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.
The Social Media Crab Comeback We’re All Invested In | FULL SHOW
On today’s show:
• Jono overhears rocket scientists discussing launches and the team plans a Rocket Lab theme song
• The niche social media accounts we can't stop following, including a crab’s incredible recovery journey
• Ben’s unexpected Netflix obsession with East of Eden, filmed right here in New Zealand
• Listeners reveal the secret double lives their pets have been living
• We put a listener’s sister on the spot for Kings of Leon tickets in Use Somebody
• Ben’s daughter catches him drooling mid-flight and records the evidence
• A heartfelt tribute to a beloved basketball coach who made a difference to so many young lives
• Megan’s daughter requests salad, pumpkin and kūmara for her birthday dinner
• The strangest birthday requests listeners have ever made
• Can you quit a book halfway through? Ben’s wife doesn’t think so
• Silver Ferns captain Karin Burger joins us ahead of the next Constellation Cup clash against Australia
• Have you legally changed your name and what made you do it?
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20 Oct 2026
“That Was Bloody Florence Pugh!” | Itty Bitty Bit
A casual Auckland doorstep visit took a very unexpected turn when the person answering the door turned out to be Florence Pugh. The best part? They didn’t realise who she was until they’d already walked away.
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19 Oct 2026
A Mum Sent a $42 Invoice After a Playdate?! | FULL SHOW
On today’s show:
Justin Bieber’s NZ trip sparks a wave of AI-generated celebrity sightings around the country
Megan reveals the holiday read her husband picked from the library... and it’s changed everything
The surprisingly ordinary things that make romance novel characters irresistible
Dear Megan: A mum sends a $42 invoice after a three-hour playdate. Would you pay it?
Listeners weigh in on charging parents for food, activities and playdates
Pop-tober is in full swing with Zara Larsson, Lily Allen and more heading to NZ
Jazz Thornton joins us fresh from an invite-only summit at Paris Hilton’s $65 million mansion
New Zealand ranks among the biggest AI users in the world!
Ben’s ChatGPT starts calling him “bro” and gets a little too comfortable
The workplace perks that sound too good to be true: saunas, golf simulators, Pilates studios and office slides
Wild stories of school fundraisers and discos that completely went off the rails
The accidental compliments that somehow feel like insults
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Who has been a guest on Jono & Ben - The Podcast
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Julian Dennison
Stacey Morrison
Julia Hartley Moore
James Roque
Rowena Duncan
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Apple Podcasts (US)
4.3 / 5
6 ratings
Spotify
4.8 / 5
67 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100
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85
Social presence
0
YouTube
0
Engagement
93
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