RDU Podcast

Matt chats with Rebecca Tansley, Director of The Heart Dances – the journey of The Piano: the ballet about the film and what went in to making it. The documentary goes behind the scenes of a theatrical European interpretation of classic New Zealand film, The Piano.

The current Prime Minister is back! This month, Matt asks about what sort of work is involved with her Ministerial Portfolios and they spend a little bit of time discussing the current state of the New Zealand music scene.

This week, Suli still can’t get off of this micro-nutrient business.

This week, Dave from Scorpio reviews How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan

This week, our guest is Bobby from Latinaotearoa.

Bobby’s picks are Midnight Marauders by Fat Freddy’s Drop (2007) and Benefit by Homebrew (2012)

This week, Matt and Nick chat about The Messenger but Nick neglected to watch Matt’s pick! He does however share some NZIFF highlights.

Matt chats to Jennie, vocalist of Devilskin, about their continuing success and upcoming NZ/Europe tour – which includes a stop off at The Foundry on September 1st!

Matt chats to Vanessa Wells, director of the new documentary East to East which chronicles the journey of several Aranui students as they train for, and participate in the famous Coast to Coast multi sport event.

This week, Tamsin gives us the down low on two Yoga books: The Yoga Healer by Christine Burke and Even the Stiffest People Can Do the Splits by Eiko

Matt talks to Documentary film maker, Shirley Horrocks, about her latest project, Paul Callaghan: Dancing With Atoms