Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast

And it's all thanks to Ben's daughter and a new book she has. We also caught up with Kiwi singer Benee ahead of her NZ & world tour! Finally, what is the meaning behind the saying "the cat's out of the bag!"? We dive deep! Enjoy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There's a video from 2015 where Bill Gates gave a TED Talk on how the world is not prepared for a pandemic or a highly contagious virus... and it's so eerie to watch now! We also discussed the Christmas jobs that are so admin & unenjoyable, and finally, we caught up with Dr Joel Rindelaub who spoke to us a bit more about this new Omicron covid variant and whether we should be worried. Eeeek! Enjoy the podcast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Taylor Swift's 10-minute version of All Too Well is officially the longest song to reach #1 in the charts. Today on the show we challenged ourselves to play it, leave the studio, buy coffees and see if we could make it back in time. Did we? Was it a shambles? We also spoke about a TikTok couple's crazy rules they have in their relationship... And we spoke to relationship expert Bridgette Jackson from Equal Exes to see if these sorts of rules in a relationship are totally necessary. All that and a bunch more on today's poddy, including our new parody song dedicated to Judith Collins. Enjoy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To celebrate 100 days in lockdown, we gave a bunch of people $100 on air! While a lot of us have been "stuck" in lockdown, we wanted to know where else you have been "stuck"... One woman called up saying when she was younger, she licked the ice in the deep freeze and got stuck to it, with no help around. And that was just ONE story we got! We also discussed one of life's most mundane tasks and why it seriously sucks, and Jono got into an internet wormhole about Adele. Enjoy the podcast!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We continued on yesterday's chat about the most amount of money you've cost your workplace, and we had Russell come through with a craaaazy story about how his friend BURNT HIS BOSSES WORKSHOP while he was an apprentice! Good lord. And if that wasn't enough of a WOW FACTOR, we also had our segment Wow Wednesday make a comeback. We had a lovely lady call with a heart-breaking story that just seemed to get worse! Finally, tomorrow is 100 days since we first went into lockdown so tomorrow, we're celebrating with EVERY CALLER WINS $100. Get your phones ready to dial 0800 THE HITS tomorrow between 6am-9am! Enjoy the poddy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We had the lovely & hilarious James Blunt on the show for an interview and straight off the bat we offended him with some false information about him! But all was ok in the end. He's a very funny dude & the chat was a lot of fun! We also spoke about the Aussie TV reporter who essentially cost his network $1 million, when he went to interview Adele in London, told her he hadn't listened to her new album yet, to which the record label said he couldn't use the interview anymore. Awkies. Flights to London and no playing back of the interview allowed... So, we threw it out there and asked you guys how much money you've cost your company and we had some ripper calls come through! You'd never want to be these people! Enjoy the podcast!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You'd think as a married couple, you'd be friends on Facebook? Think again! But Ben has a reason... Or so he reckons! We also spoke about awkward encounters you've had with a stranger, after Jono's friend really put his foot in it with someone at a dance recital. Finally, we've dug up some old audio of Jono claiming something, but now he just looks like a big ol' hypocrite when we play it now! Enjoy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jim Belushi who you may know from Saturday Night Live, was part of our segment Liar Liar. He now runs a cannabis farm! What a career pivot! We also played "Connect 4". where we tried to see if we could connect 4 people to Adele. And we spoke to a couple of people who have been associated with her! #Goals. Enjoy the show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We spoke to a young belieber earlier this week and we wanted to find another belieber, but someone who was above the general age demographic of your traditional JB fan. And I think we found them! Jono also played some very disturbing audio this morning of a couple working out. But without the visuals of them working out, it sounded like a veeeery different activity. We also caught up with Dr Dougal Sutherland who is a psychologist, and he gave some really good tips on how to get through this Christmas if the vaccine debate is causing tension within the family. All that and more on today's podcast!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Please don't read that as "anti vaxxer" because Ben is actually anti vacuum cleaners at the moment. An anti vac-cer. Something precious broke while he was vacuuming and we wanted to know who else was an anti vac-cer, or who else has had problems with their vacuum cleaner! Also, yes, Ben did lie to children on a Zoom call and he got caught out for it! Oooooopsie. Finally, we spoke to a guy who has met Adele, in fact, Adele came into his shop!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

