E171 | Matt Heath

Show notes | Matt Heath

0:00 Reflecting on the Matt Heath episode 1.0

1:20 Matt Heath, Jeremy Wells and the Peter Plumley-Walker deep dive

12:48 Pinot Wahs and Mike Hosking

17:49 Matt v Jerry at 7pm and getting into the live podcast scene

22:06 The origins of A Life Less Punishing

26:41 Gratitude v Finitude

30:56 Changing the course of the book

35:00 The compliment text and the Sherpa role

39:03 The Tramadol year

42:42 The danger of punishing chat after interviewing some of the best brains in the world

49:13 Constructing the chapters

57:15 Matt on loss and grief

1:02:58 Finding deeper friendships

1:06:53 Taskmaster and Traitors NZ

1:16:55 10 years as a NZ Herald columnist

1:20:31 The current and future state of media

1:26:00 Last words from Steve, Seamus, and Matt