Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: Why Ben doesn't want to go to the movies with his wife!

Episode Date: February 28, 2024

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The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations. A really sad news yesterday in the media industry and for New Zealand journalism, the announcement that the News Outlet News Hub would close in a few months. Of course, at three, it's been on TV3 for 35 years, leaving staff really blindsided by the decision and a lot of tears, a lot of shock. It affects hundreds of journalists and camera operators and producers, editors, including shows like the 6 p.m. News, the new 7 p.m. show, the AIMS show, Patty Gower's show. So yeah, really, really thinking of everyone going through that at the moment.

Terrible, isn't it? And it's just a stark reminder, not just in media, but in all workforces at the moment, there's just an ever-changing period where, you know, there's advertising dollars obviously not coming in in this instance, but I know cafes, restaurants, bars, everyone is struggling, and it's just so sad to see. And there'll be a lot of focus just because they're big names on, you know,

Mike McRoberts, Sam Hayes, Ryan Bridge and Paddy Gower and all the broadcasters. But behind that are hundreds of people who have worked tirelessly for decades, some of them. Putting those shows together. Putting them together, yeah. It's really sad. So sad. And also, you know, a very unusual yesterday where, you know, Mike McRoberts, Samantha Hayes have to report on the news on their own job loss,

which is such a weird thing to do. It must be awful when you are the news, especially when it's not positive and you've got to present it to everyone. Yeah, here was them last night on News Hub. After providing daily news for almost 35 years, News Hub 3 looks set to lose News Hub Live at 6 and its all-associated news programmes, including its online news platform. Staff were told there was a proposal to close the newsroom on June 30th.

Which could mean almost 300 staff in News will lose their jobs. Yeah. Tell you what, they're far more professional than I would have been. Jeez. Yeah, that is terrible. And then Michael Mora, the reporter who covered the story, we were just watching it. The poor guy's like finding out in real time he's losing his job,

but also having to do his job as the story's unfolding. Spends the day, everyone else was probably going to have a drink, but he had to spend the day talking to people about it, making the story for the news. Pretty amazing professionalism, as you say. And in a time where you didn't probably want to be there, but you're doing your job and even talk to mike mcrobert's again during that story it was a bombshell you know with we're tv3 we've had cuts and we've survived cuts in the past but to lose the whole news operation and entity so entwined in the fabric of our society here in altaroa

it's absolutely heartbreaking. Oh, you can hear it, can't you, the poor fellow? And, jeez, Mike was so good to us when our show got cancelled. He was so nice. He made a wonderful speech at our final show. Made us cry. Just for the room. Yeah, not for a public broadcast or anything like that.

He wasn't doing it to get on TV. It was lovely. He's the dad of TV3. It's just so, so sad. It sucks. I mean, it sucks for anyone. People listening right now have gone through job losses, and it does suck.

It really, really, really hurts. But I think in a lot of ways, this is a more unusual one because it's so public. And I guess we experience that and still experience that. Every day, people come up to you and go, oh, the TV show. People know about your job loss, and you have i guess we experienced that still experience that you know every day people come up to you oh the tv show you know people know about your job loss you have that conversation all the time and that's what they'll be if they'll be going through at the moment so really thank you for them i spoke to my parents last night they watched three news they're like but what what now like what what's gonna be in that space like it is such a benchmark in people's lives and in

their homes what you're like literally what now are they going to put there do you like strangers being married i don't like yeah i think they'll probably put that on but it's such a uh an ever-changing beast in terms of how people consume their news nowadays like the reality is people aren't watching news or taking on their news as the way they used to by the time you get home you've had all the news on your phone that's true which i would have thought they would have kept news of the website going yeah but that's going as well right yeah yeah so think of everyone affected very tough news the hits the jonathan ben podcast just give a quick little shout out to the warriors who are awesome like even through the show last year with big games they still put players up to talk to us you know they didn't go

into you know team camp and say we're not talking to the media which is awesome and i reached out to them a couple of weeks ago someone i know there because you would have heard on the show a friend of mine who cuts my hair for probably 17 18 years now his daughter who's 15 years old has got brain cancer and so he was like trying to raise some money for operations very expensive but he's like if you've got anything we can auction off at our work here at the radio i'm like i don't really know i mean we can auction off at our work here at the radio? I'm like, I don't really know. I mean, we can't really probably take the microphone time and auction those off or anything like that. We've got Megan's pop sock that goes over the microphone.

No one wants that. So I reached out to the Warriors and I was like, hey, is there any chance I could get a jersey to give to my friend here to auction off? And they signed it for us and gave a jersey, which is pretty cool actually. Oh, that's awesome. A lovely thing that the Warriors have done,

signed by the whole team. So yeah, and so I gave that to Matt. Matt came and picked that up from me cool actually. Oh, that's awesome. A lovely thing that the Warriors have done, signed by the whole team. So yeah, and so I gave that to Matt. Matt came and picked that up from me yesterday actually. And he's my barb, you know, cut my hair for many years and, you know, he grabbed the top. He could tell, as we were having a conversation, just that he just kept, he just sort of watched, you know, he'd be looking at my hair, you know,

because that's his job. But he hasn't done it for a little while because obviously he's busy with his daughter and, you know know things going on there but midway through the conversation he'd be like oh your fade needs

a bit of work mate we have a conversation about other stuff oh because a couple of weeks ago Megan you made him get a Travis Kelsey fade so he's like

you know when somebody can tell their eyes are just sort of raising up and then he was like yeah your fade needs a bit of work I'm like oh yeah

cool cool you're obviously listening to what I'm saying and then we talked away a bit more and then midway through he's like yeah yeah your fade needs a bit of work I'm like oh yeah cool cool you're obviously listening to what I'm saying and then we talked away a bit more and then Mubo3 was like you know you take your beard up

just a little bit shave about an inch off your beard I was like okay mate it must be frustrating you know he's just staring at your face but that's his job

and that's why he's really good at it you know at least you've got something for him to look at if I talk to the guys I was

