Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: Who's Got The Cheapest Coffee In NZ!

Episode Date: November 13, 2023

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The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations. Why today should technically be a holiday, I think, and I think there's good reason to say it's King Charles' birthday today. Oh, happy birthday King Charles. His actual official birthday is today, November 14th. Guess how old do you think he would be? Oh, 88. Oh, 74. 74. You really overshot the mark. Guess how old do you think he would be? 88 74 You really overshot the mark Sorry Charles

That's quite offensive isn't it? Sorry Charles Yeah Oh because Now do we still do queens? What happens there? We have King's birthday now right? We've got the King's birthday

But it's still on the same date It's still on the same date Which wasn't technically Elizabeth's birthday either But they've just decided So yes I'm like Well in a technicality We can say it's still on the same date. It's still on the same date, which wasn't technically Elizabeth's birthday either, but they've just decided. So, yes, I'm like, well, in a technicality, we can say it's King's birthday today. So are you calling public holiday today? I'm saying you could try and say King Charles' birthday if you're a ruralist.

Yeah, hard way to say that. Yeah, ruralist. Ruralist. It's like rural. Yeah. What if you're a rural ruralist? Yeah, rural, yeah. Well, Speaking of birthdays

Yesterday was my birthday Ben And much discussed topic on this show Is the pace of the happy birthday song So went out Did the office morning tea Thank you to wonderful Harriet and Jaina Who organise it out of the goodness of their heart They don't have to do anything

No they don't You and me we don't like Even though we're show ponies, we don't like the office attention being on us. But it's all focused in on you on your birthday, isn't it? They get a hot drink if you want it, because we're not huge cake fans. Well, is anyone at 9 o'clock in the morning?

It's an early day. Producer Joel, he's got his hands up for cake any time of day for Joel. Yeah. But, yeah, so what I thought I of recorded the pace of the birthday song. Now something I noticed upon review was there was a particular individual who really, through the art of clapping,

sped up the timing. And I'm thinking, I'm looking at him right now. And let's have a listen. Start slow. Happy birthday to you. Thank you, James. Happy birthday to you. you James Here goes the clap Happy birthday to you

Yes that's getting faster Happy birthday dear John Happy birthday to you Thank you Now Ben Boyce Yeah I do introduce the clap The clap early on Into the happy birthday song

Because I do find it drags It does It was started like in slow motion Because everyone Happy birthday And then you're like Bam bam bam And you can really start birthday song because i do find it drags it was started like in slow motion because everyone and then you're like and you can really start to pick the pace up like a conductor in an orchestra and people are always going faster and faster and you did it was like a treadmill just slowly increasing in speed producer joel was going to do the claps the claps after i stopped with the song ends he was like one i know you cut that off when the song ends. He was like, what?

I know, you cut that off. For the age, I was like, we're going to go here until. 42, we're going to be here for another 10 minutes. Yeah, so it was lovely. It was lovely. What, Harriet? It was, yes. And we must say happy birthday to Producer Taylor's dog,

Louie Taylor. She's Louie Taylor. Louie Montoyla. Montoyla? Oh, jeez. Royal Royalist. Oh, God. Prince Charles, or King Charles' birthday,

and what the dog who's got about nine... She wanted me to go to lunch with her. She's like, you and Louis should go to lunch together. Oh, was the dog's birthday yesterday? No, it was today. I'm like, well, mine was yesterday, the dog's today. What are you going to do at lunch? What place serves you and a dog?

And it's not even my dog. Oh, jeez. That's not just in a relationship, but also with as far as friends go. There's a theory going around on TikTok. A lady's put it out there, and she calls it the bird test. And basically, it's to choose something. If you're with someone, she's giving an example of something a bit mundane but if you suggest something she's like we're at a cafe and i see

like a woodpecker and i go oh there's a woodpecker and how the reaction of the person next to you how they react is whether that your relationship is actually like your soulmates or whatever have a listen now the bird test states that if you're with someone whoever you're going to do the test with romantic or not if you say something that could be deemed like insignificant, and your partner responds with like genuine curiosity, like what woodpecker, where? That's a really good sign that your relationship will last a long time. But if they like blow you off, they don't acknowledge you and they're just like, oh cool, like a woodpecker, that's a really bad sign. And again, it's for romantic relationships, but I'm telling you, do this with your friends, do this with your family members because that girl and I, still homies as f***, right?

The bird test never f***ing fails. Never fails. So the bird, what if I'm not overly into birds? There's a bit of a few holes in the plan. Yeah. If I'm like, acknowledge the bird,

but I'm neutral about birds. I'm not going to dive into a 10 minute conversation about them. No, yeah. Where does that leave me with her? Yeah, I guess she's just saying if it's something mundane, something that's for you. If you find the thing for you

and if the partner is like, oh, you know, then it probably shows. I mean, look, there's some Heineken's over there. Yeah, exactly. Wow, Heineken's, Jono. Yeah.

