Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast

You may have seen headlines all over the place about "Doug The Spud" potentially being the world's biggest potato, grown by Colin and Donna in Hamilton. We spoke to Colin and he is an aaaaaabsolute character and is clearly very proud of his spud. Ben also reckons he has the cleanest socks in the world and his reason why is quite valid. Finally, there are so many sayings that we spout off, but how...

We spoke to a guy who currently owns 56 of them. Why? Have a listen. We also played our game Liar Liar and ended up chatting to someone who has walked the length of the south island! Finally, Ben's dog goes to Doggy Day Care and gets an annual report card. Ben and his dog are far more alike than we realised! Enjoy the show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Technology can be great but it can also be painful. Ben sent an email to someone but predictive text changed his words... And it got him into a predicament. We also spoke to a woman who nursed a baby seal in her backyard back to health, and so we opened up the phones to hear your stories of animal rescue! One story ended savagely... Finally, we caught up with the PM's partner Clarke Gayford and co...

We had Ronnie Vannucci Jr join us today, the drummer from The Killers. The Killers have just announced an NZ show at the end of next year, so we had him on for a chat. We also brought our segment The Show Rubbish Bin back. It's where all our bad ideas go, but sometimes we give them a second chance. Ben had an idea where he tried to get his "Bond" back.... his James Bond. Finally, we spoke to a lis...

And she is quite literally the cutest lady on this planet. 103 and sharp as a tack! Jono was confident that we'd find someone listening older than the Queen who is 95. And BOOM WE GOT ONE! Our chat with Lizzie will warm the cockles of your heart! We also caught up with the winner of Celebrity Treasure Island, Chris Parker, who won after he was initially coming dead last. MIRACULOUS. Finally, Produ...

We spoke to her about the current restrictions, when she thinks all kids will go back to school, and what will happen if by November 29th, we aren't at 90% fully vaccinated. On another note, Ben isn't happy with one of the contestants on Celebrity Treasure Island, and the reason why involves his wife! Finally, are our phones really listening to us, and then feeding us ads based on what we're sayin...

Ben thought he was being pranked by Jono yesterday when a baby goose turned up on his doorstep. He was very confused at how it even got there, because their gate was closed and they don't live near any water. So, where the heck did this goose come from and how did it get into Ben's property? After we discussed this, we opened it up to see whether any of our listeners have played animal rescue, and...

Don't tell The Masked Singer, because we did our own version. But with face masks... We had a famous singer with a face mask on the phone and we had to guess who they were through their muffled voice! Jono also tried to channel the youth with his own take on one of the new vaccination ads... Interesting. Finally, we did Monday Memorabilia Madness and chatted some more about the bizarre memorabilia...

After last night's Halloween Movie Marathon, we ended up with exactly $5,000 to give away! It was intense calling out someone's name but Ange who won was incredibly deserving and got us all so emotional! In today's show we also discussed how the Covid lady has been replaced, and Ben's wife has bought EVEN MORE of something that Ben reckons they already have plenty of. Enjoy the podcast! See omnyst...

Ed Sheeran has a new album out called Equals and we caught up with him. This was right before he announced he had Covid, the poor guy! We interviewed him on Jono's anniversary night, so Jen wasn't too happy he had to miss their special dinner... But we reckon we made it up to her! We also surprised a Kiwi fan with a call from Ed, but in this call, Ed had to apologise for something. This was an awe...

We continued to get more scary stories from listeners and my golly gosh the call we got from Tania gave us goosebumps. Creeeeeeepy stuff. We also heard Jono belt out his best version of Adele's new song Easy On Me (hint, it's horrendous). Finally, we caught up with a woman who very recently gave birth in a New World carpark. Surely that baby gets free groceries for the rest of its life! Enjoy the...

In the lead up to tomorrow, we're hearing more and more creepy stories. We caught up with James Gilberd who's from the New Zealand Strange Occurrences Society, who investigates paranormal activity in NZ. On the back of this, we spoke to Bianca whose family had a terrifying experience with something supernatural. On a different note & to lighten the mood, Jono had a very funny observation about the...

