July 24, 2024 • 41 mins
ON THE SHOW TODAY:
- What to expect in your 40's...
- Did Andrew missed Megans birthday!
- Olympic drama
- A special message for Megan
- Can you guess Ben's Trump knick-knack?
- Advice you'd give your younger self
- Plane seat etiquette
- Running out of fuel... On the road
- Ben spotted a celebrity!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This Jon would be in podcast. Hey, that's us broad
to you by Hello Fresh the Experts and Tastes that
Kiwis loved. Good morning. It's good to be back with
you guys. If you missed it, we probably didn't miss
it this. To be honest, you guys have been banging
on about it for a couple of days. I'll be
banging on about it as well. Had two weeks away
visiting family in America, and then where's America? It's the USA.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
US.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Every time you mentioned this, my friends know the consequences.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
And then at the end we went to fly home
or already to go to the airport, and then the
global IT outage hit, and that meant the airline that
we were flying on things went great for them. They
had to cancel a whole lot of flights, that lay
a whole lot of flights, and four days later we
eventually got home, but not through It was of a
wild time through a lot of airports and a lot
of the United States.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
I honestly thought we were talking well, I think we've
lost them to America. We'll pop up on Fox News
as some sort of political commentator or something.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Tell you what when things are under the pump, and
you feel for a lot of people because people are
trying to get you know, big big events, and you
know it's sut to I had commitments and so did
the family here, but nothing to the scale of you know,
winnings and funerals and things like that. But you see
the best and we're we're probably actually just the worst
of humanity, you know, people just so angry, you know,
and the poor airport stuff. It's not their fault, these
(01:20):
long lines and people are yelling at them, and people
like you get people, sir, you're gonna have to stand back.
We're going to call security. Stand back.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
This is really good to get quite heated.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Yeah, and it's one flight. We got on stand by
and they're like, well it's full, but we'll get on
stand by. There were forty other people on standby.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
And you got it.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
We got it. Just so sir, you don't know that
you can come forward the rest of you kick them off,
make kick them off. It will take us.
Speaker 4 (01:45):
Did you do you ever feel bad? Like were the
people going around telling their sob stories and why they
needed the seat more than.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
You or everyone was trying to get connected flights. We're
trying to get together. They're like, yeah, you're so used.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
You're like, I'll kill a man. I will kill a
man to get on this plate. No, he's like, it
didn't seem like.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
True.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
It happened on Friday.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
I boss did look at flights and he's like, there's
a direct flight on Monday from from Orlando.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
You know what did you like the welcoming committee.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Yeah, so when I came, I came into the airport
twenty four hours of you know, delayed flights, canceled flights.
Four days later, you guys have been arranged a bit
of an inter crowd for me. A couple of Hits
promo people produce, a tailor produced a grace for there
as well, making a lot of noise when I got it.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
You know, you like to call your fans the boys
and berries. They obviously turned out and forced this morning.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Yeah, I mean there was two three people, but great, Hey,
that's all I can really hard for these days. I
feel like I feel like an athlete coming home from
a sports cormat. Maybe one of them do so well.
So we got a couple of people. Yeah, so that
was yesterday to welcome me at the airport with signs
like about my press plastic surgery procedure and stuff like that.
Speaker 4 (03:03):
Yeah, it does look great.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
I haven't had a plastic surgery procedure. Wonderful, done fast, Yeah,
four days. That's why you have to wait for the
bruising the swelling to come.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
Did you get your they get refund. I didn't do
a good job.
Speaker 5 (03:18):
No.
Speaker 6 (03:19):
Hey.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Now it's a big of being voices back in the
fold today and also a big day too for a
Megan Purpose celebrating your forty ninth birthdays birthday. We're going
to be talking more about. This is the the morning.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Goes back to the heads that John and Ben podcast.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Big day to day for the show. Well one person
of the show in particular, Megan Purpose, Happy birthday birthday.
Speaker 7 (03:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Thanks, you have to work this morning, and you know
it's a big birthday. It's a big land mate birthday
for your back. We didn't know. I don't know how
much you wanted to screen from the rooftops. Your age.
That's fine. I'm the same and you're right at work.
And it wasn't us that did this.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
I because i'd see to your run. I'm by with
I'm going to embrace it forty like you know, whatever
and then when I got to work, I got out
of the lifts and there's a huge billboard, like multiple screens.
I don't know how big that is. It's very big.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
That's so I'd call that a five by three.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
By three. I don't know, but it's very big and
it's huge screen. Happy fortieth Megan.
Speaker 4 (04:20):
With my face on it.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
It is.
Speaker 4 (04:22):
There is a lot of people that work in this building.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Yeah, we all know how old you're going to be today,
or maybe they think it's a prank.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
So and you're like, I've said forty when you're thirty.
Speaker 4 (04:33):
I know. I hope that's the vibe.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
Because usually two on that screen there's a rotation of
you know, various things that are happening in the company.
But this is all Megan all day. It's not on
rotate baby.
Speaker 4 (04:45):
Also, I feel bad because people have birthdays in this
building every day. Everyone's going to walk in and be like.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
What get that.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
Accounts?
Speaker 1 (04:57):
I haven't you Now I'm looking online about things you
can potitially expects, you know, when you hit your forties,
and I want to know if you know, I am John,
You've got some of these as well, If you have
some of these things that you're already doing like first one,
are you moving your phone away from your face to read?
Speaker 8 (05:11):
Yeah?
Speaker 9 (05:12):
He knows.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Yeah, I see that one pop up a few times
as well.
Speaker 4 (05:17):
I just started doing this.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
It's beginning while you want into a room.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
Yeah, I like Mumbraine. I started doing that when I
was first pregnant and never got it back. You walk
into the kitchen and you're like, oh nuts.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
So you're already do it. So it's not too many
things to look forward to. I guess I appreciate when
someone canceled, cancels their plans.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
Oh yeah, but that was like happening a late twenties.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
Yeah, so heavy. When a night outs canceled, you know
you're going to It's quite humbling too when someone who's
younger than you refers to yours. Look after the nice
gentleman or look after the lovely lady. You're going to
be a lovely lady. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (05:52):
I hate it when people call me a lady. I'm like, lady,
Wait what you get.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
Your professional you're a very fashionable as well.
Speaker 4 (06:00):
Thanks.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Now, slowly, over this decade, you're going to start to
favor comfort over fashion. I don't think you williness of
a pand is going to become more important than sil
I would.
Speaker 4 (06:13):
Like to pledge now I'm going to be fifty and
still wearing like Sabrina Carpenter heels.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
Okay, stuff it you say that. Now there's going to
be some sensible flats from the warehouse.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
You get a loose sight of what's cool and get
young people to help you with technology.
Speaker 4 (06:26):
Oh yeah, I'm already asking like our gen Za on
the show Grace producer Grace, to help me with like
is this cool? Should I be doing this?
Speaker 3 (06:34):
Don't worry. Soon you're going to just start judging it.
So you just start judging your generation.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
It's already happening. We've got a big morning this morning,
spinning it with you as well before seven o'clock because
you were a bit guarded this morning that Andrew, your
lovely husband, didn't actually wake up this morning.
Speaker 4 (06:49):
I do leave early, but I thought for once he
would set his alarm and be like, happy birthday later
this afternoon.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
It's not like a thirty sixth or something. This is
a this is a poignant birthday. And you can tell
because we've got a billboard, giant digital billboard.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Sorry Tanya from account, it's speaking sat today.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
The Heads that johnaan Ben podcast.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Now, Megan, happy birthday, your fortieth today. I was greeted
first thing in the morning with a giant digital billboard
inside the building here.
Speaker 4 (07:14):
Still up there. I'm waiting for that to go away.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
It's not a rotate today. And I did ask you, Andrew,
your doting husband, your loving husband. You guys have got
her disturbingly healthy relationship. And I said, did he wake
up and wish your heavy birthday? You said no.
Speaker 4 (07:29):
I honestly thought this morning he was going to sit
an alarm and be like that would be the vibe
of us and be like morning, you know, and go
back to bed. But no alarm.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
I left and he was cold.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
The only people who have wished your heavy birthday other people.
Speaker 4 (07:44):
Here, colleagues.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
All right, so we need to call Andrew right now.
It's early in the morning, but let's call him and
find out why he didn't do anything.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
Good morning, he's up, he's up, He's adam, he's up now, Andrew, Andrew.
Speaker 10 (08:05):
Good morning, Good morning, the pleasure.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
Is there anything you've forgotten to do this morning?
Speaker 10 (08:10):
Yeah, well it's Meghan's birthday.
Speaker 4 (08:17):
Oh thanks.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
When Meghan got and we said, you know, did Andrew
sit his alarm, wake up and give you a happy birthday, darling?
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Sweetheart?
Speaker 3 (08:23):
Snuoghems and no, she gets off it.
Speaker 10 (08:29):
Like what time do you know?
Speaker 2 (08:30):
Like four?
Speaker 4 (08:31):
No, I'm gone by three forty five.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
You're asleep the middle of the night.
Speaker 10 (08:38):
Absolutely, I've got to get up and look after kids.
Speaker 4 (08:42):
You've got the day off today. When I woke up,
I was like, he's definitely set his alarm so he
can be like, Oh, I love you, have a good day.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
Nope, it's the first time I've heard any cracks in
this relationship, this rock solid relationship that I thought was perfect.
Speaker 10 (09:00):
We will rebel.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
That's not a lot of huge cracks, just little little.
Speaker 10 (09:07):
Start to spread.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
And now, what do you want to say to me,
and Andrew?
Speaker 10 (09:12):
Oh, happy birthday, babe. I'm incredibly proud of you. I
love you so much, honestly, I you know, it's been
it's been like we've we've done a lot together. We've
we've had like, what is it twelve years now, and
I've seen ups and downs and and you're an incredible
strong woman and there's no one else that I would
(09:35):
rather do this life with you, that I would do
this life with happy birthday, my love.
Speaker 4 (09:40):
You give Andrew an and he'll take your mind. You
just wanted him to say happy birthday.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
He's got some noble gaps and he's plastered over the cracks.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
For a first early morning wake up call.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
That was wow.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
That was remarkable.
Speaker 10 (09:55):
Always been what have you guys got plans today? Because
that you've got a very special woman then you you're
sharing her, have you guys.
Speaker 4 (10:02):
Got I was just trying to make up as alarm
and stick.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
Around after seven o'clock. Alright out exactly what stuff we've
got planned? You asked us about stuff Andrew.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
With the heads that johnaan Ben podcast.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Olympic games in Paris. Well, the only ceremony is a
couple of days away. But a few sports have already started.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
Are they the borings?
Speaker 8 (10:27):
You know?
Speaker 3 (10:27):
The sports are like, oh, you guys aren't proper? Sports
will just get you out of the way, or what's
going on? The schedules too?
Speaker 1 (10:32):
For I'll say, what sports have started? You tell me?
Tell me.
Speaker 3 (10:35):
I'll give it about rugby sevens.
Speaker 4 (10:38):
That niche niche one.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Yeah, so what do you want to say to that one?
Speaker 3 (10:42):
I would say to us, it's a lot to the world.
Maybe not as.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Much football football, you know football, they're kicking off early.