Fantasy basketball, producer Joel was just talking about. He's like, how into, we're playing fantasy basketball this year. How into your partners on that? I'm like, not that into it. And even this year, Jono, he cares about us so much. The bird test has worked. He's even joined a fantasy basketball this year. How into your partners on that? And I'm like, not that into it. And even this year, Jono, he cares about us so much.

The bird test has worked. He's even joined a fantasy basketball league with us. I'm not doing well, though. I picked a team with a bunch of players who are either suspended for gun-related incidents, injured. Yeah. I've picked a guy who's, you're like, oh, he's retired due to injury.

I was like, why is he an option? I know, it shouldn't have been an option, to be fair. I picked three of my players who didn't even play, and then James Harden, he was having biffo with the, he wasn't even playing for his team. He's back now. Half of my team hasn't played. Yeah. So, I mean, fantasy basketball's a great bird test, really.

It is. If you bring that up with someone, most people roll their eyes over and go, I don't care. There's people probably listening to this rolling their eyes over. Exactly. So the bird test, you can try it. Try it on your partner or try it on your friends today. What do you think is the least interested Amanda is in everything about you? The one thing where you're like, she's like, oh, God, I've just got nothing.

Probably, I mean, fantasy basketball would be up there. I mean, no, but to be honest, I know that. Like, I'm not going to go, oh, it's such and such. I've traded. You know, like, don't talk about it at all, really. You don't bring it up. I feel like you kind of get a gauge on, like you said before, you kind of get a gauge on people, you know?

You know stuff that's going to land. Yeah. Don't you? You don't bring up your Funko Pop toys at home or fantasy basketball. No, exactly. That's right. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Just talk about the bird test, which is going around on social media.

The lady uses an example of a bird. You're sitting at a cafe and you're like, oh, there's a bird. And if the person you're with, whether it's your partner or your friend, shows some enthusiasm for what you brought up, then maybe you are soulmates. But if not, if they just kind of go, oh, okay, whatever, then maybe, as Jono said, they're not into birds or maybe they're not really into you, really. It's a lot to base that because it's a big thing to go,

are we soulmates? And then just go, look at that bird over there. So birds don't land with everyone, do they? Some people are bird people, some people aren't. It feels like you might need to try that with a few different things. Oh, look, there's a fire truck over there. Yeah, just cast the net wide and far. Now, Producer Taylor has come in.

You said the bird test theory worked for you and your husband, Marcelo. Yeah, this is so true, right? Not with birds though, but mine's kind of like Mount Everest. Like I'm very obsessed with Mount Everest. Oh yeah, we know. I know a lot about it.

So if my partner showed no interest in Mount Everest, I don't think I could be with him. And Marcelo, every time I bring up a fact or want to watch a documentary on Mount Everest, he's like, oh, wow. And we'll Google it. We'll see if I'm telling the truth. He's very intrigued by Mount Everest.

Mount Everest. What's your fascination for Mount Everest? I don't know. I just think it's incredible. You know what sits at 29,000 feet? We fly in commercial planes at 30,000. That's tall. Jeez, you and Sir Edmund Hillary would have been a match made in heaven.

That's why I was so excited to move here, because of that as well. Do you know, he had his number just in the phone book. Yeah. Pretty much until he died. You could phone his landline and he would answer and talk. Oh my God. Legend. That's probably good for him that I wasn't here while that was happening.

Okay, and then you were just saying this, that the whole mountain's just laden in feces. Yeah, because every year more tourists go on there to hike it, right, and where do they have to go to their number two? On the mountain. Which seems wrong, right? Yeah, it does seem wrong, but I guess they can't build toilets. But people are getting so sick because they have to drink the ice. They boil the ice to drink it and there's feces in it.

What about like a doggy bag system? I reckon that's what should happen. Put it in a bag and have little bins throughout, like those little bins with the cute dog. That's a good idea. Then send a Sherpa up there to clear them out once a week. You're like, you're going to do the top one today. You're like, oh, God.

Bloody Sherpas don't get enough credit. They don't. They do the heavy lifting. If anyone wants to know more about them, you can watch this amazing documentary on Netflix called Sherpa. Okay. All right. Tell you who'd watch that, Marcello.

Yep, we have. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheap Tuesday. We're starting this, given the cost of living, and we just focus on a particular topic every week. And we try and find the cheapest of that thing in the country. Today we're going to do hot drinks, of course, Dilma tea. Great supporters of the show.

We love a Dilma tea. A lot of people love their tea, and going out for a hot drink, a coffee, a tea, a hot chocolate, whatever. Where can you get the cheapest hot drinks in the country? Okay. Now, Ben, I know you do love saving a dollar. You came back from holiday and at the theme parks where they take photos of you screaming down log flumes

and things on the screen, you would take photos of those screens so you didn't have to pay for the family photos of the novelty theme park photos. Yeah, it's a great way around not paying for those photos. It's also good if you don't mind photos that have property of Rainbow's End sprayed across your family's faces. Yeah, exactly.

