Leonie Hayden is joined by comedians Jessica Hansell aka Coco Solid and Jamaine Ross aka the best beard in New Zealand comedy on the first episode of Mātakitaki, a show about Māori people, issues and stuff. We discuss the brown mum mafia, monetising racial trauma and their brand new comedy series, 'Only In Aotearoa'.

Mātakitaki #1: Our first episode could be our last

Short-run and one off podcasts from the Spinoff

Comedy

Poet Hollie McNish and author Emily Writes talk about the politics of parenting.

The Motherhood Session with Hollie McNish and Emily Writes

Podcast host and comedian and big-brained Brit Andy Zaltzman will be touring New Zealand later this year for the comedy festival, and spoke to Alex Braae about politics, satire, and the game he can't get enough of.

Andy Zaltzman can't stop talking cricket

In this episode Henry Oliver presents a sneak peek at our latest podcast series. It's a track by track examination of Lorde's new album Melodrama featurign the artist herself in conversation with Henry. We'll release all 11 episdoes on the 19th of June.
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PREVIEW - Lorde: Behind The Melodrama

On 5-6th of May 2017 two panel discussions were held as part of the Equalise My Vocals campaign created and curated by Coco Solid and presented on the Spinoff.
EMV was and is a discussion about gender equality in the New Zealand music industry. These korero (organised by Coco Solid and Trixie Darko) presented a chance to take stock and hear respected artists talk about their experiences and offer their wisdom and thoughts on a wide range of issues. 
On day one the panel members included Melody Thomas, Karyn Hay, Randa, Geneva Alexander-Marsters, Lucy Beeler. Moderated by Coco Solid, the discussion covered areas such as how idenity politics impacts on ones work, learning to make critics productive for your work and how the industry has changed and what keeps people optimistic for the future.

Mātakitaki #1: Our first episode could be our last

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