I think I can do them you're done for so hopefully at some stage he'll be able to auction off that top and if you're actually interested in bidding in it we'll let you know as well because I mean going through a lot that family at the moment she had um how was his daughter well yeah she had a tumor cut from the tumor cut from her brain she had to be awake through the uh the operation as well which you know the youngest person I think ever to have that, you know, so she was awake. She had a speech therapist talking to her the whole time.

They had to keep talking to her for 90 minutes. I think it was, they had to nonstop just to know that if they got close to anything that was affecting their speech, her speech, sorry, they'd have to sort of stop what they were doing and stuff. So really, really scary things.

So scary. I think they're happy with what they've got from it, but then I guess who knows if it's all 100% gone or is coming back and stuff. So fingers crossed that. Jeez, those guys have had a crazy 12 months. Yeah, you really feel for them, eh? Yeah.

Oh, well. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Yeah, now we like to do this once a week. Things you can say in the bedroom and dot, dot, dot. Today, the gymnasium. And jeez, put it on facebook and we don't get more comments i mean i know to be fair we got more for the lab giveaway but apart from that there's a second second highest engagement levels on the on the facebook page yeah your uh your

filthy minds uh the segment that has been deemed by management too filthy to feature after seven after eight yeah so now we've put it in the dark depths, the family-friendly zone of before seven o'clock, the six o'clock hour, where apparently people listening don't have families. But if you think it's rude, you just think, well, all these things are things you can say at the gym. So if you say all these things at the gym, none of them are rude. It's just when you take that context to the bedroom.

Yeah, so you keep right. It depends what frame of mind you're in. Okay, take it off is this supposed to take it away take it off take it off take it off take it away that shirt's a bit sweaty mate take it off things you can say in the bedroom and at the gym uh is this supposed to burn so much i love it okay now get down on all fours. Again at the gym? That's fine.

The gym, yeah. Make sure you breathe when you're down there. Oh, God. Are we doing a 30-minute or 60-minute session today? Make sure you put it back where it belongs. Pump it, pump it. Wipe down after use and don't forget, did you bring a towel? Give me another 10 of those.

Push yourself harder. Maintain your grip and push your chest out. You can bring a friend full access, no joining fee, no strings attached. Give me another 10 of those right now. Oh, this thing is heavy. Can you spot me? Be sure to wipe that down after you're done with it. Now make sure you put that back where it belongs. Oh, I'm a bit sore after yesterday's session.

Yeah, right. Come on, you can do better than that. Oh, why do we have to do this so early in the morning? And that were things you can say in the bedroom and at the gym. There's plenty more. There's hundreds and hundreds of comments, so if you want to check out our Facebook page The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast 660 just announced this week

actually they're going to be touring the regions which is pretty cool, a little wee intimate acoustic sort of gigs around lots of places like surf clubs, marais, small sort of town halls very cool idea I feel like that's got the capacity to really push the pressure of the limits of those cosy clubs and RSAs

throughout New Zealand. Very cool idea, though. And now today, of course, is Leap Day. A leap year this year happens every four years. We get an extra day in February. Extra day of summer

this side of the world, of course, and the other side of the world we get an extra day of winter. Yeah, extra day of work. Yeah. Isn't it? Yeah, true.

Would you be working more? Or did I just say something that makes no sense? No, you would. Yeah. Isn't it? Yeah, true. Would you be working more? Or did I just say something that makes no sense? No, you would. Yeah, you'd have an extra, yeah, across the year, you'd have an extra day of work. I wouldn't mention if it fell on a work day, which it does. You figured it out. It's to do with the aligning of the sun and the rotation of the earth, Megan. There's an extra amount of time it takes or something.

When I read it yesterday, it made more sense. But after four years, we've equated an extra 24 hours in the year, so they add an extra day. So basically when it goes around, it takes just six hours extra than a year, every year to go around. And so over a certain amount of time, every four years, those six hours equate to an extra day. Yes.

That's what happens. So we get an extra day every four years. But it's kind of one of those days that if you've got a birthday on it or if you've got an anniversary or even today's the day that... Women, it's like a weird tradition and probably a bit outdated, but today's the day that women are allowed to propose to men. We give you one day every four years. Of course you're allowed to any time, but it's just a funny tradition.

No, we stick to tradition on this show, Megan. And to you know there's a 1 in 1,461 chance Of you being born on a leap day So they're called leaplings If you were born on the 29th In fact 0800 that's Is anyone listening a leapling? Yeah We've got some questions for you

I don't know what they are at the moment We'll make up some questions and ask them Well how do you celebrate your birthday? Because obviously your actual birthday Only happens once every four years. Would you go Feb or March? You've got options. You've got two options. The 29th of February

it is Leap Day this year. The last day of summer. Will we get an extra day before autumn kicks in tomorrow? Now, apparently the ladies can propose to their men on this very day. Would you propose to Andrew if you had the opportunity today, Megan? Nope.