It's a great way to save money as well. Yeah, I mean, a lot of people love the 10 card, 10 drinks, get a free one. I always forget to hand it over. That's always my problem with those. When you pierce the numbers on. Yeah, that's a good way of getting cheap drinks. But, I mean, hot drinks when we're talking about something like a coffee, I mean, it can

vary to like $5, $6, even more. Well, apparently this isn't the peak. 2008 coffees were $7 average. Really? Yeah. So they've come down, but it's obviously rising at the moment. They're averaging 5 plus at the moment. Producer Behump Sue used to work with us for many years. He used to get really

annoyed because he would have a long black. And he would say that he was getting charged the same as people that would buy like a flat white or something. He was like, they are putting no milk in this. They're putting less effort into my thing, but I'm getting charged the same as other people. I was like, why are you wound up with me? I don't own the cafe, mate.

Mate, have a Dilmar tea and shut up. You know, that's what I'd say. Great work bringing it back down to Dilmar as well the cafe, mate. Mate, have a Dilmar tea and shut up. You know, that's what I'd say. Great work bringing it back down to Dilmar as well, being boys. All right, I went under the hits. The cheapest coffee, tea, whatever you can find in the country. What do you reckon?

Let's put it on there. Have a guess. What do you reckon could be the cheapest? You're not going to get any lower than $4. Okay. All right. That's the challenge. Okay, I went under the hits.

4487. Can you tell us where you can get some cheap hot drinks this morning? The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We're going to do it every week with the cost of living until the cost of living sorts itself out, Ben, where we focus in on particular topics, particular areas, and the cheapest we can get in that area today, coffee, hot drinks, tea, hot chocolate, Dilmar tea.

Yeah. Do try it. Yeah, do it. Exactly. Where can you get the... If you haven't tried it, you're a loser. That's what they say. I don't know if that's what they say, but that's what you said.

So where can you get the cheapest hot drinks in the country? Lots of texts coming through. Bunch. A whole bunch. We set the bar. I said you wouldn't get any lower than $3 as well. My friend Christchurch. You can go to Christchurch and get a $3 coffee at a cafe called Thrive.

It's a charity cafe. All proceeds go to the Christchurch City Mission. Oh, that's awesome. That's from Martin. So many texts on this. $3 coffee at Morehouse Pack and Save, apparently, for $3. Bunnings, apparently, Dylan. Yeah, Bunnings.

For a regular-sized coffee, best coffee out there as well, $3.60. $3.60? Okay. That's blooming good, isn't it? Yeah, but it's only $3.20. Is this barista-made? Barista-made by me at Mount Rockwell. Oh, that's good.

Not even from a machine. That's pretty impressive. Do you drive to Bunnings just to get the coffee, Dylan? I do. Sometimes I do. Yeah, right. So this is your coffee supplier. Are you the barista?

Yeah, I work at Bunnings. He drives to work there. I go to work and get coffee as well. Okay. But you'd make a special trip. It's that good. You're like, it's that good. I drive there just for it. Yeah, and on the side of work as well. Exactly.'d make a special trip. It's that good. You're like, it's that good. I'd drive there just for it.

Yeah, and on the phone work as well. Exactly. Good on you, Dylan. $360, that is good. Well, you just mentioned Pack and Save, Morehouse app, but apparently you can get it for $2. Oh, another text here. Let's go through. We'll go through to the Pack and Save. It seems so surely not $2.

Morehouse, pack and save. Cheryl speaking. Cheryl, it's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Good morning. Good morning. Hey, don't sound so suspicious, Cheryl. We've just heard. We're just looking.

We're doing Cheaper Tuesday where we can find out if there's places doing things for cheap. And we just heard that you guys might do $2 hot drinks, $2 coffees or something. Yep. $2 coffee drinks, $2 coffees or something? Yep. $2 coffee? Monday to Sunday? Mm-hmm. That just seems like, how? How's the stick man turning a profit on this?

Well, you know what everyone thinks. They don't know everything, do they? No. No, that's right. Thank you for that generic comment. That's great. How long have you been running $2 for hot drinks? Quite a while now.

Wow. Nearly all year, I think. Cheapest in New Zealand, I would say. How many of those would you have today? Because they're so cheap, you'd probably have about five, wouldn't you? Five? Me? No.

No, I don't actually. You know what? I'm a bit stingy. I buy a jar of coffee because I'm in the office and I just make my own. But there's $2 just out there. You could get a cafe-made barista. $2. No, no.

I treat myself sometimes. Oh, okay. Well, lovely talking to you and well done on what is the most affordable coffee in New Zealand. Well, that's good. The word will get out now. Thank you so much. You have a lovely day. Cheers. You too. Another text here, 448 that's good. The word will get out now. Thank you so much. You have a lovely day. Cheers, you too.

Another text here, 4487. Free. Free coffee. School staff room. That's not weird if we turn up to one of those. Maybe you have to be a teacher there. I don't know. They said it was free apparently.

Spilling the tea on Hollywood's A-listers. Auditions. I have met every single one. Exposing scandals. She's not a good person, but either is he. Digging the dirt. Is she a diva? Yes.

And finding out what's going on behind the scenes. Yelling at cast members. Yes. It was a script. No. His identity is a secret. But his stories have been proven right time and time again. This is NT.

