Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - THE HIT LIST | Week 37

Episode Date: September 11, 2026

Missed the show this week? Don’t worry! We’ve wrapped up all the greatest hits into one easy listen. (00:00) Ben gets mistaken for a shoplifter after a suspicious supermarket trip involving shaving cream and Coke... (13:20) Megan proudly makes new adult friends, only to discover she’s signed up for a Queenstown marathon weekend (22:00) Jono discovers the ultimate household hiding place lurking beneath every fridge And plenty more chaos from the week 👀    Join the Itty Bitty Hitty Committee HERE!Instagram:  @THEHITSBREAKFASTFacebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & Megan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jono Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to Dilma. Goodness really does taste great. Dilma, making the world a better tea. It's had a very interesting moment at the supermarket a couple of days ago. I hadn't intended on going to the supermarket in my afternoon, but then I got a message from my daughter's. Long story, they wanted a whole lot of shaving cream and a couple other things and some, yeah, different brands of cooking.

There's a couple of videos that they wanted to film. I didn't really ask too many questions. Sceptical of where that shaving phone was going to go? I ended up being a prank on me. Yeah. And then you know, I was like, Okay, whatever, I need to buy six or seven of these things. You invested in a prank.

I didn't know at the time. In the time. It was like, hey, Dad, we want to film these videos. Can you pick us up a whole lot of shaving cream? Maybe six to eight. And then a whole lot of different types of Coca-Cola. So anyway, I was like, oh. A lot of shaving.

Yeah, it was. And so I was going to the supermarket. Well, I wasn't going to the supermarket, but I was in the mall where there was a supermarket. I was like, oh, we're whipping and do that. So I didn't have my bags. Biggest problem is these days, if you don't go in with the bags, you're like, oh. So I got to my basket full of all the shaving cream, all these types of different Coca-Cola, got to buy the checkouts and, you know, the self-serve.

And I grabbed a couple of bags, you know, ones you can buy. Oh, yeah. I was like, okay, cool. And then I was like, oh, I need to get something for my dad's birthday, just a little. So I went back into the supermarket. Well, I hadn't left, but I went back in. And then I get security coming up to me going, you need to pay for those bags. I was like, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, whoa, I haven't left the supermarket.

But I'm going to, he's like, you need to take these up to the counter. And I was like, oh, yeah, yeah, no, no, I haven't left the supermarket. I was just grabbing a couple of. peanut slams with my dad to put in his birthday present. And so he should watch me as I went up to the thing. Did he follow you around? Yeah, so as I came up, I'm like, huh. And then I was like, I'm paying.

And you hadn't left the building? I had left the building. He's like watching me as I do it. As I was paying for the bags that I, you know, because I guess, you know, like I pay for the bar tag, put it through. And I was like, oh, wow. And I was having a chat. I was like, oh, what's, I'm paying for this, what's going on there?

And he goes, well, that's what a lot of shoplifters do. They go grab bags, they go back in, fill them up. And then they just walk straight out. I was like, that is, that is confidence. I know, steal a bag in front of out. Yes, that is my lute bag. Yeah, and then just walk out like the bag was there. And he said, you're, you said, be honest, red flags are like, do you have a shop?

Like, I was like, why are you doing something shaving? He's like, why have you got, are you trying to on sale? Are you trying to on sell all these things? You're buying in bulk. And I was like, oh, no, I've got a video with my kids. He's like, ah. So we had to laugh about it. But I was like, yeah.

He's like, you don't look hairy. The shaver goes working well Isn't it kind of an unspoken rule Even if you do have your grocery bags You don't open them up and fill them as you're going round No They stay you don't They stay emptied until you paid for it

Yeah really threw me off a little This is why when it first came And oh let's get rid of all the bags The plastic bags I stole baskets You know and I took those but they were in the boot of my car And there was never any harm or issue with that Well there wasn't issue with that

Yeah you're right You're the one stealing that situation. I didn't leave the shop. But yeah, it was a half trolley. Always do a half trolley. Then you can just wheel it to your car and chuck the bits in. Now those people can arrest you

too. Citizens arrest. Which is probably I mean, because it felt like there was a while there they were like they could do nothing. And I was like, hey, you should stop. Stop. Please stop. Please. I use my manners. Oh, okay. Please, alright, I will, you know. So it's probably a good thing. But yeah,

it felt we a very unnerving citizen. Oh, you would have hated that. Yeah, I know. I was like, honestly, you're going to pay for it? But, yeah. Be honest, how much did you think about that for the rest of your day? Oh, like, non-stop. This is three days later.

