Gavin Learns

In Episode 36 of Gavin Learns, Gavin and Danny bring on a new cohost, Kipling Davies. We talk about a whole range of topics including shopping for Lingerie with your partner, strange request from people you have hooked up with and a whole load more.   

YEP, this really is a new direction for the podcast here in New Zealand! Let us know what you think!   

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Today I interview Jason, from Political Cutz who is currently producing his Fringe Festival show, The Builder's Fringe.  

Jason's career has seen him go from professional hairdresser to public art producer and performer. With an unconventional path, Jason has learnt business and performance skills that have given him an understanding of what is successful public theatre. Jason is passionate about celebrating non-arts trades in creative contexts, looking to challenge audiences perceptions of what those trades represent. He along with his Fringe Festival show, The Builders Fringe, is constantly evolving Political Cutz & is the current Broker Manager of Urban Dream Brokerage.  

You can find Jason's stuff here:  

https://fringe.co.nz/show/the-builders'-fringe  

http://www.politicalcutz.co.nz/  http://www.urbandreambrokerage.org.nz/ 

 MY STUFF 

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GavinHews  

American Refugees: https://americanrefugees.co.nz/ 

https://www.facebook.com/Theamericanrefugees

Another week another episode!   

Today I interviewed KnowYourStuffNZ.   

KnowYourStuffNZ is a community organisation of volunteers operating in collaboration with the New Zealand Drug Foundation to provide drug related harm reduction services at events around New Zealand, including drug checking.  

I first encountered these guys at a music festival in NZ and I became really curious regarding how they operated, where they started and where they see themselves going forward.   

Wendy came on to represent the organisation as the Managing Director. Wendy has been active in the field of drug policy since 2007. Educated in social policy and criminology with a focus on drugs at Victoria University, she began drug checking after the prohibition of “party pills” in 2008 when it became apparent that the now-illegal substance BZP was making its way into the illicit drug market after its prohibition. She started checking at music festivals in 2014.  

If you want to learn more about the organisation, click below. FYI, the service is free of charge to clients if you ever come across them at a festival.   

KNOW YOUR STUFF LINKS:  

Web: https://knowyourstuff.nz/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KnowYourStuffNZ

Twitter: https://twitter.com/KnowYourStuffNZ

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knowyourstuffnz/ 

MY STUFF  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gavin.hews/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GavinHews 

American Refugees: 

https://americanrefugees.co.nz/ 

https://www.facebook.com/Theamericanrefugees

Episode 32 is with the man himself, Simon Sweetman. Simon Sweetman is a podcaster, poet, freelance journalist and occassional musician. He currently plays in the Wellington chapter of the Ethersonic music and film project, and released his debut collection of poetry in late 2020, "The Death of Music Journalism". He is also the author of "On Song" from 2012 - a history and commentary of some of NZ's best loved songs. And he blogs every day at his website, Off The Tracks.   

If you are familiar with the New Zealand music scene, you will absolutely be familiar with Simon's work. He is an absolute lover of the arts and more specifically, of music. 

Make sure you check out his stuff right here:  www.offthetracks.co.nz   

MY STUFF  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gavin.hews/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GavinHews 

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Dennis Eir Lim and Logan Delaney are Wellington-based creative artists. 

They co-founded STEW Productions alongside members, April Boland, Brittany Meiklejohn and Lorenz Ravalo and are co-hosts of Dexperience, a podcast about Pokemon and discuss all things nerdy alongside Harri Hashim and Oliver Knott.  

You can find their stuff here:  

STEW Productions

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stew.productions.wellington/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stew.productions 

FRINGE SHOW: https://bats.co.nz/whats-on/table/ 

Dexperience 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dexperiencepodcast/ 

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7O0COmJ9VIjzH0BwAEBMHA 

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dexperience/id1508607303 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5sAn9FNdMLCmYSf1Gz0a06?si=FhG6xAgzSmiXO2sg1e17Ig 

Also available on your podcast catcher of choice!  

FRINGE Show:https://fringe.co.nz/show/dexperience-the-live-podcast 

MY STUFF 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gavin.hews/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GavinHews 

American Refugees: 

https://americanrefugees.co.nz/ 

https://www.facebook.com/Theamericanrefugees

Today I interviewed the artist Trent Baumann! I met Trent on the classic comedy circuit and I really wanted to talk about some of the upcoming shows he has coming on.

Trent is more of a performer rather than a comic and uses more of a circus performance rather than strict stand up. You can find some of his details here:

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/trenthbaumann

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/trenthbaumann/

MY STUFF

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/gavin.hews/

Gen is the founder of the podcast Frankly!  

Frankly is a no bullshit sex education and sex advice podcast for NZ teenagers. She is a creative and social activist at heart. She ran the first March for Science and has spoken around New Zealand at science conventions on the importance of science education in the community. Not to mention her work in defending Drag Queens’ rights to do glittery shows in libraries to help educate children about diversity. She has also worked as a Marketing Consultant for over 10 years, concentrating her efforts on clients with social or environmental purpose (such as Ethique, Science Alive and InsuredHQ). Her labels include; Mum, Cyclothyimic, Bisexual, left-handed and Psychology student.  

To find more of Gen's stuff, click the following: 

Frankly Podcast Website 

https://www.franklypodcast.co.nz/

Frankly Podcast 

https://www.facebook.com/franklypodcastnz

This episode was SUPER fun. Sebastian Yeh used to be a dating coach who specialized in helping Asian men find dates. I found Sebastian, funnily enough, on Reddit where he was hosting an 'Ask Me Anything'. I came into this podcast expecting to talk to a guy who was more or less interested teaching guys how to 'trick' women into sleeping with them but I was actually wrong and kind of convinced of the merits of a dating coach (who is ethically minded). 

Sebastian was a great guest, someone who could just go on about any topic! 

You can check him out on instagram @iamsebastiansolo.  

Once again, my tour is coming up! 

Check it out: https://americanrefugees.co.nz/#2429ba2e-74cb-4b3f-8c64-db083b78cf5b

Wohooo another episode. Danny Sewell has a very ironic last name considering the glasses (his joke not mine).  

Danny is a comedian, artist and friend! I wanted to have him on the podcast to discuss his upcoming Fringe Festival show, our upcoming podcast, and his background as a comedian and just general human being.  

You can find Danny's Fringe Festival show here: https://fringe.co.nz/show/please-laugh 

You can find tickets to my comedy tour here: https://americanrefugees.co.nz/tickets

Today I interviewed a hypnotherapist on the podcast as I continue to delve into the inner workings of the human mind. I wish I could hypnotize you to subscribe to the channel though!  

Meredith McCarthy has been practicing Clinical hypnotherapy in Wellington for over 27 years. She has been a trainer for the New Zealand School Of Professional Hypnotherapists for 7 years. She is a Registered Professional Member of the New Zealand Association of Professional Hypnotherapists (NZAPH) and has been Vic President and President of the NZAPH , and currently sits on the the committee and the examination board.  

American Refugees Tour: https://americanrefugees.co.nz/

You can find Meredith's details below:  https://www.meredithmccarthy.com/