Well, the actors may have been on strike, but he's never struck on us welcome enti now enti a few well it's probably a few months ago you were like i don't know about taylor swift's relationship with travis kelsey you're like maybe it seems like a pr sort of thing they are passion up a storm passion up in amsterdam he's traveling to argentina argentina i don't know they'll probably everywhere you know what do you think now? Do you think it is a real relationship? Because it seems to be. Okay.

I'm not saying that it's not. So she runs off the stage in Argentina. There just happens to be a camera perfectly positioned. And they say, Travis, what you need to do is you have to step out of the tent. You have to come out of the tent at least one step. You know, Taylor's going to run to you and come kiss you or whatever. If he had been inside the tent even one step, you know, that wouldn't have worked. Number two, we've already seen her do that on this tour, except she was running to Maddie Healy.

Okay, let's say it's real. It doesn't mean that you need to be heavy-handed and just – it feels like – and I probably probably talked about this with you guys when she was dating Tom Hiddleston. You know, they emerge from the ocean or whatever. And Tom Hiddleston's like, I love Taylor Swift T-shirt or something. And having photos where it's her imagination of watching some kind of romantic film and the things that you're supposed to do when you're with somebody. It was just, again, so heavy-handed. Just enjoy your relationship. You don't need to have it organized

and broadcast and all that kind of stuff. It just felt awkward, and I still don't think that they will last throughout the entirety of her story. What's the point of investing in a peshing team if you're not going to pesh inside the team? I mean, everybody knew that he was going to go down to Argentina because the Kansas City Chiefs have a bye week, which is a week where they don't play.

And so everybody knew that that was going to happen. But, you know, she's going to be in Europe all summer long. This is not like the U.S. leg of the tour where it was just on the weekends and she would fly home or wherever else she wanted and then go to the various city for that weekend she's gonna be in Europe she's not gonna be able to go back home is he gonna just follow her along all around Europe all summer I don't think so I don't see it lasting throughout the summer And I'm far better for me to weigh in on Taylor Swift's relationships. But do you think, just given her status, her celebrity, to actually have a long-term relationship

is almost impossible? And also, flip side, it works great for her albums and her songs and her being in the news and relevant if she does have a relationship to relationship yeah i mean it's obviously been very very good for her and you know relationships obviously provide a lot of material if you're writing your own songs i mean adele wrote her first four songs the first four albums about one guy plus the more guys you date then the fans speculate about what song is about who and that that's part of the whole Taylor Swift mystique is trying to figure out her Easter eggs and her lyrics

and apply them to whatever person was in her life at the time. Okay, I'm going to say wedding. I'm going to say they're going to get married. I'm going to go against the grain here. I'm going to say it is going to last. I'm always for a happily ever after. He's made a wedding call. I'm going out there.

We've got this on record. Yeah, there we go. I have put it on record. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. So there's a stretch of motorway. There's a motorway, okay? Yeah, I know.

What speed do you usually travel on a motorway, Ben? I know this. I know exactly what you're talking about. So I'm on a phone conversation. I thought, okay, I've got five minutes to phone. I needed to change some details on the government website thing. So I was like, I'll call on the phone line, and I'll wait on hold because it's a line that is 10 or 15 minutes you have to wait on hold.

So I'm calling this, and I'm not flying down the motorway, just traveling at the speed that I thought was appropriate for the motorway, 100 kilometers an hour. Right, 100 k's. 102 to be precise. So it is the motorway and it's 100 k's. You're not really speeding, are you? No, life is good.

I'm like, I'm getting admin done. Everything's fine. Then all of a sudden behind me. And I've got this conundrum where I'm on hold of this line that I nearly really need to talk to and then there's also a police officer behind me who really obviously wants to talk to me about what's going on I'm like don't know what's happened you can't put the police officer in real life on hold no you can't so I get pulled over and thankfully he's in his car I guess checking license plates and whatnot for about five minutes i'm still waiting on hold for the inland revenue and when he comes and knocks

on the window is the exact same time the lady from the id is like hello welcome to kia ora welcome to the land revenue how can i help you so now i'm juggling two right two government departments i've got a live police officer to the left and i've got a live in lambry and he's like how fast do you think you would go it's 102 mate it's a motorway he's like do you know the speed limit here it's like it's 100 it's a motorway and then the lady's like what what are you talking about it's 100 it's a motorway it'd be great to put the ird person on hold because sorry i'm just gonna put you on hold for a second you can wait there for five minutes yeah and no turns out there's a little he's like no no no this little stretch is 80. Yeah, I know the one. I know the one.

Just up there. He's like pointing. He's like, just up there. That's when it goes to 100. I'm like, why? It's a motorway. Because they often have someone on this particular stretch. I know.