Ahead of Ben's Scary Movie Marathon (to win you up to $10,000), we spoke to Roger L Jackson, the man behind the famous voice of Ghost Face. "Do you like scary movies?" THAT GUY. He announced the 5 scary movies that Ben will watch on Thursday, and man he creeped us out during the interview with that damn voice! We also spoke about how Adele has a framed piece of Celine Dion's gum in her house, so w...

The preparations continue. More scary stories, more movie suggestions, and even a novelty quiz by Jono. All in preparation for Thursday where Ben has to watch 5 scary movies in a row. On today's show we also got pranked by Michael J Fox... And Ben's been caught doing something his wife seriously doesn't approve of. Enjoy the poddy! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There's a little girl in NZ named Paige, who was born via surrogacy. However, her biological mother passed away before she was born. Because of this, her mother cannot be named on her birth certificate, by law. But it's a ridiculous law that needs to be changed. Paddy Gower is fighting alongside this family for Paige's right to have her mother listed as her mother. We caught up with Paddy about th...

Kia ora e te whānau! To build Ben's resilience with scary movies, we got you guys to share with us your ghost stories, or the creepy stories that will freak Ben out. Juuuuust to prepare him a bit more for when he watches 5 scary movies in attempt to win someone $10,000. We had a creeeepy story from Lizzie! Jono also told a story of something that happened to him when he was out on an early morning...

Today on the show we caught up with the leader of the ACT Party, David Seymour. He even managed to sneak in a few digs about Jono's (lack of) hair. We also narrowed down some of the scariest movies that we can get Ben to watch next week, in order to give away up to $10,000. If you haven't heard just yet, Ben hates scary movies. So just before Halloween, we're forcing him to sit down and watch a bu...

As that saying goes, shoot for the moon and if you miss, you'll land among the stars... So that's exactly what we did with Adele. But this impersonator is quite the woman! And if you listen closely, you'll hear Jono completely forget her name at the start haha. Adele has also continued to name her albums the age she was when she wrote them. One of them being called 21. So we thought, what would yo...

Kia ora! Over the weekend was the Super Saturday Vaxathon and there were some golden moments, like Ashley Bloomfield dancing, Jacinda making Clarke do some DJing, and Paddy Gower saying "LESHGO". And since the South Island has no Covid, there's been a petition to let them be their own nation. So, if they did become their own nation, which famous South Islander would make a great Prime Minister? Jo...

In one of our frequent segments, Liar Liar, where one person is on the phone telling a true story, and another is on telling a false story, we ended up speaking to Britt who is on a new TV show called Naked & Afraid Of Love. She basically went bush, fully naked, with a bunch of strangers, trying to survive but also trying to build a relationship. We nearly witnessed Producer Juliet swear on nation...

Those particular words you may recognise from Dreams by Fleetwood Mac, or the remix by Jolyon Petch. Because we take things literally, we wanted to figure out if thunder only does happen when it's raining. We reckon we know the answer though. So we called a professional meteorologist to see if this was the case! On another note, Jono is a HERO who is giving out $20,000. KIDDING. Someone is pretend...

The Jono & Ben version, with no fatalities obviously... We called a Fish & Chip shop and had to guess the price of an individual squid ring. Did we nail it? Did we survive to the next round? Who knows! We also caught up with the president of the Teacher's Union, Liam Rutherford, to chat about the new mandate where teachers will need to be vaccinated from next year, to help protect their young stud...

This is not a drill!! Ben hasn't had a haircut since before lockdown, so his daughters took the opportunity to give him a haircut. And he actually committed to the mullet and came to work with it! It's more like a mini mullet. Not as long as your usual one, but it'll get there! We also had some tickets to Billie Eilish to give away, and we had some high drama on the show where someone had the oppo...

Lockdown in Auckland has reached new levels in the Boyce household. Ben's daughters went to the lengths of creating an at-home roller skating restaurant. Were there injuries? Have a listen to find out! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kia ora! Today we spoke to Lee Morrison who was a stunt double for James Bond as part of our segment Liar Liar. He started out being a stunt double for Angelina Jolie in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, and over the years has slowly progressed. He worked closely with Daniel Craig in No Time To Die on various stunts, and it was so interesting to chat to him! Jono has also been annoying his family in lockdo...