Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast

We spent too much money in Wellington and had to visit an ATM. Will we have enough cash to pay back $20 Karen. Hear our $20 Tour adventures at Parliament and on the Bluebridge ferry over the Cook Strait to Nelson.  It's World Chocolate Day Jono loads us up with facts and if you could only save 3 chocolate bars what would they be?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We made it to Wellington on our $20 Tour. Hear our adventures and stories from people we met along the way.  Someone walked dog poo into the hotel, Producer B Humps is taking on Elvis' evil manager vibes working Jono and Ben hard on this tour and we chat with Emmy Award winning Actress Amy Brenneman about her new movie 'The Old Man' new on Disney+  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...

We're on our $20 Tour with tales from our trip from Auckland to Rotorua. We met Doug the spud and experienced the robot waiters at Rotorua Cobb & Co.  Jono has another parking ticket, how he got it is quite the story and sparked a debate and we catch up with our Hollywood Insider Enty and find out more about Taylor Swift's alleged stalker and the truth about paparazzi photos  See omnystudio.co...

We check in with $20 Karen before we hit the road on our tour down the country to give her the $20 we owe her.  Jono and Ben provide their best sport chat, Ben's wife finds someone else's comedy way funnier than his and Jono provides some tech chat and motivation for the start of our week See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Every call on air wins tickets to Jack Johnson, Jono debuts a new game, Ben realised he was wrong mid argument and we chat to Actress Joey King the star of 'The Princess' now on Disney+ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We play an all new game of 5 Words for $5,000. Ben's daughters finally think he's cool after blowing up on TikTok. Jono had an awkward encounter at school pick up and we catch up with 7 Days Host Jeremy Corbett Shaun Johnson ahead of the Warriors first game at home in yonks.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Someone on the show has a conspiracy theory, oh oh! Jono's friend is at wifi war with his neighbour. We chat with Jack Johnson ahead of his NZ tour and Dr. Libby helps us settle a debate about taking vitamins  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We call $20 Karen after she left us a voicemail asking for the money we owe her. We speak with NZ's biggest Elvis fan and get a review of the movie and our Hollywood Insider Enty.  Jono thinks he's been scammed and we chat about the shortest and longest time you've been in a job.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ben has updates after his family weekend in Wellington. Jono had a silly game for us to play. We chat about the aftermath of Roe vs Wade and catch up with 1News US Correspondent Anna Burns-Francis and wait until you hear the voice mail we got from $20 Karen.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen to our full conversation with 1News US Correspondent Anna Burns-Francis on the Roe vs Wade Abortion ruling. How it happened and what it means going forward.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We collectively went in on people who stand up as soon as a plane has landed and listener Donna set us straight.  Jono's losing his job as bed time story reader and gets teased for liking new socks Ben wants to know if it's to wake people when they're sleeping and we catch up with Stan Walker and Broadcaster Matai Smith for Matariki. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jono's got new neighbours and they do karaoke every night. Ben's wife won't quit something, hint it's not him thankfully.  We chat with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern about kids keeping you up at night and healthcare and Kiwi who ran across America. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Find out which smell took out our Smell-Election. Jono tried to be handy around the house and failed because ''what is a stud?". We catch up with our Hollywood Insider Enty and what normal thing does Jono do that annoys Ben? We talk about the things that make us unreasonably angry.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's the final of the Smell-Election with bacon battling it out against bread Ben wasn't happy with his fortune cookie and made things even worse when Jono and Bel opened theirs and Jono got mocked by his friends for trying to save the environment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The business end of our Smell-Election with the quarterfinals.  We catch up with our Hollywood Insider Enty and Urzila Carlson comes in for a chat about her upcoming tour and makes us laugh, as usual.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're down to the quarter finals for our Smell-Election. What smells will take it out?  Jono's latest coffee order is seeing him mocked. Hint is it a fluffy cup?  And Ben shared a hilarious story about his nieces saying 'cheers' at church.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Smell-Election continues and we chatted with a Smell Expert from New York. Why do we love the smell of babies? We get the answer.  Ben paid for what twice to avoid an awkward encounter and Jono has an update from Te Awamutu  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jono's got a cute puppy update, Ben had an awkward encounter at his front door.  We chat with our Hollywood Insider about Justin Bieber's health battles and Britney's wedding and how much she's paying her ex and Paddy Gower joins us to chat about his latest two part documentary On Booze on Three See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paddy Gower joins us to chat about his latest two part documentary 'On Booze' on Three and we find out how he really put himself out there to delve into our Kiwi drinking culture  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Round 1 and 2 of our 'Smell-Election' Bacon vs sharpie and petrol vs a lit match.  Jono gave his wife a fright trying to do something nice at 4am and Ben had terrible banter with The All Black Coach at the rugby. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We check in with our 22 predictions for 2022 and so far we're doing well, Briscoes had a sale and Taika and Rita are reportedly engaged.  The best smells ahead of our Smellection and Jono uses his marriage counsellor *skills to help Ben and his wife Amanda.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We chat with Sam Neill about his new movie Jurassic World Dominion. What did his son do in front of Princess Diana?  Our old mate Guy Williams comes in we stitch him up and Jono got into another internet wormhole and shares his findings about The Queen.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We delve into our spam and discover Jono isn't an only child and has a grandson in trouble?! We chat with the star of Marvel Studios' Ms. Marvel Iman Vellani Ben shares the difference in activities his daughters choose to do and Jono has character building thoughts on kids and leaving school in the rain.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We wrap up all the best bits of the Queen's Jubilee including Charles saying Mummy, Louis stealing the show and check in with our Royal Correspondent Gavin Grey.  Ben got a bit too invested in his daughters school project and Jono has another car story for us which got us thinking about orange lights.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We chat with the infamous $20 Karen and our Royal Correspondent Gavin Grey as celebrations kick off for The Queen's Jubilee kick off in London. Ben had an embarrassing incident shopping with his daughter Indie and Jono shared some hilarious kid feedback.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.