Fraser Grut is on an ambitious mission to film 10,000 peoples dreams and isn't due to finish this task until 2044. SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram - frasergrut TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro/Technical Difficulties 00:54 - How 10,000 Dreams Project Started 02:25 - Fraser Has Wanted To Quit Multiple Times 04:30 - Family & Friends Forced Fraser To Keep Going 06:32 - What Fraser Does Behind The Scenes/Fraser Loves Talking To People About Dreams 07:50 - How Fraser Got Celebrities To Do It 08:44 - Guessing Email...
Dec 28, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 76
David Wise Is considered one of the greatest video game composers of all time primarily for his score on the Donkey Kong Country games, he is also one of the sampled video game composers as artists such as Drake & Childish Gambino have sampled his music in songs. SOCIAL MEDIA Website - www.davidwise.co.uk Twitter - @David_Wise TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:33 - NDA’s 01:12 - Work Post Donkey Kong 01:58 - David Didn’t Realise How Big His Donkey Kong Soundtrack Was Until The Internet Blew Up 02:...
Dec 22, 2020•57 min•Ep. 75
Jim Johnston was the main composer for over 30 years at WWE and is responsible for some of the iconic themes from Ultimate Warrior & Undertaker to Stone Cold & The Rock. WEBSITE jimjohnston.com TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:28 - Jim Johnston Wants To Come To New Zealand/Lord Of The Rings 01:19 - Yellowstone Park 02:46 - How Jim Composed At WWE & Post WWE/Having To Many Ideas 05:33 - Jim Realises In Hindsight He Needed WWE’s Strict Deadlines 06:17 - Jim Doesn’t Get Writers Block 07:27 -...
Dec 15, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 74
The Armageddon Expo is NZ's biggest Multi-Genre Entertainment/Comic Book Convention and has been running for over 20 years. Bill Geradts is the founder of the expo. SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - https://www.armageddonexpo.com/ FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/Armageddonexpo TWITTER - @Armageddonexpo INSTAGRAM - @Armageddonexpo TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:25 - How Armageddon Expo Was Created 01:50 - Bill Is Surprised By How Big Armageddon Became/Contemplating Retirement 04:34 - Why There Aren’t More ...
Dec 08, 2020•57 min•Ep. 73
Jed Brophy is a great Kiwi actor who is most well known for working on a majority of Peter Jacksons films, most prominently multiple orcs in Lord Of The Rings and the Dwarf Nori in The Hobbit Trilogy. SOCIAL MEDIA Website - https://www.jedbrophy.nz Twitter - @BrophyJed Instagram - @jedibrophy TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:24 - How Jed Got The Jedi Name 00:57 - Jed Is Open To Being In Star Wars 01:36 - Agent In America/How The American System Works 02:46 - Jed Doesn’t Like L.A./Jed Believes NZ Is A...
Dec 01, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 72
ZAP is a hip-hop artist hailing from Tauranga who is a master of rapping double time. Rap Beat Produced by Dr.Hayden SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook - Zap Instagram - @zap_nz TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:46 - Zap Asks Reece Questions 01:50 - How Zap Got Into Hip-Hop 03:22 - American Culture/Gang Culture 05:17 - Who ZAP Is Inspired By/Scribe 06:21 - How ZAP Writes 07:18 - How ZAP Wrote Pieces/J.Dot & Hooligang 08:32 - Bad Mixing 09:20 - Who ZAP Would Love To Collaborate With/David Dallas 10:05 - Asshole...
Nov 28, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 71
Graeme Norgate was a former composer at video game company Rare. He is most well known for composing for a majority of Rare games such as Goldeneye, Killer Instinct & Blast Corps. He is also the main composer of Timesplitters. SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook - Graeme Norgate TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:15 - Graeme Norgate’s Setup 01:11 - Evolution Of How Graemes Composing 03:20 - How Graeme Ended Up At Rare 07:00 - How Composers At Rare Were Picked To Compose Games 10:25 - Graemes Way Of Working At Ra...
Nov 23, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 70
Kimberley Crossman is a well known actress, author, presenter, producer, writer, director, dancer, stand-up comedian (Basically ridiculously talented). She also hosts a podcast called Pretty Depressed. SOCIAL MEDIA Website - kimberleycrossman.com Instagram - @kimcrossman Facebook - Kimberley Crossman TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:12 - What Kim Has Been Doing During Covid-19 02:56 - L.A. Humbled Kim/Realities Of L.A. 04:43 - Dealing With Rejection/What Takes A Toll On Kim 06:32 - Kim Believes She I...