And he was betrayed by one of the things he loves most! However, this sparked some calls from listeners who had some outrageous stories similar to Ben. We also caught up with Archie Yates (who stars in Jojo Rabbit) and Irish comedian Aisling Bea. They both star in the new Home Alone movie, called Home Sweet Home Alone. Finally, Ben has a very specific arrangement with Jono when it comes to birthday presents, but he nearly messed it up. Enjoy the podcast!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ben's dog is getting more photo opportunities and more TV airtime than he is! So we threw it out there and we got some good responses, including the viral "It's a f***ing goat!" lady! We also caught up with the creator and director of The Simpsons, Al Jean. Finally, Ben has one rule in life that he lives by and decided to share it publicly with you all! Enjoy the show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ben tested Sienna's commitment to her business in a brutal way, have a listen! We also spoke with someone who'd accidentally been called a completely different name by their boss for SEVEN YEARS, and they never corrected them! Finally, there were a couple of special moments on today's show, Kate from Christchurch won 5 Words for $5K, and we had a very deserving winner for our giveaway with themarket.com - whose house had burnt down in a fire. Super amazing & what a way to end the week! Enjoy the podcast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

He's Meghan Markle's big brother, and ironically is also on the TV show Big Brother VIP. We spoke to him about the public letter he wrote to Meghan before her wedding and what he regrets about it now. It was an awesome chat and he seems like a good guy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're on a mission to expand Producer Juliet's movie knowledge. She hasn't seen a lot of the classics and she's now compiling a list that she needs to get through. So we discussed the movies she needs to add to her list, and we even consulted with movie buff & friend Doug who has seen over 6,000 movies in his life! We also caught up with Lindy who accidentally found herself in the middle of our 5 Words for $5K competition the other day. She accidentally dialled us when she was trying to win Six60 tickets on another station. We tried to do a make-good with her but it ended up being a shambles all over again! In this podcast too you'll find our interview with Thomas Markle Jr, Meghan's half-brother. However, we've got a mini podcast episode with that on it so you can check it out there too! Enjoy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 did these sayings actually begin? Introducing our new segment "What Do You Mean?", we deep dive into sayings and how they came to be... Enjoy the show!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 comedian Tom Sainsbury. Enjoy the show!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 listener who has already got all her Christmas decorations up, and she played us her farting Santa toy. Just lovely. Enjoy the show!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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, Producer Juliet has a theory about hairdressers, so we did some research to see if this was true. Enjoy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 saying? We spoke to Martin Cocker from Netsafe to see whether this is the case!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 we ended up speaking to Matt Owens who adopted a magpie (https://www.instagram.com/swoopandmowgli/) and it literally became his pet. It was best friends with the cat, it would come and land on Matt's shoulder whenever he called it, and he ended up going viral for it. Have a stalk of his Instagram, it's the cutest content you'll see all day. Finally, Ben has got concerns that his dog may embarrass him on a certain TV show. In hindsight this show sounds very animal focused. We promise there's other stuff in there too! Enjoy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 you own. Enjoy the show!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 awesome chat with him and was actually really insightful!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 TV show Love Island that his wife watches. Enjoy the poddy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 we opened up the "weird celebrity memorabilia line", and ended up speaking to a man who has John Lennon's tooth! Enjoy the show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 this.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 run this morning. His main concern of the story was NOT Ben & producer Juliet's main concern though. What he revealed was VERY SURPRISING! Finally, in our segment Liar Liar we spoke to a man who lives like he's in the 90s!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 bunch, and every fright he gets, we take money off the $10,000 tally. Whatever is left will be given away on air the next day! If you have any other suggestions for scary movies, let us know on Instagram @thehitsbreakfast. Finally, Ben and his family have been doing something at home - to do with Squid Game... (It's not as creepy as it sounds, promise). Enjoy the pod!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 you tell your 21-year-old self? And with a bunch of wizardry and witchcraft, we spoke to our 21-year-old selves and gave them some sound advice. Enjoy the podcast!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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? Jono's also realised that his daughter's texts to her friend on his phone look a bit dodgy from the surface without context. Finally, we caught up with comedian Hayley Sproull who hosts The Great Kiwi Bake Off with Madeleine Sami, always lovely chatting to her! Enjoy the poddy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 national radio for the first time, and we also caught up with former Shortland Street actress Angela Bloomfield (Rachel McKenna), who was recently eliminated from Celebrity Treasure Island. Enjoy the show!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 pretending to be Jono on Facebook, doing just that! Finally, what would Jono do if he was the Prime Minister? Chaos would ensue. Enjoy the poddy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 students who can't get the vaccine yet. Finally, Ben's new mullet has received some mixed reviews, so we read some of these out.. Eek!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 opportunity to steal the tickets off a 13-year-old girl. It was ruthless. Finally, we were joined by comedian Chris Parker (also on Celebrity Treasure Island) and body positivity Instagrammer, Jess Quinn, who has a new book out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 lockdown by doing one very specific thing, and it riles them up! So we opened up the phones and wanted to hear about the things that unreasonably annoy you. Finally, we caught up with a guy who is designing woollen jeans! If you know the shoe brand All Birds who make shoes from wool, he's essentially wanting to do the same thing but with jeans, to make them more comfortable. Enjoy the poddy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kiwi dancer Lance Savali is on the current season of Celebrity Treasure island, and he has danced with the likes of Rihanna, JLo, Beyonce, and many other A listers! It was great as always to catch up with him.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After the "road map" out of Covid was announced, we caught up with the Prime Minister and discussed all the new rules around picnic-ing, bathroom-ing, and socially distancing. And why aren't the rest of the country in Level 1 yet?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

