The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett

Send us Fan Mail Best friends, romance is alive and well... apparently at the CAR WASH! It's Talk About Something Good Tuesday on The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett & Best Friends! Melissa Perkins and Robyn Esparza from the Linden Elementary PTO join us to talk about the 6th Annual Cougar Cub Horseless Rodeo happening this Saturday from 4–7 PM at the Linden Valley Arena. It's open t...

Send us Fan Mail It’s Motivational Monday on The Morning Brew, and since it’s World Gratitude Day, we’re starting the week with an attitude of gratitude… although Paul from Beaumont may have taken the assignment a little too literally. He’s grateful for his family, his job and, apparently, a giant chunk of earwax that fell out of his ear and helped him hear better. Yep. That happened. Jineane Ford...

Send us Fan Mail It’s Friday on The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett & Best Friends, and we’re kicking things off with our Country Climb Star of the Week, Jer Gregg! Jer takes us through his Country Climb — from growing up in small-town Indiana surrounded by a musical family and writing songs as a kid, to walking away from his Plan B, making the move to Nashville, and eventually playing in fron...

Send us Fan Mail Relationship Advice Thursday gets a little weird on today’s Morning Brew! Jineane Ford and Steve Carbajal help a woman decide if she’s overreacting after her boyfriend literally moves her out of the way for an attractive woman. Red flag or innocent misunderstanding? Then Chano from St. Johns wins four tickets to see the Arizona Diamondbacks take on the New York Yankees, picks Davi...

Send us Fan Mail Court is officially in session on The Morning Brew! Jineane Ford joins Chris for Am I the Jerk Court, and today’s first case has everybody debating: after 17 years of marriage, one woman is fed up with trying to feed her picky husband and says she’s DONE cooking for him. Is she the jerk? Then James from Show Low wins Arizona Diamondbacks tickets and gets immediately promoted to th...

Send us Fan Mail It’s Talk About Something Good Tuesday on The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett and Best Friends—and today’s show has plenty of heart, good news, and some VERY questionable trivia skills. 😂 Chris and Jineane Ford begin by taking a moment to remember and honor the Timber Mesa firefighters our community lost a year ago and the way the White Mountains continues to come together to sup...

Send us Fan Mail Ryan McKee went on a romantic pottery date…and apparently decided the best strategy was to keep trying to reenact Ghost until somebody laughed. How’d that work out for him? About as well as you’d expect. 😂 On today’s Motivational Monday edition of The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett and Best Friends, we’re getting motivated and ready to take on the week! We also celebrate the Ari...

Send us Fan Mail Hannah Murphy is our Country Climb Star of the Week! Hannah takes us back to growing up in Albany, Georgia, teaching herself guitar at just 13 years old and playing three-hour gigs in dive bars before she was even old enough to drive. She shares the nerves, the chicken tenders and Coke that got her through those early shows, and the journey that eventually led to making music full...

Send us Fan Mail It's Relationship Advice Thursday on The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett & Best Friends! Melissa Nicole Perkins and Robyn Esparza from the Linden Elementary PTO join Chris in studio to talk about the 6th Annual Cougar Cub Horseless Rodeo, happening September 26th from 4–7 PM at the Linden Valley Arena. It's open to kids across the White Mountains, and 100% of the pro...

Send us Fan Mail It’s Wayback Wednesday on The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett & Best Friends! Virgil the Cowboy calls back to finally reveal the big birthday surprise he got for his cowgirl friend Jolene — and Chris definitely wasn’t expecting THIS. Plus, Dave Ramsey helps judge Boo or Cool and picks our Wayback Wednesday Song of the Day, giving Scott his FOURTH victory in a row over Russell!...

Send us Fan Mail It’s Talk About Something Good Tuesday on The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett & Best Friends! Chris and Jineane Ford are back after the long weekend, catching up on their adventures—including Chris’s wife accidentally packing all the clothes she DIDN’T want for their trip to Salt Lake City. Then they share some good news and look ahead to special 9/11 remembrance events happen...

Send us Fan Mail Our Country Climb Star of the Week, Christopher James, joins The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett & Best Friends! Christopher’s Country Climb is a little different. Before stepping out with his own country artist project, he had already spent more than 20 years serving as a professional musician in the U.S. Army, building a career as a performer, producer, arranger and engineer...

Send us Fan Mail Comedian and best friend Ryan McKee made the trip up from Payson to hang out with us in studio for Relationship Advice Thursday — and apparently, he may have already made his upcoming pottery date a little too sexy. Ryan tells us about the woman he's been dating, his upcoming pottery date and the Ghost meme he probably sent a little too soon. Naturally, that made him the perf...