I'm sitting there on the side of the road as cars go past with the speed camera guy. And in the past, I've gone, oh, this is 80. I was like, why don't they tell you that? And he's like, we do with the signs there's multiple signs between when you got on and to this point and then he's like i thought he was gonna let me off because i'm like oh hold there i'm just talking i was like can you just please wait to the room your lady and he thought i was thinking he might be going this guy's got a lot going on i'll leave him alone he's like okay mate well you just need to where you're heading just pull off over there and I thought he's gonna go go and have a nice day because I didn't see a

ticket book yeah and he's like unfortunately you will be getting a ticket but there's no book oh so they don't have physically hand you over anything yeah false sense of security I was like he's got no admin he must be feeling very generous today oh no and this comes off the back of multiple tickets coming through yesterday, bus lane tickets. A bus lane one that we got the photo for for we're walking at. There was no reason for you to be in the bus lane. There was no other traffic on the road. The road was clear. Yeah. I told

Megan Puppers from the day show that she's like, oh, entitled white man driving along the road. Yeah, just because he can. Just because he can't in the bus lane. I'll drive in the bus lane even though I don't need to. There's no buses, no other traffic, but that's what I'll do. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Australians we love. Producer Taylor, have you got some favourable comments about the country you'd like to make? Yeah, really nice weather lately. Nice weather, yes. Yeah, very nice weather lately. The 12 months you've been here has not been ideal, and we've been saying, trust us, we do have good weather sometimes. Yep, and here it is.

And it's your dog's birthday today as well. Win-win. It is, yep. Your spoilt dog, Louie, who's getting his own birthday party. Oh, no. Yeah. We've got party hats and everything. That should be the fake story, because we're doing news or not right now.

Things that could be fake or not. That should be fake, but sadly that's true. So let's find out. She's got balloons and everything. This is three headlines. One of them's a fake one that you've made up. If you want to play along, you can text 4487 and see if you can decipher which one is the fake news. Take it away, Taylor.

2025 Super Bowl halftime performance, a sure thing after Taylor Swift spotted with NFL commissioner. Oh, okay. Now this was a, we just talked to NTA, a Hollywood reporter. He seems to think this is a long play from the NFL, which we'll tell you about shortly. Yeah. Helicopters brought in to make a crocodile's horny, causing a 300-strong croc orgy. With what?

The wind from the propellers? Yeah, so apparently the buzzing and the vibrations make some extra. Get some excited. Who wanted to create that environment? Who knew that? Queenslanders, mate. That's the whole thing.

Who knew that? Okay. Okay, woman who misses flight runs onto tarmac in an attempt to stop and catch the plane. Okay. All right.

We've got three stories. The first one, Taylor Swift Super Bowl. I'm picking that's probably true because as we were saying, we talked to N.T. He's in Hollywood. And he's like, this is a master plan from the NFL.

They've always wanted to do the Super Bowl halftime. But she's had a sponsorship with a competing cola brand. Now that's done. Now that's gone or something, yeah. And so then they've wheeled out old Travis Cadley. They're like, here, date this hunk. I don't think it's quite as orchestrated as that. And then you can host the front of the Super Bowl, and that's your next six months.

I don't know. So you reckon that's legit? I reckon that's legit. Yeah. What's the name of the commissioner? I don't know. I don't read the story. Okay, so the horny crocodile is to do with the helicopter airflow.

Okay, and then we had the other one, which was? Woman who misses flight runs onto tarmac in an attempt to stop and catch the plane. Now, so the vibrations of the helicopters get the crocs going. It feels like the crocodile one's the fake one. That feels like it is. But I'm going to go out and say Taylor Swift's fake. Over to you, Jono. You've said Taylor Swift's not fake.

You can have a guess. I'm going to go the crocs. I'm going to say the crocs. And if you have made that up, well, then you're a sick individual. Okay, so the fake news story is, in fact, the Taylor Swift one. Hey! A couple of texts on that one as well on 4487. She hasn't been seen with the NFL commissioner.

And so the Crocs, it's a thing. Yeah, so could you imagine 300 crocs just going at it? How crazy is that? Yeah. That's a lot. That's a lot of crocodiles. A lot of limbs everywhere. Yeah. Jeez, you'd lose your partner, wouldn't you?

Where are you? I'm over here. I can't see you right now. I'm under two of them. Now I'd just say Based off your Activeness You're probably more

You probably do more chores In your house Do you get Do you do And that's just because You like to get stuff done Just always constantly Doing stuff

Yeah Yeah probably Yeah probably Not to say my wife Doesn't do it for you No no no You don't want to use that That's for sure

Let's not go down That road or anything like that Who does more Who's more tired No let's not go down that road or anything like that. Who does more? Who's more tired? No, let's not go down that road. Who squeezes more into their day? No, no, it's not about that. Let the chore calculator decide.

Because off here, you're like, jeez, I do a lot of the heavy lifting. No, I don't. No, he doesn't. He doesn't. Poppy, my daughter, she's had a school project. Very cool thing they're doing at school, actually. Just learning about different types of music,

different genres, and how each genre makes them feel. The other day, the whole class, they listened to some pop music and they had a discussion. How does that song make you feel? Then some Catholic school-friendly hip-hop as well. There's minimal choices available there, but then how that made you feel, and then drum and bass and classic, you know.

Yeah. So she had a project of, she's like, I have to name my favourite songs and then write, you know, what the lyrical content is about. Oh, right. Okay, yeah. And so then I'm talking to her and I was like, okay, what's your first one?

