Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast

It's our favourite day of the year - April Fools Day! Today Producer B Humps tried to set up Jono & Ben with stories from people known for weird and wonderful things, where we spoke with a lady from the UK who is addicted to eating bricks. Plus we also spoke with Nurse Jenny from Invercargill, infamous for looking after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. We also chat with American actor Michael Peña...

Today we called Matakana in the A to Z of New Zealand and called local Matakana resident and broadcaster Kate Hawkesby. We might be in a bit of trouble after making that call... We also talk smells that throw you back to your childhood (like playdough and deep heat!) We also catch up with pop trio (and brothers) AJR, who have just been certified GOLD in New Zealand with their song 'BANG'. We also...

Hello! After the news of Prince William being crowned "World's Sexiest Bald Man", Jono decided to make his own top 5 list, BALD BROADCASTERS EDITION. We also chatted to Whitney Buha, a lifestyle blogger who had a botox procedure go wrong, which sparked the topic of botched beauty makeovers that you may have experienced. We had a brilliant caller who tried to do a bit of at-home waxing... it went h...

On today's podcast, Ben dissected Shania Twain's song That Don't Impress Me Much. And he has some thoughts, which are very valid! We also discussed when you misfired a text message or email to the wrong person & the consequences you faced from this. The list for the world's sexiest bald men came out, and Jono is shocked at who made the top 5. All that and more on today's show! See omnystudio.com/l...

Kia Ora and HAPPY FRIDAY! Today we were broadcasting from Hamilton, from Plus Ninety One Cafe. Because we're away, Ben's daughter Sienna left him the MOST ADORABLE NOTE for him to read when he got to Hamilton. But it was also quite amusing too, bless her heart! Jono was also desperate to get either the Wiggles or the Chiefs in the cafe for an interview (The Wiggles are also in Hamilton at the mome...

Happy Thursday - on today's show we had Julian Dennison, he's been in Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Deadpool 2, and he has a new film out, Godzilla vs Kong, which is in cinemas now. He's a really talented dude and is only 18! Jono also shared a huge mistake he made at the doctor's yesterday, and finally, we took some recommendations from you guys about what shows or movies we should be streaming at t...

Gday all! Today we were joined by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern & we tried to play a little trick on her. Needless to say, she did not fall for it. THAT WOMAN IS SMART! (Duh). We also unpacked a bit of a dilemma regarding someone getting culled from the wedding list, but she'd already given a quite expensive gift. Ben shared an awkward hugging situation he found himself in, and Jono is living amon...

Hello! On today's podcast, we discussed how Jono is a grade-A punisher on a plane. He's someone you DO NOT want to end up sitting next to. So if you ever end up next to him, we recommend asking to move seats! We also chatted about people's smart pets and went on a mission to find the smartest ones in NZ - and it seems that cats are smarter than dogs. Finally, Jono got into an internet wormhole abo...

Kia Ora! On today's show, we discussed eloping and got Millenial Max to phone his mum and tell her that he and his girlfriend had eloped. Not something a mother probably wants to hear...! Ben also got stitched up by Jono, resulting in the boys from Six60 getting a hold of & maxing out Ben's card. We chatted about the most amount of damage people have done at work, and Jono revealed a habit that he...

Kia Ora!! Today we executed a prank on Ben that the team had been working on behind the scenes for the last week. Just before our show started at 6am this morning, all of us individually (and subtly) left the studio, leaving Ben in there all by himself, with no idea how to run the radio desk. When the show was meant to go live, Ben was flustered and alone, trying to figure out what to do. It was a...

Big old day with winning the America's cup along with Saint Patrick's Day, some HUGE celebrations were had! Yesterday after the show we executed a little prank call... We phoned a random person in the South Island and made them think they were reporting live from Auckland's viaduct for the America's Cup, she was very flustered and had no idea what was going on (naturally)! Jono also revealed that...

Hello! At the time we write this, it is GETTING DOWN TO THE WIRE with the America's Cup. Team New Zealand is one race away from winning! So, we decided to play a cheeky game of Connect 4, but not in the traditional board game way. We challenged ourselves to see if we could connect 4 people to the America's cup and get them on the show. It could be the person who sewed the sails of the boat, the fr...

Hello hello! On today's show, we had a juicy story about a woman who wanted to set up "live locations" on her and her partner's phone, for ease of figuring out where each other are & coordinating their lives. But her partner refuses. Should she be suspicious of him because of this? Should she even be allowed to set up live locations on his phone? We dove into this! We were also joined by Riley Ell...