Send us Fan Mail It was a juicy Wednesday on The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett and Best Friends! Longtime best friend Jan the Weatherman checked in from Heber with an update on his ever-growing beard and helped us choose our Wayback Wednesday Song of the Day. Russell and Scott each submitted two classic country favorites, and Jan crowned “Redneck Girl” by The Bellamy Brothers as today’s winner....

Send us Fan Mail It’s Talk About Something Good Tuesday on The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett and Best Friends! We’re kicking off September with plenty of good news, good vibes and laughs. Catherine Doyle joins us to talk about Camp Soar hosted by Accord Hospice, a special local event helping kids who have experienced loss. Then our best friend Jineane Ford is back from Miami with stories from th...

Send us Fan Mail It’s Motivational Monday on The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett and Best Friends! Our best friend Kirk Nurmi joins the show to talk about Life of Nurmi, the new comedy project Chris is excited and honored to be a part of. And in honor of Love Litigating Lawyers Day, we put the former attorney to the test with a game of Real Law or TV Law! Can Kirk tell the difference between an ab...

Send us Fan Mail From family karaoke and hockey to picking up a guitar after a breakup, writing his own songs and hearing his music on the radio — Chris Shelby’s Country Climb wasn’t exactly planned! Chris Shelby joins us as this week’s Country Climb Star of the Week to share how his unexpected music journey began, some of the pinch-me moments he’s experienced along the way, and the story behind h...

Send us Fan Mail It’s Relationship Advice Thursday on The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett & Best Friends, and today’s first relationship problem is a doozy: a guy has gained 80 pounds since he started dating his girlfriend, she admits she likes him bigger, and he’s starting to wonder if she’s intentionally fattening him up! Kirk Nurmi joins us to give his advice. Then our best friend Ryan McKe...

Send us Fan Mail Can you actually BAN someone from using your bathroom because they destroy it every time they visit?! 🚽😂 Court is in session for Am I the Jerk Wednesday, and Joe G joins Chris to rule on TWO juicy cases! First, a guy finally snaps and tells his friend he's no longer allowed to use his toilet. Then, twin birthday drama erupts when only ONE sister's name ends up on the c...

Send us Fan Mail It’s Talk About Something Good Tuesday on The Morning Brew — and today we’ve got good news, free tickets, bananas and some questionable relationship advice! Brian from Pinedale joins us for Kiss, Make Up or Break Up , where we find out what 42 years of marriage has taught him about picking your battles — including whether spending $500 without telling your spouse is a dealbreaker....

Send us Fan Mail Happy Monday, best friends! We're kicking off the week with laughs, good news and a little motivation! David Whitmore from the Show Low Elks Riders calls in to recap an incredible weekend of comedy and the amazing moment that helped us raise more than $1,000 for local children's charities. Then Show Low's Dave Ramsey joins us for Motivational Monday! In honor of Plu...

Send us Fan Mail Meet this week’s Country Climb Star of the Week, Carson Bock! Carson joins Chris Bennett on The Morning Brew to talk about going from a self-described homebody in Missouri to making the leap to Nashville to chase his country music dream. He shares how he taught himself guitar, his experience trying out for The Voice , the encouragement that helped convince him to make the move to...

Send us Fan Mail Relationship Advice Thursday gets JUICY on today’s Morning Brew with Chris Bennett & Best Friends! Comedian Dwayne Perkins joins us with his advice for a woman whose boyfriend keeps calling another woman “baby”… and his solution involves her calling other men “Big Daddy.” What could possibly go wrong? Then Timber Mesa Fire Marshal JD Pepper calls in with his take on the relati...

Send us Fan Mail It's Am I the Jerk Court Wednesday, best friends! Comedian Dwayne Perkins puts on the judge's robe to settle a neighborhood dispute involving dog poop, a back porch, and a situation that Dwayne thinks could quickly turn into a true-crime documentary. Plus, Kevin and Angel Kerr from Mountain Mobile Auto Glass & Tint join us after their daughter's wedding to play...

Send us Fan Mail It’s Talk About Something Good Tuesday on The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett & Best Friends! Brian from Pinedale is back from his road trip—with a few car-trouble stories—and we celebrate Never Give Up Day with a game of “Who Am I?” Apparently, Brian thinks Clark Kent might qualify as a real person. Then Jineane Ford From Majik 1017 and Italk News joins us along with Jennifer...