Pod-Heads
Pod-heads is a podcast, about podcasts, turning the mic around on some of Aotearoa's leading podcast creators, alongside generally great kiwis, to find out what they're listening to. What series have inspired them, made them laugh, made them cry? You'll get some great recommendations for your new fav series and find out what someone's podcast feed says about them...
Episodes
In our final episode, we're joined by Eli Mattheson, Eli is an award-winning comedian, tv writer, dancer, and host, he's hot off a spicy web series for the spinoff that looks at porn in NZ, he’s a former host of Edge Breakfast, and he has his own great podcast series The Male Gayz, with Chris Parker. We talked ghost writers, catfishing, the finer points of comedy routines, and the satanic lizard elite.
Eli's recommendations
...James Nokise is the host of Eating Fried Chicken in the Shower, has been a puppet master for a marionette retelling of Pulp Fiction, and has a new investigative podcast series out now, Fair Game: Pacific Rugby against the world.
Not only is he the host of an award-winning podcast - but he's also a fan and had some great sports, comedy, and a few personal podcast recommendations.
If you couldn't tell from the title, Aotearoa Hip Hop Legend, DJ Sir-Vere is a True Crime addict, so much so, that one time he freaked out and ended up calling a police officer to check on his family... yeah, that story, plus Hip Hop history, basketball, trading cards, grumpy old broadcasters & Sarah Koenig's soothing tones - all are on episode 10 of Pod-heads!
On Pod-heads this week, we're joined by Tim Batt, one of the hosts of Aotearoa’s biggest podcast hit, The Worst Idea of all Time as well as rova Podcast 'Socrates Walks Into A Bar.' Tim also runs little empire, a podcast production house which pumps out the hits, plus he’s done radio, TV, is a great stand up and an all round lovely dude.
General Lee and Tammy Davis are the hosts of George FM Breakfast, and both legends in their own right, we dive into their favourite music podcast picks, debate the pro's & cons of Joe Rogan & Jordan Peterson, and ferret into General Lee's history, back in the 80's his Dad owned a nightclub and Lee was first on the decks age 10!
Podcast links below
Comedian, entrepreneur, Managing Director; Joe Daymond is a multi talented legend of the Aotearoa media scene. Joe has created TV series, webseries, podcasts, hosted radio shows and runs his own production company West Park. When it comes to podcast recommendations, Joe's picks show your podcast choices can actually play a big part in who you become.
Joe's picks
Start Up - Gimlet Media
Crimetown - Gimlet Media
Mogul - Gi...
This episode gets the record for the most podcast recommendations and the most F-bombs! Sharyn Casey is the legend behind Trainee Sexologist, Edge Drive, Dancing with the Stars & The Masked Singer. Sharyn crushes this ep with 17 recommendations, plus she's just great to hang & chat with!
Sharyn mentions... (no samples this ep as our editors would have passed out)
They're podcast pioneers and an undeniable force in the Aotearoa media scene. The team from The Spinoff are responsible for a bunch of amazing podcasts and it all started with this one, The Real Pod - hosted by Duncan Grieve, Jane Yee & Alex Casey. We find out what podcast's inspire them and uncover some dark secrets from the distant past... 2015, when it all began.
Alex recommends
Duncan Recommends
Investigative journalist & broadcasting legend Guyon Espiner joins Pod-heads. Guyon has taken on Prime Ministers, secret government agencies and foreign powers and that's just his podcasts! In this conversation, we look at the podcasts he's enjoyed, including a deep dive into a CIA song writing mystery, a murder spree in the far north of Canada, plus Guyon's RNZ series about China's influence in NZ & a kiwi cold war spy sag...
A bonus clip from Clint Randell's chat, Clint reveal's which podcast's he's got downloaded, but hasn't listened to yet... are they future favs? Or should he cut and unsub?
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TV presenter, Radio host, Podcaster & Influencer Clint Randell joins Pod-Heads to share his podcast subscriptions while he's between gigs, and there are a couple of themes that emerge: Clint has some talented mates, and he's always keen to learn...
Clint's Picks
An extra clip from our previous episode with Petra Bagust, what was Petra's first ever podcast? Her guilty pleasures & Asher's favourite podcast...
Podcasts mentioned:
Check out Petra's podcast Grey Areas
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Haere mai, and welcome to the first episode of Pod-Heads, a podcast about podcasts! We talk to great kiwi's to find out what podcasts they listen too.
For our first episode we talk to Petra Bagust - Petra is the host of Grey Areas, which is a series of conversations about aging well in Aotearoa, plus she’s a legend of broadcasting full stop.
Petra's podcast picks
...You've got to be pretty desperate to read the description of a trailer, I'm guessing you're on the hunt for a good podcast to listen to, well, you've come to the right place!
Pod-heads is all about finding great podcasts - We turn the mic around on some of Aotearoa's leading podcast creators, alongside generally great kiwis, to find out what they're listening to!
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