He's still a bit jumpy about it. He thought, was that on camera? John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. Played some audio of an Australian couple who came to Queenstown for a holiday. She went off for a relaxing massage. He stayed in the hotel room and she came home to this. I'm calling out all girls in Queensland right now.

of that have been in the last week. If you're not a girl, leave. One of you, one of you queens who I love and adore, and I would love to speak to, left an eyelash, a little cluster eyelash on my towel while I was out. And my, the man that I was on holidays with that I have been dating for the last eight months,

stayed home with a tummy bug. So, was it a little clue? of evidence. Was it accidental or did they leave it there on purpose being like I did not know he was in any kind of relationship, leave my eyelashes as bread crumbs that I was here? So a high risk high reward

topic here on radio, we really are taking a gamble. Have you been the other woman and did you not know that they were already in a relationship and did you alert the partner? That's what we're after. Now we've got a couple of calls here. Sally Hello.

What happened? Do you find out someone was cheating. Yes, I got messaged by Facebook. Someone had stalked my husband and found out he had a wife and his sister had been sleeping with my husband and his sister had told

him and so he went on Facebook and hunted me down. And told you so the brother of the lady having the affair was the Good Samaritan? Yes, he was. Oh wow. That's a hell of a storyline. Yeah. How did you

take the news because often sometimes you're worried they're just going to shoot the messenger and they won't believe you. How did you take it? I complete shock at first and then oh my God of course that's happening and then left them. What do you mean of course? What were the red flags

when you thought back? Just I don't know. The relationship had kind of broken down a bit anyway and it was fully believed. I'm sure all sorts of things start to add up retrospectively. And what did you say to this guy who just randomly messaged you out of the blue? Did you thank him?

Yeah, I thanked him and I said, thank you for saying and not like, you know, wondering if you're going to ruin something that maybe didn't want to be ruined, but I said thanks a lot. And then when I asked my husband about this lady with her first name, he denied it. Of course he did. Really? Of course he did. Even though I knew her name.

Yep. Jeez. And so when did he actually give in and go, ah, you got me? He actually has never said it, admitted it. Really? What a coward. I mean, he knows that it's true, but he's never actually.

He said the words. Yeah. All right. How about we call him next? No. That would be some barnstorming radio, wouldn't it? He's joking sound. He won't make you do that.

Oh, well, hey, listen. Thank you for sharing. I'm sure it's such a traumatic period in your life for coming on and sharing that story. Oh, good. You deserve better than that. Have you got better? You got another person?

No, no, I'm just happy with myself. Oh, good on you. John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Were you the other person in the relationship, you found out that the person you were having a little something with was actually already hooked up.

And did you alert them? We got anonymous with us. How are you? Morning. Good morning. What happened? So my husband at the time was having a affair with his HR. I run her husband and gave him the fax so that he could make up his own mind what was going on. Yeah.

Crazy. So what does that phone call go? It was a very interesting phone call. It was a very, he was denying it going, no, it can't be. happening, can't be happening, and then you could almost hear the moment that it clicked in his head that it was happening. Yeah, dust all together. They are. Wow.

And what happened when you obviously went to talk to your husband at the time about it? He was denying it for a start until I put all the facts out in front of him, and then it was the next day we were separated. Oh, jeez. Wow, geez, quick turnaround. And what made you suspect? There was a lot of things But like the late night messages to each other

And going on work trips that weren't work trips And yeah there was a few things adding up She was very resourceful, humans Yeah Gosh that's tacky Me and Ben both screwed up our face like And so now What are you doing?

Just alive, living life Happy? Yeah Well happy that's not going on in your life Because no one deserves that Yeah, I'm so sorry you had to go through that. And so obviously she broke up with her partner. No, they're still together.

Oh, her and, oh, right, they're reworking through things. Yep. Yeah, no, they're still together. They've, yeah, had a kid together and, yeah, never broke up, so. Sorry, are you talking about your ex-husband? No, so the person he had the affair on is still with her husband. Oh, sorry, I got to confused. So where did that leave your ex?

He kind of separated, well, went on his own. for a little bit and has now found somebody else in his marriage with another child. Oh, jeez. I'll tell you what. Thank you for sharing this juicy, juicy content, Anonymous. We're going to put you on the jaw for Olivia Dina, right? No, thank you. I hope you deserve something.