Speaker 4 (10:50):
Yeah, yeah, because there's a lot to get because it
goes for weeks.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
I don't know, but anyway, so it sounds like someone's
blue and blown out the bloody spreeing sheet.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
All black sevens already started. They had a big one
over Japan, and then the Oli Whites and the men's football.
So that's under twenty three for men in the Olympics,
which is but then for the females it's not under
not age shaming anyone, but it's not.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
Just definitely that's named an aged and said were sports.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
Some sports are different, like boxing you can't have professionals
and things like that.
Speaker 3 (11:22):
Hasn't it changed?
Speaker 1 (11:23):
I think it might have changed now.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
And then they add a new sport every every Olympics.
So if you're hold I feel can I be honest,
I'm petrified of even saying the word Olympics because we've
just been sent this email of what we can and
can't do around the Olympics, and can we even say Olympics.
Speaker 4 (11:39):
Yeah, I can say the word Olympics.
Speaker 3 (11:41):
About the Olympics.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
There's a big, a big sports thing are going on.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
The Olympics.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
The os I like the Ocemics. That sounds good. Yeah,
but yeah, you're right. Sports new sports every year. Back
in the day, they used to have hot air ballooning
and tug of war some of the some of the
sports hotty ballooning seems like.
Speaker 3 (11:59):
A wild what to have, Like if you can do
a sport at a school fear a tug of war,
there shouldn't be in the Olympics. I was reading two
years today. Very interesting fact. Fun fact. Do you know
the passing of the torch which Snoop Dogg is bringing
the Olympic torch. He's one of the people right into
the stadium. So it's going all around the world. In
fun fact, here the torch, the torch passing ceremony invented
(12:21):
by the Nazis.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
Came up with.
Speaker 3 (12:24):
He's like, you know what, we need to spread the
good word of the Nazis around the world. So he
invented this torch, got a German engineer to make the torch.
He's like, don't fire that around the world.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
Get to run it around the wind from the Greek
back in the day, from the Greek Olympics. So but
I didn't know that. Yeah, there were going the.
Speaker 4 (12:40):
Olympic torch didn't exist before.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
Well maybe it did. Maybe it did, but not until
what you're saying, not the passing of the passing. Yeah,
we can thank it all for the thank him for
anything we think of the to he invented it.
Speaker 4 (12:55):
No, probably wasn't his idea.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
Who has been you know, really unwell of like this.
Rumors that she may be performing and coming out of
illness to perform in the opening ceremony, so that'd be amazing.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
You wouldn't think Hitler for her being there?
Speaker 1 (13:07):
No, no, no, tell you what makes me nervous every
time you say that. I don't even want to say
that name.
Speaker 11 (13:17):
I'd rather because the Olympics all day like talking about
it's history, horrific history, fact, cantagnal history.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
Baby, Well you can't know, but we can he can.
Speaker 12 (13:36):
He the Hits that Jonathan Ben podcast, the wonderful team
here at the Hits has put something together for you. Ah,
it's a tear jerking audio montage is that.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
We'll see how that goes, But here we go. He's
a couple of people wanted to wish you a very
happy birthday today. Hey Meghan, happy birthday. We love you,
not love you like you and Andrew love each other,
that disgustingly cute, vomit inducing relationship that you guys have,
and more, I love you like you love pot Formula
one drivers actually know that that's about weird anyway, It's
(14:15):
been so great hanging out with you more over these
past few months, getting to know you more, becoming more mates,
and it's been really awesome. We appreciate everything that you
bring to the show, including your high fashion sense and
the fact that you lie about playing like fifty two
thousand sports growing up. Can't wait to celebrate with you.
Have a great day, mate.
Speaker 3 (14:32):
Hi, Meghan John o'priy here.
Speaker 7 (14:33):
You will know me from sitting opposite you right now
in the radio studio. Welcome to your forties, a bleak
decade where you question your existence and ask yourself where
did it all go so wrong?
Speaker 1 (14:48):
But we're not here to focus on the negative today.
Speaker 6 (14:50):
We here to celebrate your fortieth and happy birthday to
such a wonderfully kind, caring, calming being.
Speaker 3 (14:58):
Also, you're slightly.
Speaker 6 (14:59):
Weezy, quite weird at times with your asthma, but we
ignore that. And also you're secondingly in love with your
husband Andrew that's not a negative. We're just jealous of
how I love you to our Happy birthday, mate.
Speaker 7 (15:11):
It is a joy to have you on the show
and work with you every morning.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
I tell you what better myself. We wouldn't want to
wake up with any other woman. Don't say anything to
our wives.
Speaker 1 (15:23):
Happy birthday, my queen. I hope that you're having the
best day. Very lucky that I get to call you
my best friends.
Speaker 4 (15:31):
And I love you very much. And I hope that
that rash has got itself sorted out anyway, have the
best day ever.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
A beastie.
Speaker 13 (15:40):
It's mummy's birthday.
Speaker 9 (15:42):
Would you like to say anything to mommy?
Speaker 2 (15:43):
Yeah, happy birthday?
Speaker 3 (15:46):
And what do you love most about mummy?
Speaker 9 (15:48):
Oh? Playday?
Speaker 3 (15:50):
Love blue? What do you love most about mummies cooking?
What's your favorite thing that she makes?
Speaker 9 (15:56):
Past day? I love you mommy? A happy bird? Thank
And what about you?
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Aya?
Speaker 3 (16:03):
Do you want to say?
Speaker 9 (16:04):
Happy birthday mommy? Hey? One more time, Happy birthday mommy, Mammy?
Speaker 12 (16:16):
So I love.
Speaker 9 (16:17):
You, So.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
I love you?
Speaker 3 (16:20):
Oh? Why?
Speaker 4 (16:22):
Oh bye?
Speaker 9 (16:23):
Mammy?
Speaker 13 (16:32):
Hey my sweetie pie, it's your husband here. I just
want to wish you the happiest of birthdays, for you're
such a milestone, and I'm so incredibly proud of you
and everything you've achieved. I've been absolutely spoiled sharing the
last twelve years with you, and I can't wait to
keep spending more time with you. Not to make this
about you being a mother, but one of the most
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exciting things to me is that our children don't even
know yet how special you really are and how lucky
they are to have you.
Speaker 9 (17:01):
In their lives.
Speaker 13 (17:02):
And I live for the day when they're older and
they understand better and they get to see you in
action and see what an absolute boss their mother really is.
I have the best birthday. I love May you forever.
The idd at the liquor store and I love.
Speaker 4 (17:19):
You ruined me. Can I just say it's very self
indulgent this morning, so I appreciate everyone having to go
through that, but like, I just want to say thank you.
This is the nicest group of people I've ever worked with,
and they have treated me so kind and I've had
a journey over the past few years and I just
(17:42):
really appreciate the Hits team. You're a bunch of absolute gems.
And yeah, I feel very privileged to be here.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
Thank you, to have you here.
Speaker 5 (17:53):
Pastor yogurt I, Oh, we could take out.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
McDonald's or something.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
The Heads That John and Ben Podcast the first.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
Show this week. The three of us back in the
studio together after a few travel complications and canceled flights
meant that I couldn't get back from a family holiday
visiting family in America, and.
Speaker 3 (18:19):
We welcomed you home at the airport with a committee
of fans, the Ben Boys, the Boys, and Berry's the
official fan. There must have been there must have been
a joyous occasion coming through the arrivals gate.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
Yeah, bamboozo with me. I did not think it was
for me. A whole lot of yelling and screaming and
then signs saying congratulations on your plastic surgery and things
like that, welcome me. It was a lovely welcome home
after all, you know, four days of trying to get
back home.
Speaker 3 (18:46):
Ben's Brazilian, but lift, Yeah, it's looking good.
Speaker 1 (18:49):
You know, it's uncomfortable to sit down, but it's definitely.
Speaker 3 (18:52):
Worth Now are those Brazilians sitting down.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
Now? I ran, you know, a lot going on in America,
not just all the travel delays that seemed to be
that they seem to be experiencing. But you know, obviously
all this politics that's going on with Donald Trump, assassination attempt,
Joe Biden stepping down, Carmala Harris taking over from him
by the looks of it as well. And I spoke
to a cab driver who said he wasn't big on politics.
(19:17):
He was taking me from the airport in Florida, but
he seemed to he was quite big on politics. He
was really interesting to chat and he had a gift
for you, John, I have listen, okay, talking about politics
in America, big news yesterday, Joe Biden.
Speaker 9 (19:29):
Yes, sir, Well it's long overdue.
Speaker 14 (19:31):
He's lost it upstairs, and that's not good for America.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
So you reckon drinking. Trump's gonna take it out again.
Speaker 9 (19:39):
Well, he's got a great shot at it.
Speaker 14 (19:41):
It just said people got to start voting on policy
and not personality.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
I'll tell you what. I've seen a lot of merchandise
here in Orlando. You know, go to Disney, you go
to Universal Studios. But Trumps he's got a lot of
merchandise as well.
Speaker 9 (19:55):
Yes, sorry, he's the man here. I'm going to give
you a souvenir to go home with.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
What's that?
Speaker 2 (20:00):
What's that?
Speaker 1 (20:01):
Super here.
Speaker 9 (20:01):
Oh, there you go, and it didn't even cost your dime.
I put those on the gas pumps.
Speaker 1 (20:06):
Oh, it's a it's a sticker. I'll give this to
my friend John. Oh it's it's miss Me Yet, a
sticker of Donald Trump.
Speaker 9 (20:13):
This is I'm right next to the praise of gas
when I pumped out.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
All right, okay, all right, So so will Trump get
the gas down?
Speaker 8 (20:19):
Willie?
Speaker 9 (20:19):
Yeah, I was paying hundred two dollars a gallon when
he was president.
Speaker 1 (20:23):
Okay, well, there we go, John, I'm bringing home a
sticker for you that says miss me Yet, with Donald
Trump's face on it, and he's smiling and pointing. Well,
he also gave me one of these as well, the
T twenty twenty four Return to Greatness stick out a.
Speaker 3 (20:38):
Stick as well for a guy who's not into politics
or Donald Trump, maybe he's into stickers.
Speaker 4 (20:43):
Maybe he's in a lot of parapherne.
Speaker 1 (20:44):
You're here getting anyone else on the show. There's some
nerds clusters and some eminems as well. Thank you as well.
Speaker 3 (20:52):
Hell now, thank you for this Trump merch because I
did ask for a mega hit, but he wasn't too
confident going into the megahatshop.
Speaker 1 (20:58):
I don't want to put even if there's all that
you can buy it, you can buy by it and
stuffy by Trump's. I was like, I don't want to
spend money, especially American dollars on Trump.
Speaker 8 (21:06):
Thank you?
Speaker 3 (21:07):
Should I put this Trump No. Twenty twenty four Return
to Greatness. No sticker in the studio.
Speaker 1 (21:12):
It's sticking onto someone's current works.
Speaker 4 (21:17):
Stick it on our bosses car.
Speaker 3 (21:19):
See So yeah, yeah, that is brilliant.
Speaker 1 (21:23):
Put something home for someone listening right now. Now it's
in the box here in the studio.
