ReCooper8 » Podcasts

Sometimes, somebody walks into your life with so much energy you think, “Sod solar energy, this human could power the nation with her smile alone!”

That person for the Hot Waffle/ReCooper8 team this week was Mish McCormack, fitness fairy and celebrant who is steaming up the aisle of success with her business, Marry Me Mish.

Join Lucy and Mish in the studio for a beautiful chat about success, determination and following your passions.

For vision with your sound, visit our show page at Arrow FM.

A huge thank you to Michael and Veronika at Arrow FM for making our show dreams possible, and to NZ on Air for making it possible for Michael and Veronika to make our show dreams possible!

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Hello! Coops here. I’m developing a new podcast and would like your feedback on this pilot edition.

The podcast is called One Big Story.

I want to take you inside the making of New Zealand’s biggest journalism.

In each episode I sit down with a reporter behind a major story to unpack how it was found, built, and told — from first lead to final impact.

It’s a behind-the-scenes look at the craft, challenges, and real-world consequences of the stories that shape our news.

This pilot edition is with The Post’s Katie Ham. She’s a brilliant crime reporter and her story, Meth in the Suburbs (paywalled), is what gave me the idea for this podcast.

Let me know what you think. Too long? Too short? Do you like the music choice? (I’m not sure myself!) Have you read a long-form story lately that you really enjoyed and would like to know more about? You can email your feedback to [email protected] or leave a note here.

A huge thank you to Katie Ham for being willing to be my guinea pig and for a great conversation; to Monique Ford, videojournalist at The Post for taking fantastic video – I will use it I promise! And to my editor Piers Fuller and his boss, Victoria Guild, for supporting the development of this idea.

Catch up with Katie and Coops’ chat with Jane Ross, director of Te Waiwhakaata Wairarapa Film Festival and Michael Wilson, manager of community access radio station Arrow FM about a special screening of Annie Goldson’s 2023 doco Red Mole: A Romance on May 2.

For more information and to buy tickets, visit the Film Festival’s website, tune into Arrow FM, and read Lucy’s story about the screening in Wairarapa Times-Age (paywalled, but well worth a subscription!).

ReCooper8 » Podcasts is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://recooper8.com/

With Vic Ross and a stack of trashy 1980s fiction!

ReCooper8 » Podcasts is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://recooper8.com/

Here’s the May 31 edition, with writers Angela Yeoman and Pia Buck!

Here’s the episode from May 03! Enjoy! It’s a goodie!

Missed ReCooper8 on Sunday? Well, do not despair – you have a second chance! It really was a goodie. We chatted with Jen Olson about Featherston Booktown; Jane Ross about the upcoming Wairarapa Film Festival; Rebekah Merhtens about life travelling around the South Island in a bus with her family; and Christine Eliseev about her family’s efforts to raise funds to evacuate her mother-in-law, Lyubov, from Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Equally delightfully, you can watch the show on YouTube!

Thank you to our fabulous guests, to the wonderful folk at Arrow FM that make this show possible, and to Toby Mills at Wairarapa TV for all his technical wizardry!