You deserve lots of happiness without that. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The hit. Now, I actually broke my first bone this week. And a couple of days ago. Do what? Well, I did some filming with my kids. we're invited along to film with the one New Zealand Warriors

Women's Team for Maxi Jeezyzic and the video will come out in a couple of weeks and so it was me trying to see I mean, they're incredible, the women's team played in the NRL competition and it was me trying to keep up with them doing a few little drills and passing drills and trying to crash your tackle bags doing a Bronco five times and stuff which I'd never

oh yeah so it's a bronco it's when you have to run to like 20 metre and back and then you run to like the halfway and back then you run to the three of back knee and then do that five times I was like oh so yeah Yeah, I'm not, hey, spoiler alert, I don't think I made the team.

I don't know if there's a team. Well, I think you're gender might play a role in that. Really impressive, really impressive. But one of the drills that they got me to do, just kicking a ball. They kicked him high, a few high balls and I had to stand underneath and catch it. While they were running towards you or just,

no, just like kicking up here. And so the first one, I slightly misjudged, almost there and slightly, and I must have just stuck my hand out at the time and bang, on the little tip of my little finger, painful, but to be honest at the time, I was probably in a lot of pain through all the whole stuff.

So I didn't really go. I didn't go at the time. Adrenaline kick in maybe? Yeah, I was like, I didn't think that was broken. I just carried on. I mean, I felt like a broken individual by the end of it. But I didn't go out there going, geez, I think I broke my finger. I was just like hurting and puffed and all sorts.

So, yeah, a couple hours later I was out home and to the evening. And, you know, I think it swells up a little bit. It got a bit sort of, I guess, bit blue and bruised. And my wife's like, go to the A&E. I'm like, ugh. You know, when you're like, yeah. Oh, yeah, it's like, it's night time, it's like seven o'clock. You're going to be there for hours.

Yeah, I'm going to be there for hours. For some reason, like 120 people decide to go to the A&8, 9.30 at night. And also, you know, the amazing nurses and doctors. I'd feel like, I've just got, you know, I saw finger. I feel like maybe it's going to be like, go home, rest up, you know, you'll be fine. I don't want to, like, use up their time as well. But my wife's like, go along and get it checked out. I'm like, okay.

So I went along that night, waited for a bit. And then you're sitting around people that have got things going on, you know, people are, like, really hurt. and limping and there's people struggling to like breathe it feels like. And I'm like, I've just got a little bit of a sore finger. I really was like, I feel like I shouldn't be here. But anyway, they're like, oh, the nurse, wait a, waited about an hour. Saw the nurse.

And then she's like, maybe you go through and get an x-ray. Waited for a bit. Miss the cutoff for that. This was two nights ago. So I was like, yeah, it closes at 9 o'clock. How long had you been waiting in reception before you've done? It was probably around a two-hour thing. And then I was like, well, I'm going to go home.

And then my wife's like, yesterday. She's like, go for it. because the finger's getting more blue and more sort-ups. You need to go back, get that X-ray. I'm like, oh, is it sounding to smell? Has the finger started to smell gangrenous? Oh, yeah. And so I did yesterday, and then she's like,

oh, you got a little bit of a fracture, is it in your finger as well. My wife's, like, told you. The typing's the most inconvenient thing. Of course, yeah. That's getting the wide birth letters on the keyboard. Yeah, like I don't think I'll make the one New Zealand Warriors' women's team, you know, but also,

I can't even type them some emails off. Won't even make the New Zealand. When are you make the New Zealand typing team? Typing team at the moment. No more pinky promises. No, I can't make a promise. I'm more interested in what you were doing there for two hours. Did you take your laptop?

Yeah, that's the only reason my wife got me to go along. She's like, well, you can take your laptop and do some work. Yeah, you would have. I guess so. It's like, if anything, I could say you for another three hours. Apparently, I was talking to someone as I always say you've got a heart problem. And then you get to the front of the line. And then you go in and they're like, so what's your issue?

I've got a sore finger. I got a sore finger. Our ball hit it from up high But my heart was racing John O'Benn and Megan The podcast The Hats I was just saying to you guys

You would be proud of me Because I've made adult friends That's cool It's hard isn't it To make friends as adults Yeah I just think people People have their friend group

And they're probably like I don't see them enough And you're like You don't have a lot of time And then you meet new people I get like real anxious When I don't know what to talk about So they'll

Which surprises us, you know, and it shows that you're being, you know, like being honest here now, because you talk for a job, you know, and people would find that hard to believe. But I'm just talking to you too, essentially. You don't think about anyone else. If you look at the latest figures, that's all your tools are.

