Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - The Burner Phone 22: Windows Down ...

Episode Date: May 17, 2023

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The Hits with Jono and Ben's Burner Phone. Welcome to the Burner Phone for another episode of what's fast becoming my favourite thing to do between 10.30 and 11 in the morning. It is when we record it generally, the time of morning tea time. Now Ben, some administration that we need to knock off first and foremost. We mentioned on a previous episode of the Burner Phone, John the Kiwi, our US correspondent. We haven't heard from John in a number of months. Now, this was on our Graham Norton episode of the Burner Phone. Yeah, go back and listen to it.

Hell of a listen. Talking about going on the red chair. But you're right. We talked about having correspondents around the world, people we talk to on the radio show, and they listen to the radio show, the podcast. And John, our Portland, a US.S. correspondent lives in Portland. We decided to have a U.S. correspondent, but we demanded they live in Portland, Oregon.

Not on either coast, not West Coast, East Coast. Portland. Portland. That's where we want it. The beating heart of America. But yeah, so John, he heard about it. He heard it. He replied.

And it was a lovely message we got from John. He says, hello, guys. You guys mentioned John the Kiwi and asked if I was still with you short answer is yeah nah yeah now what's happened he says it's a busy always a travel agent busy old world in the travel biz and i don't have time to listen anymore as robin williams said in goodwill hunting it's not your fault it's not your fault it's not your fault it's not your fault during, he was getting paid to do nothing for years. So we became his COVID fling. Now life's back to normal. Unprecedented times have gone.

Yeah, so he still dips his toes into the podcast and the burner phone from time to time. But, you know, not as much, which we understand. That's busy. That's why we're making these things more snackable. Smaller size podcast, smaller size burner phones. Now, are you good to go, Harriet? You good for a minute? Oh, yeah, cool.

We'll pause that and we'll come back to it. Oh, okay. Wait for me. We'll keep going. Okay, cool. Okay. Yeah. So, John, it's a pleasure to have him sort of still listening.

He might not hear this. This might be one of the ones he doesn't listen to, but if he does, we understand. It's good. It's great to have you dipping your toes in from time to time. Administration out of the way. Now, you want to override today's burner phone. Oh, I like the message. Let's go to the message.

The message is great. Next new voice message. To Toto and Ben. What's good? Well, way too excited for you, wasn't I? Nah, mate, just bloody bored here on the farm in the wop-wops. Thought I'd give you a call to yarn to your butt. Your phone's bloody off.

What use is that? Have a bloody good one, mate. Turp. Turp. Message saved. There we go. Love that. Love that.

It was a great message. I guess, unfortunately, the burner phone needs to be either off or going through to a message because that's how it kind of works yeah so if you do want the burner phone number you can text burner phone to four four eight seven i can't what do you do on a farm you grew up on a farm is there work is there consistent work i can imagine the work is never ending like there's always something to do on a farm yeah i mean not for me i wasn't you know i was in my teenage years and i wasn't really a farm i mean look at me you were making movies on the farm yeah not pornographic ones just just fun little like adventure movies i had to feed some animals you know the chickens

get the eggs and the chickens feed the pigs that's clean the pig that pig still you talk about a pig style so would you clear how long would it take you to clean out a pig style a little bit they're they're messy but you know. Get the water blast real, wouldn't you? Yeah, you're cleaning it up as well. And the chickens, getting the eggs from under the chickens would, oh, I was not, I was not. Do they get uppity when you try and take the eggs?

I always felt like they were going to peck me at any stage. I wasn't very confident. But there is, I think, you know, for, you know, my mum, my stepdad, and other people who lived in the area that were farming type people as well, you're right. It's not like I can just go home and shut, you know, not look, my stepdad, and other people who lived in the area, they were farming-type people as well. You're right. It's not like I can just go home and not look at the emails or anything. There's stuff that happens during the night. There's things that go on.

There's all sorts of stuff. You're taking care of animals and farming and all sorts of the weather. So, yeah, you're right. It's never a sort of button-off job. I imagine it'll be a very rare occasion where you're bored on a farm. I could say so, yeah. There's probably a lot of things for those people that enjoy that to do. My cousins, Stu, Nicola Louise, they grew up on a farm with Aunty Joan, Uncle David and Rangiora, North Canterbury.

Oh, nice. And I would go down there, big city boy with big city ideas. I would go down for the school holidays. And I just never fit in. I fit in with my cousins, but in the environment. I was like, oh, there's sticky cowpats, stuff that city people would worry about, that farm folk. They don't care.

