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

The Male Gayz

Sweet Bobby

Hoaxed

Off Menu

Good One

Articles of Interest

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. 

Fair Game: Pacific Rugby Against the World
Eating Fried Chicken in the Shower (bonus episodes)
The old man and the three
Gladiator (Boston globe) 
The Gargle with Alice Fraser
The Bugle
You're Dead to Me

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!

Aotearoa Hip Hop: The Music, The People, The History

Case File
Sword & Scale
The Wax Museum
The Mismatch
Straight Dribble
Ebro in The Morning - Hot 97
Mai Morning Crew
Mogul - S3: Chopped and Screwed

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. 

Socrates Walks Into A Bar

The Worst Idea of All Time

True Anon

Yung Chomsky: Keep The Dream Alive

My Brother, My Brother & Me

Till Death do Us Blart

Threedom

The Rachel Maddow Show

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

The Zane Lowe Interview Series

George FM Breakfast's Fisher Interview

The Joe Rogan Experience

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

History of New Zealand Drum & Bass

Resident Advisor Interview Fatboy Slim

Bonus: The Dutch youtube series Ash mentioned

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 - Gimlet Media

Homecoming - Gimlet Media

Industry Standard

The Old Man and the Three - with JJ Redick and Tommy Alter

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)

Talking out the Trash
Edge Drive
Trainee Sexologist
Serial
Black Hands
Dirty John
Serial Season 2
S-Town
Jay Shetty
Brene Brown
Call Her Daddy
Grey Areas
Shameless
We don't have time for this
Armchair expert
Conan O Brian Needs A Friend
The Cryptid Factor

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

Las Culturistas

Duncan Recommends

The Lowe Post

Gone By Lunchtime

Jane Recommends

Surviving Sisterwives

Do you know Mordechai

When the facts change

Find more great podcasts on the rova app

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 saga.

Guyon's recommendations 

Wind of Change

Redline

The Service

Thunder Bay

Gone Fishing (mentioned in a bonus clip)

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?