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E78 | Josh Kronfeld

You might know Josh Kronfeld as an All Blacks legend. Or Otago hero. Or a Crowd Goes Wild reporter. Or a physio, or surfer, or artist, or maybe you know his music... the point is he's done a hell of a lot with his life - and we had an absolute blast covering it all in our latest episode!

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E77 | Ryan Fox

Ryan Fox is one of New Zealand’s best golfers and has 13 professional wins including two European Tour titles. He shares memories of his late mate Shane Warne, his best Tiger Woods stories, what really happens when you win $500k in one tourney, why golfers are weird guys, and much more.

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E76 | Chloë McCardel

Chloë McCardel holds the world record for the longest non-stop ocean swim (124 km in 42 hours) and the most crossings of the English Channel (44!). This episode may stretch your appreciation of what the human body and mind can achieve.

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E75 | Dion Nash

Dion Nash was one of New Zealand cricket’s great players (and characters) in the 90s, and now – a decade after founding Triumph & Disaster – is a case study on how to start a successful business!

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E74 | Polly Harding

PJ Harding started her radio career as an intern at NZME's ZM in 2011 but it didn’t take long for her to find her way behind the mic. She proved her talent as one of the most engaging voices on kiwi radio together with Jase Hawkins when breakfast radio in Australia came calling. Then she walked away at the top of her game to settle back in heartland New Zealand.

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E73 | Lance Cairns

Lance Cairns was one of the biggest names in New Zealand sport in the 1970s and 1980s, a bowler who took over 100 test wickets for NZ and captured the public’s imagination with his powerful hitting. It was only in December 2009 that he had a life-transforming operation. A cochlear implant allowed him to hear clearly for the first time in over 30 years.

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E72 | Kieran Read

Kieran Read is an All Blacks legend and a bloody great New Zealander! We go behind the scenes of the All Blacks environment, get an insight into the ‘freak of nature’ that is Richie McCaw, recovering from injury and playing through pain, as well as sharing some lighter moments from his career.

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E71 | Toby Burrows

Toby Burrows is one of the country's godfathers of festivals, having been involved in Rhythm and Vines in his hometown, Gisborne for many years. He’s more recently tasted success organising Bay Dreams, Le Currents and Plane Sailing, while touring some of the world's biggest artists from Bryan Adams to Cardi B and Snoop Dogg.

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E70 | Monty Betham

Monty Betham 101 games for the Warriors and nine tests for the Kiwis before retiring from rugby league at the age of 28 to become a professional boxer like his father. He won eight of his nine fights, including a bout with Shane Cameron at The Fight for Life, before retiring in 2016 after a health scare caused by a brain bleed.

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E69 | Shane Cameron

Shane Cameron was one of New Zealand’s best boxers, a New Zealand heavyweight champion, Pan Pacific title-holder and Commonwealth Games bronze medalist who retired from boxing with some knockout stories and pursued a career in business with some reality TV along the way.

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E68 | Scott Styris

Scott Styris crossed the amateur and professional era of cricket as well as the introduction of T20 where he was one of the game’s original trailblazers and globetrotters. Now working as an international cricket commentator and pundit for over a decade he has a reputation as one of cricket’s sharpest minds with a ton of great stories from on and off the wicket.

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E67 | Marina Erakovic

Marina Erakovic was New Zealand's no. 1 women's tennis player from the age of 15 and spent over a decade inside the world’s top 100 rankings. Arriving in New Zealand from the former Yugoslavia as a six-year-old who didn’t speak English, her achievements were probably underrated in this country as she was the lone flag bearer on the WTA tour for so long.

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E66 | The best of 2021

2021. What a year! We interviewed some of New Zealand’s biggest stars, joined the Alternative Commentary Collective, became one of New Zealand’s most popular sports podcasts, and laid the platform for a big 2022. Check out a compilation of some of the best clips across the 28 episodes we recorded this year.

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E65 | Dai Henwood

Dai Henwood is one of New Zealand’s most popular and successful entertainers who has done and seen it all and acquired some serious wisdom along the way. From bursting on to the scene as a booze-fuelled off-the-wall character comedian to being a mainstay on 7 Days, through to the family-friendly host of Dancing with the Stars.

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E64 | Chelsea Lane

Chelsea Lane is extraordinary. After working in New Zealand for over a decade as a physio in and around high performance sport, she got an email from the NBA champion Golden State Warriors in 2015, asking for her help.

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