrote for him. It's Joel. Up the waz, it says.

It says a little note for you inside. You can read it out. I don't think you can get this back in six minutes, but hopefully I'm wrong. Yeah, and I was. I wrote that for you this morning, put it in my car. Well done. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. My wife, Amanda, is telling me i'm doing

something and i i just can't i can't help it well uh talking too loud when i'm on when i'm taking a phone call she's like you are talking so loud you don't need to talk as loud as possible do you scream down the phone i don't scream but i probably do talk i mean it's probably just working in radio we probably talk a bit louder than normal but we're obnoxious human beings aren't we and you know you combine uh obnoxious narcissist and somewhat slightly deaf as well yeah makes for a very loud individual yeah and also i'm conscious as well that when i'm not trying to you know enunciate to make myself a bit clearer i mumble so i you know like if i'm speaking quietly, I'll mumble.

So when I'm on the phone, I don't really enjoy talking on the phone, but when I do, I'm talking away. But it's nothing more frustrating when I'm in the middle of a conversation and then my wife will tap me and I'll be like, oh, yeah, what is it? She's like, you're talking so loud. Everyone can hear. And so then I pace. I just pace.

I go on a walk. You clock up some kilometers when you're on the phone. I'll just keep walking. And then sometimes I'll look around and go, how did I end up here? I'll walk out of the house. I'll walk down the street. I'll walk out of the office. Why am I in Pitcairn Island?

But you do. I've seen you pace when you're on the phone too. And you walk quickly as well. I know. What is it about the phone that really you just can't handle? I don't know. I don't. What is it about the phone that really you just can't handle? I don't know. I don't like sitting still talking on the phone,

and then I obviously talk too loud when I'm on it. Yeah. I think, too, when you're locked in a room for three hours a day and you've got headphones on and, you know, just every pink song pounding into your eardrums every five minutes, Ben Boyce, that I think your ears, they climatize to the environment they're in, and then you have to slowly turn the headphones up as the morning progresses. So by the end of it, you get this scream. Mate, what's a good pink song?

Get the party started. Party started, or trust fall. By the end of it, at 9 o'clock, trust fall is just screaming. Screaming to you. And then, so then you leave this room and you're used to just yelling in this high, high intensity volume. So I can see why you'd be.

What worries me though? I know my wife's just trying to, you know, help me out because people are probably looking like, why is that guy talking so loud? But I'm worried I'm going to get into peak. I don't know what a stereotype, but that peak boomer relationship, my parents, you know, their relationship where they're on the phone and then all of a sudden

you'll be talking to them and then they'll be bickering with their partner or talk. Oh yeah, I'm getting to that part. And you know, it feels like, I feel like. That's not how the story goes. I feel like we're one step away from that. You know, we're like talking to, I'm not talking loud. I'm just trying to, you know, like I feel like we're just hitting. You definitely got your old person bickering training wheels on.

Just, you know, you're right. Just on the stepping stone to that. Now you're on that runway, you can't reverse out of it. They're like, yeah, I'm talking, John. Yeah, I'll tell them that in a second. Who's having the best weekend? Yeah, well, speaking of eyes, they will never see eye to eye. The North and the South Island, and we like to compete every week

as to who's having the best weekend. And sometimes you end up with yoga classes in Nelson, other times crocheting in Invercargill. And Hayley, welcome from the Hits in Wellington. Last week you came to us from your deathbed. How's the health? Oh, I am alive and thriving this week. Thriving. And is it thriving in the North this Oh, I am alive and thriving this week. Thriving. And is it thriving in the north this weekend, Hayley? It is an absolute rager of a weekend in the North Island.

I'm feeling quietly confident about this week. Okay, what's happening? We have in Whangarei Sunday afternoon a sewing workshop, sewing draft stoppers, which is probably something Connor won't need for all the hot air that he blows. I think you should start losing confidence. All right, draft stoppers. I can redeem myself.

Auckland, on Saturday, you can pay $350 to learn how to breathe with a breathing course in Avondale. I'm losing confidence in you now, Hayley. Well, hey, maybe breathing is a good thing. Well, exactly. And I think if you make it to the class alive, you're probably quite good at it already. And then, okay, to redeem me,

my confidence is slowly, slowly dropping. Pairua tonight, they've got a retro 80s party at the local pub. I've got serious regrets for my choices this week. The Retro's 80s party in Pairoa, which is, you know, just any day Monday through Sunday, I imagine, in Pairoa. Yeah, but we should say, actually, because I think Baby Connor wasn't even alive during the Y2K.