Why? No. I'm a feminist, but I'm traditional, you know. Yeah, right. Played hard to get, did you? Yeah. And I didn't. My microphone just dipped down.

I refuse to say I love you first, too. I just waited until he did it. All right. All these games go on that we have no idea about. Do it. We just blindly go along living our lives. But you can do all sorts of stuff

on a leap day. Apparently you can park wherever you want today. No tickets. I don't know if the council agrees. Don't tell anyone that because otherwise you'll be paying

for everyone's tickets. But yeah, we just wanted to know is anyone actually celebrating a birthday on the 29th of February? It comes up once every four years. And Susie? Good morning. How are you? Good. Now, people will recognise your dulcet tones from professionally reading news on

some of the stations that the hits are affiliated with. Now, your child born on a leap day? Oh, it's special, isn't it? Well, yeah, because how does it work? I mean, because when do you celebrate your child's birthday? Well, obviously this year on his birthday, but other years, you know, the other three years out of the four, he gets to choose. So it could be the 28th or it could be the 1st of March. He's fully on board with it.

You know, we've always put a positive spin on it. And I said to him, you know, you're going to get your license. You're going to be able to drive a car at the age of four. You're the smartest two-year-old I know. Who can say that? Not many people. I love you putting a positive spin on it. Who's putting a negative spin on Leap Day?

There'll be people out there who probably didn't want their children born on Leap Day. Yeah, so this is the interesting part. When I was at hospital, I didn't see any other mums, and I sort of said to the obstetrician about it, and she said, well, that's because mums actively avoid giving birth this day. You know, if you're going to have an elective C-section or the likes, then they will avoid it completely. I guess in some cultures, I think I've heard that it's bad luck, but no, we're all about it. Oh, that's good. And Megan, you said yesterday, you know, if you were born on a leap day,

you'd be like 10 years old or whatever, 19 years old. I mean, I'm giving away my age, but there you go. Yeah, sounds like it. So being forever young, how cool is that? So good. You can't buy booze though, can you? I do, you'd be like, oh, hang on. And you become a pretty shabby looking 40-year-old. Pretty shabby looking 10-year-old? Yeah, oh, hang on. And you become a pretty shabby-looking 40-year-old.

Pretty shabby-looking 10-year-old? Yeah, sure, yeah. We've got a frog cake going into his classroom, which I feel a tiny bit guilty about. Obviously, frogs are associated with Leap Day because his lovely teacher, Miss Danvers, is going to have to deal with the fallout, the sugar rush of 30 kids eating this cake.

But, you know, she's taking one for the team this year, so that's good. How old is he turning? Two. Oh, so... Well, eight. Oh, so he's eight or two. I'm trying to figure out...

He had a normal birthday, so two. So is this only his second birthday on the actual day? That's right. Oh, that's special. And does he opt for the 28th or the 1st usually? Well, we've sort of seen the 1st last year. He can choose. That's the cool thing.

I guess you've got the option too, like if it falls in one of the days there's a weekend or something like that, you'd be like, oh, I'll take the Saturday this year and things like that. I like it because, you know what, people remember it. Oh, well, Susie, thank you very much for sharing that. And a happy birthday. Thank you. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast

This election is happening later this year and today Joe Biden's offer is medical He's got to do a big medical at I think like the Air Force Base or something He's 81 years old and if he wins the next election he'll be 86 by the end of his next term Usually 81 year olds are going in to get

their eyesight tested to see if they can still drive Apparently they're going to release all the Apparently they're going to Release all the results Because there's obviously Talk over there going Is he You know It's public interest

Yeah yeah He's old AF He's old Yeah Wouldn't you just want to Sit down and have a cup of tea Just chill for a bit Like that's a very stressful job

I can All I can see on Instagram And TikTok Are these little snippets Of the poor fella Just There's one where he's walking down the stairs and next to him is a secret service guard

saying, there's another step. Take one more step. Now walk to your left. Keep walking. Stop now. Turn around. Literally having to instruct him on every move. Now shake this man's hand. The poor guy. I don't know if he's a poor guy.

He wants the job. I know, but then you kind of feel like he's a poor guy. I mean, he wants the job. I know. But then you kind of feel like he's wheeled out there and forced to be out there by the Democrats because they're like, we've got no one else. He's there now. Just prop him up like Weekend at Bernie's. Yeah, anyway.

What are the other options? Trump. Yeah. That's out of the country of hundreds of millions of people. That's who you end up with. He's 77 too. Yeah. So he'll be in his 80s by the country of hundreds of millions of people. That's who you end up with. He's 77 too. Yeah. So he'll be in his 80s by the time he's finished his next term,

if he gets in. Megan. Oh, no. I've noticed something about you that you refer to people as a certain phrase every now and then. I was in a shop yesterday. The lady behind the counter's like, hi, babes. Oh, babes, yeah.