Nov 19, 2020•56 min•Ep. 69
Stephanie Nadolny is a well known voice actor who is widely praised for her role as Young Gohan In Dragonball Z and Young Goku In Dragonball. SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter - @StephVox Instagram - @stephanienadolny Facebook - Stephanie Nadolny TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:47 - How Stephanie Got Into Voice Acting & Got Cast In Dragonball Z 04:22 - Stephanie Was Always Singing, Playing Music & Mimicking Voices 06:10 - The Audition Process For Gohan/Working On The Early Episodes 08:36 - Playing Young ...
Nov 14, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 68
Mark Hadlow is an NZ Actor & Comedian and is well known for his work with Peter Jackson particularly for his role as Dori the Dwarf in The Hobbit Films. SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram - @therealmarkhadlow Twitter - @mark_markhadlow TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:52 - Having A Good Work Ethic/Peter Jackson & His Effect On NZ Economy 02:52 - Hobbiton Being A Huge Tourism Attraction 04:02 - WETA/Richard Taylor/NZ Keeping Up With Overseas 05:20 - Bringing Back The Live Theatre Experience/Hamilton Film ...
Oct 30, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 67
Linda Young is a voice actor for Funimation who is well known for playing the villainous Frieza from Dragonball Z during its original English Dub. Twitter - @LindaYoungVA Instagram - @lindasorta TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - How Covid-19 Has Affected Linda’s Work 02:03 - Working With An Agent/Comic-Con 05:00 - Singing In A Band 06:04 - Linda Always Wanted To Be An Actor & Singer/Linda Didn’t Know What Anime Was 07:10 - How Linda Got The Role Of Frieza 08:14 - First Day Of Work As Frieza/T...
Oct 24, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 66
Grant Kirkhope is widely regarded as one of the greatest video game composers of all time for his work on such games as Banjo Kazooie, Donkey Kong 64, Goldeneye & Perfect Dark. He recently became the first western composer to work with Nintendo on Super Smash Bros Ultimate & Mario + Rabbids SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter - @grantkirkhope Instagram - @grantkirkhopecomposer Facebook - GrantKirkhopeComposer LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/grantkirk... Goldeneye OST https://www.youtube.com/watc...
Oct 16, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 65
Sara Wiseman is a well known actress who has been numerous Australian and New Zealand films and television. SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram - @sarawiseman__ TIMESTAMPS 00:40 - Working During Covid-19 01:32 - Auditioning Process 02:43 - Trying To Prevent The Nerves Overwhelming Herself During Auditions 03:26 - Sarah Impressed By Reece’s Research/Mercy Peak 04:59 - The Evolution Of Filming For Television 05:49 - Hyper Realness Of HD/Hobbits 48FPS 07:00 - Sara’s TV/1080p Vs 4K 07:46 - Sara’s Early Days As A...
Oct 10, 2020•58 min•Ep. 64
Craig Hall is a well known NZ actor who has been a plethora of TV Shows (A Place To Call Home, Outrageous Fortune etc.) and Films (World's Fastest Indian, King Kong.) SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram - @craigalanhall TIMESTAMPS 00:55 - How Covid Has Affected Craig’s Work 01:55 - Working Between Australia & New Zealand 02:57 - Craig & Sara Wiseman Working On The Same Projects 04:21 - A Place To Call Home Time Period 05:05 - Differences Between Television & Film 07:40 - Waiting For The Next Proj...
Oct 03, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 63
Duane Mutu is the Director & Founder of LPL Studios the biggest E-Sports league in Oceania. SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - https://letsplay.live/welcome/ FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/letsplaylivehq/ TWITTER - @LetsPlayLiveHQ TWITCH - https://www.twitch.tv/letsplaylive LINKEDIN - https://www.linkedin.com/company/letsplay.live/?originalSubdomain=nz TIMESTAMPS 00:38 - Reece’s Previous Gaming Guests/Gamers Being Introverts 02:09 - How Duane Got Into The Gaming Industry 06:10 - The First Major Gam...
