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Episode Date: January 22, 2024

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The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. Tuesday morning, 6.08, it's our second morning back for 2024 with Megan Pappas as well. No pranks within the news today. Thank you for that. Not that audio there, Producer Joel. We made up some Australian Open tennis player names yesterday and we were feeding them into Megan's news service as the bulletin was being read out live.

Had no chance to pre-read these. And on the outer courts this afternoon, 32nd seed Shirley from Accounts will be looking to advance to the next round. Meanwhile, 16th seed American Dennis Tennis is preparing for his next match. Big action on the centre court this afternoon with Team Sensation giving up on life, looking for a big win.

There you go. So apologies, Megan. But also how professional that they just popped up and I read them for the first time. You did a wonderful job. No, I actually want your opinion on something because I bought a while ago

for our household, we needed a clock next to the kitchen. So I thought I'd buy a Mickey Mouse clock. Like a big, you're already rolling your eyes. Is that to match your Mickey Mouse polo shirt that you're wearing today? You're a big Disney guy. Yeah, I do. And, you know, we've been lucky enough to go with the family.

And I thought it was special. You know, why just get a normal, you know, classy clock? You can get a clock with Mickey Mouse's hands that sort of tell the time. He's turning his house into the unhappiest place on earth. But my wife wasn't a huge fan of my purchase of the clock and it stopped working about a month ago, the clock. And she's like, great, I can get rid of it. I was like, no, no, I can take it into it.

There's a specialised clock shop we can take it into. So I took it in there. I was like, got it fixed, but then it stopped working again. And I had to take it back yesterday to the clock shop. Do you feel the clock shop judging you every time you bring your Mickey Mouse clock in to get repair? Well, I hadn't, but I did have a conversation with the lovely lady and I was like, please make sure this clock works.

Please. And this is very tense. There's a lot riding on this. I need this clock to work right now. Is the universe telling you to throw the clock away? And it wasn't the clock shop's fault that it wasn't working. It was, you know, it was. But yeah, I was just like, should I just give it up or should I just persist?

Oh, really? This is, where is it in the house? It's right by the kitchen. It's the kitchen lounge area. So it's a shared area where people who come over will sit. Yeah, people sit. Yeah. Right.

You know, get rid of it. You're not a tween. It's not kindergarten. Yeah, I'll let you away with the Disney polo, the Mickey Mouse polo, but a Disney clock in your living area. I'm not going to fly. I regret having you on the show then. I love Mickey.

His voice never transcended through puberty, did it? No. Mickey Mouse. He's always kept quite a high. Is it a talking clock? No, it's not a clock. It's 10.32. It would be quite good. No, it's just Mickey clock. It's 10.32. It would be quite good.

No, it's just Mickey's arms sort of like waving around and telling you the time. It's a little bit confusing to read too. Although there's big hands. But at the same time, I like it. As you're telling us about this and describing the clock, are you feeling a bit of regret? No regrets. I'm feeling judgment.

Definitely feeling judgment definitely feeling judgment is it quarter past or 25 past so wide yeah they're quite wide they're kind of spread out we're always late for everything that's probably half the problem the hits the jonathan ben podcast of course in the middle of summer in new zealand some of the hottest days on record uh over the past week and particularly in wellington and Auckland, it's been ridiculously hot around the country. A little bit of wild weather coming across from Australia in the next couple of days, which will be good in a way that's not going to be as hot.

But the beach, a lot of us headed to the beach over summer, including yourself, Megan. Yeah, probably wasn't actually safe to swim at in a lot of Auckland beaches with the faecal matter. I just like looking at the, there was a picture that they put out on the news of all the beaches you couldn't swim at a lot of Auckland beaches with the Finkle Matter. I just like looking at the, there was a picture that they put out on the news of all the beaches you couldn't swim at

and it was just like orange and red graphics basically. So which one did you choose? Most people were choosing between like, you know, do I want to go to a dicey beach or a really bad beach? Those are your choices. I think I actually swam at a red flag one.

Probably shouldn't swim here. Probably not a head under situation. Yeah. Sure. But I did watch someone swimming in there. And everyone would walk past them just like looking at them going, what are you doing? Like looking at the people swimming in there.

And they're looking out. Maybe they hadn't seen the red and orange alert graphics. Oh, there was heaps of people swimming at this beach. It's like people saw it and they were like, ah. It it's a hot day i need to cool off somehow but i wanted to talk about a beach attire now now i noticed on your instagram story over the holiday break you're at the beach yeah and i screenshotted this and maybe if you went to an orkland beach your beach attire should have been a hazmat suit. Screenshot the picture of me in my togs. No, not in togs, I'm thinking.

Now, this is my question for you, and I'm going to show you this. Now, it's got Andrew lying next to you, your husband. He's shirtless, looking handsome. He's relaxing on a towel. Now, you've got OMG the beach, as you caption, and you're looking quite red-faced with your designer glasses on, but it looks like you're wearing a top from the night before like that looks like a going out top those are my togs they're not togs that's a going out top no those are my togs it's got like to be fair it's a v-neck and it's black but it's frilly and like it's got big ruffles r Ruffly. Ben, that is a very deep V-neck shot.

You have a vegan papa's screen saved on your phone. I'm so worried about your wife seeing that on your phone. It looks like you've screenshot my cleavage. It really does. It's quite a cleavage-y shot. It has. It's now a screen saved on his laptop too. Just for this moment right now so we can talk about it.

So these are tops. Yeah, but how many weeks ago did I post that? Oh, like this has been on my phone for, yeah, like a month at least. So yeah, that's been sitting on your phone for a while. She'd be like, why is he? Why is he? Because this is not beach attire, Megan. Well, they are my togs.