You call people babes. The lady called me, hi, babes. babes you call people babes the lady called me hi babes tell me how you feel about that it threw me it threw me that's how I feel about it then she followed up

with a okay hun oh I wouldn't do a hun yeah wouldn't do a hun how's the general how's the wider public feel about babes and huns

I've done I've toned down on the babes because I don't like it when people call me sweetheart or love. And I kind of didn't want that to be in the same vein. When Ben's like, hey, sugar lips, can you grab that coffee for us? Oh, Ben's allowed to.

Yeah, Ben's allowed. I feel like babes is from female to female is probably fine. Yeah, but I would call guys babes. Right, okay. But then if guys were calling you, like, babes, in all seriousness, would you feel a bit weird? No, I think babes to me is, like, real casual. Okay.

But, like, if you called me babe, that's different. Oh, that's, what, the S is the... The S makes it okay. Right. What about, like, hey, there's some sweet bikini babes. Is that all right? Oh, yeah, no, no. You're not using it in the right context.

It's the wrong context. Yeah, I think I feel weird calling you babes just because it feels like I'm... Yeah, right. It's a pet name. You haven't always done it. No. I've always just referred to everyone as babes.

I used to do it when I couldn't remember people's names. Oh yeah. I'd be like, hey babes. That's your mate. Yeah. Yeah, right. So it's supposed to be a little sweet name for people I like.

Do you like being called babes and hun? I call people hun all the time. Do you? Especially listeners. So apologies if anyone's taken offense to that. Some people do get, well, let's have a snap poll. Text 4487. Do babes and hun offend you?

Personally, it threw me yesterday. But did you kind of like it or not really? I was like, did she just call me babes? That's what I was thinking. Yeah, right. And then I was like, oh, no, she definitely did because now she's back doubled down with a hun. It was like you were talking to me and Taylor.

Yeah. It felt like you need to know the people. Yeah, it does. You've got to have a certain level of, six months into a friendship, you can flop out of babes in a hun. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. First Side Australia is a show that

well, producer Taylor and Megan, you're deep into. And we talked to John, one of the experts on there. Didn't he say there was a controversial moment

on there? I feel like it could be this. He comes in here. Every season he comes in and he's like, this is the most controversial season yet. But yeah,

there's been some bangers this season, hasn't there? He said, I've heard some things on the show, but this would be among the worst. And they're calling it maybe the three most horrible words uttered on Married at First Sight history. Say something to my wife that I don't need to say. Go and climb a hen.

Go and climb a hen. I'm not talking to you, Lauren. Shut your mouth. Can you muzzle your woman? That was it. What did he say? Can you muzzle your woman that was it what did he say can you muzzle your woman oh interesting

so there was an argument this is I would love I would love Ben to be around the dinner table and that was his reaction can you

Ben just goes cuts to Ben he's like hmm interesting interesting phrase to use isn't it muzzle your woman that's use. Something I would use. Interesting.

No, it's not. That was by Jack, who is not a nice guy on the show. There was an argument. He was talking stuff. He was having banter with the other husbands and saying that he wasn't attracted and other things about his wife. And one of the other husbands went home and told his wife and his wife brought it up at the dinner party. So how do we feel about Jack now? The thing is, he apologises later.

Sorry, Megan. Megan, can you just put a muzzle on for a second? Just a moment here. You better meet and have a conversation. By the way, I was watching this last night and I was like shooketh with my husband. I was like, would you defend me at the table if someone said that? Andrew was like,

there'd be no need, mate. I'd sit back and be like, your funeral is like, he knows I would absolutely go off if I'd heard that. To me or any woman. I mean, it's times like that you need to remember. There's cameras filming you, you've got a mic strapped to your

chest. He probably woke up the next morning and went, wow, that night got away on me. But you also got to remember these people have only known each other for a week and a half, two weeks. Yes, it's spread out over a number of months, but they've only known each other for two weeks, like a fortnight. So what's your point? It's okay or it's not okay? When you start saying muzzle your woman, what are you saying?

Are you trying to defend Jack? Yeah, what's your argument here? He's like, she's a woman I don't know, so muzzle your woman, what are you saying? Are you trying to defend Jack? Yeah, what's your argument here? He's like, she's a woman I don't know, so muzzle her. Exactly. There's no repercussions. Producer Taylor, you're quiet for once. Megan said everything I would say. I would have gone absolutely mental if someone said that to me.

Red wine would have been poured all over his face. Jeez, you'd be a firecracker on meth. Yeah, I think I was born to be on that show. They all put, they put people together, they do. They do a good job of putting people together. None of it's going to work, but it makes an entertaining telly. Sorry, my point being, when I was saying they've only known each other for two weeks, if he's like, I'm not into this woman I'm married to,

it's not like he's saying that about his wife of five years. No. You know, like if somebody's just like somebody's just giving her a different story so he's acting all into it but he's talking crap behind her back is the issue we just buy into these relationships so deeply but they've only known each other for a couple of weeks i know but you've still got to put you've still got to be morally mindful and you went in there trying to find love i don't know if this is the morally mindful show. You've got to be respectful of your

wife, even if she's your wife of two minutes or 20 years. If you're wanting morals, no, but if you want Instagram followers, yes, this is the show for you. It's quite nice not having any concept of the show. I quite like being out of it. Getting a little bit from you

and then going, thank goodness I'm not watching that but a lot of people are that's how I would react if I was at the table if someone said that to me or any woman but Ben what would you say someone would you defend we're at dinner and someone says uh muzzle your woman to Amanda your wife me I've said it over Definitely nervous laughter from me. Interesting. Interesting. You have to be nervous laughing. Yeah, you're trying to go, is it a gag? Go off, Ben. Interesting gag. It would be an interesting gag and wouldn't have gone down well.