Sep 30, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 62
Rob Campbell is a successful businessman who now is chair for big companies like Skycity & NZ Tourism Holdings. TIMESTAMPS 00:39 - Being Chair Of Skycity & NZ Tourism Holdings During Covid-19 02:54 - Being Forced To Make Decisions Is Sometimes Easier/Fatigue & Uncertainty 04:30 - Their Is No Certainty In Business/Auditing In Public Companies 06:48 - Diversifying Skycity & NZ Tourism Holdings To Cope Without Tourism 08:48 - What A Chairperson Actually Does 10:53 - Divided Boards/S...
Sep 19, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 61
Mike Smith, Scott Morgan & Julius Dobos composed a majority of the English Dub of Dragonball Z produced by Funimation(Yes, Bruce Faulconer is not the main composer and composed less than 1% of the score.) These 3 have now formed a band called SSJ and perform live versions of the DBZ Soundtrack across America. Mike Smith handled over 70% of the soundtrack from the Ginyu Saga all the way to halfway through the Buu Saga, highlight tracks from him include Vegetas Themes, Goku SSJ, Perfect Cell T...
Sep 13, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 60
Andre Rowell has been managing Editor at M2 Magazine for over 14 years and has done of different articles and podcasts for the publication during his tenure there. SOCIAL MEDIA Website Men - https://m2magazine.co.nz Website Women - https://www.m2woman.co.nz Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/m2magazinenz/ Twitter - @M2magazineNZ TIMESTAMPS 00:51 - How Andre Got Job At M2 Magazine 02:55 - How To Write An Article/Short Opinion Piece 04:55 - Sharing Ideas 05:39 - How Reece Got Into Podcasting 07:1...
Sep 08, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 59
Chad Nicholas is the founder of clothing brand Zerofux Clothing and has been operating for 4 years. SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/zerofux/ Instagram - @zerofuxclothingco Twitter - @zerofuxclothing Website - zerofux.co.nz TIMESTAMPS 00:36 - Why Chad Started Zerofux Clothing 02:12 - How Chad Came Up With The Name Zerofux/Clothing Brands 04:14 - Evolution Of Designs 05:20 - How Long It Takes To Make A Design 06:39 - Cost Of A Printing Machine/Vinyl Cutters/Graphic Standouts 08:30...
Sep 05, 2020•59 min•Ep. 58
Joel Tobeck is a well known Kiwi Film/Television Actor who is well known for many roles in films/television (Shortland Street, Sons Of Anarchy, Lord Of The Rings, Avatar 2 etc.) SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram - @joeltobeck TIMESTAMPS 00:49 - Joel’s Filmography List 01:09 - How Covid-19 Affected Joel’s Work 02:22 - One Lane Bridge/Queenstown 03:34 - Travelling For Work/America/Australia 05:10 - Dialog Coach For Accents 05:39 - Sons Of Anarchy 06:50 - Critiquing Your Performance/Joel Watching His Own Work...
Aug 25, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 57
Kristen Lunman is the co-founder of Hatch which is a digital investment platform that allows to easily invest into the American share market with major companies such as Tesla, Amazon, Facebook, Netflix and more. SOCIAL MEDIA Website - http://hatchinvest.nz Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/hatchinvestnz/ Instagram - @hatch_invest Twitter - @HatchInvest LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatch-invest/ TIMESTAMPS 00:35 - Kristen Is Not A Finance Person 01:15 - Background Of Hatch 02:20...
Aug 22, 2020•53 min•Ep. 56
Real Deal Is The Current KOTD(King Of The Dot) Battle Rap Champion, he recently competed in NZ's Online Battle Rap Tournament Line Em Up. SOCIAL MEDIA - REAL DEAL Twitter - @Real_DealRaps Instagram - @realdealpgh Website - realdealraps.com Facebook - Trevor Weller SOCIAL MEDIA - TREVOR WELLER - (REAL DEALS SON FOR VOICE IMPRESSIONS) Instagram - @thetrevorweller Twitter- @thetrevorweller Youtube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbRxgnpLQlI&feature=youtu.be Facebook - https://www.facebo...
Aug 09, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 55
Tyson Tyler is a veteran NZ/Aus Hip-Hop artist and considered one of the greats during its peak in the 2000s SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram - @tysontylergram Twitter - @TysonTyler Youtube - Tyson Tyler Spotify - Tyson Tyler TIMESTAMPS 00:47 - Vibe In Brisbane/Gold Coast 01:55 - Why Tyson Moved From South Auckland To Brisbane 03:35 - So Many Kiwis/Polynesians In Brisbane 04:50 - Collab With Mareko 05:40 - Convincing His Boys From South Auckland To Move To Brisbane/Making Money From Music 06:51 - Everythi...