They don't look like togs. It feels very toggy to me and very low-cut bikini-ish to me. It looks like a full, like, shirt. There's no bikini. Like, yeah, anyway. It's a one-piece frilly top. Right. Sorry.

I hate my own life. Are you going to delete it or you just closed it? Go back and delete it, you weirdo. I'll delete it. Okay. I've texted to Jono and Taylor as well. We'll put that on the group chat, mate. It's just a lads chat, mate, where we just like cleavage shots of our colleagues.

There was no cleavage. It's a lot of cleavage. Definitely cleavage. Okay. Or cleavage. I'll have another look and see what it is. Put it on our Instagram and say cleavage or no cleavage. That's not the point. It was like beach attire or not beach attire. Clearly beach attire. Clearly not. Alright.

Over the holiday period, mentioning I spent over Christmas time up in the Bay of Islands where my mum lives, a lovely part of the country. And I might have got a bit carried away

by saying something was the greatest moment of my life. You've, I've worked with you for a number of years. Yeah, you really,

you chucked it frivolously. Chuck, chucks out. This is the greatest moment of my life, which really, it undercuts all the other times you've said this is the greatest moment of my life, which really, it undercuts all the other times you've said this is the greatest moment of my life. And looking back on reflection on this one,

maybe I overshot the mark a little bit. But this happened at the Russell Bowles Club. So already you're thinking, well, this could be the greatest moment, right? So you were also in front of your wife and your kids. Family were on there. We went along. It's a great outlook you have on life, though, to think that these moments are just outblowing the other ones.

Yeah. So what happened is my sister, who lives up there, and Russell was like, we should go along to the Twilight Bowls. It's quite fun. The Lawn Bowls Club. And we're like, oh, cool. Let's go along. And New Zealand, being summer like it is, we turned up there,

and it was kind of raining. So nothing of the stream's greatest moment of your life so far. But they were like, hey, we're going to have a bit of a tournament we're going to put some money in there's some surprise money some prizes up for grabs and we'll put you in teams because it's wet we'll play a little bit of bowls and then we'll run a they were like they felt like they were making it up on the spot we'll do some darts we'll do some pool we'll do some card games we'll keep going on a rotation sort of pub decathlon and i'd never we played the lawn bowls and we did something,

came down to darts and we were doing quite well, the team of my sister, myself, and our friend of the family that was with us. And I'd never played darts before without a word of a lie, other than just a comical throw a dart for a TV show or something. And so the guys who we were playing against were explaining how it worked because they'd played quite a lot. About the 501 game, which sounds like the things that we kick out of Australia

the people we kick out of Australia 501s yeah but you'd start with a number move all our criminals back here

yeah but start with a number you had to end exactly on zero eliminating what you got off the dartboard in your team and you had to get

exactly zero otherwise you wouldn't win and I for some reason I don't know maybe I'd had a few drinks I was I threw like triple 20s in my first cup or whatever.

I was like, you've never played before, whatever. And I'm like, I honestly haven't. And it came down to the last one and I needed a double 20. I'd forgotten which one that was on the board at that stage. But I said, if I hit this, this is the greatest moment of my life, to win the tournament. So you pre-empted it. I set it up.

And then my family and my wife all look at me like What did he just say? Everyone knows what's on the line here Without a word of a lie I was aiming for what I thought was the double 20 It wasn't and I hit the double 20 And everyone went nuts We won the tournament And I was like the greatest moment of my life

And then my wife and my kids were like Hang on a second How sad is it to us I won a drink bottle and a tea towel A drink bottle and then my wife and my kids were like, hang on a second, how sad is it to us? I want a drink bottle and a tea towel, but hey. A drink bottle. There is the gift when your wife gave birth to two beautiful girls. On reflection, but I set it up and I had to back it and say it was the greatest moment of my life.

Every time you say that, though, they move down the ladder. You're like, free tickets to a Kevin Hart movie. Greatest moment of my life. You're saying it felt like the a Kevin Hart movie. Greatest moment of my life. And also, you're saying it felt like the organisers made up the event as they were going along.

It also feels like they made up the prize pack as well. Drink bottles. What have we got here? Oh, tea towel. Bowls, New Zealand drink bottle.

I think I got a gift. Yeah, it was great. So there you go. So I've got to stop saying that. Okay, well what has been the genuine greatest moment of your life?

Well, you have to go. You all say, you moment of your life? Well, you have to go. You all say you have to go. Don't say you have to go. That's a nervous laugh. No, you have to go. No, you have to go, you know. But hey,

the instant satisfaction of nailing a double 20. Now you're doubling down. Don't go home. Okay, okay, you're right. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Spilling the tea on Hollywood's A-listers.

Kardashians. 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.

Killing a cast member. 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. Oh, it's a whole new year, but it's the same old Jono and Ben trying to besmirch the good names of celebrities worldwide

with our dear friend NT from Hollywood. Welcome back. How are you guys? Mate. It has been a while. It's been an age. We've missed you. It's almost Valentine's Day.

I know. New Zealand, it shuts down. It really does. Nothing gets done. End of December, all through January pretty much. Yeah, when's yours? So you must do yours June, July, do you? Your summer holidays?

Yeah. Yeah, and what Europe does in August. So yeah, I understand why you guys would take extra time off because it's nice outside. Where did you guys go? Did you go caravanning? What did you go caravanning? Ben went to the beach with his divorced parents. Yeah, which was, you know, it was something different. It was different. They sat at opposite ends of the beach. Yeah.

