What We Talk About

Kenneth Gaffney knows more about Star Wars than he would care to admit. He's lost count how many times he's watched the films, and he understands them on a whole other level to most people, this is because like Luke Skywalker, Kenneth's father is also a Sith Lord

Jonny Potts is not from Wanganui, but he loves Wanganui like a home town. Hear Jonny tell a series of stories from and about Wanganui, from it's historical acorn trees to the Wanganui Chronicle's voxpops on Puppetry of the Penis. Listen through to the end for bonus content on Whanganui fast food establishments.

Adam Goodall took the opportunity to speak at What We Talk About to explore two of his obsessions; he talked about Final Destination 3, but he did it in the style of a This American Life or 99% Invisible style public radio documentary. He essentially hijacked our podcast to do one of his own. His obsession with both of these things is so great he has expanded this 15 minute talk into a full length hour long public defence of Final Destination 3 radio documentary in the 2016 NZ Fringe Festival. It's called Extremely Loud and Incredibly Gross and it runs from the 22nd to the 26th Feb at BATS Theatre.

When Jean Sergent is not on stage or at school, she is probably reading fan fiction. In fact, when she is at school she may also be reading fan fiction because it is the topic of her masters thesis. Listen to Jean tell us why fan fiction is a feminist issue and how it is most maligned art forms in the world.

Jen O'Sullivan probably loves improv more than you love anything. She performs, teaches and produces improv and is the director of the NZ Improv Festival. So for What We Talk About she wrote down exactly what she wanted to say.See Jen O'Sullivan in the 2016 Fringe Festival in Awkward Threesome, Lyall Baywatch, Death Never Blinks or A History of Being Offended, tickets and information about these shows at www.fringe.co.nz

Jen O'Sullivan probably loves improv more than you love anything. She performs, teaches and produces improv and is the director of the NZ Improv Festival. So for What We Talk About she wrote down exactly what she wanted to say.
See Jen O'Sullivan in the 2016 Fringe Festival in Awkward Threesome, Lyall Baywatch, Death Never Blinks or A History of Being Offended, tickets and information about these shows at www.fringe.co.nz

Abby Howells has had a rocky relationship with musical theatre, from performing a scene from Les Misérables in front of her primary school classroom, to recreating Cats (and playing every role) in her bedroom, to being cast out to the back row of the chorus in her eventual performances. Abby Howells entertains us with her heartbreaking and hilarious personal history with musical theatre. Go and see Abby's play 'Discharge Goes Back to School' from Feb 2-13 at BATS Theatre during the 2016 NZ Fringe Festival.

When Nikki-Lee Birdsey returned to New Zealand in 2015 where she spent most her childhood, she found herself instinctually reacting to the country, rediscovering feelings, senses and general understanding of New Zealand.

What could possibly spark obsession in an eight year old girl more than the Louisa May Alcott classic novel Little Women? The 1994 film adaptation of Little Women. Cherie Jacobson delves into her ongoing obsession with the greatest movie of all time.www.whatwetalkabout.co.nz

David Lawrence is an obsessive guy, he could easily talk about Shakespeare, The Simpsons, Chuck Taylors but for this episode he decided to talk about The Mountain Goats