Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast

On today’s show:
The critically panned movies we’ll defend forever
Ben debuts a bold new theatre outfit and gets an honest review
The surprising “10-minute radius” theory for happiness
Megan’s five-year-old son is caught in a school love triangle
Listeners share their childhood romantic gestures and first crush moves
Weather Heather joins us with the Labour Weekend forecast
Ben’s daughter captures some highly embarrassing plane footage
Jono’s legendary Invercargill story comes back to haunt him
Old-school technology people are still using today
High School Musical stars Bart Johnson and Lucas Grabeel join the show
We attempt a High School Musical singalong... and it does not go well

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Coach Bolton and Lucas from High School Musical join us to look back on their time at East High and chat about where life has taken them since the iconic Disney films.
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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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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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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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