Speaker 3 (21:28):
Okay. It's not making much noise in the box.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
It's just only let it in the box. I think
like it's falling somewhere in the box. So here you go.
But if you can guess what it is, you can
win it. That's not super expensive. But I thought, right
now and one hundred.
Speaker 4 (21:41):
Hats you can there's something in this we're hearing a sound,
but it's a secret.
Speaker 3 (21:45):
Okay, and so we have to guess what.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
It wouldn't.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
So what people have to call one hundred heads and
guess what the the prisoners and then they win us.
Can you shake it again? Can I ask some questions?
Has a goten expiry date. No, so it's not Joe Biden.
Is it a Donald Trump bloodied mini ear pillow?
Speaker 1 (22:12):
No, no, no, but Trump. It's it's a Trump something,
a Trump something, Trump something. If you can just be
giving away Trumps if you want to guess what it is.
I don't think he's brought it out. I don't think
he's brought it out. But was from a shop in
New York. Yeah. So, and the's four for eight seven
if you can guess what it is.
Speaker 3 (22:29):
Trump twenty twenty four returned to.
Speaker 12 (22:31):
Great Over the Heads that Jonaan Ben podcast the USA.
Speaker 1 (22:38):
And that's not more important than your birthday, Megan.
Speaker 4 (22:41):
I've heard a lot about it, a week long extravagance,
but it's not all about you.
Speaker 1 (22:46):
So your birthday and the hero make the hero on
hero getting home from the US. Not in the paper,
but I'll see online on the new.
Speaker 4 (23:00):
They didn't want to waste sexual ink on you digital.
Speaker 3 (23:04):
So your Megan actually behind the scenes been was she
didn't pull me aside you since so Hey, Usually on
my birthday week, it's a lot of focus on me
and my birthday. There's been the ratio has been off.
There's been a lot about being in the USA.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
All I wanted to know, I keep saying to the
people at the chick Hats. All I need to do
is get home for my friend Megan's birthday.
Speaker 3 (23:20):
That's no, we got better.
Speaker 1 (23:22):
That's how I got back in time. But I did
break something back. I bought some Trump stickers back for John.
Speaker 3 (23:27):
I've got one that says Trump twenty twenty four, returned
to Greatness.
Speaker 1 (23:31):
Some nerds, Clusters and Eve and MS, some candy for Megan,
and put and produces, Taylor and Grace.
Speaker 3 (23:39):
Tell you what you'd be a brave soul here in
New Zealand putting it Trump sticker on your car?
Speaker 4 (23:44):
You know we working radio, but please don't put it
on my car.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
I'm so tender because I was like, I want to
put on someone's car and see how long it takes
for them to notice because abusing.
Speaker 1 (23:56):
But that's four for eight seven. I've got just a
little stuff make up. Bought something from a souvenir shop
and America and if you can guess what it is,
then you can win it. It's a Trump something. I
don't think this has been endorsed to buy Trump. It's
not part of his He's got a lot of merch,
but this is not part of his actual official merch.
But if you guess it, you can you can win it.
On one hundred the hats throw something else in from
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the price cupboard as well.
Speaker 3 (24:18):
Yeah, Mark, you're on welcome to guess watson Ben's box.
And no, it's not the suspicious package he obtained in
Miami from his Cuban friends. What do you think it
could be?
Speaker 13 (24:28):
Mark?
Speaker 10 (24:29):
Oh, I think it's a bobble doll, a bobble doll.
Speaker 1 (24:32):
I did see some Trump bubblehead dolls. It's not that,
but yeah, good, guess it's in a box right now.
Speaker 3 (24:38):
Ever, listened to it eight hundred hits if you want
ever stab at what it is? Is it pro or
anti Trump? I feel like, is it mockery?
Speaker 9 (24:47):
Is it?
Speaker 1 (24:48):
What is it? It's probably slight mockery, but not hugely,
you know, like it's not Yeah, I don't think it'd
be super offended. By the same time, it's not something
he's brought out.
Speaker 4 (24:58):
It sounds plastic.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
There's a placet it's plasic. Yeah, that's plasic. Okay, it's small,
it's quite small. So there's a box like a shoebox size,
and it's fitting in really easy in that box.
Speaker 3 (25:09):
Do you want to have an understand mark or are you done?
I thank you a great wy are you mark? You're
going to have a wonderful day. Do appreciate it. I've
got someone else here on the phone, Dna Morena to you. Hey,
it's making a noise. It's a Trump something. Another question?
(25:29):
Did customs remove it from your bag and then speak
to No.
Speaker 1 (25:32):
They were fine with it. Well, they're probably a bit
weirded by the feet that I've got it, but not
not nothing illegal.
Speaker 3 (25:39):
Okay, Donna, there's another cu clue. What do you think
it is?
Speaker 15 (25:42):
Is that one of those Donald attacks, like the squeaky
bath toys but Donald.
Speaker 1 (25:48):
Oh no, like a Trump bath toy.
Speaker 10 (25:52):
Yeah, a Trump one.
Speaker 1 (25:54):
Having a bath of Trump. A lot of fake.
Speaker 12 (25:59):
Come out quite a minute.
Speaker 1 (26:00):
No, it's not that four four eight seven on the text.
You keep this coming some one that if they want
to want it tomorrow. But next it is big day,
as we mentioned before, your book day, Megan.
Speaker 4 (26:13):
Thanks, it's my birthday. Well, if anyone's missed it.
Speaker 12 (26:16):
This morning, the hat's the johonaan Ben Podcast, Meghan, Papa's
Happy birthday to you.
Speaker 3 (26:22):
It is you your fortieth. You have entered a wonderful decade,
a decade where you go, what have I done with
my life?
Speaker 1 (26:30):
Why have ed?
Speaker 3 (26:31):
Why haven't I achieved more? Is it too late? Those
are the questions you'll be asking yourself over the next
ten years. But you're agreeted with a wonderful present here
at work, first thing in the morning.
Speaker 4 (26:39):
I get here quite early before everyone, so there was
no one here, but I did get confronted with our
huge screen, a reception. The whole thing seys happy fortieth birthday.
Speaker 3 (26:48):
There's a guy out there looking at the big screen,
now fortieth, mate.
Speaker 1 (26:53):
You're hoping that people thought it was a gag from
us if I thought you were actually thirty at not forty.
But yeah, it's very big and confronting, and.
Speaker 3 (26:59):
I appreciate it mature of me. What I do appreciate
about is, you know, we're only one part of a
giant building. There's so many other businesses upstairs who are
going to walk through receive it.
Speaker 4 (27:10):
But there's so many people work here, and there's multiple
birthdays a day, and everyone's going to be like, well,
it's my birthday.
Speaker 3 (27:15):
Well those people don't most people don't talk into a microphone,
So happy birthday from us here the hits.
Speaker 4 (27:21):
But I did have that moment where I was like,
oh god, do I tell everyone? And I was like, yeah,
you know what, like women shouldn't care that we tune
forty whatever. It's just an age.
Speaker 3 (27:30):
You're telling yourself that I know.
Speaker 6 (27:32):
I know.
Speaker 4 (27:33):
But I was like, what would you tell your younger self?
I'd love to know on eight hundred the hits? What message?
Speaker 1 (27:39):
What?
Speaker 4 (27:39):
What would you tell your younger self?
Speaker 3 (27:41):
Yeah, because you do know a lot by the time
you're forty, and I'm sure you continue to learn more
by the.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
Time you're eighteen. You look back at everything and you're like, oh, jeez,
I only i'd known that, only I've done this.
Speaker 3 (27:50):
Is particularly it's a really good ideas. Fourth for Ay seven,
What would you tell your younger self?
Speaker 4 (27:54):
Yeah, but it wouldn't be my birthday if I didn't
make it all about myself and write one of my
poems love one of your.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
Trade be Poah Flowers, Leo, it's Leo the trump sticks, so.
Speaker 4 (28:14):
Duld me for a second. These and does include things
that I would tell my youngest self. Of course, today
I celebrate my fortieth year and celebrate. I will without
a tear. A midlife crisis is so cliche, and I
refuse to waste my days away. It's forty is not
about the years. It brings you strength to conquer fears.
There's privilege and living long. It's not reserved for everyone.
(28:38):
I refuse to cringe at this new stage, these those
who didn't make this age, because I'm alive and I'm
still here, and I plan to cherish every year. Forty
years has taught me this. It's love, joy and dreams
you'll miss, not the stress and time spent thinking about
your looks and your body shrinking. I've learned to care
(28:59):
a whole lotly on with the others, like my dreass.
People will always have their say, but you can choose
to walk away. My daughter will look up to me,
so I'll do my best to make her see a
woman's worth as hold inside and baby, just enjoy the right.
Speaker 3 (29:16):
Oh that's beautiful. Gpt read a wonderful.
Speaker 1 (29:23):
So he didn't rhyme.
Speaker 12 (29:24):
One of the things that Jona wan Ben podcast.
Speaker 3 (29:30):
I would tell Megan right now, happy fortieth And.
Speaker 4 (29:39):
Does that mean it's midlife?
Speaker 3 (29:41):
Well pretty much if you take the life the average
lifespan of the human being. What would you tell your
younger self, Okay, being boys.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
I'm gonna I'm gonna say, and I think I've mentioned
this before, when you look back and it's it's okay
not to be cool like you weren't. I wasn't cool,
and I probably tried to be and it's okay. And
I think you're looking back, particularly through high school most
of it, you know, and I'm not trying to shame anyone,
but a lot of the people you thought were cool,
they probably peaked.
Speaker 4 (30:08):
But some of them, you know, but your uncoolness is
your coolness.
Speaker 1 (30:12):
Yeah, embrace there.
Speaker 4 (30:13):
That's what I like about you.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
And I love that, you know, there's so many you know,
my kids and your kids and our kids are growing
up in a world it seems like now where people
are embracing the unique things about themselves, not you're trying
to be exactly like everyone else. Well it's all changed
and then people are all different, and I think that's
kind of cool. So I was like, hey, embrace who
you are and try not to worry about other people. Think.
It's easy to say, it harder to do. But that's
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what I would.
Speaker 3 (30:35):
Say, what are you You know I'm going to say, Megan,
you pick it up.
Speaker 4 (30:40):
What would Sun's green?
Speaker 1 (30:42):
Oh good one.
Speaker 4 (30:43):
Yeah, we're like above all other skincare, especially in New
Zealand where suns.
Speaker 3 (30:49):
The amount of moles of here cut out of my head.
Speaker 4 (30:51):
I know it's skin cancer reasons for brinal reasons.
Speaker 1 (30:55):
Just just wasn't as big a thing back then, you
know where hopefully now it is.
Speaker 3 (31:00):
I'd probably go too quickly. I'll go. In my teens,
i'd go. Don't be such a dick to Annie, your mum.
She's just trying to pass on advice that she's learned,
and she's been around longer. She knows more than you.
She's just trying to help you take on board the advice.
Second thing would be, mate, you've got a very sore jaw.
You're twenty four years old. Get out of this night club,
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find the nearest exit, go home and have a sleep.
Speaker 1 (31:25):
That's for for it. Seven we've got to do a
price pack for our favorite call or text this morning.
Pass on some advice to people listening.