No, no. Lovely people. They are. They're lovely people. In Canterbury, the Wairarapa. Do you know what I have noticed about the rural community? We've spent a bit of time on farms and things over the years with our career being boys, just filming things and that.

I don't know how anything gets done. They just spend so long talking, don't they? Like a conversation would go on for half an hour. People love a chat. They love a chat. They love a wave. It's friendly. It's a majority of friendly, lovely people helping each other out,

pitching in and helping out, which is pretty cool. We could be more like that, couldn't we? We're always in a rush. We've got no time for it. I feel like when anyone ever comes to talk to us, all I'm thinking about is, can we please move on? We've got other stuff to do. You know, maybe just taking some time out and talking to folks.

Now, I have one other thing I wanted to just quickly get to on the bird of phone today because something that producer Bee Humps has noticed, he parks his scooter in the work garage downstairs here where we do the radio show. Where's the dongle? And he's noticed something in someone's car from another radio station. Yeah, we're just going to get

the dongle. We have a dongle that can connect your phone through to the desk. It was a game changer in the radio game. Oh, you can call from that? Yeah, I'll get this call from the desk. Well, he might not answer a private number, that's the thing. Also, it's not a scooter, it's an iron horse. Oh, you can call from that. Yeah, or you can just call from the desk. Well, he might not answer a private number. That's the thing. Also, it's not a scooter. It's an iron horse. It's an iron horse, mate.

See, he's a farming type, so he probably, yeah, producer bee humps. He wouldn't like the fact that we're saying we're ousting him as a scooter driver. No. So we're going to call Jason Reeves is his name. He's the host of the Coast Breakfast Show. Oh, g'day, mate. Oh, Jason Reeves. It's Jono and Ben here, mate. here my how you doing you really well we got much

better now thank you lovely I always love to chat a chair Jase out of interest would you've answered a private number or did you feel more like the obligate you felt more obligation to answer knowing that it was coming directly from beans phone you know the bean or yours, Jono. Straight away, I'm going to answer. God bless the dongle. I'm just trying to help this orphanage. I'm helping. Kids, wait. It's Jono and Ben, guys.

Stop it. Those kids can wait. They've had it too good for too long, those orphans. Hey, Jason, sorry to bug you, but producer Behups came into the studio today, and he passed on some information because he parks his iron horse, as he likes to call it, down in the garage's scooter. And he noticed that you – well, he's noticed every day you park your car down there with all the windows open.

Yes. What's the theory behind that? Like, are you not worried about the car? You know, I mean, it's a work garage, but still? Well, there's a couple of things to this, and I'm glad you asked, Ben. It's, one, because I pretty much go from garage to garage, so it's a chance to air the car out. Not that it's smelly, but I do have small children.

You're picking up what I'm laying down. Yeah, okay. Blast it. And sometimes, you know, you get, like, wet carpets in the car, so you air it out. Air it out. I know it's in a pretty safe location. There are cameras everywhere.

And, yeah, like I say, garage to Garrett's the chance to air the car out. Very trusting. I'm always like some pest lingering in the back seat when you get in. Do you do this in public? Would you leave all four windows down at the supermarket, say? But you know, I hark back to the olden days.

Not that long ago, we lived in a country where you could get out of the car and leave the keys in the ignition. We saw the L&P ad where they used to do that. The guy got out the keys of the ignition, you know? I miss those days. Well, we're just talking about country folk, you know, like at the start of this podcast, actually. And, yeah, you're right.

That's the sort of thing that you seem can do more often in small-town New Zealand, rural folk. Leave the keys in and it's fine. That's right, exactly. And you're right. Maybe I am too trusting, but I like to think the good in and it's fine. That's right, exactly. And you're right, maybe I am too trusting, but I like to think the good in people. And now that you've called me on this,

I must make sure I check my bank seat. Because I know, actually, one of your colleagues, actually, the wonderful Laura McGoldrick, one of your colleagues at HITS, she said to me that she was going to reach in one day to see if I had any coins in the car. Honestly, I will help you look if that's the case. Well, yeah, well, I mean, Jason, I can't help but feel we're going to

hear about your car being used in a ram raid at some point. For the meantime, he's going to be trusting of the people. I love it, Jason. I'm loving to talk to you, mate. You go back to that orphanage. All right. Sorry. Sorry, kids. See you, mate. Thank you.

My total sense. Jason Reeves from Coast Breakfast. That was the Burner Phone. Covered off some admin, did some farming chat, rounded out with Reevesy. What a journey. And if you want to be part of the Burner Phone... If you want to join the Burner Phone podcast,

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