Aug 04, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 54
David Van Horn is an NZ Actor who is well known for playing 'Derek' in Sione's Wedding and being in the Pineapple Lumps Ad. He also had a very small part in Avatar SOCIAL MEDIA ACTOR BIO - https://johnsonlaird.com/our-actors/D... Instagram - @thevanhornet TIMESTAMPS 00:35 - David Remembers Reece As A Kid 01:07 - Acting Industry As A Result Of Covid-19 02:46 - Lockdown/Productions Shutting Down 04:49 - NZ Has Always Been A Good Place To Shoot/NZ Crews 05:56 - Kumeu Film Studio 07:06 - David’s Rol...
Aug 01, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 53
Paula Southgate is the current mayor of Hamilton City. SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Hamiltoncity/ Vincent O'Malley Historical Report https://www.hamilton.govt.nz/Documents/Historical%20Report%20on%20Hamilton%20Street%20and%20City%20Names%20FINAL.pdf TIMESTAMPS 00:45 - Zoom//Council During Lockdown/Voting Online 02:30 - Meetings Via Zoom 03:20 - Priorities After Lockdown 04:22 - Debt/Facilities Not Being Used/Adjusting Budgets 05:37 - Why Certain Projects Were Deferred 06:28 -...
Jul 24, 2020•52 min•Ep. 52
Darcy Ungaro is a financial advisor and the host of the investment podcast NZ Everyday Investor. SOCIAL MEDIA Website - https://ungaro.co.nz/nzeverydayinvestor/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheNZEverydayInvestor/ Twitter - @UngaroDarcy Instagram - @nzeverydayinvestor TIMESTAMPS 00:40 - Why Darcy Became A Financial Advisor 02:40 - How Darcy Started The NZ Everyday Investor Podcast 05:00 - Darcy’s Financial Advising Style/Common Questions Darcy Gets 06:40 - Good Debt & Bad Debt/Reasons ...
Jul 18, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 51
King Cass is a hip-hop artist from Christchurch, he leads the King Case, Anti P and Suicide Awareness movements and is well known for his battle with ADHD and with Psychosis. SOCIAL MEDIA Website - kingcass.co.nz Facebook - King Cass Instagram - @kingcassnz TIMESTAMPS TIMESTAMPS 00:25 - Bumpy Flight Into Auckland/Flying 01:00 - Wellington Flights 01:40 - Being Diagnosed With ADHD 03:12 - Side Effects Of ADHD Medication 04:02 - Talking To People With ADHD/Adult Review Of ADHD 05:33 - Tall Poppy S...
Jul 14, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 50
Robin Rhymes is a battle rapper based out of Dallas, Texas. She was meant to compete at FTH 5 in NZ in late March against Scrypt before Covid-19 hit. SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram - @robinrhymes Twitter - @Robin_Rhymes Faceboook - Robin Rhymes TIMESTAMPS 01:10 - How Robin Is Coping With Covid-19 02:12 - Robin Unsure What Kiwis Eat/Indian Food/Netflix 04:09 - Black Lives Matter Protests & Riots 07:41 - Lockdown Causing People To Go Insane/Marches/Education With Money 10:05 - New Zealands Covid-19 Re...
Jun 30, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 49
Carlos Hicks is an MMA fighter and winner of the King In The Ring. He currently trains at City Kick Boxing with MMA heavyweights like Israel Adesanya and Dan Hooker. SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/losflyingfijian/ Instagram - @losflyingfijian TIMESTAMPS 01:08 - Carlos’ Initial Thoughts On Covid-19 02:28 - Spanish Flu/Second Waves 03:49 - Different Strains In America 04:55 - Wellington 06:59 - People With Big Calves 07:40 - Returning To Training 08:27 - Fail With The UK Travelle...
Jun 23, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 48
Greg Johnston is the former CEO of startup company that launched the innovative tech MANTA5 SOCIAL MEDIA Website - https://nz.manta5.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Manta5NZ/ Instagram - @manta5.nz Twitter - @Manta5_NZ TIMESTAMPS 00:40 - How Manta 5 Company Was Founded 02:13 - How Greg Ended Up At Manta 5 03:15 - The Original Manta 5 Concept And How It Evolved 04:20 - All Technology Was Created From Scratch 04:49 - Hardest Part Of Designing Manta 5 05:20 - Testing Out The Manta 5/Cutting...
Jun 19, 2020•58 min•Ep. 47