Speaker 3 (31:32):
Let's get the wonderful Susie on New Zealand's Breakfast. How
are your sus.
Speaker 10 (31:36):
Ah ding awesome.
Speaker 15 (31:38):
I wake up and my league.
Speaker 10 (31:40):
So that's good.
Speaker 1 (31:40):
Ah, what's that? What advice would you tell your younger self?
Speaker 15 (31:45):
Life is just a rodeo, daring and heavy birthday, Megan
and the trippers to make it to the bell, because
if you ride horses and do rodeo stuff or race
horses and stuff, you've got about six eight seconds on
you know, to do your stuff, and you and your
horse have got to survive it. So your focus on
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one thing that's going to make it a special day,
and then also do something nice to someone else, and
pretty sure it's going to be an awesome day for you.
Speaker 3 (32:17):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 4 (32:18):
Well, you've done something nice for me. You've made my
day a lot of rodeo.
Speaker 5 (32:24):
Tried to be in the rodeobe.
Speaker 3 (32:31):
I've just been given a twenty return to greatness bumper
stick of the ben.
Speaker 15 (32:38):
If the picture runs out, we're all going to have
to go back and get a horse.
Speaker 1 (32:41):
That's right, but we don't need to anyways.
Speaker 3 (32:44):
Birthday So there was Susie sees treat life like a rodeo, right,
streddle it like a bull yar Meghan and riding.
Speaker 1 (32:50):
I did read last night. I thought it was quite
good someone's advice, not mine on the internet. But enjoy
the journey, which is kind of what you're saying. You
spend years worrying about the destination. I need to realize
the journey, was his part, which, yeah, it's probably quite true.
You about what's next.
Speaker 4 (33:03):
And the thing is I just get to hear I
just need to get through this. So that's the whole journey,
isn't it.
Speaker 3 (33:08):
A cheyenne, good morning to you.
Speaker 8 (33:12):
Good morning boys and lady.
Speaker 3 (33:15):
What would you say to younger self there, Choyenne, I.
Speaker 8 (33:18):
Would say to my younger self, it is okay to
say no. I am very much people pleaser and I
always have been. And if I could go back in
time and talk to my younger self, I would tell
her that it is okay to say no. You do
not have to do things you do not want to do.
You can stay home if you want, just say no.
Speaker 15 (33:35):
Just right.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
Yeah, it's hot again. It's it's easy to say, it
harder to do when you're actually in those moments. All right.
You look back a lot of things You're like, I
didn't want to do that. I didn't want to do it.
Speaker 3 (33:45):
Yeah, it's a great text. Here four for a seven.
I would say to myself, life too short. Don't worry
about what other people's other people think of you. Another
one here, Oh tell my younger self, don't marry your
narcissistic ex husband.
Speaker 4 (33:57):
Amen, we've all got the first one that we should.
Speaker 2 (34:01):
The heads that John and Ben podcast.
Speaker 1 (34:04):
All this week about how long it took me to
get back from the States. A whole lot of delayed flights.
Speaker 4 (34:12):
Did you go to the state?
Speaker 1 (34:13):
Canceled flights when you go to be bringing up? But
it's all I got to talk about, guys. But I
had a really awkward moment on one of the flights
from you know where you're sitting, you're not sitting on
the aisle seat, but you need to go to the bathroom,
and someone's actually asleep on the and there's that clambering
over process. You're like, you wait for them to wake up,
(34:35):
wait for them to go to the bathroom. It's not
going to I got to the stage she was like,
it's not going to happen. I'm gonna have to quietly
try and clamber over the top.
Speaker 3 (34:41):
Is this a stranger?
Speaker 1 (34:42):
Is it a stranger?
Speaker 3 (34:43):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (34:44):
And what it was I was borrowing my daughter. She's
got some ear pods, and I've been borrowed her EarPods,
you know the ones that just are certain years. And
as I was quietly clamming over, one of the ear
pods fell out. I fell directly into the sky's cross.
Speaker 4 (34:58):
Now, how old is this guy?
Speaker 1 (35:00):
He's probably I would say thirties, in his thirties.
Speaker 3 (35:03):
And this is the problem with the eir pods is
you know the old corded versions that were you said
they were like leashes for air pods. You'd never have
this issue.
Speaker 1 (35:11):
So I didn't know I was at that position. I
was like, well, I could just bend down the gram
and then he can potentially wake up and I'll be
like trying to you know, it's gonna look it's gonna
look dodgy, right, but do you leave it there.
Speaker 4 (35:20):
Because you might regle around, use your AirPods, just use
your hand of your mouth? Was he cute.
Speaker 1 (35:27):
My mouth?
Speaker 3 (35:31):
He wakes up and you just got this airport of
between your teeth down by his crutch.
Speaker 2 (35:35):
It's the johonaan Ben podcast.
Speaker 3 (35:37):
Yesterday helped the stranded motors. So there's two lanes of traffic.
The inside lane there was a car not moving. Now,
my first instinctive is is an obnoxious driver in the
sent honk?
Speaker 1 (35:49):
What are you doing?
Speaker 3 (35:50):
Wave some arms, you know, get that thing going. But
I didn't because I could see they were a little flustered.
Cars behind me couldn't see that they were flustered, and
so they were honking in using up a storm. Don't
you worry about that? Abuse was coming? So I was like, well,
I should try and help help this person. So I
pulled the car over and I walked back. But as
I'm walking back slowly, You're like, I'm like, deep down inside,
(36:13):
I'm like, I have no mechanical expertise whatsoever. There is
nothing I have in my skill set that I could
do to help this person. All I could do is
maybe push push a car up neutral into a safer position.
So I arrived there and she's like, oh, don't I
don't know what's happening. I don't know what's happening. I
was like, don't worry, don't worry, talking like this, don't worry.
(36:35):
I was like, you hop out. Let me get.
Speaker 9 (36:37):
In the seat.
Speaker 1 (36:38):
In the seat, take a look around.
Speaker 3 (36:40):
Okay. I was like, I'll put it in neutral for you,
and then I'll go down and push it all right.
So I put a neutral go down and I was
pushing in the car. I wouldn't move. I was like,
this is embarrassing.
Speaker 1 (36:51):
I was walking the dog and I just could not
get the car. Oh my god, trying to hold the dog.
I was raging the dog.
Speaker 3 (36:57):
It's you know it And was even on a slight
slight little hell and I'm like patching and other people
are looking at me and got no corse streets. And
then I went back to the car the lady and said,
is it not?
Speaker 1 (37:09):
Is it neutral? Neutral?
Speaker 3 (37:11):
I'm starting to get flustered, and she's like, oh, no,
it is. It is, but it's just the cars locked basically.
And then she's like, oh, I've run out of petrol.
And I'm thinking to myself, I'm just organized. Do you
have to be as a growing adult to run out
of picture?
Speaker 1 (37:26):
It happens?
Speaker 3 (37:27):
Though?
Speaker 1 (37:27):
It does happen.
Speaker 3 (37:28):
And so her car in this case, when it was
out of guests just seize and I was like, oh, well,
so good luck out there. And so I left her
to a sea of honking and abuse. Felt terrible, but
then guess what happened. I picked my daughter up. This
is nine minutes later our car starts go, I run
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out of petrol.
Speaker 1 (37:52):
After just thinking.
Speaker 3 (37:53):
Internally, I didn't even vocalize. I was like, well, idiot runs.
Speaker 4 (37:56):
Out of petrol, and and then we're probably exactly exactly,
so yeah, they don't have to deal there give the petrol.
Kid us, there was a nightmare, So tell us, how
does a grown adult run out of it? Did you
just ignore the petrol light?
Speaker 1 (38:09):
Yeah, and you're there growing out?
Speaker 12 (38:10):
Does he play some meds, the hits that John and
Ben podcast legit.
Speaker 4 (38:14):
There, guys, you know, we're just happy you're here.
Speaker 1 (38:20):
Out of there just being was.
Speaker 3 (38:22):
Like during the songs, he's am I talking too much
about USA stories? And I said, not enough.
Speaker 1 (38:28):
You're like playing this as well?
Speaker 3 (38:29):
I do.
Speaker 1 (38:30):
Yeah, before I left to go across, because we went
across and visited some family went who loved a just
and my my wife's brothers both live in the States.
One lives in sand friend one loves just out of
New York and Long Island. We never visited the one
in New York before, so we thought we'd go over
there and take the kids over there. And cracked that
up on the credit card bell as well. So that's
really cool. ACU. You go to Long Island because it's beautiful,
(38:52):
like deer and squirrels and like it's quite well, yeah,
it's and then you go into New York City and
it's all craziness as well. But before we left, their
boss was like, maybe you'll see some famous people when
you're over there in America.
Speaker 4 (39:03):
So I was like, it's not all y.
Speaker 3 (39:07):
I don't hold much faith in you as a married
couple recognizing famous people. Because your wife famously confused world
famous surfer Kelly Slater for musician Jake Johnson. Yeah, so
she had to engauge on famous.
Speaker 1 (39:21):
She had a moment actually in New York because you're very,
very busy. It's just incredible city, like there's so much
going on. And we were walking across and Kallie Bell,
the country singer you know from New Zealand, she was
in New York and we messaged my like we should
catch up for coffee. So we're going across to see her.
We were running a little bit late, trying to get through,
and then my wife was walking along. She's like, I
think I've seen someone in a car, and she's like,
(39:44):
over there, it's just driving along. It's got drivers going
on and as My wife as a huge fan of
sex in the city. She's like, it is Sarah, Jessica Parker,
Carrie Bradshaw. It's just how iconic is this and New York.
And I looked at the car and I don't know
a lot of cars, and we couldn't see the people
the car, but I was like, I think this it's
like a Toyota camera or something like. It's It's like
it's not yeah, but she's sitting in the back short drivers.
(40:07):
I was like, maybe she's trying to blend and I
don't know, but anyway, we were glad. I'm like, well,
if you want to stay here and wait for this
car to get the intersection, that's fine, but we need
to get I'm going to go across.
Speaker 3 (40:16):
It could be per and an uber.
Speaker 1 (40:18):
Well true. So she waited there and we watched her
wait from the other side of the road way. She
had to phone out. She really goes. She was pretending
to film O the staff, waiting for this car to
get closer and close to the end of six you
get closer closer there and you could see as it
were close, my wife comes down from the shot in
the building straight onto the back street of the back
seat of the car, and this lady in the back
of the car she got she was a Pepparazi. She
(40:40):
got the shot this lady looking directly up at her,
like looking at her like what the hell are you doing?
Like wasn't but she wasn't. She got the great She
got the great shot. So now on her phone, she
got this random shot something some poor lady just talking
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about her business and she gets pepped in the New
York as well. So that was as close as we
got to celebrity signings, although I did think maybe I
saw Carrie Hart, who's married to Pink and the motocross Ray.
He's got a tanto shop in Florida though hustle on
Hart and I looked through the window and I was like,
it looks like carry Heart tanting someone, you know. I
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took a photo, but I was too scared to go
on and go is that Carry Hart?
Speaker 3 (41:26):
So people are like bald people, they all look the same.
Speaker 1 (41:29):
It's got a camp, he's got carry Heart.
