Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast

On today's show we catch up with Heath Franklin's Chopper Reid as he heads to Aotearoa in March for his comedy tour and the NZ Herald's Katie Harris who had her identity stolen on social media. We also ask our listeners over 30 for the best advice for someone under the age of 30. Plus, it's day 3 of our 5 words for $5,000 competition and it's Ben's turn to have a go and see if he can match his wor...

Nau mai haere mai ki tēnei kōnae ipurangi - welcome to the podcast! Today we chatted with British comedian Russell Howard, who is currently in managed isolation ahead of his tour in Aotearoa this month. It was a hilarious chat and definitely a taste of what to expect on his tour. He also revealed what it's like on the frontline of the Covid-19 fight in the UK, with his wife working in the medical...

Kia ora! Welcome back to 2021! We're stoked to be back on the radio and with you anytime via iHeartRadio! Today we launched our brand-new game, 5 Words For 5K, a word association game where you could win $5000 if you match up 5 words with the same ones as Jono or Ben. We also caught up with English singer Passenger, and found out what he's been up to recently. Our other guest was Louise Thompson,...

It's our last show & podcast of the year!!! We will be back Jan 18th. But today for our final hoorah of 2020 we had Jacinda Ardern join us! And we made her do *another* novelty pop quiz, this time to see whether she'd remember the biggest moments in her year. We also touched on Jono's worst moments of 2020 and my god we will be surprised if he's allowed back next year after some of the shockers he...

Hello! Today we had a couple of special guests on the show. First up was Keith Urban - country singer who is married to Nicole Kidman, and he's got a big hit with P!NK at the moment called One Too Many. We got him to call up ZM and try request his own song, without disclosing who he was. A claaaasic radio play. Our other guest was Sir Richard Taylor, founder and head of Weta Workshop. He's worked...

Hello and welcome to 9 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS! To pull back the curtain a bit, all year we've been trying to get Dr Ashley Bloomfield on the show to chat about his very intense year. We probably asked him/his people every two weeks! And FINALLY he had a spare moment to chat with us. The greatest Kiwi of 2020! So he joins us, as well as the winner of our TV show Dog Almighty. If you haven't watched i...

On today's show, we were joined by a couple of wonderful guests. Firstly, we had Kiwi actor Sam Neill who you may know from Jurassic Park or Hunt For The Wilderpeople. We also had Scarlett and her dog Coco from Dog Almighty ahead of the final tonight on TVNZ 2. As well as this, we reflected on when we visited 5-year-old girl Vivian to deliver her some presents ahead of Christmas. She has had a rea...

Kia Ora! Today we were joined by the one and only Grover from Sesame Street. He's the loveable blue character with the big red nose and my god he made us laugh. Jono also did a very good deed that Ben witnessed last week, that Ben also wanted to do. So he attempted it. But it backfired and just got awkward! Finally, we have released our very own Christmas song! Called 2020 CAN KISS MY CHRISTM-ASS....

If you've listened to us quite a lot since we started at The Hits you'll know that Ben once made a big mistake with a gift he once gave his wife Amanda. A frying pan. IT WAS MEANT TO BE A ROMANTIC GIFT. She has never let him live it down. So we wanted some solutions on what Ben could get Amanda for Christmas and we had some hilarious (and practical) ideas! We also had All Black Jordie Barrett on t...

Today we discussed your "Sitter Stories", whether it was house sitting or babysitting and what went wrong. We had some absolute golden stories, one involving a spa overflowing all the way down the road. We also played The Jargon Game, Christmas edition. Ben had to call a random cafe and make a booking while at the same time trying to drop in words like "North Pole" "wrapping" and "Claus". Finally,...

The list of what New Zealanders Googled the most in 2020 has been released (including why were cornflakes invented, but that's one you can Google yourself... #NSFW) so we road-tested a game involving Google with you guys. It went horribly pear-shaped first attempt! Jono also has a bit of a bugbear (quite literally) because his pantry is infested with weevils and he doesn't know what to do about it...

If you've ever wondered what it would be like to date an international conman, well we talked to a lady who did just that. How did she find out? Did she see any warning signs? Did he try to con her? We asked her all those questions and it was super interesting to hear about it. We also got told by someone yesterday we were finally on an "age-appropriate" radio station. And yes, we have been on dif...

Hello and happy Monday, 18 days until Christmas! If you know us, you'll know we love a good pun. And Ben's daughter Indie REALLY made him proud when she told a great punny joke, one that made Ben question whether she stole it from the internet. We also crossed to some Big News from a Small Town - Dylan from Rangiora received a very passive-aggressive note in his mailbox telling him to mow his berm...