And you had to go between them, didn't you? You had to build sandcastles between them evenly. You guys, obviously, opposite, as we said before. And we're seeing photos of snow and football games be played where it's colder outside of a fridge than inside of a fridge. Yeah, you know, if you watch the game, Taylor Swift was in attendance in Kansas City and the head coach's mustache had icicles in it and everything. Now, you've got Travis Kelsey, he's obviously a boyfriend at the moment, plays for the Kansas City Chiefs. They're making their way to the Super Bowl. Things are looking good.

They had a big win yesterday, I understand. Yeah, they did. I think they won 24 to 21. And he caught two touchdown passes. So, of course, he made his lady friend happy. What's going to happen, though, is if they make the Super Bowl, she can't go. Why? Because she'll be in Japan.

Oh. I've been seeing pictures and videos of her in the corporate box. And his brother. Yeah, he also plays. Oh, he plays as well, doesn't he? Yeah, he's very good as well. He's in the corporate box with his shirt off. Big hairy chest.

He enjoys a few beverages from time to time. And, you know, took that shirt off, getting a little bit crazy. But he took the attention away from Taylor Swift. Who was also in the corporate box. So she's next to him. She's in a beanie, jacket, puffer jacket. He's, like you said, minus 15 degrees, Ben. He's running around shirtless.

That's a, sir, can you please get out of the corporate box conversation. I did that in the corporate box and I got kicked out. NT with us, live from Hollywood. Taylor Swift also got a stalker. It is not unusual for Taylor Swift to have a stalker. It does not usually get to the level where they're trying to break into one of her properties because she's got such great security.

But it is not unusual for her to have a stalker. You've got to hand it to the stalkers. The commitment level to stalk someone you know they're obviously they've got their own stuff going on they've probably got jobs they might have families you know run daily chores and fit stalking into the schedule as well is it a common thing it's not common but when they're dedicated there's been ones that have been in different countries and they come to let's say to the u.s let's say they're stalking somebody in the u.s

and they use all the vacation time to come stalk in person. And that's happened. Like what you just said, that people have jobs and everything. A lot of these stalkers have jobs. I just said I'm stalking Ben Boyce. I'm sifting outside his house in America. What's going to happen to me? First of all, it's going to take about a bunch of court time and stuff, unless you're famous and you can prove some kind of danger. You'll get your restraining order which means they can't violate it and generally that'll be for a year and you're probably only gonna see jail for overnight it's easy for us to sit over here and joke about it but it must be frightening i know for i know that alec baldwin slept with one of his stalkers what and yeah he slept Yeah, and he slept with one, and then it got worse.

It got worse. And eventually, I think that she did actually go to jail for a little while. Knowing that, so they had met through the stalking? And they were like, hey, there might be something here. Really? And then he goes, oh, wow, she's attractive. Maybe she's not all that dangerous. Interesting.

Great answer to the how did you guys meet, you know? Loved hearing your voice again, mate. Happy New Year. And we'll stalk you again this time next week. Sounds good, you guys. I'll talk to you later. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. A bit of a shaky history heading into the department store Farmers,

which you'd be familiar with. Farmers all over the country. Previously in my Farmers Exploits, I was doing a good thing for Jennifer, my wife. She needed some new underpants. Aw, did you actually go into Farmers to buy her undies? On the way home. Yeah, all wholesome content.

Thank you very much, Megan Pappas, who's joining us for 2024. The problem is I don't know correct sizings, so I'm having to, in the lingerie department, pull out my phone and film and FaceTime while people are watching as well as me filming underpants. So that was previous. Anyway, we got the right things in bits and pieces. It was all fine. I wasn't asked to leave, so I was back anyway we got the right things and bits and pieces it was all fine

I wasn't asked to leave so I was back to farmers over the Christmas break you know when you walk in they've got beauty stands you know like the Estee Lauder stand it's quite a big beauty department a lot of farmers

yeah Clarins and all that sort of stuff I'm walking name some more the bloody benefit benefit yeah sure kids love there check out the benefits lanacom thank you very much we and i walked past one of them okay this one was joe malone boom shouldered an entire display

collapsing to the ground Now what happens in this situation Is you bring great shame upon your family They try and step back And they're like we're not with this person You're on your hands and knees Gathering up the little sample Sprays of all the aftershave and perfume

The little tester cardboard bits You know those Bum it all over the floor So a huge spill of everything got a massive spill and then the lady is looking down at me going it's okay i didn't even apologize she said it's so trying to console me yeah as you feel judgment from the other shoppers don't you yeah and you know if you're another shopper you you look but you don't want to look but you do look at the same time yeah you're like it's she was look, but you don't want to look, but you do look at the same time.

You're what you like. She was certainly looking, the person from the shop. She was eyeballing a particular package which had a significant dent in it. Uh-oh. And I got guilt purchase. I had to guilt purchase the bloody... What? You felt so bad that you just bought it? Mm, a fragrance diffuser.

I had no need for a fragrance diffuser. Well, you put sticks in them. Oh, yeah. I haven't even taken this thing out of the dented box yet. Yeah, they're quite good, though. And then you can reverse the sticks every now and again. Yeah, you've got to flip the sticks. Yeah. They smell good. So,

big spill. And costly spill as well. I know Joe Malone's, you know, pricey. Well, don't put Joe Malone's, you know, pricey. Well, don't put Joe Malone on the corner when you're turning into another section of farmers. Yeah. So we want to make John O'Fill a bit better this morning. 0800 the hits, 4487. Have you had a massive spill like that?

What are the random things that you've knocked over? Maybe you're the owner of a petrol company and you had a big oil spill in the ocean. Yeah. Killing the wildlife, dousing dolphins and crude oil. Not quite as comical, but hey, I guess we'll take that on a Tuesday morning. Oh, and with that, my number 4487. It is the hits.

