Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - The Burner Phone 73: Boxing

Episode Date: August 22, 2023

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The Hits with Jono and Ben's Burner Phone Now, outside at the moment, a lot of action. Yeah, heaps going on. Press conference outside for Miyamoto's world title boxing fight. What they do outside the studio, there's a bit of an area in the building called the iHeart Lounge. Yeah. This is on iHeart Radio right now. Do you know how successful iHeart Radio is? Well, they've got their own lounge.

They have got their own wonderful lounge and we can see our studio looks out into a foyer through some big windows, a big foyer area and we can see through into the lounge through some glass sort of doors and windows through there. And you're right, there's a lot going on. There's like a photo wall, there's a boxing ring that somehow got

set up in the time that we were gone from yesterday and the time we're back today. Like a full ring. All the media are there. I keep, it keeps, there's lights keep flashing from the photographs they keep taking. I keep thinking it's like thunder and lightning every time I'm looking down and I was like, oh, what's that? It's a flash.

And you're like, oh no, it's just photos going off. Yeah, it's a lot going on. And also you could say, well, we're inside. Yeah. So the thunder wouldn't be inside. True. But you know how sometimes you're at home and you hear, you see the things kind of from outside the window, but you're right.

Yeah, there's no way. I can't actually see outside at the moment. So they're about to have a press conference outside, a boxing press conference, and a lot of good trash talking, usually in press conferences, aren't there, in the boxing? Yeah. Yeah. Let's go toe-for-toe trash talking, okay?

We're having a fight. Okay. Yeah. Let's go toe for toe trash talking, okay? We're having a fight. Okay. Mate, look at you. Yeah, see, this is the thing. I'd probably laugh after each thing.

I'm not a great trash talker. You're trying to hold the laugh again. You know, because they get right up into each other's faces, don't they?

And they'll be like, yeah, I'm going to smash you and stuff. Say it with more confidence. Yeah, well, no, I'm not. I don't have the confidence. Oh, I just spilled my coffee.'s my trash talk oh anyone got a cloth you know i see i did actually spilled something in the studio but you're also assuming the role of the boxer who's trash talking yeah is there a cloth out there yeah because i want to wipe the floor with you that's why i need a cloth that's it would that be good

yeah that's nice plus i also spilled some spilt some coffee, so it'll be quite useful. Yeah, I'm going to be like, I'm going to eat you. Okay. Yeah, all right. Sauté, how would you? How would I eat you? I reckon a slow cooker roast, just so the meat falls off the bones there. I don't have a lot of meat on my bones. Maybe if I was in this fictitious boxing world, maybe I'd be a bit bigger to do it.

But yeah, I admire the people that get in the ring. I really, really do. I think it's just incredible. They put themselves out there. At any stage, they could get knocked out. A lot of the professionals, that's how boxing works. A lot of the professionals, they enjoy it though, don't they? We spoke to Miyamoto and she's like, I love it.

That's the most calm I feel is when I'm inside that ring, getting punched in the face. So I could, yeah, anyone else would be like, that's the furthest away from being calm. You know, like, I, if I'm in that ring, would not be calm. I suppose the more you did it, though, the more you'd be relaxed with your feelings heading into fighting, your feelings in the ring and post

you know because you i imagine a lot of is the unexpected it's like someone coming on here right now jumping on here right now and taking over the podcast ben high pressure high pressure since you're we're relaxed you're right yeah this is like this is what me this is how many years in the boxing ring we're here just Filling I suppose in some ways It's relative to what you're doing If you went to someone

Hey come in here And host a 10 minute podcast A critically acclaimed Award winning podcast And they'd say Well where's Joe Rogan Yeah Okay well a couple tears down

Host our podcast Yeah Then it's a lot You know It's just the unknown Stuff you're not used to doing That's what makes you scared Yeah Anyway speaking of which Well it's a lot you know it's just the unknown stuff you're not used to doing that's what makes you scared yeah um anyway speaking of which well that's a shocking segue because i don't know if it's speaking of which but here is today's message so there is no money

in my bank account i'm at zero and there's there there are fees and it goes to a minus 45. What is the principle behind this? Can someone tell me what is the principle behind it? When you have no money, the banks, it takes more money out of your pocket and you're now in the need. Can there be any other way? A credit, a point of honor system? I don't know. So if there's any banker out there,

someone that could explain to me this nonsense, thank you. Aston McConnell, keep it up. Nice work. Let's go, man. Nice, nice, nice. Do love the nice, nice, nice. So there's an interesting question.

I have that as well. Unarranged overdraft fees. Right. So you go into the negatives and then they take... But you'll still be able to spend money. It's kind of like this overdraft that I haven't signed up for. Well, the bank said, well, we haven't signed up for this. We're just out of the goodness of our heart. We're giving you that money.