And she's like, well, I love the song song from rihanna but she better have my money and i'm like okay what's this song about and so she's like well there's this lady and she clearly owes rihanna some money she does yeah and she's so happy about it not happy it was like it was like newihanna is not happy. It was like New Zealand had $20 Karen. Exactly the same circumstance. Just a more musical version. You know, like, wanted the money back, and then Rihanna put it out in a pop song,

whereas $20 Karen left a message. And she's, like, Rihanna's insisting that she gets her money. And then the other one's acting like she forgot that she even borrowed the money as well. So I was like, hey, let's maybe not submit that one but I wanted to play a game with you so I'll describe

the content of the song and you have to try and figure out what the song is okay first one they're welcoming you in they've got lots of fun

and games in this jungle oh okay yeah well first I was thinking Welcome Home or something from Dave Dolman. Welcome to the jungle.

There we go. Very welcoming, aren't they? Don't even have to take your shoes off. Although, I think it's online as well. Very shortly after the welcome, the lovely welcome, they're like, you're going to die. And it's like, whoa, this happened.

You said fun and games. It was fun and games. It's all it's like, yeah. Okay, next one. It's a car. It's running it's like, yeah. Okay, next one. It's a car. It's running quicker than your average car. Fast car? That's, yeah.

Okay. She's staying out way too late, way past her bedtime. And some would say she's even going on probably too many dates. Too many Yeah What? But she's not taking Any of this feedback on

Oh Ah Okay Yes Shake it off Yeah It's a fun Cool game

Yeah Describe Describe the song That could be A regular game That we play The hits The Jono and Ben podcast

It's the New Zealand Cup In Addingtonton today, and we'll be there. And we're not massive gamblers or anything like that. Speak for yourself, mate. Okay, well, maybe you are. Fully committed, kids' savings and everything. You've kept that very quiet from me all these years. I have to. People judge.

So we thought, because we're going to be there today, we'll just make one bet. Yeah. One bet for the whole day. Because you've got to gamble responsibly, don't you? Exactly, exactly. And is it responsible for putting our final dollars of the show budget on a horse? Absolutely. Yeah.

Well, we've got $100 left in the show caddy for the end of the year, and we thought we could put $100 on the big New Zealand Cup race. It happens at 5.20 today. It's a huge event in Christchurch. Like, it's massive, right? Thousands and thousands of fascinating fascinators uh very well-dressed people uh who very well-dressed intoxicated people who will uh grab bits of you being today yell in your face one day yeah a lot of a lot of yelling isn't there

just a little yelling and saliva and very coveted But, you know, looking forward to it. It's always a fun day. Been around since 1904. Oh, no, a long time, eh? It's a long time. 15 horses in the big race today. So 0800THEHITS, we need the first call on 0800THEHITS to help us out now. We've got $100, as we said before, left in the budget to the end of the year. We're going to put it all to win on one horse, one horse only, in the big race at 520.

You tell us the number on 0800THEHITS, we'll put it on, and then tomorrow, if we win, we'll give that money away, not to the person that suggested the number, but to someone on 0800THEHITS tomorrow. It could come through. Imagine we've got like $8,000 to give away. This is the thrill of gambling. This is the thrill.

It could. It could. It could happen. And then if we put $100, what if we put, oh, we should put $1,000. That's what happens. Leanne, we're just going to go to Leanne. Okay. Say a number, Leanne.

That's not 134. Yeah. Oh, good morning. Good morning, Leanne. Producer Joel, you're across this right now between 1 and? 1 and 17. 1 and 17. Say a number, please.

Eight. Eight. Oh, lucky number. It's a is a lucky number too particularly in the oh maybe not for us though what was the scoff for producer joe no this is good because number eight is called one change it's uh predicted to come last paying 81 dollars but that means predicted to come up you'll turn it around into $8,100. We could win $8,000. Leanne, you've picked an absolute dud. But who knows? The thrill of gambling could come through. Oh, it's not my money, so whatever. $8,000.

To be honest, it's not ours either. It's the company's. Okay. So we're going to put $100 on to win on a horse that, well, make up the numbers. Can I change it? No, no. Now you change it and there was something else. We've done it now. Okay, I love it. You've made your bed, Leanne.

Oh, I'll lie in it. We'll send you out some hell pizza. We really appreciate you calling this morning and helping us out. And actually, what else? Imagine if it wins. I know. Leanne, I know. She's still there. She's like, I wins. Imagine if it wins. I know. Leanne, I know. She's still there.

She's like, I imagine. Imagine. So we'll be tuning in tonight, and if we come home with $8,100, we're going to give it away to the listeners tomorrow. Now, 0800HITS, give us some hope. The luckiest listeners out there. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. New Zealand Trotting Cup, 15,000 expected to attend.

And we'll be there and we're making one bet, one bet only today. We're putting the last $100 from the show budget on horse number eight in the main race at 520 today. And producer Joel, you just said before

that's paying what? $81 to win. So $8,100. We will win. Let's say it. We're going to win. We're going to give that away eight o'clock tomorrow when this horse comes in today.