Speaker 3 (41:34):
Did you also see your life flesh before your eyes
when you got your credit card? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (41:40):
Yeah, that was definitely the thing I saw the most.
And there you go, celebrity smiling
This Jon would be in podcast. Hey, that's us broad
to you by Hello Fresh the Experts and Tastes that
Kiwis loved. Good morning. It's good to be back with
you guys. If you missed it, we probably didn't miss
it this. To be honest, you guys have been banging
on about it for a couple of days. I'll be
banging on about it as well. Had two weeks away
visiting family in America, and then where's America? It's the USA.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
US.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Every time you mentioned this, my friends know the consequences.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
And then at the end we went to fly home
or already to go to the airport, and then the
global IT outage hit, and that meant the airline that
we were flying on things went great for them. They
had to cancel a whole lot of flights, that lay
a whole lot of flights, and four days later we
eventually got home, but not through It was of a
wild time through a lot of airports and a lot
of the United States.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
I honestly thought we were talking well, I think we've
lost them to America. We'll pop up on Fox News
as some sort of political commentator or something.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Tell you what when things are under the pump, and
you feel for a lot of people because people are
trying to get you know, big big events, and you
know it's sut to I had commitments and so did
the family here, but nothing to the scale of you know,
winnings and funerals and things like that. But you see
the best and we're we're probably actually just the worst
of humanity, you know, people just so angry, you know,
and the poor airport stuff. It's not their fault, these
(01:20):
long lines and people are yelling at them, and people
like you get people, sir, you're gonna have to stand back.
We're going to call security. Stand back.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
This is really good to get quite heated.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Yeah, and it's one flight. We got on stand by
and they're like, well it's full, but we'll get on
stand by. There were forty other people on standby.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
And you got it.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
We got it. Just so sir, you don't know that
you can come forward the rest of you kick them off,
make kick them off. It will take us.
Speaker 4 (01:45):
Did you do you ever feel bad? Like were the
people going around telling their sob stories and why they
needed the seat more than.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
You or everyone was trying to get connected flights. We're
trying to get together. They're like, yeah, you're so used.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
You're like, I'll kill a man. I will kill a
man to get on this plate. No, he's like, it
didn't seem like.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
True.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
It happened on Friday.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
I boss did look at flights and he's like, there's
a direct flight on Monday from from Orlando.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
You know what did you like the welcoming committee.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Yeah, so when I came, I came into the airport
twenty four hours of you know, delayed flights, canceled flights.
Four days later, you guys have been arranged a bit
of an inter crowd for me. A couple of Hits
promo people produce, a tailor produced a grace for there
as well, making a lot of noise when I got it.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
You know, you like to call your fans the boys
and berries. They obviously turned out and forced this morning.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Yeah, I mean there was two three people, but great, Hey,
that's all I can really hard for these days. I
feel like I feel like an athlete coming home from
a sports cormat. Maybe one of them do so well.
So we got a couple of people. Yeah, so that
was yesterday to welcome me at the airport with signs
like about my press plastic surgery procedure and stuff like that.
Speaker 4 (03:03):
Yeah, it does look great.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
I haven't had a plastic surgery procedure. Wonderful, done fast, Yeah,
four days. That's why you have to wait for the
bruising the swelling to come.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
Did you get your they get refund. I didn't do
a good job.
Speaker 5 (03:18):
No.
Speaker 6 (03:19):
Hey.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Now it's a big of being voices back in the
fold today and also a big day too for a
Megan Purpose celebrating your forty ninth birthdays birthday. We're going
to be talking more about. This is the the morning.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Goes back to the heads that John and Ben podcast.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Big day to day for the show. Well one person
of the show in particular, Megan Purpose, Happy birthday birthday.
Speaker 7 (03:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Thanks, you have to work this morning, and you know
it's a big birthday. It's a big land mate birthday
for your back. We didn't know. I don't know how
much you wanted to screen from the rooftops. Your age.
That's fine. I'm the same and you're right at work.
And it wasn't us that did this.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
I because i'd see to your run. I'm by with
I'm going to embrace it forty like you know, whatever
and then when I got to work, I got out
of the lifts and there's a huge billboard, like multiple screens.
I don't know how big that is. It's very big.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
That's so I'd call that a five by three.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
By three. I don't know, but it's very big and
it's huge screen. Happy fortieth Megan.
Speaker 4 (04:20):
With my face on it.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
It is.
Speaker 4 (04:22):
There is a lot of people that work in this building.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Yeah, we all know how old you're going to be today,
or maybe they think it's a prank.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
So and you're like, I've said forty when you're thirty.
Speaker 4 (04:33):
I know. I hope that's the vibe.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
Because usually two on that screen there's a rotation of
you know, various things that are happening in the company.
But this is all Megan all day. It's not on
rotate baby.
Speaker 4 (04:45):
Also, I feel bad because people have birthdays in this
building every day. Everyone's going to walk in and be like.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
What get that.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
Accounts?
Speaker 1 (04:57):
I haven't you Now I'm looking online about things you
can potitially expects, you know, when you hit your forties,
and I want to know if you know, I am John,
You've got some of these as well, If you have
some of these things that you're already doing like first one,
are you moving your phone away from your face to read?
Speaker 8 (05:11):
Yeah?
Speaker 9 (05:12):
He knows.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Yeah, I see that one pop up a few times
as well.
Speaker 4 (05:17):
I just started doing this.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
It's beginning while you want into a room.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
Yeah, I like Mumbraine. I started doing that when I
was first pregnant and never got it back. You walk
into the kitchen and you're like, oh nuts.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
So you're already do it. So it's not too many
things to look forward to. I guess I appreciate when
someone canceled, cancels their plans.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
Oh yeah, but that was like happening a late twenties.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
Yeah, so heavy. When a night outs canceled, you know
you're going to It's quite humbling too when someone who's
younger than you refers to yours. Look after the nice
gentleman or look after the lovely lady. You're going to
be a lovely lady. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (05:52):
I hate it when people call me a lady. I'm like, lady,
Wait what you get.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
Your professional you're a very fashionable as well.
Speaker 4 (06:00):
Thanks.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Now, slowly, over this decade, you're going to start to
favor comfort over fashion. I don't think you williness of
a pand is going to become more important than sil
I would.
Speaker 4 (06:13):
Like to pledge now I'm going to be fifty and
still wearing like Sabrina Carpenter heels.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
Okay, stuff it you say that. Now there's going to
be some sensible flats from the warehouse.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
You get a loose sight of what's cool and get
young people to help you with technology.
Speaker 4 (06:26):
Oh yeah, I'm already asking like our gen Za on
the show Grace producer Grace, to help me with like
is this cool? Should I be doing this?
Speaker 3 (06:34):
Don't worry. Soon you're going to just start judging it.
So you just start judging your generation.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
It's already happening. We've got a big morning this morning,
spinning it with you as well before seven o'clock because
you were a bit guarded this morning that Andrew, your
lovely husband, didn't actually wake up this morning.
Speaker 4 (06:49):
I do leave early, but I thought for once he
would set his alarm and be like, happy birthday later
this afternoon.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
It's not like a thirty sixth or something. This is
a this is a poignant birthday. And you can tell
because we've got a billboard, giant digital billboard.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Sorry Tanya from account, it's speaking sat today.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
The Heads that johnaan Ben podcast.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Now, Megan, happy birthday, your fortieth today. I was greeted
first thing in the morning with a giant digital billboard
inside the building here.
Speaker 4 (07:14):
Still up there. I'm waiting for that to go away.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
It's not a rotate today. And I did ask you, Andrew,
your doting husband, your loving husband. You guys have got
her disturbingly healthy relationship. And I said, did he wake
up and wish your heavy birthday? You said no.
Speaker 4 (07:29):
I honestly thought this morning he was going to sit
an alarm and be like that would be the vibe
of us and be like morning, you know, and go
back to bed. But no alarm.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
I left and he was cold.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
The only people who have wished your heavy birthday other people.
Speaker 4 (07:44):
Here, colleagues.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
All right, so we need to call Andrew right now.
It's early in the morning, but let's call him and
find out why he didn't do anything.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
Good morning, he's up, he's up, He's adam, he's up now, Andrew, Andrew.
Speaker 10 (08:05):
Good morning, Good morning, the pleasure.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
Is there anything you've forgotten to do this morning?
Speaker 10 (08:10):
Yeah, well it's Meghan's birthday.
Speaker 4 (08:17):
Oh thanks.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
When Meghan got and we said, you know, did Andrew
sit his alarm, wake up and give you a happy birthday, darling?
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Sweetheart?
Speaker 3 (08:23):
Snuoghems and no, she gets off it.
Speaker 10 (08:29):
Like what time do you know?
Speaker 2 (08:30):
Like four?
Speaker 4 (08:31):
No, I'm gone by three forty five.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
You're asleep the middle of the night.
Speaker 10 (08:38):
Absolutely, I've got to get up and look after kids.
Speaker 4 (08:42):
You've got the day off today. When I woke up,
I was like, he's definitely set his alarm so he
can be like, Oh, I love you, have a good day.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
Nope, it's the first time I've heard any cracks in
this relationship, this rock solid relationship that I thought was perfect.
Speaker 10 (09:00):
We will rebel.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
That's not a lot of huge cracks, just little little.
Speaker 10 (09:07):
Start to spread.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
And now, what do you want to say to me,
and Andrew?
Speaker 10 (09:12):
Oh, happy birthday, babe. I'm incredibly proud of you. I
love you so much, honestly, I you know, it's been
it's been like we've we've done a lot together. We've
we've had like, what is it twelve years now, and
I've seen ups and downs and and you're an incredible
strong woman and there's no one else that I would
(09:35):
rather do this life with you, that I would do
this life with happy birthday, my love.
Speaker 4 (09:40):
You give Andrew an and he'll take your mind. You
just wanted him to say happy birthday.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
He's got some noble gaps and he's plastered over the cracks.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
For a first early morning wake up call.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
That was wow.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
That was remarkable.
Speaker 10 (09:55):
Always been what have you guys got plans today? Because
that you've got a very special woman then you you're
sharing her, have you guys.
Speaker 4 (10:02):
Got I was just trying to make up as alarm
and stick.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
Around after seven o'clock. Alright out exactly what stuff we've
got planned? You asked us about stuff Andrew.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
With the heads that johnaan Ben podcast.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Olympic games in Paris. Well, the only ceremony is a
couple of days away. But a few sports have already started.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
Are they the borings?
Speaker 8 (10:27):
You know?
Speaker 3 (10:27):
The sports are like, oh, you guys aren't proper? Sports
will just get you out of the way, or what's
going on? The schedules too?
Speaker 1 (10:32):
For I'll say, what sports have started? You tell me?
Tell me.
Speaker 3 (10:35):
I'll give it about rugby sevens.
Speaker 4 (10:38):
That niche niche one.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Yeah, so what do you want to say to that one?
Speaker 3 (10:42):
I would say to us, it's a lot to the world.
Maybe not as.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Much football football, you know football, they're kicking off early.
Speaker 4 (10:50):
Yeah, yeah, because there's a lot to get because it
goes for weeks.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
I don't know, but anyway, so it sounds like someone's
blue and blown out the bloody spreeing sheet.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
All black sevens already started. They had a big one
over Japan, and then the Oli Whites and the men's football.
