RDU Podcast

This week, Martyn walks us through a couple of cuts from “Vessel of Love”, the latest album from Hollie Cook.

We start a brand new segment talking about the legal issues of the day with Tim Mackenzie, a barrister at Canterbury Chambers. This week, Matt chats to Tim about Labour’s rolling back of “90 day trial periods” in employment law, the current status of the CTV building case and Matt tries to convince Tim we don’t need to ban smoking in restaurants and pubs anymore.

Interview with long time RDU pal and organiser of The Nostalgia Festival, Johnny.

For this week’s Scorpio book review, Rachel drops by to talk about “The Choice”, a memoir by Holocaust survivor and renowned psychologist, Dr. Edith Eger.

Dave from Scorpio books pops in to give us a review of “The Trespasser”, the latest crime novel from Tana French.

This week Matt and Nick Compare notes on last weeks recommendations and Nick covers his picks for the week.

Bryce Galloway calls in to chat with Matt about the evolution of his zene, “Incredibly Hot Sex with Hideous People”. The latest compilation of which is currently available at Scorpio Books. Visit Bryce’s website here

Digital Media expert, Daniel Nielsen, makes his first fortnightly appearance of the year. Matt and Dan chat about Jeremy Well’s possible (likely?) new gig, MediaWork’s concerns with RNZ+, accusations of Twitter “Shadow Banning” users with certain political views and Facebook’s newsfeed adjustments.

Sink or Swim is back for 2018! This week Jay from Sadhana brings in the abrasive cut “Little Dead Surfer Girl” from King Uszniewicz and His Uszniewicztones and listener reactions are…mixed.

Matt chat’s with food expert, Julie Biuso, about her upcoming appearance at the Great Kiwi Beer Festival. They chat about her introduction to the world of beer, food matches and more!