You'd be in trouble with Amanda when you got home. Again, like you, she'd be fine and sort of go to that situation. I love his nervous laughter nervous laughter Is so good Because it's like The hits The Jono and Ben podcast If you're in the Wellington region

This morning You might have been Woken up by a short Sharp earthquake A 4.7 magnitude quake Around about 5.20 this morning Just out of Upper Hutt A lot of people

Are reported feeling it And woken up this morning So a rough way To wake up too It's the second one This week right Yeah it was one Christchurch Just out of Christchurch I think A couple of people are reported feeling it and woken up this morning. So a rough way to wake up too. It's the second one this week, right? Yeah, it was one Christchurch, just out of Christchurch, I think, a couple of days ago. Now, Megan, we don't want to keep harping on about it, but you slept in yesterday. And you missed the first news bulletin.

Would the earthquake wake you up and get you into here on time? Would that help? Yeah. Is there anything we can do? I just set an alarm. I set two this morning. Yeah, you said, you texted us late last night you're like double alarms

double alarms now over the weekend we're actually away John and I were in Christchurch it was you know at the Weetbix triathlon for kids

which was awesome have you figured out the name of it yet well no I haven't quite I can't say Kiwi Kids Kiwi Kids but then it's not it's the Sanitary Weetbix

triathlon there you go that's what it's called but I love saying Kiwi Kids so I put it in there we were outitary and Weet-Bix Triathlon that's what it's called but I love saying Kiwi Kids so I put it in there we were out there over the weekend

so I was away for a couple of days and so last week my daughter and I one of my daughters Sienna was like keen to go to the movies and she had a night

where she didn't have activities a rare night where one of the kids didn't have activities so many activities enough with the activities so I was like

well let's go to the movies Tuesday night cheap night Tuesdays. And she wanted to see that Sydney Sweeney, Anyone But You movie. And I was like, yeah, it's cool. She's old enough to see that now. So I was like, cool, that looks good. I'll go along and watch that.

But I didn't, obviously, I just said to my wife Amanda, we're going to the movies. And she was like, that's cool. And she didn't obviously realize what movie we'd seen. Not that there was anything wrong with us going to the movies but over the weekend while i was away my my wife amanda was having conversation with sienna about uh that must have seen a poster for that movie and gone oh that looks good and sienna's like oh we went and saw that dad and i and she but she didn't realize the name of it and then sienna said but dad wanted to see anyone but you

and amanda took anyone but you meaning that I wanted to go to the movies with Anyone But Amanda. And Sienna kept saying, yeah, Dad wanted to go with Anyone But You. And Amanda was like, what? Why would you not want to go with me to this movie? I'm fun at the movies. Very offended that I want to go. I talk, I ask questions.

Until she realised halfway through the conversation, the name of the movie was Anyone But You, not the fact that I wanted to go with Anyone But You. Reminded me of a guy that I knew a few years ago who moved from the UK and he was an accountant and he got a job on the actual street in Auckland called Shortland Street. It's an actual street.

And he was like, you know, working in an accountant's firm. And he was like, man, every time I tell everyone where I work, everyone's so excited. He's like, I work on Shortland Street. Everyone's like, oh, wow. everyone where I work everyone's so excited he's like I work on Shortland Street everyone's like oh wow he's like everyone's really into accountancy and all that stuff we love balancing things over here must be such a great place to work he's like yeah I guess it's good yeah that's the weirdest thing when you move to Auckland and you realize Shortland Street the actual street is just like an accountant's and like office buildings no medical center at all as far as I know on actual Shortland Street in Auckland but he was Street. It's just like an accountant's office building. Wait, what? No medical centre

at all as far as I know on actual Shortland Street in Auckland. But he was like, man people are so excited every time I say I work on Shortland Street. They're like, wow, that's the coolest job. So I just balance books and stuff. New Zealand is very, very excited. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast.

New Zealand Warriors are back. The season actually starts, the NRL starts this week with some games in Vegas. But the first Warriors home game is the, not this Friday, but next Friday. And we're very excited about it. And thanks to the one New Zealand Warriors, we've got two season tickets for the entire home season. And a Warriors jersey to give away. Yeah, we're trying to find the ultimate Warrior fan. Now we're going to go Sharon on the phone.

Morning, welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. Sharon? Hi, how's it going? Yeah, we're doing really well, mate. We understand you're nominating your partner, Regan. Yes. Loyal. Very loyal, very loyal.

How loyal? Give us some examples. Okay, so last year we spent six months traveling through Europe. He listened to every single game Wore his jersey every game day No matter how hot it was Our romantic trip up the Eiffel Tower

He had the phone grilled to his ear Listening to the game from the minute We stepped on the Eiffel Tower To the end of the game As we stepped off the tower Not quite the experience I was hoping for But hey Is he like quite vocal when he's listening to the game?