You've got John O'Byrne. Taylor Swift. You never know when she's going to pop up on the show or throughout the day. And when you hear a Taylor Swift song, oh, under the hood, she could be going to see Taylor live in Sydney next month. Now, there's a bit of tension within the studio at the moment. Now, we'll just pull back the curtain a little bit. Ben, you knew the format of the Taylor Swift competition.

Yeah. And you know what happens when a Taylor Swift song plays? I know. And now you wanted people to call about your spillage situation. And we can't have a Taylor Swift song going into wanting phone calls about spillage. Because unfortunately, no one's going to call about spillage. They're going to call about Taylor Swift. Now, you said, you predicted this.

You predicted this. He's a veteran of the radio industry. You know this, Megan Pappas. He's a professional. Yeah, Megan's with us for 2024. You knew this. You forecast all this, Ben. A Nostradamus of the radio industry. You know this, Megan Pappas. He's a professional. Megan's with us for 2024. You forecast all this, Ben. A Nostradamus of commercial radio. And you said to producer Joel, you can believe it.

I was like, put Taylor Swift, let's put it SOG4. He was like, yeah, no worries. Because it'll ruin the spillage, the highly coveted spillage phone topic. Can I just say, when have we had a full deck of calls at 7am on a Tuesday morning? Everyone's like, wow, the spillage thing's really taken off. I'm like, no, when have we had a full deck of calls at 7am on a Tuesday morning? Everyone's like, wow, the Spillage thing's really taken off. I'm like, no, no, no, we've just played Taylor Swift.

What are we meant to do? So we'll get Taylor Swift out of the way soon and then we'll get onto the Spillage. Oh, great. Which the phones will be blowing up for us as well. So you're in the draw for Taylor Swift. Good morning, guys. This is a riveting chat about the Spillage, by the way.

Do you want to hear more about spillage situations or would you like to go to Taylor Swift? I would love to get in the draw for Taylor Swift. As much as spillage is really exciting for a Tuesday, that just tops it a little bit more. Who are you taking over to Taylor

Swift? Probably not your chat, Jono. Not me and Ben at this rate. Not me with my rich content? No. It's all right. Great burn from Sue. I have a follow-on question.

Have you ever spilled anything? Of course. I've got two children. They're always spilling stuff. There you go. Perfect. Right. Well, we're going to put you in the drawer.

Oh, the very best. Lovely. Thank you for that. Good on you. We've got draw, all the very best. Lovely, thank you for that. Good on you. We've got a Jane and Wyke and I no doubt phoning up for. Jane, are you phoning up for Taylor Swift or Spillage? Taylor Swift. Have you ever spilt anything in your life, Jane? Oh, probably, but nothing I can think of at the moment.

Okay, thanks, Jane. We'll put Jane in the draw for Taylor Swift. Adele, Adele, are you phoning up for Taylor Swift or Spillage? Actually, the Spillage. We'll go in the drawer for Taylor Swift if you could. I don't know. Can we chuck her in the drawer? We'll try and chuck you in the drawer as well.

But what's the way with the Spillage? Oh, so I was at work a few years ago, and I was sitting down to have my cup of tea. Yeah. And I knocked it, and it spilled all over my lap. And it was hot, so I got burnt and had to go to the doctor. Oh. Is this in the crotch region?

Yes. Yeah, that region. Yeah, very painful. The most pain I've ever been in in my life. Do you have a degree of burn? No, they didn't tell me what degrees, but it all blistered and i had to go and get my dressings changed like every day for like 10 days oh so your multiple returns but humiliating at the same time yeah absolutely humiliating like, oh. And it happened at work, so I had to fill in all the forms.

When you go to the A&E, how do they look at this? Are you having to, what's the position you have to? Well, the poor nurse, she took me into a room and I showed her and it was just like, she's like, I'm going to have to take a look. I'm like, I know. I know. I don't want you to. I know.

Give me some drag. Just give me some drag. Oh, thanks for your call, Adele. And, hey hey Being the backbone Of this spillage Phonotopic Yeah hey We got there at the end

The hits The Jono and Ben podcast Now producer Taylor You mentioned That you got given A wee bit of a present From your husband Marcelo Yep

So I went to Sydney Last week To visit my family And I left him by himself And you know Sometimes in a relationship Distance is good Especially our relationship I can be overbearing At times um so you know producer joel is really and he's

involving himself in your relationship now producer joel huge warriors fan and he is living out his dream hanging out with marcello yeah good personal friend of his now and you stayed at taylor's house without her knowledge no i didn't i almost did, but I made the decision. He stayed till 7 o'clock and then left. 7 in the morning. That feels like you've stayed the night. He stayed the night without sleep. But if he did sleep, he could have used one of these things that he'd been gifted.

So I got home from Sydney and Marcel was like, oh, when you get home, because he was already at training, there's a present on the bench for you. And I was like, oh my God. I was expecting like a handbag, some nice jewelry. And I opened this package and it was mouth tape. So tape. Is it a present for him or you?

I wish it was that sort of tape. This is to tape your mouth shut. Yeah. So I'd imagine it was like a roll of gaffer tape that you just sort of ripping off but you know i'm putting it over your mouth this is what to do what so this is um medicinal tape i guess i think so pretty much the science behind it is you tape your mouth at night so you breathe through your nose because i apparently um i'm a really bad snorer I breathe through my mouth like every night and I wake up in like

a pool of saliva and apparently that's now starting to spread onto his pillow which he's not a fan of waking up what a catch yeah I am thank you so you you sleeping like a kidnap victim

they've got a like a little hole like a kidnap victim. They've got a little hole, like a cute rectangle sort of tape with a little mouth breathing bit in the middle. Not full tape over the mouth, kidnap style. You know what? Bless him,

because he still tries to make it cute, I guess, because every night he comes to kiss you and he goes, all right, it's time to tape you up and puts it on my mouth. What I mean is he's a Warriors player.