That's all right. We like listening to you. Thanks. More people could, they'd be good, but hey, that's all right. Maybe it just likes the tour. Keep it close to that. So I have managed to find a group of women who like to listen to me talk to, and it's a like a bunch of mums from my kids' school

and they invited me on a girl's trip. That's cool. And I was like, oh my God, cool. They must like me. Yeah, right. When did this invite come out? It was like a month ago. I think I might have been filling a space, but that's okay.

That's all right. That's okay. I'm cool with that. And so I have taken someone's flights that couldn't come. So I was like, great, paid for it. And they were like, we're going to do all these fun things. It's going to be awesome. And now I've been sent a registration form for the Queenstown Marathon.

And I know that there's other options. So I could do the 10K. Oh, it's a marathon girls weekend away. Yeah. A fitness one. Yeah. So there's going to be fun stuff. Now, because you did sign up for Run Club.

Remember you were so proud. You were putting it on social media. That was fun. Run Club? That was 5K and I think I did it twice. All right. There's no more run club now. No.

No run club to a marathon. Do they give you any clue? Like, oh, you got to have stamina for the weekend? And you're like, yeah, I will, well be there. Yeah. Not 90s, 6 will run. But they exercise hard and party hard too. And I'm like, I don't do either of those hard.

I'm like, exercise soft, party soft. Do you think it's an option? The whole time. consistently. Do you think there's an option not to do the road or do you think you need to do some form of that? I mean, they've said, you don't have to. Right.

But I don't want to be, like, I don't want to be the lazy one. You can choose like other options, can you? Well, there's a 10k. They were like, you could do the 10K. And also, I like fast walk rather than run. So my friend was like, well, I'll do the marathon. And, you know, so you've got ages to complete the 10K. 100% she would finish that marathon before I finish the 10K.

She's going to run 42 kilometres. Shut up. Oh no, I'm just getting explaining the distance. I know, so I can't wake up in this hotel like and be like, see you guys, have a good run. I'm just going to go back to bed. But by the time you wake up, they might have finished the marathon. You could be having breakfast and be like, how was that, guys? You know, you could do that.

Yeah. Also, one of the other fun activities is doing a winery tour. Great. Yeah, great. On bikes. Jeez, these guys are productive. Yeah. I'm having the friends for you.

It's all I can say, knowing you like I do. I don't want to have wine and exercise. I think you've got on with the wrong friend. The wrong crowd. You have gone on a bike. I'm definitely going to crash. I can't ride a bike at the best of times. Especially if you just run 10Ks as well,

your legs aren't going to move, mate. Okay, 4-487 on the tech, so I'm 100 with the hats. Let's make Megan feel a little bit better this morning. What do you regret saying yes to, signing up for? And then later you're like, what did I do that? Maybe they like me because they don't know me that well. It's something. It's a bold claim for them to go,

like a marathon, you know, and not even tell you that you... That's the core purpose of the trip. Okay, what did you sign up for that you really regret? I'd love to hear from you. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. Ray Gunn, the documentary about the Australian breakdancer who was at the Olympics and then ended up sort of being the centre of worldwide mockery

after she sort of came out and bounced around like a kangaroo. There's a documentary on Netflix about her. Right before the Olympics, I went to my therapist panicked. She was like, what's the worst that could happen? The whole world could laugh at me. She's like, do you think that's reasonable? I was like, oh no. So, yeah, poor thing.

Did feel sorry about the fallout. Feel sorry for her with the fallout. Didn't deserve that, you know? In other times where people haven't done well in the Olympics, we've kind of embraced them, you know, and gone good on them again. Eric the eel who couldn't swim. Yeah, you made a really good point, Megan. Yeah, I was about to do it again.

We embraced the men, but then she's a woman, isn't she? Sadly, you might be right in that case. Yeah, it feels, yeah. I was like, why do we not embrace it? And it's like, good on her for getting out there and doing it, you know? And she gave us awesome. You know, like, if a dad was out there doing those dances.