Guess what? It's never out of the goodness of their heart. The kind bank operatives around the country, you know? Yeah. Struggling banks around their life. Struggling. They're like, you know what? We're going to lend you some money.

Yeah. But we're going to take a little bit back Just because Just because That's the price of generosity Yeah Isn't it? That's a very interesting

Yeah, I think I've got like a hundred bucks I can really push it out to the limit So what are you thinking there? They're not doing it for Like you say, the kindness of their hearts They're doing it because You're clearly on zero dollars You're in a bit of financial strife

Yeah And you're still trying to get money out They're like yeah okay You can have a bit of what you need Oh right and then they take a bit of fee Oh the interest fee It happens all the time Jen my wife's like you're in unarranged overdraft fee again I'm like I'm sorry I won't do it again

She's like you will And I'm like I probably will Right Yeah you're right So they could just have a cut off And just go I want a zero zero I mean eventually they do right They get to a point

Where they go Okay You better not You're probably not Going to pay us back Yeah I mean it got to When I first started in radio

I was like So I think I had like a I actually did have An arranged one You can get arranged ones Maybe they're trying to Encourage you to arrange An overdraft

Yeah they're like You're so shocking with your money Why don't you Arrange one with us Yeah I did have an arranged one. You can get arranged ones. Maybe they're trying to encourage you to arrange an overdraft. Yeah, they're like, you're so shocking with your money. Why don't you... Arrange one with us. Yeah. I did have an arranged one, and I would go into... I never got past zero. So I'd always be in negative dollars.

You'd get paid, but you might get past... And it didn't get to zero. Yeah. And then I'd just end back in negative, and I was like, jeez, it's shocking. I'm shocking with money. I really am. You? Yeah, I'm not... just end back in negative and i was like jesus shocking i'm shocking with money i really am you yeah i'm not i wouldn't say shocking but it's yeah it's it's something to try and get your

head around it it's kind of i always feel like i could be better with it yeah but there's more when you talk to people who i'm probably not confident enough which surprises no one would be surprised yeah anyway but a lot of people like you know they probably lose a lot of money but the same time they but a lot of people, like, you know, they probably lose a lot of money, but at the same time, they make a lot of money. I mean, they're promoters of this fight, probably investing a lot in this, you know, the fight we're looking out towards.

And they're hoping they sell tickets and pay for views. You know, again, it takes a lot of guts to do all that. And some people make a lot of money, but you probably don't hear about the losses as much as you do the big wins. You just go, oh, man, I need to invest more. But it's having that confidence to do that. It's pretty impressive, the people that do that. Yeah, I've to invest more but it's having that confidence to do that it's pretty impressive the people that do that

I've got a friend like that he's high risk high risk high reward doesn't care he's like it's only money you can earn it again

I mean that's a great way but I don't think of it like that when I first started on radio too you'd get paid and you'd go out party have an absolute

blinder of a week like a great fantastic weekend then it was gone for two then you had nothing for two weeks yeah yeah why was i buying jaeger at three in the morning well i didn't need that jaeger meister and you know the nine people i was with i didn't have to shout them jaeger meister at night and stupid decisions i know and i look back at yeah the student times as well because you could clock up things On your

Obviously student loan I had a big one But then also There was student announcers And there was another little thing You ring up You didn't have to talk to a real person You just had to enter

And enter a little amount You're like Oh weekend coming up I can enter it in there Draw down some money I think you could do that once And again the government's like Hey enjoy that buddy

Yeah It's like Oh jeez I need a DVD player and a couch Or just you know Get a And you know get a – and then later you're like, well, I have to pay that back eventually. You don't think about that at the time. No, you don't.

You're like, oh, this is great. I've just managed to get this. Course-related costs or whatever it was. I remember I've told you this before. I got home from a night out, and I'd forgotten I'd ordered a credit card, my first credit card, about 19, 20 years old. And I got home And mum's like, oh there's some mail for you

In the letterbox, I was like, oh it's a credit card So I phoned All of my friends, I was like, let's go down To Wings Was the name of the bar, on a Sunday Was Wings still around? No, Wings are RIP Wings And boy

Every last stop, I maxed out the credit card In one day Oh really Shouting everyone Shouting everyone And I'm still paying off That credit card

Yeah A thousand bucks It was That day's gone That's a good effort though Back in the day Then too Would have been a lot of

You know Bloody drinks Wouldn't it It was fantastic Lunch I was like What do you want Calamari

Calamari What an idiot What an absolute idiot But then You know bloody drinks wouldn't it it was fantastic lunch I was like what do you want calamari calamari hell of a it's all on me what an idiot what an absolute idiot oh no but then you know I mean yes yes

but then life is you know short and you know I wouldn't have a story to tell exactly you know if you just went I got a credit card

and I was very sensible with it and never went into overdraft you know so yeah wings the staff at wings wouldn't have got paid no

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