Was he up the Eiffel Tower being like, No, no, no, very silent. Yeah, crowds of people around him with his phone glued to his ear listening to it. Yeah, classic stuff. So not even taking in the sights and sounds of Paris, just taking in the sounds of the Warriors. He saw the sights. He just heard the sounds of the Warriors,

which is a great accompanying one to Paris, the Eiffel Tower. Wonderful soundtrack. Yeah. Oh, that's pretty awesome. So do you go along to games? Do you sit through games with them as well? No. No.

It's not your thing. Do you know a friend of mine? Oh, no, I won't tell that story. I'll back off that story. You know there's sometimes when you need to edit yourself on radio? Okay. That was one of those moments. I'll put it on the podcast. Why don't we tell it on the podcast? No, I won't even that story. I'll back off that story. You know there's sometimes when you need to edit yourself on radio? Okay. That was one of those moments. I'll put it on the podcast.

Why don't we tell it on the podcast? No, I won't even tell it on the podcast. Okay, all right. Because it might turn people away from going to watch The Warriors. Okay. That's not what we're here to do. Okay, yeah. Okay?

Yeah. It's a very funny story, though. Enjoy it. Hey, well, thank you so much, Sharon. Yourself and Regan in the draw for season tickets. Obviously, you won't be going along with them. No, I would. Definitely. Good on you.'t be going along with them? No, I would. Definitely.

Good on you. You get to enjoy the sights and sounds of the Warriors. Now, we finished yesterday's one and we're like, geez, it's going to be hard to pick a winner. It is. So many loyal fans. I reckon we're going to have to opt for the bucket. We just have to put names in a bucket.

Yes. The only fair drawing system. You're right, actually. Ben, you don't like to pick favourites. Especially once we hear all these amazing stories, you know, of how passionate the fans are.

It's hard to judge one against the other. Yeah. I don't know if there's an ultimate warrior fan. I think their fans are pretty, all of them are pretty passionate. We're going to decide

tomorrow on that one, so you can still head to the Hits Breakfast on Facebook if you want to enter. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Clean Eye at the Feb happens once if you want to enter. The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Green Eye at the Feb happens once every four years, Joe Biden's medical, but also Leap Year happens once every four years as well. Hopefully Joe Biden will be still with us the next Leap Year. But yeah, we did a light bit of research on Google and found out that the Earth kind of gets out of whack, the rotation, by six hours every year. So they have to realign it to match up. I did not know that. It feels like information I'll have to relearn in another four years. Yeah, we'll get an extra day every four years.

We want to know this morning on 0800 The Hits, why is Leap Day special to you? Morning, Katie, how are you? I'm great, thanks, guys. How are you? Good. You've got a special celebration on Leap Day. We have a special celebration. We got married four years ago, but it will be our first wedding anniversary. Oh, so your first wedding anniversary, even though you've been together for four long

years. Just one year. Four long years. I was literally like, who would get married on Leap Day? Because you don't get technically an anniversary every year. No, we sort of have like a half pie celebration for two days for three years. Not really sure when it actually is. Yeah, so what do you opt for? The 28th or the 1st usually? Whichever night we can get a babysitter for. No, fair enough. You've got two options there.

Why did you decide to get married on Leap Day? It was a Saturday actually, four years ago, so that worked well for a wedding day and i just liked the idea of a leap day because it's a little bit different like the idea of participating in novelty radio phone topics yeah absolutely i love it it's a great excuse if one of you or your husband forget the wedding anniversary too a lot of the years you'd be like well we didn't get married we don't have one this year. It's a great excuse. No, and he's used

it as a great excuse. This year, I think to give him full credit, he's going a little bit all out since he only has to do something once every four years.

He was going to say he doesn't want to forget that. There's a lot of water between them. It's like the rugby world cup or the Olympics.

It happens once every four years to make a big deal of it, so it's pretty cool. Don't worry, he doesn't forget about the Rugby World Cup every four years. Well, happy anniversary. Thank you very much, guys. And you're going to have a wonderful day.

Appreciate it. You too. Cheers. Talking the importance of Leap Day today. Cherie, how are you? I'm good. How are you? Hey, happy Leap Day.

Yeah, thank you. Now, what's special for you because you proposed on Leap Day. When was this? This was 12 years ago. Did you choose it for any reason or was it just the day that it just fell on? No, do you know what? My partner at the time had an ex-girlfriend of seven years and I thought, well, I'm not waiting that long.

Did you know about the rules, supposedly, that women can propose on leap day? Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. And when we got to the restaurant, he was like, you're not proposing, are you? And I was like, no, of course not. So you even front-footed it with, I'm not proposing. And you still did anyway? I did.

It was very nerve-wracking. I was actually just telling the girls at work that, you know, I had a little fortune cookie that I made and it was coming out with a dessert. But getting through the entree in the main was like the most nerve-wracking dinner I've ever had. Especially when he leads with, you're not proposing, are you? No, definitely not. And what was his reaction after he said that? He said, oh, you're such a dick, of course. Oh, that's lovely a dick, of course.

Oh, that's lovely. That's so romantic. Romeo and Juliet tale there. Yeah, absolutely. Oh, that's very cool. I don't recommend it. I cried nonstop trying to get my words out. So, yeah, it's not a good chick job.

Well, Alicia, hey, you did it. You ran with tradition, and he said yes. Was he planning on proposing to you? Did you cut him off at the pass? Yeah, he was. But who knows when that would have been. Yeah, how long's a girl got to wait? It actually took 10 years before I got an official engagement ring.