Connor, the 80s is like a decade. Yeah, Connor, welcome. Yeah, g'day. Did they sew back then? Is that when sewing was popular, is it? Ooh! Okay, sheesh. Sheesh. All right, Connor.

Now, are you breathing all right, Connor? You're managing to breathe? Yeah, good. I went for a run even this morning, John. I'm feeling good, mate. I'm feeling really good. He doesn't have to pay $350 for a breathing class. What's happening in the South, mate?

Do you guys remember the show Stars in Their Eyes? You know, Simon Barney is the host and whatnot. Oh, yes! Great! Can they come out and impersonate famous singers? Yeah. I reckon John O would do a real good David Draymond. You know who that is? David Draymond? Is that the guy from Disturbed?

Yeah. The singer from Disturbed with the tusks coming out of his chin? Yeah, and tonight, Simon, I'll be David Draymond. It starts in your eyes. It's tomorrow night in Blenheim at the ASB Theatre, 6.15. So a bunch of locals, if you want to see how much or how little talent they have,

pop down to your local theatre, quarter past six tomorrow night. I'm a big fan of a pie, and the pie and pint night's a match made in heaven. It's back at the bridge in South Brighton and Christchurch. What they've done is renovated this old Baptist church on Bridge Street there in Brighton and the pies are specifically

from Hope River Pies, which I can vouch for, bloody amazing. And they say it's a fundraiser, but they don't say what for. So any good charities you guys want to throw out there? What's a good charity, do you reckon?

John Owen Bend Foundation. I thought we'd start that up. That's good. I like it. I like it. There we go. That's what the church would have wanted, a pie and pint evening.

That's right. That's right. Finally, the Winter Pride is back in Queenstown starting today, going to the 3rd of September. It's the biggest pride party in the snow in the southern hemisphere, apparently. 45 events across 10 days, something for everyone. Drag shows,

dance parties, mountain parties, game nights, food and wine. Get amongst it in Queenstown. That sounds awesome. We'll get Hayley back on because we need to decide which island is having the best weekend. Now, hey, guys, I'm going to say, we've had breathing classes, making draft stoppers in

Whangarei, pies and pints, stars in their eyes competitions. Oh, hey, I'm sure these are all great things. Great events. I wasn't going to say a bad thing about them. It sounded like negative time. That's what I jump on. People have worked hard

putting on these events. Maybe I was going to say something negative, and now I'm backing out. You're making me feel guilty. We're going to give it to Connor for the Pride event in the snow. That sounds awesome. Kia kaha, fellas.

Kia kaha. All right, well done, go. That is the only thing that's saved in there because the pie event, I mean, come on. Okay, breathing person, what a word. All right, we're going to take a breath now, everyone. You have a wonderful weekend. Jono, you found what you thought was New Zealand's biggest carrot in the supermarket.

Record-holding carrot. It was an enormous carrot, wasn't it? It was big. Yeah, it impressed you. It impressed everyone at work. And it even impressed ACT Party leader David Seymour. He came in for an interview. He couldn't take his eyes off it.

Did something good for New Zealand. That's your real reward. And in the meantime, you don't sleep much. Hey, why do you have that huge carrot? Like, what is it about? I mean, sorry, I've just been... Yeah, yeah, I mean, like, should I ask? Do I want to know?

I was in the supermarket and amongst a bin of carrots, this lone carrot sat. And I think I could be the holder of New Zealand's, if not Australasia's, world record largest carrot. When you say large though,

because I've seen longer ones, but on terms of girth, that's tremendous. Yeah, we're just saying, think of the GST you'd save on that one if Labour had carried on, right? Yes. The problem is when you're the owner of the largest carrot in Australasia, Ben,

you don't know what to do with it, do you? Yeah, well, and Megan Puppers from the day show on the hits, she came into the studio yesterday and she was like, hey, leave it with me. What have we got here? Oh, my goodness. Is this the cake? Is this from the carrot?

The cake. This is from the carrot. This is your giant carrot. This is it. Now, Megan's just come Come into the studio Well Andrew How much did Andrew do

Because Andrew did that All of it We presented you You witnessed the What we claim to be The region's largest carrot It's a huge carrot Yeah

We didn't know what We were going to do with it Oh my goodness You said Andrew Your husband Can make carrot cake Can he what? Yeah

And he has I was going to claim it But then I said he was going to make it So I've ruined it anyway Yeah This is incredible Like your husband We haven't tried it yet

It is But it looks incredible Like we made some cakes The other day And I know how much effort goes into Making something look like this It's incredible He

It's cafe quality It's cake shop quality We did We did own a cafe Sadly we don't have it now because that would be a good plug for it but we don't

give it a plug anyway yeah well I mean it still exists both in a code there you go some of my recipes still on the menu there you go

but she'll get no financial windfall for that plug I won't so it's a double tiered carrot cake it looks like it's got some lovely

icing in between cream cheese icing cream cheese icing on top as well as in the middle and what have we got here on top? So on top is pineapple flowers. Oh, I thought they were

actual flowers. No, they're made from pineapple. You can eat it because the cake's got pineapple in it. I said we'd do a pineapple walnut. You did say that, didn't you? And no expense was spared here. Do you know, after I did it.