So that's under twenty three for men in the Olympics,
which is but then for the females it's not under
not age shaming anyone, but it's not.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
Just definitely that's named an aged and said were sports.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
Some sports are different, like boxing you can't have professionals
and things like that.
Speaker 3 (11:22):
Hasn't it changed?
Speaker 1 (11:23):
I think it might have changed now.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
And then they add a new sport every every Olympics.
So if you're hold I feel can I be honest,
I'm petrified of even saying the word Olympics because we've
just been sent this email of what we can and
can't do around the Olympics, and can we even say Olympics.
Speaker 4 (11:39):
Yeah, I can say the word Olympics.
Speaker 3 (11:41):
About the Olympics.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
There's a big, a big sports thing are going on.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
The Olympics.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
The os I like the Ocemics. That sounds good. Yeah,
but yeah, you're right. Sports new sports every year. Back
in the day, they used to have hot air ballooning
and tug of war some of the some of the
sports hotty ballooning seems like.
Speaker 3 (11:59):
A wild what to have, Like if you can do
a sport at a school fear a tug of war,
there shouldn't be in the Olympics. I was reading two
years today. Very interesting fact. Fun fact. Do you know
the passing of the torch which Snoop Dogg is bringing
the Olympic torch. He's one of the people right into
the stadium. So it's going all around the world. In
fun fact, here the torch, the torch passing ceremony invented
(12:21):
by the Nazis.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
Came up with.
Speaker 3 (12:24):
He's like, you know what, we need to spread the
good word of the Nazis around the world. So he
invented this torch, got a German engineer to make the torch.
He's like, don't fire that around the world.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
Get to run it around the wind from the Greek
back in the day, from the Greek Olympics. So but
I didn't know that. Yeah, there were going the.
Speaker 4 (12:40):
Olympic torch didn't exist before.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
Well maybe it did. Maybe it did, but not until
what you're saying, not the passing of the passing. Yeah,
we can thank it all for the thank him for
anything we think of the to he invented it.
Speaker 4 (12:55):
No, probably wasn't his idea.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
Who has been you know, really unwell of like this.
Rumors that she may be performing and coming out of
illness to perform in the opening ceremony, so that'd be amazing.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
You wouldn't think Hitler for her being there?
Speaker 1 (13:07):
No, no, no, tell you what makes me nervous every
time you say that. I don't even want to say
that name.
Speaker 11 (13:17):
I'd rather because the Olympics all day like talking about
it's history, horrific history, fact, cantagnal history.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
Baby, Well you can't know, but we can he can.
Speaker 12 (13:36):
He the Hits that Jonathan Ben podcast, the wonderful team
here at the Hits has put something together for you. Ah,
it's a tear jerking audio montage is that.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
We'll see how that goes, But here we go. He's
a couple of people wanted to wish you a very
happy birthday today. Hey Meghan, happy birthday. We love you,
not love you like you and Andrew love each other,
that disgustingly cute, vomit inducing relationship that you guys have,
and more, I love you like you love pot Formula
one drivers actually know that that's about weird anyway, It's
(14:15):
been so great hanging out with you more over these
past few months, getting to know you more, becoming more mates,
and it's been really awesome. We appreciate everything that you
bring to the show, including your high fashion sense and
the fact that you lie about playing like fifty two
thousand sports growing up. Can't wait to celebrate with you.
Have a great day, mate.
Speaker 3 (14:32):
Hi, Meghan John o'priy here.
Speaker 7 (14:33):
You will know me from sitting opposite you right now
in the radio studio. Welcome to your forties, a bleak
decade where you question your existence and ask yourself where
did it all go so wrong?
Speaker 1 (14:48):
But we're not here to focus on the negative today.
Speaker 6 (14:50):
We here to celebrate your fortieth and happy birthday to
such a wonderfully kind, caring, calming being.
Speaker 3 (14:58):
Also, you're slightly.
Speaker 6 (14:59):
Weezy, quite weird at times with your asthma, but we
ignore that. And also you're secondingly in love with your
husband Andrew that's not a negative. We're just jealous of
how I love you to our Happy birthday, mate.
Speaker 7 (15:11):
It is a joy to have you on the show
and work with you every morning.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
I tell you what better myself. We wouldn't want to
wake up with any other woman. Don't say anything to
our wives.
Speaker 1 (15:23):
Happy birthday, my queen. I hope that you're having the
best day. Very lucky that I get to call you
my best friends.
Speaker 4 (15:31):
And I love you very much. And I hope that
that rash has got itself sorted out anyway, have the
best day ever.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
A beastie.
Speaker 13 (15:40):
It's mummy's birthday.
Speaker 9 (15:42):
Would you like to say anything to mommy?
Speaker 2 (15:43):
Yeah, happy birthday?
Speaker 3 (15:46):
And what do you love most about mummy?
Speaker 9 (15:48):
Oh? Playday?
Speaker 3 (15:50):
Love blue? What do you love most about mummies cooking?
What's your favorite thing that she makes?
Speaker 9 (15:56):
Past day? I love you mommy? A happy bird? Thank
And what about you?
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Aya?
Speaker 3 (16:03):
Do you want to say?
Speaker 9 (16:04):
Happy birthday mommy? Hey? One more time, Happy birthday mommy, Mammy?
Speaker 12 (16:16):
So I love.
Speaker 9 (16:17):
You, So.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
I love you?
Speaker 3 (16:20):
Oh? Why?
Speaker 4 (16:22):
Oh bye?
Speaker 9 (16:23):
Mammy?
Speaker 13 (16:32):
Hey my sweetie pie, it's your husband here. I just
want to wish you the happiest of birthdays, for you're
such a milestone, and I'm so incredibly proud of you
and everything you've achieved. I've been absolutely spoiled sharing the
last twelve years with you, and I can't wait to
keep spending more time with you. Not to make this
about you being a mother, but one of the most
(16:53):
exciting things to me is that our children don't even
know yet how special you really are and how lucky
they are to have you.
Speaker 9 (17:01):
In their lives.
Speaker 13 (17:02):
And I live for the day when they're older and
they understand better and they get to see you in
action and see what an absolute boss their mother really is.
I have the best birthday. I love May you forever.
The idd at the liquor store and I love.
Speaker 4 (17:19):
You ruined me. Can I just say it's very self
indulgent this morning, so I appreciate everyone having to go
through that, but like, I just want to say thank you.
This is the nicest group of people I've ever worked with,
and they have treated me so kind and I've had
a journey over the past few years and I just
(17:42):
really appreciate the Hits team. You're a bunch of absolute gems.
And yeah, I feel very privileged to be here.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
Thank you, to have you here.
Speaker 5 (17:53):
Pastor yogurt I, Oh, we could take out.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
McDonald's or something.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
The Heads That John and Ben Podcast the first.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
Show this week. The three of us back in the
studio together after a few travel complications and canceled flights
meant that I couldn't get back from a family holiday
visiting family in America, and.
Speaker 3 (18:19):
We welcomed you home at the airport with a committee
of fans, the Ben Boys, the Boys, and Berry's the
official fan. There must have been there must have been
a joyous occasion coming through the arrivals gate.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
Yeah, bamboozo with me. I did not think it was
for me. A whole lot of yelling and screaming and
then signs saying congratulations on your plastic surgery and things
like that, welcome me. It was a lovely welcome home
after all, you know, four days of trying to get
back home.
Speaker 3 (18:46):
Ben's Brazilian, but lift, Yeah, it's looking good.
Speaker 1 (18:49):
You know, it's uncomfortable to sit down, but it's definitely.
Speaker 3 (18:52):
Worth Now are those Brazilians sitting down.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
Now? I ran, you know, a lot going on in America,
not just all the travel delays that seemed to be
that they seem to be experiencing. But you know, obviously
all this politics that's going on with Donald Trump, assassination attempt,
Joe Biden stepping down, Carmala Harris taking over from him
by the looks of it as well. And I spoke
to a cab driver who said he wasn't big on politics.
(19:17):
He was taking me from the airport in Florida, but
he seemed to he was quite big on politics. He
was really interesting to chat and he had a gift
for you, John, I have listen, okay, talking about politics
in America, big news yesterday, Joe Biden.
Speaker 9 (19:29):
Yes, sir, Well it's long overdue.
Speaker 14 (19:31):
He's lost it upstairs, and that's not good for America.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
So you reckon drinking. Trump's gonna take it out again.
Speaker 9 (19:39):
Well, he's got a great shot at it.
Speaker 14 (19:41):
It just said people got to start voting on policy
and not personality.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
I'll tell you what. I've seen a lot of merchandise
here in Orlando. You know, go to Disney, you go
to Universal Studios. But Trumps he's got a lot of
merchandise as well.
Speaker 9 (19:55):
Yes, sorry, he's the man here. I'm going to give
you a souvenir to go home with.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
What's that?
Speaker 2 (20:00):
What's that?
Speaker 1 (20:01):
Super here.
Speaker 9 (20:01):
Oh, there you go, and it didn't even cost your dime.
I put those on the gas pumps.
Speaker 1 (20:06):
Oh, it's a it's a sticker. I'll give this to
my friend John. Oh it's it's miss Me Yet, a
sticker of Donald Trump.
Speaker 9 (20:13):
This is I'm right next to the praise of gas
when I pumped out.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
All right, okay, all right, So so will Trump get
the gas down?
Speaker 8 (20:19):
Willie?
Speaker 9 (20:19):
Yeah, I was paying hundred two dollars a gallon when
he was president.
Speaker 1 (20:23):
Okay, well, there we go, John, I'm bringing home a
sticker for you that says miss me Yet, with Donald
Trump's face on it, and he's smiling and pointing. Well,
he also gave me one of these as well, the
T twenty twenty four Return to Greatness stick out a.
Speaker 3 (20:38):
Stick as well for a guy who's not into politics
or Donald Trump, maybe he's into stickers.
Speaker 4 (20:43):
Maybe he's in a lot of parapherne.
Speaker 1 (20:44):
You're here getting anyone else on the show. There's some
nerds clusters and some eminems as well. Thank you as well.
Speaker 3 (20:52):
Hell now, thank you for this Trump merch because I
did ask for a mega hit, but he wasn't too
confident going into the megahatshop.
Speaker 1 (20:58):
I don't want to put even if there's all that
you can buy it, you can buy by it and
stuffy by Trump's. I was like, I don't want to
spend money, especially American dollars on Trump.
Speaker 8 (21:06):
Thank you?
Speaker 3 (21:07):
Should I put this Trump No. Twenty twenty four Return
to Greatness. No sticker in the studio.
Speaker 1 (21:12):
It's sticking onto someone's current works.
Speaker 4 (21:17):
Stick it on our bosses car.
Speaker 3 (21:19):
See So yeah, yeah, that is brilliant.
Speaker 1 (21:23):
Put something home for someone listening right now. Now it's
in the box here in the studio.
Speaker 3 (21:28):
Okay. It's not making much noise in the box.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
It's just only let it in the box. I think
like it's falling somewhere in the box. So here you go.
But if you can guess what it is, you can
win it. That's not super expensive. But I thought, right
now and one hundred.