Yeah, so. Rank outsider. We just want some, what did you say? Predicted to come dead last. Yeah, three legs I think as well. Three legs. Oh. Three legs.

Oh, good. Good on it, you know, getting out there. You know, let's not discriminate against three-legged horses. If you want to get out there and do it, then getting out there you know let's not discriminate against three legged horses if you want to get out there and do it then get out there and do it

I love the evil legged three legs I was like what a remarkable horse the little horse that could mate yeah that could win you

tomorrow you listening right now $8,000 sounds like it won't but we want some stories of luck. Yeah, inspirational stories. The luckiest listeners. We'll kick things off with Briar. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast, Briar.

Why are you so lucky? Good morning. So my partner and I just went and did a cruise, and we thought we'd just try our luck in the casino. And my partner put some money into a machine and he pressed a button and realised he accidentally pressed a $5 bet. Uh-oh. And just freaked out and was like, oh, my God, I just made a mistake. And he won $740.

Wow, from $5? From a $5 bet. Wow. That's really good. That is great. That happened to a friend of mine who was doing online gambling during COVID. And he won, I think it was like $10,000.

You know how you can play those roulette wheels or whatever. And he accidentally, he wanted to collect the money and he accidentally pushed gamble again. Oh, again. And he was like, no, no, no, no, no, no. Hundreds of thousands. Oh, really? Hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Oh, really? And they'd be like, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. See, these are the great stories of gambling. You know, not enough of these ones out there, Ben. Now, Mel, we'll get you on. The luckiest listener. Why is it you? Hey.

Hiya. So I won a trip, and I believe it was with the Hits a wee while ago, for a trip to LA to see Coldplay live. Nice. When they released their Sky Full of Stars album. I don't remember what the album's called. Obviously a memorable concert. I mean, it was great.

It was a very intimate concert. It was amazing. And then a few days later, I happened to ring up and win Ed Sheeran tickets and got to speak to Ed Sheeran at the time, too. Oh, so what a powerful week. It was a pretty jammy week. It is jammy week. Coldplay and Ed Sheeran in the same week.

Yep. What did you say to Ed Sheeran? I think I was just gushing and all about his song Tenerife Sea because that's what we played at my wedding. So I was just gushing about that song. He's a lovely, he's a true gentleman. He would have gushed, but it would have been full gushing everywhere.

He would have been very nice. We've reached our gushing quota for the year too, I think. That's weird, isn't it? Gushing. That's an odd word. The more you think about it, the more you're like...

The more you say it, the more you're like... Now you guys have made it a weird word. I didn't want to make it a weird word. No, we have. I'm sorry. It was never a weird word. I know. You came on with the word, Mel. You brought gushing to the program. You've made this weird, Mel.

We appreciate it, Mel. You have a great day. You too. Cheers. Hey, on to the hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We play a lot of music in the mornings, and you get used to hearing the first 10 seconds of the start and the end of the songs when you're here in the studio, right?

Yeah. Because often we're talking about the next thing we're going to do when the songs are playing. So I get to know the start and the finish of songs quite a lot and i wonder if that was because it kind of means that when i'm at home my music tastes have kind of changed a little bit because of that the way i consume music because on friday night we're sitting around as a family um trying to buy taylor swift tickets we had a cup i had a cup of drinks put some music on like that and i was playing music while we're trying to buy these tickets online and i I was apparently just listening to it.

Oh, this song. And I'm 30 seconds into it. I go, oh, let's go another one. And I was very erratic apparently. You wouldn't let a song finish. No. You got too excited because then you thought of an even cooler one. Oh, here's another one.

Here's a cooler one. And my wife said, you would make the worst. If someone erotically is kind of a DJ, you'd be the worst DJ in a club. And I'm like, oh, would I be the best DJ in a club? Because all I'm doing is the banger banger after banger I do exactly the same thing when I'm in charge of the music as well

but for you that's the greatest thing in the world because you and your head have thought of are levelling up on the song everyone else they're like oh we were enjoying this current one

that we play I've heard enough of that and now I'm on to another one you know it's a minute and that's a great song and then you're like oh you'll love this one even more your impatience doesn't even let you play an entire song you want to move on to the next thing exactly and I do I do the same in the

car because I love driving around with my kids we listen to a lot of music the kids are cranking out you know whether it's Taylor Swift or Olivia Rodrigo or whatever and I'm I'm moving on quickly from songs oh here's another one here's another. But also I have this battle with my daughter now and I don't know if it's, I feel like my dad sometimes, when I need to think, I need to turn the music down just a little bit. And I don't know why it is.

You need to think, you need to have the music down. Well, it's, yeah, when you're driving to a location as well and you're like trying to find the driveway, everything has to be dead silent. But you've been travelling in noise for 30 minutes. We'll be cracking up the music, we'll be singing along,

and I'll be like, hang on. I need silence. And I'll be like, well, you know, like, as a DJ, that wouldn't be a good look either. I was thinking too, if you're at the club and you're like, hang on, I've got to just turn this down just for a second while I think of the next song. But what are you concentrating on as a DJ?