What was the cost? What do we owe you? Because I feel like we should. After we bought the ingredients and everything, Harriet was like, oh, I should have. This is our boss. She was like,

I should have given you the work credit card. I was like. Oh, that's a ingredients And everything Harriet was like Oh I should have This is our boss She was like I should have given you The work credit card I was like Oh that's a bit late now Well mind you We did invest one giant carrot Yeah yeah You did

Was it enough carrot For the whole thing Do you know what We didn't even use the whole thing Really that's how much It was more than what we needed So You feed your family that carrot

That'll be our payment Literally put off Well we're going to put a photo now On the Hits Breakfast Social media Because that's really incredible I don't think That's great follow through From you guys That'll be our payment. Literally put off. Well, we're going to put a photo now on the Hits Breakfast social media because that's really incredible. I don't know if that's a great follow through from you guys. Yeah, and do you know what?

I've made a whole making of the cake too. So you'll be able to see that on my Instagram. Well, do you know what? Because you guys have put in all this hard labor. I feel like we can't just take the cake. Why don't you and your family enjoy the cake? Or we give it to the office. We're going to have it in the office because it actually is someone's birthday today.

Oh, well, thank you so much. That is some great follow-through. I don't have it. Great follow-through. I was just thinking that. Of all the things you're doing at the moment, you're a mum, you've got kids. Oh, don't ever sell it. You've got nothing.

I mean, actually, to be honest, let's go with the things Andrew's doing at the moment. Exactly. Because he's put that on his schedule and it's incredible. And I can honestly, hand on heart, say I did nothing. What we should do is we should do the social media photo of what it was and what it turned out like. Oh, yeah. Have the big photo.

How it started, how it finished. I'm not on social media, but that's how it is. Yeah, that's quite good. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It's now Father's Day Next week Not the Sunday But the following Sunday Oh it is too

Listen How's Father's Day for you? Do you look forward to it? Do you get good presents? Do you Oh yeah Probably at the age now The kids will

You know Like try and get me something And normally it's They're in the ballpark For something that I do like And want But I've already got a present For Father's Day already

What is it? A little A little bag that came in yesterday. A white bag, yeah. Now, young producer Joel has given me a... Has he had a paternity test? Well, look, he's given me this, which is lovely. He came in and yesterday he's given me this.

Now, we're both huge fans of the Warriors, aren't we, Joel? Correct. Up the wars, and he's given me a Warriors mug that says, Happy Father's Day, Dad. With the Warriors on it. I'm going to head on to Ancestry.com here. The timeline stacks up

for me. Which is lovely. So the first Father's Day present that I've got so far is from Producer Joel. So thank you Producer Joel. How have you got your actual dad a present? Nah, I can't afford it anymore actually After getting Ben Sorry to Mike Harrison

That mug It probably feels like it should go to Mike Harrison It does feel like it should have gone to Mike Harrison It's got Up The Waz on it It's got Happy Father's Day Dad Some of the Warriors logos in there as well And yeah So already

Before my actual kids Producer Joel's come through with a lovely mug Backstory is you've got two for, I think two for one right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I went to this lady's house, lovely lady and I don't think it's an official Warriors merch but yeah. Hold on, whose lovely lady's house did you go to?

Selling knock off Warriors mugs? The important thing is that he came back with a mug. Who's this lady? Let's not delve into that. Lovely lady. She's lovely. Facebook Marketplace. She makes cups and she's like, do you want a second one? I can chuck it in. And I was like, look, I do see Ben as a bit of a father figure, you know?

What else is she selling? This lovely lady. Let's not expose anyone on Marketplace. Don't delve into that. That's not the point right now. The point is that, you know. It's a beautiful bug. Yeah, I don't know what you've got.

Your other show dad, Jono Pryor. Yeah, but I. It's a beautiful bug. Yeah, I don't know what you've got your other show dad, Jono Pryor, yet, but I guess your present will be coming next week, mate. Can't wait for my hairpiece, my friend. Okay, you know what I need and want.