Speaker 4 (21:41):
Hats you can there's something in this we're hearing a sound,
but it's a secret.
Speaker 3 (21:45):
Okay, and so we have to guess what.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
It wouldn't.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
So what people have to call one hundred heads and
guess what the the prisoners and then they win us.
Can you shake it again? Can I ask some questions?
Has a goten expiry date. No, so it's not Joe Biden.
Is it a Donald Trump bloodied mini ear pillow?
Speaker 1 (22:12):
No, no, no, but Trump. It's it's a Trump something,
a Trump something, Trump something. If you can just be
giving away Trumps if you want to guess what it is.
I don't think he's brought it out. I don't think
he's brought it out. But was from a shop in
New York. Yeah. So, and the's four for eight seven
if you can guess what it is.
Speaker 3 (22:29):
Trump twenty twenty four returned to.
Speaker 12 (22:31):
Great Over the Heads that Jonaan Ben podcast the USA.
Speaker 1 (22:38):
And that's not more important than your birthday, Megan.
Speaker 4 (22:41):
I've heard a lot about it, a week long extravagance,
but it's not all about you.
Speaker 1 (22:46):
So your birthday and the hero make the hero on
hero getting home from the US. Not in the paper,
but I'll see online on the new.
Speaker 4 (23:00):
They didn't want to waste sexual ink on you digital.
Speaker 3 (23:04):
So your Megan actually behind the scenes been was she
didn't pull me aside you since so Hey, Usually on
my birthday week, it's a lot of focus on me
and my birthday. There's been the ratio has been off.
There's been a lot about being in the USA.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
All I wanted to know, I keep saying to the
people at the chick Hats. All I need to do
is get home for my friend Megan's birthday.
Speaker 3 (23:20):
That's no, we got better.
Speaker 1 (23:22):
That's how I got back in time. But I did
break something back. I bought some Trump stickers back for John.
Speaker 3 (23:27):
I've got one that says Trump twenty twenty four, returned
to Greatness.
Speaker 1 (23:31):
Some nerds, Clusters and Eve and MS, some candy for Megan,
and put and produces, Taylor and Grace.
Speaker 3 (23:39):
Tell you what you'd be a brave soul here in
New Zealand putting it Trump sticker on your car?
Speaker 4 (23:44):
You know we working radio, but please don't put it
on my car.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
I'm so tender because I was like, I want to
put on someone's car and see how long it takes
for them to notice because abusing.
Speaker 1 (23:56):
But that's four for eight seven. I've got just a
little stuff make up. Bought something from a souvenir shop
and America and if you can guess what it is,
then you can win it. It's a Trump something. I
don't think this has been endorsed to buy Trump. It's
not part of his He's got a lot of merch,
but this is not part of his actual official merch.
But if you guess it, you can you can win it.
On one hundred the hats throw something else in from
(24:17):
the price cupboard as well.
Speaker 3 (24:18):
Yeah, Mark, you're on welcome to guess watson Ben's box.
And no, it's not the suspicious package he obtained in
Miami from his Cuban friends. What do you think it
could be?
Speaker 13 (24:28):
Mark?
Speaker 10 (24:29):
Oh, I think it's a bobble doll, a bobble doll.
Speaker 1 (24:32):
I did see some Trump bubblehead dolls. It's not that,
but yeah, good, guess it's in a box right now.
Speaker 3 (24:38):
Ever, listened to it eight hundred hits if you want
ever stab at what it is? Is it pro or
anti Trump? I feel like, is it mockery?
Speaker 9 (24:47):
Is it?
Speaker 1 (24:48):
What is it? It's probably slight mockery, but not hugely,
you know, like it's not Yeah, I don't think it'd
be super offended. By the same time, it's not something
he's brought out.
Speaker 4 (24:58):
It sounds plastic.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
There's a placet it's plasic. Yeah, that's plasic. Okay, it's small,
it's quite small. So there's a box like a shoebox size,
and it's fitting in really easy in that box.
Speaker 3 (25:09):
Do you want to have an understand mark or are you done?
I thank you a great wy are you mark? You're
going to have a wonderful day. Do appreciate it. I've
got someone else here on the phone, Dna Morena to you. Hey,
it's making a noise. It's a Trump something. Another question?
(25:29):
Did customs remove it from your bag and then speak
to No.
Speaker 1 (25:32):
They were fine with it. Well, they're probably a bit
weirded by the feet that I've got it, but not
not nothing illegal.
Speaker 3 (25:39):
Okay, Donna, there's another cu clue. What do you think
it is?
Speaker 15 (25:42):
Is that one of those Donald attacks, like the squeaky
bath toys but Donald.
Speaker 1 (25:48):
Oh no, like a Trump bath toy.
Speaker 10 (25:52):
Yeah, a Trump one.
Speaker 1 (25:54):
Having a bath of Trump. A lot of fake.
Speaker 12 (25:59):
Come out quite a minute.
Speaker 1 (26:00):
No, it's not that four four eight seven on the text.
You keep this coming some one that if they want
to want it tomorrow. But next it is big day,
as we mentioned before, your book day, Megan.
Speaker 4 (26:13):
Thanks, it's my birthday. Well, if anyone's missed it.
Speaker 12 (26:16):
This morning, the hat's the johonaan Ben Podcast, Meghan, Papa's
Happy birthday to you.
Speaker 3 (26:22):
It is you your fortieth. You have entered a wonderful decade,
a decade where you go, what have I done with
my life?
Speaker 1 (26:30):
Why have ed?
Speaker 3 (26:31):
Why haven't I achieved more? Is it too late? Those
are the questions you'll be asking yourself over the next
ten years. But you're agreeted with a wonderful present here
at work, first thing in the morning.
Speaker 4 (26:39):
I get here quite early before everyone, so there was
no one here, but I did get confronted with our
huge screen, a reception. The whole thing seys happy fortieth birthday.
Speaker 3 (26:48):
There's a guy out there looking at the big screen,
now fortieth, mate.
Speaker 1 (26:53):
You're hoping that people thought it was a gag from
us if I thought you were actually thirty at not forty.
But yeah, it's very big and confronting, and.
Speaker 3 (26:59):
I appreciate it mature of me. What I do appreciate
about is, you know, we're only one part of a
giant building. There's so many other businesses upstairs who are
going to walk through receive it.
Speaker 4 (27:10):
But there's so many people work here, and there's multiple
birthdays a day, and everyone's going to be like, well,
it's my birthday.
Speaker 3 (27:15):
Well those people don't most people don't talk into a microphone,
So happy birthday from us here the hits.
Speaker 4 (27:21):
But I did have that moment where I was like,
oh god, do I tell everyone? And I was like, yeah,
you know what, like women shouldn't care that we tune
forty whatever. It's just an age.
Speaker 3 (27:30):
You're telling yourself that I know.
Speaker 6 (27:32):
I know.
Speaker 4 (27:33):
But I was like, what would you tell your younger self?
I'd love to know on eight hundred the hits? What message?
Speaker 1 (27:39):
What?
Speaker 4 (27:39):
What would you tell your younger self?
Speaker 3 (27:41):
Yeah, because you do know a lot by the time
you're forty, and I'm sure you continue to learn more
by the.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
Time you're eighteen. You look back at everything and you're like, oh, jeez,
I only i'd known that, only I've done this.
Speaker 3 (27:50):
Is particularly it's a really good ideas. Fourth for Ay seven,
What would you tell your younger self?
Speaker 4 (27:54):
Yeah, but it wouldn't be my birthday if I didn't
make it all about myself and write one of my
poems love one of your.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
Trade be Poah Flowers, Leo, it's Leo the trump sticks, so.
Speaker 4 (28:14):
Duld me for a second. These and does include things
that I would tell my youngest self. Of course, today
I celebrate my fortieth year and celebrate. I will without
a tear. A midlife crisis is so cliche, and I
refuse to waste my days away. It's forty is not
about the years. It brings you strength to conquer fears.
There's privilege and living long. It's not reserved for everyone.
(28:38):
I refuse to cringe at this new stage, these those
who didn't make this age, because I'm alive and I'm
still here, and I plan to cherish every year. Forty
years has taught me this. It's love, joy and dreams
you'll miss, not the stress and time spent thinking about
your looks and your body shrinking. I've learned to care
(28:59):
a whole lotly on with the others, like my dreass.
People will always have their say, but you can choose
to walk away. My daughter will look up to me,
so I'll do my best to make her see a
woman's worth as hold inside and baby, just enjoy the right.
Speaker 3 (29:16):
Oh that's beautiful. Gpt read a wonderful.
Speaker 1 (29:23):
So he didn't rhyme.
Speaker 12 (29:24):
One of the things that Jona wan Ben podcast.
Speaker 3 (29:30):
I would tell Megan right now, happy fortieth And.
Speaker 4 (29:39):
Does that mean it's midlife?
Speaker 3 (29:41):
Well pretty much if you take the life the average
lifespan of the human being. What would you tell your
younger self, Okay, being boys.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
I'm gonna I'm gonna say, and I think I've mentioned
this before, when you look back and it's it's okay
not to be cool like you weren't. I wasn't cool,
and I probably tried to be and it's okay. And
I think you're looking back, particularly through high school most
of it, you know, and I'm not trying to shame anyone,
but a lot of the people you thought were cool,
they probably peaked.
Speaker 4 (30:08):
But some of them, you know, but your uncoolness is
your coolness.
Speaker 1 (30:12):
Yeah, embrace there.
Speaker 4 (30:13):
That's what I like about you.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
And I love that, you know, there's so many you know,
my kids and your kids and our kids are growing
up in a world it seems like now where people
are embracing the unique things about themselves, not you're trying
to be exactly like everyone else. Well it's all changed
and then people are all different, and I think that's
kind of cool. So I was like, hey, embrace who
you are and try not to worry about other people. Think.
It's easy to say, it harder to do. But that's
(30:35):
what I would.
Speaker 3 (30:35):
Say, what are you You know I'm going to say, Megan,
you pick it up.
Speaker 4 (30:40):
What would Sun's green?
Speaker 1 (30:42):
Oh good one.
Speaker 4 (30:43):
Yeah, we're like above all other skincare, especially in New
Zealand where suns.
Speaker 3 (30:49):
The amount of moles of here cut out of my head.
Speaker 4 (30:51):
I know it's skin cancer reasons for brinal reasons.
Speaker 1 (30:55):
Just just wasn't as big a thing back then, you
know where hopefully now it is.
Speaker 3 (31:00):
I'd probably go too quickly. I'll go. In my teens,
i'd go. Don't be such a dick to Annie, your mum.
She's just trying to pass on advice that she's learned,
and she's been around longer. She knows more than you.
She's just trying to help you take on board the advice.
Second thing would be, mate, you've got a very sore jaw.
You're twenty four years old. Get out of this night club,
(31:20):
find the nearest exit, go home and have a sleep.
Speaker 1 (31:25):
That's for for it. Seven we've got to do a
price pack for our favorite call or text this morning.
Pass on some advice to people listening.
Speaker 3 (31:32):
Let's get the wonderful Susie on New Zealand's Breakfast. How
are your sus.
Speaker 10 (31:36):
Ah ding awesome.
Speaker 15 (31:38):
I wake up and my league.