They're used to getting taped by the physio. Get out there, mate. Have a good game. Well, I'm not. It's time to tape you. Have we done all our talking for the night? Naturally, he goes, get it all out now because you're about to get sealed up. And I'm the idiot that goes, okay, goodnight, honey.

Wait, does he kiss you pre-tape or after tape? Yeah, pre-tape. Okay. A little smooch in with the tape on. You can squeeze your lips through the hole and have a little kiss. Yeah, yeah. Oh, my God. So, yeah, but great results.

I now breathe through my nose. So it actually works. It does work. He's coming from a generous place. He is, yeah. He maybe didn't need to be the present that you came home from Australia to. No, a Gucci bag maybe for future efforts with those inside. But I'm with you.

It is. It's a nice gift. And it's obviously working. So he thought of you and it was, yeah. And he bought me six months supply. So long stretch ahead of me. Time to tape you up Oh god

That's the funniest line Oh my god Are we doing the photo topic? Yeah okay You guys are cool When your partner presents Mr Mark He's coming from his heart of gold. He's trying to help his lovely wife out.

It's obviously working. It's pretty selfish. He just wants to sleep through the night. Some members of society may frown on people giving their partners tape to put over their mouth. Maybe your present missed the mark. Ben, we've got your age-old story we'll tell. Oh, yeah, I can share that one with you next as well. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast

We're talking presents where they're good intentions but maybe you missed the mark, kind of Just after producer Taylor has been gifted by her husband Marcelo some mouth tape, which helps her with her snoring and her breathing at night

She's loving it We love to She's loving it, well if it. We love to do that. She's loving it. Well, if she's not, we can't understand what she's saying if she isn't. But it helps with the breathing, the snoring. She's cured her breathing and snoring. So great gift.

Great gift. But you hear that first off, you start laughing. You could say it was a present that missed the mark. Ben, I'll hand it over to you. Oh, look, the frying pan incident. We've reflected on this many, many times. Megan, have I told you this now? You have.

I have heard this. Yeah, good. It's shameful. One of many gifts, so I just say I listened. I thought I'd listened to some gifts my wife wanted for her birthday because she said, we need a frying pan, and this is the one I like. Nonstick? Yeah, it was not on film.

Nonstick. Induction too, mate? Oh, could do that, could go on elements, all sorts. She said we need as in the household, all of us.

and that's where I went wrong. I realise it now, I went wrong on that one as well and that's all we focus on. That was one of a few presents but that was, yeah. He's learnt his lesson. Yeah.

She got a spatula the next time. Let's get Blessings on from Auckland. Welcome. How are you, Blessings? Hey, how's it going, guys? What a sweet name. Yeah, Blessings on from Auckland Welcome, how are you Blessings? Hey, how's it going guys? What a sweet name, yeah, Blessings Thank you

Okay, presents that missed the mark What was it for you? Oh, I was very lucky I got a Luxe shower gel Luxe shower gel I don't know if it was a sign they were trying to give But I wore the strongest perfume in that classroom So I'm not sure what was going on.

A luxe shower gel. Excuse me, do I stink? That's up there with deodorant. So was this a Secret Santa sort of situation? Yeah, it was a $10 budget Secret Santa. Like, two woodacas would have been good. But I guess the shower gel was preferred. They definitely swam by the dairy on the way

to pick up that Secret Santa. Hey, thank you, blessings. Go and have a blessed day. Oh, thank you. You guys too. All the best. We'll go to Wellington. Daniel, you're on.

Welcome. Yeah, man. We're doing well. Daniel, what was it, mate? Yeah, my friend works at Chemist Warehouse. And she thought it would be really, really funny if she got me a pack of fucking suppositories and

it was a bit of a laugh it was really funny but it's just like yeah, it's just like, I just didn't know what the hell Yeah, I feel like we should pull down everything in my radio gutter saying I didn't realise they had effing suppositories on special

at Chemist Warehouse. No, I think he maybe added the extra word in there. It's not the name of the product. I don't know. Thought it might have been Swiss or something. Well, hey. It could be. Maybe.

You might be right there, John. Tell you what Mr Mark just did. Sandy. Joel's beep. Yeah, it was good to get the beep in, but just a wee bit late. But if you could edit that at home, just put that together for us, that'd be great. The intention was there. Sandy, you're on New Zealand's breakfast.

What swear words do you like to say on radio? Please don't say them. Please don't say them. It's a good. What present missed the mark for you, Sandy? Well, my partner bought me a wristband that gave you an electronic shock when you snored. Oh, there you go, Taylor.

Things could be worse. So Taylor was lucky with the tape. So what, you were asleep, and then all of a sudden you get a little zap? Yeah, well, it sensed when you were snoring, and it gave you a little shock in your wrist. Oh, right, so it's a bit of shock torture. Did it work? Well, I didn't try it.

Oh, you didn't try it. It sounds like it's going off in the background now. Sandy, go and have a great day. Appreciate you listening. Thank you. Bye. Bye. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Eventually the school holidays will come to an end. Parents will be rejoicing as the kids start to get back to school. And to give you some tips on how to adjust from holidays, the long holidays, back to school life, we've got Holly Jean, the parenting presenter from The Parenting Place, joining us. Good morning, Holly. Good morning.