Kia Ora and TGIF! Today we debuted what will be New Zealand's hottest summer song this year to keep us all safe. Think Sandstorm by Darude mixed with the Covid-19 ad... It's brilliant. Last night was also our work Christmas party and we asked you guys who has had the best Christmas party and there were some stories! Finally, we caught up with Nadia Lim who has a new childrens book out and it's ado...

If you've seen 22 Jump Street, you'll know the face of Jillian Bell (she got to fight Jonah Hill in it!) We chatted to her over Zoom about her new movie Godmothered and my god she's hilarious. Yesterday Jono went and sorted his will out because he hasn't done it yet, but he took his daughter Poppy along to the meeting. But kids don't know when they need to act appropriately, they have no awareness...

Kia Ora! On the show today we caught up with singer Vince Harder and played a wee game, he and his wife sang along to some surprise instrumentals we threw at them, like absolute PROFESSIONALS. If you listen carefully, Jono pipes up at the end of one of them, ruining the song... Shhhh Jono! We also found out that Elton John and his family have a ONE PRESENT RULE at Christmas time so we asked you gu...

Hellooooo! If you haven't seen or heard yet, an adorable little 5 year old boy from Christchurch, Angelou Brown, sent out a video to Dwayne The Rock Johnson as part of a campaign his family have been working on to end domestic violence. Angelou wanted The Rock to wear the tshirts they've had made that say "She Is Not Your Rehab" to spread this message to all his followers and fans. WELL, The Rock...

Kia ora and happy Monday, TOMORROW IS DECEMBER, HOW WEIRD. Today on the show we chatted with you guys about who is going to the most Christmas dinners this year, and also who has had the longest engagements, there were some goodies! Dr Michelle Dickinson aka Nanogirl aka genius scientist gave us an update on the Covid vaccines and answered some of your questions, man she raises the IQ of the show...

TGIF! No better feeling! On today's show we caught up with Anthony & Emma from The Wiggles ahead of their New Zealand tour next year. We decided to "audition" for The Wiggles and they judged us on whether or not we'd make the cut... Ben also shared an embarrassing situation that his friend was in when he was chatting to his accountant, which is a conversation you certainly don't want to have with...

Pulling back the curtain a bit, off-air (as well as on-air) Jono calls everyone "mate". And it's become such a habit that sometimes he calls his wife, Jen, "mate" too. But Jen haaaaates it. And we wanted to figure out if all women hate being called mate by their partner, or if it's just a general term that can be happily thrown around! (We even called Jen to see how many "mates" Jono could slip in...

How would you feel being in the ocean, trying to catch your own fish for dinner, surrounded by hungry sharks who are also after the same fish? And on top of that, being naked and being filmed for a TV show? Horrifying, we know. The Wild Twins Amber and Serena are two Kiwis who have once featured on a previous edition of Naked and Afraid (set in Africa where they had to hunt their own food, while c...

On today's show we caught up with Clarke Gayford about his new documentary "Shark Lockdown" which sounds as scary as it is. I mean, who would willingly put themselves in shark infested waters... Not us. But clearly Clarke...! He also shared with us what it was like when he and Jacinda met The Queen, and what they all talked about. Ben also shared the funny thing his daughter Indie said to Santa wh...

Hello and welcome to Monday! Today we had a great interview with David Walliams. He's a comedian, children's author (they say the new Roald Dahl! Our kids loooove his books) and also a judge on Britain's Got Talent. He's a hilarious man and spilt some secrets about Simon Cowell! Also over the weekend, NZ's oldest mum gave birth at age 64 which is awesome. We also had an interview with Cristin Mili...

It's FRIDAY and there's absolutely no better feeling! Today's show was a real fun one. We had some great stories from you guys about when swimwear & togs have let you down, we caught up with Kiwi dancer Lance Savali who has danced with the likes of Beyonce, Rihanna and JLo (he spilt a lot of secrets about what it was like to work with those celebrities!) and we also did a wee social experiment to...

Hello and welcome to the Sarah Jessica Parker special! We were lucky enough to have a wine and a Zoom with Sarah Jessica Parker herself, because she's recently launched two wines with Kiwi company Invivo Wines - a Rosé and Sauvignon Blanc. We chatted about Sex & The City, Jacinda Ardern, her marriage to Matthew Broderick and much more (even Ben's Toy Story backpack...) Enjoy, it's a goodie! See om...