Speaker 10 (31:40):
So that's good.
Speaker 1 (31:40):
Ah, what's that? What advice would you tell your younger self?
Speaker 15 (31:45):
Life is just a rodeo, daring and heavy birthday, Megan
and the trippers to make it to the bell, because
if you ride horses and do rodeo stuff or race
horses and stuff, you've got about six eight seconds on
you know, to do your stuff, and you and your
horse have got to survive it. So your focus on
(32:06):
one thing that's going to make it a special day,
and then also do something nice to someone else, and
pretty sure it's going to be an awesome day for you.
Speaker 3 (32:17):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 4 (32:18):
Well, you've done something nice for me. You've made my
day a lot of rodeo.
Speaker 5 (32:24):
Tried to be in the rodeobe.
Speaker 3 (32:31):
I've just been given a twenty return to greatness bumper
stick of the ben.
Speaker 15 (32:38):
If the picture runs out, we're all going to have
to go back and get a horse.
Speaker 1 (32:41):
That's right, but we don't need to anyways.
Speaker 3 (32:44):
Birthday So there was Susie sees treat life like a rodeo, right,
streddle it like a bull yar Meghan and riding.
Speaker 1 (32:50):
I did read last night. I thought it was quite
good someone's advice, not mine on the internet. But enjoy
the journey, which is kind of what you're saying. You
spend years worrying about the destination. I need to realize
the journey, was his part, which, yeah, it's probably quite true.
You about what's next.
Speaker 4 (33:03):
And the thing is I just get to hear I
just need to get through this. So that's the whole journey,
isn't it.
Speaker 3 (33:08):
A cheyenne, good morning to you.
Speaker 8 (33:12):
Good morning boys and lady.
Speaker 3 (33:15):
What would you say to younger self there, Choyenne, I.
Speaker 8 (33:18):
Would say to my younger self, it is okay to
say no. I am very much people pleaser and I
always have been. And if I could go back in
time and talk to my younger self, I would tell
her that it is okay to say no. You do
not have to do things you do not want to do.
You can stay home if you want, just say no.
Speaker 15 (33:35):
Just right.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
Yeah, it's hot again. It's it's easy to say, it
harder to do when you're actually in those moments. All right.
You look back a lot of things You're like, I
didn't want to do that. I didn't want to do it.
Speaker 3 (33:45):
Yeah, it's a great text. Here four for a seven.
I would say to myself, life too short. Don't worry
about what other people's other people think of you. Another
one here, Oh tell my younger self, don't marry your
narcissistic ex husband.
Speaker 4 (33:57):
Amen, we've all got the first one that we should.
Speaker 2 (34:01):
The heads that John and Ben podcast.
Speaker 1 (34:04):
All this week about how long it took me to
get back from the States. A whole lot of delayed flights.
Speaker 4 (34:12):
Did you go to the state?
Speaker 1 (34:13):
Canceled flights when you go to be bringing up? But
it's all I got to talk about, guys. But I
had a really awkward moment on one of the flights
from you know where you're sitting, you're not sitting on
the aisle seat, but you need to go to the bathroom,
and someone's actually asleep on the and there's that clambering
over process. You're like, you wait for them to wake up,
(34:35):
wait for them to go to the bathroom. It's not
going to I got to the stage she was like,
it's not going to happen. I'm gonna have to quietly
try and clamber over the top.
Speaker 3 (34:41):
Is this a stranger?
Speaker 1 (34:42):
Is it a stranger?
Speaker 3 (34:43):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (34:44):
And what it was I was borrowing my daughter. She's
got some ear pods, and I've been borrowed her EarPods,
you know the ones that just are certain years. And
as I was quietly clamming over, one of the ear
pods fell out. I fell directly into the sky's cross.
Speaker 4 (34:58):
Now, how old is this guy?
Speaker 1 (35:00):
He's probably I would say thirties, in his thirties.
Speaker 3 (35:03):
And this is the problem with the eir pods is
you know the old corded versions that were you said
they were like leashes for air pods. You'd never have
this issue.
Speaker 1 (35:11):
So I didn't know I was at that position. I
was like, well, I could just bend down the gram
and then he can potentially wake up and I'll be
like trying to you know, it's gonna look it's gonna
look dodgy, right, but do you leave it there.
Speaker 4 (35:20):
Because you might regle around, use your AirPods, just use
your hand of your mouth? Was he cute.
Speaker 1 (35:27):
My mouth?
Speaker 3 (35:31):
He wakes up and you just got this airport of
between your teeth down by his crutch.
Speaker 2 (35:35):
It's the johonaan Ben podcast.
Speaker 3 (35:37):
Yesterday helped the stranded motors. So there's two lanes of traffic.
The inside lane there was a car not moving. Now,
my first instinctive is is an obnoxious driver in the
sent honk?
Speaker 1 (35:49):
What are you doing?
Speaker 3 (35:50):
Wave some arms, you know, get that thing going. But
I didn't because I could see they were a little flustered.
Cars behind me couldn't see that they were flustered, and
so they were honking in using up a storm. Don't
you worry about that? Abuse was coming? So I was like, well,
I should try and help help this person. So I
pulled the car over and I walked back. But as
I'm walking back slowly, You're like, I'm like, deep down inside,
(36:13):
I'm like, I have no mechanical expertise whatsoever. There is
nothing I have in my skill set that I could
do to help this person. All I could do is
maybe push push a car up neutral into a safer position.
So I arrived there and she's like, oh, don't I
don't know what's happening. I don't know what's happening. I
was like, don't worry, don't worry, talking like this, don't worry.
(36:35):
I was like, you hop out. Let me get.
Speaker 9 (36:37):
In the seat.
Speaker 1 (36:38):
In the seat, take a look around.
Speaker 3 (36:40):
Okay. I was like, I'll put it in neutral for you,
and then I'll go down and push it all right.
So I put a neutral go down and I was
pushing in the car. I wouldn't move. I was like,
this is embarrassing.
Speaker 1 (36:51):
I was walking the dog and I just could not
get the car. Oh my god, trying to hold the dog.
I was raging the dog.
Speaker 3 (36:57):
It's you know it And was even on a slight
slight little hell and I'm like patching and other people
are looking at me and got no corse streets. And
then I went back to the car the lady and said,
is it not?
Speaker 1 (37:09):
Is it neutral? Neutral?
Speaker 3 (37:11):
I'm starting to get flustered, and she's like, oh, no,
it is. It is, but it's just the cars locked basically.
And then she's like, oh, I've run out of petrol.
And I'm thinking to myself, I'm just organized. Do you
have to be as a growing adult to run out
of picture?
Speaker 1 (37:26):
It happens?
Speaker 3 (37:27):
Though?
Speaker 1 (37:27):
It does happen.
Speaker 3 (37:28):
And so her car in this case, when it was
out of guests just seize and I was like, oh, well,
so good luck out there. And so I left her
to a sea of honking and abuse. Felt terrible, but
then guess what happened. I picked my daughter up. This
is nine minutes later our car starts go, I run
(37:50):
out of petrol.
Speaker 1 (37:52):
After just thinking.
Speaker 3 (37:53):
Internally, I didn't even vocalize. I was like, well, idiot runs.
Speaker 4 (37:56):
Out of petrol, and and then we're probably exactly exactly,
so yeah, they don't have to deal there give the petrol.
Kid us, there was a nightmare, So tell us, how
does a grown adult run out of it? Did you
just ignore the petrol light?
Speaker 1 (38:09):
Yeah, and you're there growing out?
Speaker 12 (38:10):
Does he play some meds, the hits that John and
Ben podcast legit.
Speaker 4 (38:14):
There, guys, you know, we're just happy you're here.
Speaker 1 (38:20):
Out of there just being was.
Speaker 3 (38:22):
Like during the songs, he's am I talking too much
about USA stories? And I said, not enough.
Speaker 1 (38:28):
You're like playing this as well?
Speaker 3 (38:29):
I do.
Speaker 1 (38:30):
Yeah, before I left to go across, because we went
across and visited some family went who loved a just
and my my wife's brothers both live in the States.
One lives in sand friend one loves just out of
New York and Long Island. We never visited the one
in New York before, so we thought we'd go over
there and take the kids over there. And cracked that
up on the credit card bell as well. So that's
really cool. ACU. You go to Long Island because it's beautiful,
(38:52):
like deer and squirrels and like it's quite well, yeah,
it's and then you go into New York City and
it's all craziness as well. But before we left, their
boss was like, maybe you'll see some famous people when
you're over there in America.
Speaker 4 (39:03):
So I was like, it's not all y.
Speaker 3 (39:07):
I don't hold much faith in you as a married
couple recognizing famous people. Because your wife famously confused world
famous surfer Kelly Slater for musician Jake Johnson. Yeah, so
she had to engauge on famous.
Speaker 1 (39:21):
She had a moment actually in New York because you're very,
very busy. It's just incredible city, like there's so much
going on. And we were walking across and Kallie Bell,
the country singer you know from New Zealand, she was
in New York and we messaged my like we should
catch up for coffee. So we're going across to see her.
We were running a little bit late, trying to get through,
and then my wife was walking along. She's like, I
think I've seen someone in a car, and she's like,
(39:44):
over there, it's just driving along. It's got drivers going
on and as My wife as a huge fan of
sex in the city. She's like, it is Sarah, Jessica Parker,
Carrie Bradshaw. It's just how iconic is this and New York.
And I looked at the car and I don't know
a lot of cars, and we couldn't see the people
the car, but I was like, I think this it's
like a Toyota camera or something like. It's It's like
it's not yeah, but she's sitting in the back short drivers.
(40:07):
I was like, maybe she's trying to blend and I
don't know, but anyway, we were glad. I'm like, well,
if you want to stay here and wait for this
car to get the intersection, that's fine, but we need
to get I'm going to go across.
Speaker 3 (40:16):
It could be per and an uber.
Speaker 1 (40:18):
Well true. So she waited there and we watched her
wait from the other side of the road way. She
had to phone out. She really goes. She was pretending
to film O the staff, waiting for this car to
get closer and close to the end of six you
get closer closer there and you could see as it
were close, my wife comes down from the shot in
the building straight onto the back street of the back
seat of the car, and this lady in the back
of the car she got she was a Pepparazi. She
(40:40):
got the shot this lady looking directly up at her,
like looking at her like what the hell are you doing?
Like wasn't but she wasn't. She got the great She
got the great shot. So now on her phone, she
got this random shot something some poor lady just talking
(41:01):
about her business and she gets pepped in the New
York as well. So that was as close as we
got to celebrity signings, although I did think maybe I
saw Carrie Hart, who's married to Pink and the motocross Ray.
He's got a tanto shop in Florida though hustle on
Hart and I looked through the window and I was like,
it looks like carry Heart tanting someone, you know. I
(41:22):
took a photo, but I was too scared to go
on and go is that Carry Hart?
Speaker 3 (41:26):
So people are like bald people, they all look the same.
Speaker 1 (41:29):
It's got a camp, he's got carry Heart.
Speaker 3 (41:34):
Did you also see your life flesh before your eyes
when you got your credit card? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (41:40):
Yeah, that was definitely the thing I saw the most.
And there you go, celebrity smiling
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