🎙️ Amy & Jono Get Real, Ione’s Memoir Lands, and Wild Prison Stories

🔥 This week’s new episodes

 No Business Being A Castano

Three episodes in, and Amy and Jono Castano are keeping it raw, real, and unfiltered. They kick things off with a deep dive into their MySpace-era love story, breakup, and business partnership, before stepping into the ring with Olympic boxer Harry Garside to talk resilience, masculinity, and that airport arrest. Then, former UFC champ Alexander Volkanovski joins them to reveal what it takes to stay at the top—and his unexpected love for cooking.

Weirder Together with Ben Lee & Ione Skye

Big week in the Weirder Together universe! Ione Skye is officially a published author (cue the confetti! 🎉), and she takes us inside the whirlwind of launching her memoir Say Everything in the U.S.—including a packed reading at The Strand, a New York Times feature, and some unexpected celeb run-ins. Meanwhile, Ben Lee’s been on his own adventure, hopping from Green Day stadium shows to Kylie Minogue concerts (with a side of Mallrat) and getting a little too merry with artist Brad Troemel.

Prison Chronicles

Hospital escorts are meant to be routine—but they rarely are. This episode takes you inside the high-risk world of medical runs, where prisoners see a rare chance to escape, and officers are left navigating chaos. From a hostage situation at a dentist’s office to an elderly woman unknowingly sharing a lift with the Granny Killer, these stories are as tense as they are unbelievable. And just when you think it can’t get worse? A prisoner gets multiple teeth pulled—without anesthesia.

🎙️ In other news

• Prison Chronicles is back with Season 2, bringing more untold stories straight from the officers who lived them. The new season kicks off with "When Things Go Bad" (out now), followed by jaw-dropping episodes like "Hospital Escorts" (out now), "Escapes Part 2" (10/3), and "Ghost Stories" (24/3). Expect high-risk transports, escape attempts, and eerie encounters—all told by the people who face what most fear.

• Ione Skye’s Say Everything is out now, and The New York Times’ Dina Gachman wrote an amazing profile about it. Ione takes us through her Hollywood past—Keanu, Cusack, Madonna’s Christmas parties, the ‘90s scene—and shares why she never cared about being an “It Girl.” Check out the profile, grab Say Everything, and get ready for some seriously cool, unfiltered storytelling.

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