So, you know, I know I did the right thing. Well, happy anniversary. Thank you. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Of course, the last day of February today, we kick into autumn tomorrow and it's a leap day because it's a leap year. Now, I'm not telling you to hang your whole relationship on this.

It's a bit of fun, but I have come up with a test. But also damning, a damning indication of your relationship so this um was after the orange theory which we did a while ago uh that theory we found on tiktok is where you ask your partner to peel you an orange because like no one likes peeling an orange and the idea is if they are happy to do it and do it for you and they love you yeah well your fingers get all gunky and juicy and they smell like orange rinds don't they so a lot of a lot of unnecessary oranges perished through that experiment because people weren't even feeling like an orange they were just using it to test their relationship oh yeah so on the back of that maybe it was orange propaganda from the orange

company from big orange i went and bought oranges specifically for that. Did you? Yeah, because you were like, I didn't have an orange in the house, so I had to go buy some oranges. It was Orange Spawn from me. Yeah, they shifted some oranges. Imagine whoever came up with that in the orange boardroom.

Could have done a banana. I had bananas. I could have easily just said, could you peel a banana? No, because it's not the same admin. Peeling a banana is easy. I'd do that for you, but it's not the same admin. Peeling a banana on her is easy. I'd do that for you. But I wouldn't peel an orange for you.

You wouldn't peel an orange for me. I'd peel an orange for you. Whoever pitched that orange from the orange business was like, that was... Genius. Genius. Run with me on this one, team. So what is this new theory that you've got? So I came up with this a couple of weeks ago.

We were in bed and I had like a tickle in my throat. So I was doing like sporadic coughs and andrew's sitting beside me didn't say anything there was no do you want a water are you okay nothing i was like that was quite rude i didn't say anything at the time but i've thought if anything it's a little annoying for andrew yeah so i'm trying to get to sleep i've got got this. I'm like, just go out of the room and get a drink of water

is what I'd be thinking. Like, why are you making a scene here? Like a little. So the theory is, I thought I'd test this out. It's not like coughing hysterically. It's just do sporadic coughs

and keep on going and see how many coughs it takes for your partner to say something and depending on their response yeah well they could say shut up go and get a glass of but or they might go are you okay right do you need a glass you just want an acknowledgement and some assistance okay and this will prove how in love with you they are how many coughs it takes and what their response is so this was me to my husband last night. Apologies for the voice.

I really tried not to do the voice. You do a strange voice when you're at home. Anyway, let's have a listen. Are you okay? Yeah, I am actually. Thanks, babe. Thanks for asking. How many coughs was that?

Was that like four? Three. Thanks for asking. How many coughs was that? Was that like four? Three. Thanks for asking. I need some water. I would love some water, actually. Thank you. You guys are sickeningly cute, aren't you? Yeah, yeah.

He did when he said, are you okay? He did look annoyed. Yeah. It didn't sound annoyed. It sounded gorgeous, didn't it? That's your at home domestic voice I love it You could have done that like two years ago When Covid was in

Kill her now She's one of them So three coughs That's not a bad ratio That's really good How many coughs do you think it would take for you to get some love and attention back I might I don't know I might get some work.

I don't know if I'll get the, oh, you're all right. Oh, I'm being an old man. I don't know if I'll get that sort of. I don't know. We'll see. Maybe not. How long have you and Amanda been married? I mean, it's a long time.

Yeah, 2008 we got married. But we've been together for 20 years. He was like, how long, how long? We were just talking about that before. She probably would. She'll come through. She'll come through. I'll test it tonight.

Okay, good. I'll test it as well. I feel like it'll be more of an annoyance to the household. Nothing more annoying than one of the household coughing and everyone's in bed asleep. But you see what you're doing? See what you're doing now? You're turning coughing,

the simple act of coughing, into some sort of manipulative relationship test now. No, it's also a way just to think to yourself, do I always respond in the most caring way or am I a bit aggressive?

That's good. Making the world a better place. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Winning for the Breakers last night, still alive in the Australian NBL. Jeez, they're on fire, aren't they?

They've had a bit of a tough season. It has been a tough season. It's cool to see them in a must-win game last night, getting another live against Cityside, who are really good. So what's their next game? Do you know? I think, yeah, they've got another must-win game coming up, I think in the weekend, maybe.

And then are they in the finals? Well, if they win that, they'll get through the semifinals. Great. But, yeah. Go the Breakers. Now, if they win that, they'll get through the semifinals. Great. But yeah. Go the Breakers. Now, Taylor, Producer Taylor, we told the audience about something on your phone, an app on your phone last week. And honestly, probably the most popular thing we've ever discussed.

It's some sort of paranoid food or product scanning app that you've got that tells you how hazardous the product is to your health. Yes, correct. Yeah. And what we need is more paranoia in the world, so this is a great app. So it does the only food, but also health-related products. Yeah, like moisturisers, even perfumes I've scanned, deodorants, everything. Now, is this illegal in New Zealand, this product thing? Because it feels like you can't get your version here in New Zealand.

Yeah, so because I'm on an Australian iTunes account, I've got an Aussie app, but there are lots of Kiwi versions that if you just type in health scanner, they all come up. Right. Sometimes you just don't want to think too hard about what you're putting in your body. Maybe we should, though. Exactly. That's how people end up with dining room tables inside them at the A&E. Don't think too hard about what you're putting in your body.