How are you? We're doing well, mate. Lovely to hear your dulcet tones. You sound younger, younger than you did in 2023. Yeah. Well, we'll know about that after six weeks at home with the kids. Yeah, how was it? Navigating the school holidays is a tricky one for every parent, right?

Yeah, it is. It is. It's always kind of that glorious time being on holiday and having no, you know, routine and staying up late and cooking late. And then we come into this phase of many of us kind of working again and have the kids at home. Yeah, a bit of a head shift. Do you love your kids less now than you did in December?

No, I love them just the same. Oh, well, you've got to say that. You work for the parenting place. But you're right, she's a long haul. Like, really, if you call a spade a spade, things aren't back to normal for the school year till after Waitangi. Bit of anxiety about returning to school

because I know many people heading back to work have that feeling in their stomach, don't they? Yeah, yeah. Well, that's it. I think that, you know, there are some kids that are extra anxious about heading back to school, and we do have some great articles about that, of parents wanting to support their kids with a lot of anxiety.

But just in general, there is a sense of a bit of anxiety, a bit of nerves. It could be your kids are starting a new school or have a new teacher or it's a new year level that's a bit harder. I think as parents and caregivers, we need to be prepared for some big feelings to come and to be honest like you say starting back at work can have some big feelings for us as adults empathy goes a long way in this phase of just recognizing that our kids you know might be struggling to get back into something that's quite new or a bit daunting so what do you think about the routine what's your what's your bit of advice? Because the kids, they get way out of whack and staying up late, sleeping in late.

Do you try and get them back into the habit over the week before, or is it just like, well, you're going to be tired on day one and hopefully extra tired to go to sleep that night? Yeah, well, like he has different parents and different personalities. The week or so before is a great time to start getting into a bit of a routine.

I'm kind of trying to start that myself now. I've got two weeks with the kids and we've just been all just relaxed, chilled, going to bed late, sleeping in. So we're kind of getting back into that routine, getting up, you know, let's get dressed, let's have breakfast together, brushing teeth, making the beds, those kind of things, doing the dishes so that they're getting their head back into, okay, we are getting close to the school now, so we need to get back into a bit of a routine.

You could even follow right through, couldn't you? You could drop them at school now. Oh, that would be great. Yeah, they'll pick you up at 3 o'clock. They can just linger around the schoolyard. That's a great idea. I mean, the teacher's preparing. They'll probably really enjoy that.

Thank you, Holly. I didn't think it was a bad idea either. And also back to the adults as well. I know the first week back at work is exhausting for so many people. I know. That's right. And I think we need to kind of acknowledge that and understand that our kids are going to be really tired the first week or two back at school. Plus, it's super hot.

Now, we've got Megan here. Megan, you've got young kids. Megan Pappas. Any tips for the daycare? Biffing them back into daycare. Yeah, when they've spent so much time with you and they don't want to do drop-off. Oh, that is so hard.

It's actually really challenging with the younger kids and doing an extra time for the drop-off. Going in earlier and having that time to seal them in, reading them a book, finding their favourite book or their favourite teacher and spending a bit of time. You know, it can be hard, we're all time poor, but that extra time can just be so helpful for helping them to settle in and feel comfortable.

There's nothing worse than dropping your kid off at daycare or school when they're young and you're rushed and you're late for work and they feel that tension and they feel that stress, but they actually just want their parents and they want that connection and they're young and you're rushed and you're late for work and they feel that tension and they feel that stress but they actually just want their their parents and they want that connection and they're really anxious so having a bit of time to play in the playground with them before school or chat to some friends before class with them or their teacher so helpful so you really got to resist the urge to drop them and be like, see ya! Play the party music. Yeah, then you get in your car and you're like,

woo! Holly G Bouquet, thank you so much for your time, really do appreciate it. If anyone wants to read any of the wonderful articles that you and the team put up, where can they head to? Parentingplace.nz and check out our podcast, Parents We've Met on Spotify, which is a really great podcast.

Ben has featured on there. Notice I haven't been invited on with my hot fire parenting tips. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, I was watching a dating show over the holidays, and it's one of those ones where they, you know, these soulless reality TV producers, they get people who the public might deem undateable, and they try and match them up with, you know, it's heartwarming stuff.

So this scene is playing out where this gentleman, he looks like a lovely guy. He's unlucky in love. Probably if I was to stereotype, kind of be the sort of guy you might see in IT. Okay. You got that picture in your head? Sure.

So he's got a goatee. He's dressed all in black. He seems nice enough. He's on screen. I'm going into bat for this guy. Now, he's obviously been told, when you meet her, the lady, tell her a little bit about yourself. Okay.

Okay? Here we go. I did work at a small gaming store back in 2006 2007 There you go that's fine Okay we're in a gaming store Okay yeah cool She's like okay she's nodding her head I am disabled

Recognised by the state of Arkansas but also the United States government There's that Now the downside to that is I am extremely depressed So there's some mental health issues that we bring to the table okay that's what I hate people go through mental health yeah yeah they'd be very honest and open up front everyone goes so he's giving his resume isn't he and then physically I am morbidly obese I have no references uh no work history, and no education. Okay, so he's laying all cards on the table. Yeah, yeah. He's laying all cards on the table.

And you're like, mate, you have been completely honest, completely transparent, heart on your sleeve sort of stuff. I'm thinking. Stop. And when you Google my name, you might seeours that I am also a pedophile. Okay. Wow. Okay.

