Verbal Highs

Verbal Highs

By Lewis TennantSociety & CultureDocumentary
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Verbal Highs episodes

  • Episode 78: Nabeel Zuberi
    Nabeel Zuberi teaches & writes about music, media, film and the politics of culture. Pakistan-born, he moved from Yemen to England as a refugee in 1968.Nabeel once went to America to study American Studies. Please subscribe to the podcast & check www.verbalhighs.com

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    1 hr 26 min
  • Episode 77: Lindsay Neill
    Lindsay Neill is a chef turned lecturer whose research & teaching frames food in social and cultural contexts. He has studied NZ’s most famous pie cart.Lindsay describes his decision to do a second master’s degree as a Suzanne Paul moment. Please subscribe to the podcast & check www.verbalhighs.com

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    1 hr 10 min
  • Episode 76: Levi Hawken
    Levi Hawken is a pro skateboarder, artist, teacher, mentor, writer & landscaper, who in 2011 unwittingly ended up one of NZ’s best-known Internet memes. Levi creates things out of concrete in a room full of giant Jet Plane lollies. Please subscribe to the podcast & check www.verbalhighs.com

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    1 hr 28 min
  • Episode 75: Graeme Hill
    Graeme Hill is a broadcaster, producer, writer, musician & raconteur. He was an Able Tasman from 1983 to 1996, and 95bFM’s first full-time brekkie host. Graeme also runs a retreat & sweat lodge for native geckoes. Please subscribe to the podcast & check www.verbalhighs.com

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    1 hr 14 min
  • Episode 74: Karl Steven
    Karl Steven is a composer of original music to picture, academic, music producer, & musician. He’s probably best known as the front man for Supergroove. Karl has a doctorate in Socrates. Please subscribe to the podcast & check www.verbalhighs.com

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    1 hr 20 min
  • Episode 73: Ermehn' 274
    Herman Loto is a rapper, MMA fighter and trainer, former King Cobras member, & security provider. His debut album Samoans: Part 2 is a slept-on classic. Herman specialises in mosh pit control when working events.

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    1 hr 16 min
  • Episode 72: Harry the Bastard
    Harry T Bastard landed a role at Rough Trade Records, which led to a role at Watts Music. The front room of Harry’s New York flat was known as ‘Club H’. Some bad luck on a fishing trip led to Harry returning to NZ decades after leaving. Please subscribe to the podcast & check www.verbalhighs.com

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    1 hr 3 min
  • Episode 71: Gareth Shute
    Gareth Shute is a writer, publisher, & musician. In 2004 he wrote the award-winning Hip Hop Music in Aotearoa, the first of five books he has authored. Gareth works part-time for a five year old making tree houses & crappy planes. Please subscribe to the podcast & check www.verbalhighs.com

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    1 hr 21 min
  • Episode 70: Paul Oremland
    70: Paul Oremland made a film about 100 of his past lovers. 100 Men features interviews with some of the men, charting 40 years of gay history & Paul’s life. One of Paul’s first jobs in London was editing out the most climactic scenes in porn films. Please subscribe to the podcast & check www.verbalhighs.com

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    1 hr 23 min
  • Episode 69: Ian Magan
    Ian Magan is a pioneer of radio & music promotion in NZ. He was one of Hauraki’s ‘Good Guys’, & has since toured artists as diverse as AC/DC & Pavarotti. Chuck Berry once did a runner from Ian, though he caught up with Chuck at Auckland Airport. Please subscribe to the podcast & check www.verbalhighs.com

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    1 hr 31 min

About Verbal Highs

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Verbal Highs is a long-form interview podcast with people who create & innovate in their chosen art form, vocation, back shed, main stage, peer group, or shower cubicle. Based in Tāmaki Makaurau,…