Slip in the shower. Okay, buddy. All right. You experimented. You gave something a go and it didn't work out. Okay, that's what's happened here. All right, now I've got some foot spray. Can you scan that?

That's good. 59 out of 100. So we've discovered that the 50 is the threshold. So that's okay to use in your opinion? Yep, absolutely. To put on your feet. Okay. All right. Got some ch 50 is the threshold. Yes. So that's okay to use, in your opinion? Yep, absolutely. To put on your feet. Okay. All right.

Got some chafing cream here. Yep. Surely that's just going to be normal. Poor. 30 out of 100. What the hell? Does it tell you what? Glad you aren't, Sven.

It does tell you exactly why it's hazardous. So this particular one contains aluminium chlorohydrate. So if you go in the information, it will explain to you in paragraph, in depth, what that actually causes. You just read out code. You're like EQ8298. It's not good for you. Well, the right audience will understand.

So you do this moisturiser that we would slather all over our body. You're just reporting it all over yourself, so I hope that's all right. Excellent. 93 out of 100. Oh, 93. You want to drink it, shall I? That's all right. Excellent. 93 out of 100. Oh, 93. You want to drink it, shall I? That's a really good result. But how can they have products on the market that are that hazardous to us?

That's the big pharma. They don't care. Just out there shifting units. They don't care. Injecting bloody the vaccine into us, aren't they? And that's why some products are more expensive, I guess, because, you know, better quality ingredients. I don't know. Have we done this energy drink?

I can't remember if we did that last week. What's that? Poor. 39 out of 100. It's got six additives, two of which are hazardous. E-211 and E-951. Oh, not E-291 something. I have a drink of this energy drink

and I rub that chafing cream in between my legs. I'm done for. It says it can cause increased risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease. What can't cause cancer? Yeah I know, it feels like everything's going to be like that. Can you grab that product, miscellaneous product that we won't name, that's for children. Okay so this is a...

Unknown product that one. Dammit! Alright so, well Producer Taylor's got a great app, we wanted to know what is the app that we need to know, that you need to share with the HITS audience right now. The app that you use that you're like, oh, man, this is so good to have. I've got this great one. Google Maps, it's called. Okay.

So what it does is it tells you, it informs you how to get from A to B. Sometimes it takes you off track for some reason and doesn't apologize. Yeah. Extends 20 minutes to your trip. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. I don't know the best app that you're using right now or a recommendation of an app that's really, really handy for other people. Google Translate I used a lot when I was in Japan.

I found that really handy when you just type in something and then you can go up to someone and just show them. Yeah, that's good. Although it did backfire one time where we had a family friend who couldn't speak a lot of English. I was trying to ask her a question about the train. She didn't quite understand, so I put it into Google Translate and showed it to her, and she was just like oh great great japanese i was like yeah but what's

the answer to the question she was like very good japanese is what she kept saying but there's a question there saying do we need to get a trade ticket is it going to sell out she's like brilliant japanese was she congratulating you on your japanese i think she thought that i must have just put it in great japanese but i was like this is a question I'm trying to ask you. And she was just like, that's great Japanese. So yes, we're doing app chat. App chat all on the floor. App chat. You can text 4487.

A lot of great suggestions coming through here. One called Grocer. Haven't heard of that, but it compares grocery prices at the supermarkets in your area. Yeah, you can search a product and it will tell you the cheapest in your area. Oh, that's very cool. Yeah. Gaspi's the other one too, isn't it? That does that for

fuel prices, right? Fuel prices, that's great. That's good. Kelly, good morning. Hi guys, how are you? We're doing alright. Now what's the app that you like? What's the app that we should be using? Stocard, for sure. It's so good. You don't have to hold cards in your wallet.

You can put all the cards on an app and just flip them up whenever you need them, when you're at the checkout or... Megan's showing it to her. As you're talking, Kelly, Megan has got it up on her phone and she's just doing the knowing sort of, yeah, I've got this.

I'm scrolling through all your cards. It's genius. What happens, though, to those painful three or four minutes when you're standing at the counter trying to find your loyalty card? Yeah. What do you do with those minutes? Exactly.

So you just, yeah, you can just get it. It's really easy to search. You can add favorites for the ones that you use all the time. So it's just, yeah, it's changed my life. Oh, I need to get it. It's so good. All right, it sounds good. I've heard about it before, and I'm like, I must do that,

and then I have never done it. Yeah, no, it's pretty good. Would you say that's the most valuable app on your phone? Oh, I don't know about that. It is probably the one I use most often. So you can pretty much put any sort of loyalty card into it, right? It's super easy. You just click plus and then you scan it and it just loads it in.

I don't know how. Yeah, and it serves you up some different discounts and things like that for different ones as well. So they obviously partner with some of those advertisers. But, yeah, it's very, very handy. StoCard, so S-T-O card, is that right? That's the one, yeah. Okay, I'm getting it now, Megan.

All right, I'm doing it. Once you get through the admin of putting all your cards on it, you'll never look back. Okay. Ben, what's that one with the flame on your phone there, mate? What's that app about? What is it? Is it like a fire alert or what is it?

It's a Firewise app.