So you'd go in with your best foot forward, wouldn't you? He also sort of said, I'm completely honest. Tick that box. Okay. Wow. All cards on the table. My favourite bit is her at the end going, okay. What are you doing? I mean, you know there's cameras on there We can work with that

I don't know if that's a we can work with that situation But then it's like Oh god I'm not even going to like I don't even know where to go with that one Yeah It's like a job interview you don't say what you can't do Go with the positives Are there rumours?

Yeah, that feels like... Can you clarify? Are the rumours true? Yeah, like leave them... There's rumours about everyone on the internet. Anyway, fun dating show that one. Wait, did he get a second date? Yeah, they're now married. Believe her after.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. PJ, back with us the first day yesterday. Great to have you guys on The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. PJ back with us the first day yesterday. Great to have you guys on The Hits. Thank you. Thank you for having us. And we survived. Which is a miracle. Do you know that Hits, without a word of a lie,

are the nicest radio audience that we've ever had? To the point that I feel like it's sarcasm when it comes through on the text machine. I know. I've got to use the compliments. It's not all compliments. It's going to take a while to get used to, I reckon. Yeah, but it's so lovely. But yeah, we got through it.

We didn't take the station off air. Honest self-rating out of 10. How do you think it went on day one? Paige? Oh, don't. Be honest. I think, well, look, I'm always a fast talker when I'm nervous. So, look, she was probably a bit speedy.

So, let's go like a generous seven. Oh, nice. Lucky number. Very generous. Yeah, I was like, that's not what I've heard. We only strive for a five. All right. Well, yesterday we put Maddie on the spot with some questions about PJ.

We want to see how well you know each other. Today we've got a quiz on Maddie for you, PJ. I'm really nervous because Maddie did so well yesterday. He did. We keep talking about how good of friends we are. Okay, here we go. First question.

Matty almost got arrested for jumping over whose fence on Breakfast TV? Oh my God, I watched this video the other day. Oh my gosh. It was a politician?

Mm-hmm. Yeah? It was John... No, it wasn't. It wasn't John Key. No, it wasn't. It wasn't John Key. No, it wasn't. Was it Jenny Shipley? Jenny Shipley?

She was here, like, 94. How old do you think I am? Go with your first answer. Go with your first answer. John Key! Yeah, John Key. Yes! He was the moment.

It was on Breakfast Television. Paul Henry was presenting at the time. Have a listen. I'm going to try and jump in the Phoenix. I'm not sure why... Well, no, just jump and jump back, because it's like illegal. It's like edgy television. It's edgy. Quick, over you go.

Quick, quick, quick. And then jump back. So you're jumping the fence. He's over. He's over. That's fantastic, Maddie. Did you get told off after that by anyone? I almost got arrested by a cop.

Did you? I got rented down the hill, and it turns out they don't love it when you jump the fence at the Prime Minister's house. You are so cute and adorable too. I know. One of those guys just want to grab your cheeks and give you a raspberry on your belly button. I still want to do that.

I think my baby face was my only saving grace with the police officer. That's what got me through. Yeah, we'll give you that one, PJ. Okay, second question. Matty lost something last year on Breakfast TV and it caused him to swear on the air. What did he lose?

I'm going to go wedding ring. No, have a listen. Oh, f***, the thing's falling out. Q, you're on air, you're on air, you're on air, you're on air, you're on air. Morning, welcome back to Breakfast. I'm so sorry, I just lost my communications. Oh, f***, my thing's falling out. Q, you're on air, you're on air, you're on air, you're on air, you're on air. Morning, welcome back to Breakfast. I'm so sorry, I just lost my communications. On Breakfast. Live on Breakfast TV.

The first time I've ever dropped an F-bomb. Okay, and finally, what song was Matt McLean back then? First ever live cross on Breakfast. What was the song that he busted out? This is going deep into the archives. Oh, man, this is tough. Okay, can you give me a year? I'll give you a clue.

Jenny Shipley era. Dave Dobbin. Dave Dobbin. To do with David Beckham, okay, and it was to do with David Beckham being in the country. Oh, bend it like Beckham. Bend It. No, it's just really gone down the wrong road.

That's where I went. I was actually thinking of the theme song of Bend It Like Beckham, which was based with Jax. Do your thing. To do with who he's married to. Spy skills, stop right now. It was a great guest. No, it was Victoria by The Exponent.

Victoria, what do you want from him? Want from him? Victoria, what do you see in him? See in him? Thanks for that, guys. Thank you. The beginning of your career, just Paul Henry, just workplace

bullying. That was my first ever live cross, and I think it was at that point that he was like, yeah, I can get this guy to do whatever I want him to do. He loved it too, didn't he? He loved it. Those archives are so good. Don't give her any ideas. I'm far less susceptible to peer pressure now.

Maddie and PJ back for their second show this afternoon. I'm picking a nine out of ten today, Paige. Yeah. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Yeah, not in a good way. He's learning to cook. We call him our little chef because then maybe he'll try some things. But he's gone too far the other way and he's really keen to try everything.

So we were making some marinated chicken and it was on the bench marinating and he was up in his little stool thingy. And while we had our back turned, he thought he would try the chicken that was not yet cooked. Because he thinks, okay, well, this is chicken. I like chicken. So he tucked into the raw chicken on the bench. And the marinade would look enticing just sitting there. But if you wish anyone in the family to eat raw chicken, it's definitely got to be one of the kids.

You don't want to deal with this. Kids are young enough to get over the trauma of whatever. Campylobacter, salmonella. So this is what, 24 hours ago, all good? Yeah. Not every chicken has campylobacter, salmonella. It has it right and then you've got to cook it out.

I reckon it's like in the chicken community, like we on our driver's licenses go, oh, do you want to be an organ donor when you die? Chickens go, would you like to, you know, wish a world of pain on a human being that may or may not eat you when you go? And they're like, yeah, I'd like that. Yeah, yeah. If they don't cook me quite enough, then yeah, of course.