Today we were broadcasting from Palmerston North at Robert Harris Cafe. Whenever we go away, Jono always seems to have some sort of issue - this time, he locked himself out of his room MORE THAN ONCE... Clearly, he doesn't learn from his mistakes! We were also joined by the lovely Kiwi actress Antonia Prebble who has her own podcast called The Most Of It, and season 2 has just come out. Finally, w...

We're in Palmy North today and we drove past a hair salon with the most genius name... Power Cut. How good! We got them on the phone and the floodgates opened! We had people call with their other punny business names, and there's nothing we love more than a brilliant pun. We also caught up with the Kiwi stars of RuPauls Drag Race Down Under, they're hilarious and such fun and they told a story abo...

Kia Ora! After Oprah's interview with Harry & Meghan, we collected all of Oprah's questions, called our colleague Mike Puru, and played those questions down to him... It confused the hell out of him, but he answered them and therefore was TECHNICALLY interviewed by Oprah! We also caught up with vaccinologist Helen Petousis-Harris and she answered whether kids or pregnant women can be vaccinated, a...

On today's show we had two wonderful people join us. First off it was Jazz Thornton - mental health advocate and co-founder of Voices of Hope. She met Meghan and Harry in Wellington when they came to NZ - they sat down and discussed Jazz's work in advocating for mental health. Today we talked to Jazz about how we cannot disregard Meghan's comments about the state of her mental health, because it i...

Golly gosh, it seems right now the only thing in the news is Harry & Meghan's tell all interview with Oprah. And they spilt the TEA! Our royal-obsessed producer Juliet gave us the rundown with the best moments. We also caught up with UK journalist Gavin Grey, who gave his thoughts (very strong thoughts!) on the interview. We then asked you guys if you're team Meg & Haz, or team Royal... SO MUCH DI...

It's International Women's Day today and we were joined by the powerhouse that is Chloe Swarbrick, she's only 26 and has achieved some awesome things in her life. We chatted to her about the importance of a day like today and the women that have inspired her throughout her life. We also had another winner for 5 Words for $5K! Finally, producer Juliet overheard a conversation in the office about a...

Kia Ora! You may be aware that Jono has an irrational fear of peaches, no joke. But turns out that he's not the only one with an irrational fear of fruit... On the topic of eating, we also debated whether "serviette" or "napkin" sounds posher! We were joined by Dr Michelle Dickinson AKA Nanogirl who has a new TV show out on TVNZ on Demand called Kitchen Science, with kid friendly recipes! Finally,...

Hello! Today we discussed the story of an English lady who went on holiday, met a French man, and 3 days later decided to pack up her life and live with him in a van. VERY DRASTIC, but it's worked out for them, as they are now happily married! We were sure nobody could beat 3 days from meeting to moving in, but we had some incredible stories from you guys about how quickly you moved in with your p...

Kia Ora! This morning, Jono proved that there are people worse at using technology than him. And trust us, Jono is an absolute BOOMER (sorry to the Boomers out there) when it comes to replying to texts and emails. We also chatted about the fact that Prince Harry used a stranger's bathroom when he went to their house. So, we did a wee (pun intended) social experiment. If Prince Harry can use a rand...

Kia Ora & welcome to today's podcast! Producer Juliet shared a story about how she managed to have a conversation with Justin Timberlake in the middle of his concert about 7 years ago, where she was basically demanding he give her his towel! Crazy millennial! So, we wanted to know if something similar has happened to you, or whether a celebrity has ever stared you in the eyes. Some good stories ca...

Ah another change in Alert levels here in NZ! Hope everyone is coping ok. Today we caught up with Dr Siouxsie Wiles on the latest outbreak and what we can expect moving forward. On the weekend we had to eat some of the hottest chillies (lord help us, still struggling) and we wanted to know whether anyone else has ever eaten crazy foods like that. Ben also went to a friend's house for some family d...

Hello! Today we discussed stories of survival, or why you shouldn't be alive. Actress Ashley Judd had a massive ordeal in Africa where she was in the middle of a jungle at night-time, fell over a fallen tree, broke her leg in 4 places and was left with nerve damage. After 4 flights back to America and an 8-hour surgery, she's recovering, but it was a very close call. So we wanted to hear whether y...