And Ben wants to be Justin Bieber! This spawned off a question Ben's daughter posed, which opened up a very interesting conversation about who you'd swap talents with if you had the opportunity. We were also joined by PM Jacinda Ardern to discuss all the new rules with having picnics! Finally, Jono is hoarding something in his household and we reckon he's not the only one. Even if you're not a hoarder. Enjoy the poddy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What a whirlwind! We're still soaking up the info about Auckland's new rules in lockdown... We can have picnics, with only one other bubble, up to 10 people, but can we have 5 picnics in one day with different bubbles? WHAT ARE THE RULES! Ben the information man came to the rescue with all your questions about lockdown. Not only that, but social media has been down! Instagram, Facebook & Whatsapp. What will we DOOO! But on a positive note (yay) we caught up with Hits Wellington day host, Bel Crawford, who we like to now call our Spice Girls correspondent, to chat about the new Spice Girls documentary that aired on TVNZ last night. She had a sit-down conversation for 45 minutes with Sporty Spice last year, so she also shared some tales about that experience! Enjoy the poddy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's an old wives' tale, that if your mother's father is bald, you will go bald (if you're a man of course). Likewise, if your mother's father has a wonderful head of hair, you will too. Is this legit? We called Ben's mum to see if her dad had a good head of hair, and we also had a wonderful hair expert let us know whether this old wives' tale is actually true or not. On the show we were also joined by Vanessa Goodson, who won The Apprentice Aotearoa. But we spoke to her because her and her family contracted Covid and were transferred to a managed isolation facility. What is it like having to move your whole family into one of these facilities until you are better!? What are the things she experienced? We delved deep! Finally, Ben has tried to implement "Device Free Weekends" into his home. But he regrets it all! Enjoy the poddy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

PJ Harding moved back to NZ after living in Melbourne hosting one of the most popular breakfast shows. She's now living in the Wairarapa with her fiancé. What's she up to now, is she going to come back to radio? Jono also delved into some of Google's most outrageous reviews, the ultimate Karens! (Sorry to the Karens listening... you're probably not like this). Finally, we discussed at-home beauty treatments gone wrong, and how one woman's eyebrow got lasered off! Enjoy the poddy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Has anyone had any major at-home beauty fails? We delved into this today, and Ben also reflected on a shocking fashion trend that he embraced back in the day... Also, there's a fashion trend at the moment that Jono compared to his grandmother. Eeeek! Enoy this mini podcast!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today was a MUST WIN day for our signature game 5 Words for $5K. We wanted to give away the cash before the end of the month, but we didn't, so we just kept playing today. Ben was in the sound proof booth again, we played game after game until he matched all 5 words with Lisa from Whiritoa! We won't punish you with all the games in this podcast episode, but have included the winning game of course! 5 Words for $5K returns to normal at 7.45am tomorrow, and who knows, we could give it away again. Enjoy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emma Chaddock from Motueka recently woke up early one morning to her neighbour screaming that her house was on fire & that her daughter was inside. Emma did an incredible thing (that is usually not advised) and went into the inferno to save the daughter. If she was 20 seconds later, the outcome would've been completely different. This is an incredible story from an incredible woman!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recently we've been speaking about the best things you've ever won, and we had a late contender on the show today! Melanie told us about how her and her workmates won $1 million from Lotto. What happened when she found out? What did she spend the money on? We delve deep! Jono tried to also fulfil a childhood dream of being sponsored by Nike. A big stretch, but we reckon it paid off. We caught up with Toni Street to talk about her new book Lost And Found, and we also spoke with a woman who saved a 6 y/o girl from a burning house. Incredible story. Enjoy the podcast whānau!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.