They can deal with the consequences. But toddlers are the worst because you cook them like this beautiful dinner or whatever and they won't eat it. They'll chuck it on the floor. But then he's tucking into the raw chicken or he'll drink his bath water and be like, tasty. It's like, dude, what? Yeah.

It comes, chickens, how can something taste so good but also be so dangerous at the same time? Maybe that's the thrill of chicken. And you're like, you want to make it moist, but then you're like, oh, how moist is too moist. Too moist, yeah. Rolling the dice. Although in some parts of Japan right there,

they do eat raw chicken. Chicken sushi. Yeah, delicacy with raw. They've got all their chickens to sign their no thanks. I won't poison them. Yeah, it's all done properly and professionally, yeah. Ben's mum, Jenny Boyce, ran a pantry chicken. Oh, yeah, her flatmate.

Yeah, back in the day. They'd run this many, many years ago. But they were, youce, ran a pantry chicken. Oh, yeah, her flatmate. Yeah, back in the day. They'd run this many, many years ago. But they were, you're right. Pantry chicken. Her flatmates would cook a chicken on like a Sunday night and then they'd keep it in the pantry throughout the week and just make lunches. No!

Just keep going to the pantry until it was done. You know, like grab some pantry chicken. And no one was ever sick. Well, I don't know. I don't think they're with us anymore. No. I don't know I don't think they're with us anymore no I don't even know I think we have over the years

made our stomachs and our systems softer we have become softer yeah you're probably right what were cavemen eating then it's slowly transformed

to Jenny Boyce's pantry chicken in the 70s iron clad stomach yeah my mum will push it's that generation they're still doing it

pushing boundaries on food. Thankfully she's keeping her chicken in the fridge now. Refrigerated chicken. Yeah, but for a long, long time. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, it seems like every few months there's another trend on social media where it tests, it's meant to test your relationship. We did one at the end of last year, Megan.

I don't think you were hanging out with us then, but it was when you were meant to mention, oh, no, you were actually. I was, yeah, I remember. Yeah, and it was like you got asked a member of the opposite sex's name, and if you didn't say your partner, that was meant to say that,

well, Jono now knows the rules. Say a female's name, Jono. Yeah. Oh, Denise from a cast. Yeah. I said Cassandra. I was just like, oh, Cassandra. I don't even think I know a Cassandra.

And now everyone's like, even my wife's like, now who's Cassandra? Who was just like Oh Cassandra I don't even think I know a Cassandra And now everyone's like Found out who Cassandra is Even my wife's like Now who's Cassandra Who's I'm like I don't know I don't know So you failed that test

Well I just No I just This is a TikTok Social media test And now it has caused A huge rift in Ben's marriage And I'm about to cause Another one

Yeah So there's a new one There's a new one right This is the orange theory And I don't know Do you know who likes oranges Cassandra She is She's a big fan of oranges's a new one, right? This is the orange theory. And I don't know. Do you know who likes oranges? Cassandra? She is.

She's a big fan of oranges. Keep in mind, I've also been divorced. So I'm not the person to be taking relationship advice from. But this isn't something you can do in the car. But maybe later on tonight, you can test your partner. The theory is that it will tell you if you're in a good relationship or not. Is an orange pill about to ruin your relationship? According to TikTok, this trend will allow you to test the strength of your relationship.

So put simply, people are asking their partners to peel oranges for them, and their partner's response is supposed to be an indication of how healthy the relationship is. If they're willing to peel an orange for you, then this small act of service and your partner's willingness to do so is supposed to indicate a healthy relationship. But if they refuse, then it's a major red flag. None of these are supposed to represent the healthy relationship but if they refuse then it's a major red flag not only is this supposed to represent the importance of acts of service in relationships but this can also test the relationship between your family and friends as

well so you basically get a orange and then you hand it to your partner no you don't even go that far you don't really you don't like give it to them you just tell them that you would like an orange peeled and see what their response is. A very obscure request that will come out of complete... Yeah, they'll be like, why? And it's also... What's what? Because peeling an orange is like...

Smelly fingers. Yeah. Smelly orange fingers. Sticky. You'd be like, I'd cut it, but... But you're right, Ben. You'd be like, well, you've never asked me to peel an orange before. Why are we starting now?

We've been together for 20 years. Yeah, all of a sudden you're like... I'd have a lot of questions that were before. You'd be like, well, you've never asked me to peel an orange before. Why are we starting now? We've been together for 20 years. Yeah, all of a sudden you're like, I'd have a lot of questions before I got to grab an orange and peel it stage. But you tested this one out last night. So we, after the kids go to bed, we're like, okay, we'll watch something and we might have a snack. And so this was the perfect time for me to ask. My husband's like, do you want anything?

And I tested him. I feel like some fruit. Could you peel me an orange here you an orange yeah would you peel me an orange yeah what sweet? That's sweet. Why? You asked me if I could peel you an orange. You would.

Babe, what are you on about? You love me! You're going so weird. I'll peel you an orange. So now you've like, he's got you an orange, Andrew, great. But now he's also like, who is this person? I 100% thought he was going to be like, why peel your own orange? Can I be honest?

I felt like I shouldn't have been listening to that audio. I didn't realise I put on that voice. My apologies. You're both putting on low voices. I was like, are they about to? Although it did sound like you're standing next to a jet engine or something as well. It was my kid's monitor. It was an airport dress-up night at your engine or something as well it was my um kids monitor

was it airport dress up night at your house or something just don't go to the airport dressed like it all right take that bit of advice from me