Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast

Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast

This is mildly amusing banter at its mildly amusing best! We’re Jono Pryor, Ben Boyce, and Megan Papas—your favourite breakfast trio on The Hits. We bring you weekday mornings full of life misadventures, big interviews, fun games, and plenty of LOLs. OK, we can’t promise LOLs, but hopefully, you stopped reading after we said LOLs the first time.

Episodes

March 9, 2026 50 mins

On the pod today:

  • Megan took Basty for his first day of school, this will MELT your heart
  • We wanted to hear your mundane celebrity stories...never would have guessed what we saw Ronan Keating doing...
  • The sauciest Dear Megan we've ever done...

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On today’s show: 

  • Ben and Robert Downey Jr. are hanging on a cruise?!
  • Have you ever been mistaken for a celeb? Megan has!
  • Listener gives and amazing hack to zip a dress by yourself
  • Harry Styles drops his new album and we review it
  • Jono jokes about rebranding all local councils as “the effing council.”
  • Callers reveal extreme mooching... p...
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The team catches up with Nicole Ryan in New York as she returns from a chaotic NRL weekend in Las Vegas, complete with celeb encounters and a surprise meet‑up with former producer Taylor Montoya!

They dive into the biggest entertainment stories, including the internet buzzing over Jim Carrey’s dramatic new look, from clone theories to cosmetic surgery,...

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On today’s show: 

  • Megan finally meets her favourite celebrity, Liam Lawson!
  • Liam talks social media pressure, muting racing content, and Kiwi fans gifting Whittaker’s.
  • Sibling survivor stories: chopped fingers, umbrella-flight injuries, and pickaxe accidents.
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On today’s show: 

  • Megan discovers her husband has to kiss someone!
  • How ben handled an awkward intimate scene sitting beside his daughter
  • Why producer Grace got in a yelling argument with Ali Williams
  • What's the one line that instantly kicks off an argument in your house? "I'm so tired," "Do what you want," "My mother-in-law is coming."
  • Why Megan's mum is...
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On today’s show: 

  • Jono accidentally gifted something sentimental to his wife… can he take it back?
  • A listener who met Oasis and the funny fake name they use at hotels
  • Bruno Mars is hosting a live iHeartRadio album preview! We decide on our question to submit (and you can too!)
  • Can you ever guess someone’s weight?
  • Age-guessing and weight-gues...
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On today’s show: 

  • Ben’s so frustrated that his wife keeps doing this with the fridge!
  • We debate on whether men look hotter wearing hats backwards.
  • Why David Hasselhoff once filmed a music video at a listener’s auntie’s house!
  • Chat with Wellington mayor Andrew Little after swimming to prove the harbour is safe.
  • Weirdest things you've bro...
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On today’s show: 

  • Is Ben an amateur at parenting a teenage girl… or just permanently out of his depth?
  • We finally lock in Megan’s opening line for her Liam Lawson interview .
  • How my brother discovered his signed David Bowie poster was fake!
  • Jono’s “genius” strategy for dealing with dead animals… 
  • Is Me...
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On today’s show: 

  • After Eric Dane’s passing, we reflect on what we'd want to say to our own kids if they we one last chance.
  • How we feel about the treatment of the viral monkey Punch.
  • Accidentally becoming the richest person alive thanks to £63 quadrillion!
  • Ben’s daughter gets the most confusing fortune cookie…
  • Megan finally gets...
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February 22, 2026 51 mins

On today’s show: 

  • Jono is caught on the toilet by someone in a truly traumatising encounter.
  • Ben further proves he should never be in a car shop...
  • What's the oldest food you have eaten?!
  • An update on the Liam Lawson emoji saga
  • Funny listener stories on what you have walked out on!
  • How Megan's airplane soup caused so much drama
  • Jono yet again becomes a b...
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February 22, 2026 4 mins

Ben’s sister joins us to reveal how she helped rescue a kiwi.

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February 19, 2026 48 mins
  • We sent Troy to the casino to double our money.

  • We talk about the former prince, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
  • Ben's dog has been doing something that he really shouldn't be doing
  • Megan went along to the Military Tattoo
  • What is the best chip flavour?
  • Jono left his phone behind somewhere and had an awkward interaction


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February 18, 2026 32 mins

On today’s show: 

  • Megan gets listners to help her decide what emoji to reply to Liam Lawson with
  • Why Ben was frantically buying tickets on his laptop while driving!
  • Do we let our kids win board games?
  • How Jono confronting someone over unpaid money went horribly wrong…
  • Emma Memma joins the show to talk touring, life after The Wiggles, and kids...
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On the show today:

  • What's your unusual hidden hobby? Producer Troy is into beyblades...
  • We called the entire city of Dunedin to let them know the won a prize!
  • What happened on your school camp? 
  • Megan reacts to Liam Lawson's message...

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On today’s show: 

  • Why Ben cried twice on a plane…
  • Dear Megan… I went on a first date with a guy who ordered for both of us without asking. Was that just confidence or a red flag?
  • Jono accidentally terrifies a four‑year‑old by stomping loudly onto an escalator.
  • Our take on Obama saying aliens are real!
  • House-rule confessionals: dad-only...
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On today’s show: 

  • During the 10k race Matty and PJ's ferry somehow left late but arrived early, sparking conspiracy theories...
  • Valentine’s Day at the Papas household featured zero flowers but Megan's hubby did something else!
  • The Reason Jono Had to Confess to one of our 10K Race Drivers!
  • Why Megan had to drag a 23kg suitcase through...
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  • We managed to get all the way to Palmerston North!

  • Matty and PJ are heading to Wellington on the BlueBridge and we try a few tactics to stall them
  • We had to give away our only $10 for the 10k challenge ... so we did
  • Megan went shopping during the intense race 
  • Going to a pub quiz to try win ourselves some dinner

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  • We send Jono to complete todays challenge during the show

  • Checking in with Matty and PJ and where they are on their travels
  • Calling out Matty and PJ 
  • The kindness of strangers is amazing 
  • We tell you the stories we've been told from people giving us rides for the 10k challenge!


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  • Matty and PJ are already wayyyy ahead of us in the race!

  • We get tips on the safest ways to hitchhike!

  • Megan shares her “near-death” experience that somehow turns Ben into a hero

  • We check in with our first driver to see if they want an early out…

  • And a surprise sponsorship saves us from hitchhiking for part of the journey!


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On today’s show: 

  • How Ben’s daughter discovered a conversation-ending one-liner

  • Why Megan is sick of her husband going to the supermarket… can you relate?

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