Like, your DJ, your sole job is to play the music. What else have you got on that you need to turn down the music to do? Is he clearing emails? What's he doing on there? If you're thinking about the next song, you might be like, oh, I need to turn it down music to do other things. Is he clearing emails? What's he doing up there? If you're thinking about the next song, you might be like, oh, I need to turn it down just a second to think. The thing with DJs to which you could be good at

is they do a bang-up job of looking incredibly busy doing nothing. Don't they? Yeah, they do. You could look busy. No one would be a busier-looking DJ than you. They do. They look like they're twiddling knobs

and they're doing this thing and their headphones off on half an ear, half a thing. And then they've got to time their arms to the drop of the beat and stuff. Most of the time, I suspect, they're pushing play on something that's already. That's what I think. Producer Joel, you're a drum and bass dude. You take that back right now. It's a hard craft.

Do they just compile a 90-minute set and push play? I think there's some big ones that play, like Las Vegas and stuff that do. Then it's all theatrics from that point on, isn't it? Yeah. It's like, yeah, yeah. Credit's got to be given to that. That's right.

That's an art form. Like a radio host. You're like, what are they actually doing? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Oh, look, we we got Tony Street live from Coast coming into the studio. What's going on

Tony? I'm going to ask you the same thing. We meant to be catching a flight. Yeah we are this morning. Like we need to

leave now. Oh is it now now? I thought you were coming in the Kia Carnival. Tony Street's filming us like a fair go expo.

This is evidence. If we miss our flight it's your fault. Oh jeez I thought we were leaving at 9.30. 8.30. Okay well we definitely need to go. We Oh, jeez. I thought we were leaving at 9.30. Is that 8? 8.30.

Okay, well, we definitely need to go. We're late for that. The street bus is leaving. The street bus is leaving. We're live. I've got some terrible news for you, too. What's that? I've still got my son's car seat in.

I can fit in a car seat. It's no problem. One of you is going to go in a five-year-old seat, okay? Live from Tony Street's car on the way to the airport next. On the hits. On the hits. We've got producer Joel here, and we're throwing to Jono and Ben live from the back of Tony Street's car on the way to the airport next on the Hits. On the Hits, we've got producer Joel here, and we're throwing to Jono and Ben live from the back of Tony Street's car.

Come in. Thanks, Joel. Yes, we are on the way to the airport with Tony Street. Wonderful Uber driver, Tony Street. Thank you. I'm getting us there safely and promptly. Even if it's 22km over the speed limit. But we're heading to Christchurch.

We're going to Cup Day today and putting $100, the show's budget, on horse number eight on the big race, which we've found out would net us $8,100 to give away on the program tomorrow. Ben Boyce, back to you in the front seat. Yeah, so it's just a random number plucked out by Mel. She didn't know the odds,

and the odds are not really in our favour as far as winning, but if it does come in, imagine that, $8,000 we'll have to give away at 8 o'clock tomorrow. Probably won't happen by the looks of things, but hey, we'll give it a lot. We'll give it a nudge. Now, Tony Street, we're in your netball mum car at the moment. I'm playing wing attack today, okay?

Just so you know. How many netball games has this van seen, Tony? How many championship wins has it seen, John? It should be the question. Are you coaching? I'm sure, of course, you're coaching as well, aren't you? Twice a week during the winter season, this van is loaded with eight netball gals,

very loud on the way to netball. You're much quieter than them. Do you transport the whole bloody team? Every week. I want to make sure they get there on time for our warm-up. Are you running your quite hard-out warm-ups? Yeah, it's not like

I'm a control freak at all. She's even bought a van specifically for netball. Genuinely. It has sliding doors. Yeah, it does. It smells like champions in here. Hey, I just want to say

on number eight, eight is also my lucky number, so I'm feeling it for you guys. Hey, I just want to say, on number eight, eight is also my lucky number, so I'm feeling it for you guys. Now, you're also not just taking us to the airport. You're going down there as well. You're judging, what, fashion in the field or hosting fashion in the field today? Yeah, I just didn't cut out of my show

to give you an Uber ride. That's how generous Tony Street is. We're like, we're running late for the airport. She'll take us out there in her netball van. Yeah, I will take you, but I have got a job down there. I'm emceeing the fashion competition. Best suited, best dressed. You guys could enter with those John

or Ben suits. We thought you were wearing the dress that you were going to wear to the races, but you're getting changed down there. These are my rags. These are my travelling rags. This is just a Tuesday for you. Yeah. Alright, well, we'll do our stretches for the big netball game in the backseat, and you go and have a wonderful day. I hope you can catch the podcast on iHeartRadio.

I don't know if any of this is making it to air right now. All three of us are just barking into a phone. Hopefully going to make it to the airport. We are a little, cutting it fine just a little bit, but I'll just see how lovely it is. Tony Street's got the van, you know, but if I was driving this van around, it wouldn't be quite as lovely, would it?

No, I'd be very anxious. All right, well, have yourself a wonderful Tuesday. We'll catch you tomorrow from six o'clock.