Yeah. Oh, he's doing his best. It's funny. He's doing the sprinkler. He's doing the kangaroo, you know? It's a really good point. Yeah. The thing with that documentary is the whole way through,

she's going to like these, I don't know if they're qualifiers, but sort of getting practice in it, break dancing tournaments around the world. And she's like, these people are really good. and at no point did anything go hey I could pull out of this because she had a really supportive partner and that's what we're talking about

was he too supportive yeah did he and yeah he was super yeah he said he did great he was so proud of it which is awesome but was he too supportive what about her coach he was the coach he was the coach he was the coach she was a sort of

advisor for the Australian break it but didn't have too much to do with her yeah so how did she qualify she qualified and won some tournaments she did it legitimately yeah okay well then who Who's he to say anything? Yeah.

You know? That's right. I mean, it can be the danger of unconditional love is sometimes there need to be conditions. Those conditions are

that you can tell your partner, your spouse, when, hey, maybe you shouldn't do that. Lisa, what do you think? Happy New Year. Happy New Year, Lisa, show catchphrase. Okay, if you've got a partner,

are you telling them brutal honesty or you're supporting them no matter what? To be honest, which is ironic, honest. We are family value as honesty, so we are very big on telling the truth

and we've got a toddler and even when we want to tell a wee white lie to him we look at each other and we're like, got to be honest. And it's hard, but you don't want to be embarrassed in front of the world. Yeah, okay. I think for me, honesty is the key one.

And if I'm honest, I actually only called to weigh in because I really love Olivia Day. Yeah, okay, I thought. You really are honest. You're too honest, and I'll tell you what, I'll be honest, we'll put you on the drawer for Olivia Day. I'm so don't. We need a date night.

And I'll be honest, I feel manipulated in place. I still wait in. You did. It was good points. Good content. Good content, Lisa. You're in the jaw. Hold the line or grab your details.

And Gemma, good morning to you. Good morning. Do you want to go to Olivia Dean firstly? Yes. Okay, all right, good honesty. And honesty about your partner. I think that it's really good to be supportive, but sometimes it's a bit uncomfortable to be honest,

but it's probably more important to be honest, so that they, just like you were talking about, don't make a fool of themselves. And there's ways to, deliver the honesty. I know, I'm sure you and Ben Megan, you because doing creative things, you come up with ideas and run past stuff

your partners and, you know, Jen, my wife's very honest. Not like brutal honesty. I can just tell when she's silent after I've said something. I'll be like, okay, we're not going to do that. That's a terrible idea, you know? I like tend to disagree.

I tend to disagree. You say support? Yeah. Because I'm just like, no, but I'm just like, who are you to say if something's embarrassing and you should know that Ben because you do that kind of stuff all the time. I embrace the embarrassment but yeah not many people like to do that. Follow your dreams but some people should not follow their dreams

Megan. Here's another dream. And like you have to be careful you're not getting into territory where you think they're embarrassing to you or are they embarrassing themselves. You know? Okay. All right. If they really want to do something, let them do that and be there for the fallout. That's the sort

of mindset that ends up having you bouncing around like a kangaroo at the Olympics. But do you know what? It's more on society for being as awful as we were than it is on her husband. All right. Shush my filthy mouth. Thank you so much for your texting calls.

John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Now, I just teased before that this could be the greatest hiding place. And in every household, I'd say most households have one of these. Yesterday I pulled something out of the fridge and dropped, bounced off my foot and then went under the fridge. into the dusty three centimetre high cabin that is.

Did you try and kick it again? You know, you drop something? Oh, I try to kick it. Yeah, that's the theory. It softens the blow if you drop any items. But then this thing rolled under the fridge, and I'm like, well, that's gone. That is gone.

There's no one ever in the history of knocking something under a fridge has ever gone and retrieved it. No, no. How many grapes are rotting underneath those, little cherry tomatoes? As someone has got little kids, many a car and toy has gone under there and I have to go under there

with like the spatula Oh do you get them out to you? Yeah because otherwise you hear about it all day I'd be like that's gone forever kids You're not near that bad Fly swats for us and our family Because we're often put it under the air

With a little tip to sort of But it gets kicked in And then it goes So we've just got It's a grave of fly swats Under the fridge The fly swat the retriever Yeah well no just we just keep it under the fridge

You just You locate the flops With a little bit like out Which is a dumb system really Because you just look it up like that and then yeah but then someone will kick out and it'll go and under that one's gone So I don't know how many fly swats will be under our fridge. I reckon at least it doesn't I honestly I reckon if you got raided by the armed offenders and they're like we've looked everywhere And I'm about under the fridge we're like that's gone sorry guys

We can't pull out the front no one even pulls out the fridge till come to there and when you move house you're like dear God There was a lot there