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April 7, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 252: Mike McKeon aka Mike Dr. Blue

Welcome back for another week and another new guest, this is episode 252 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys  and thanks to you readers and listeners.

Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. It’s on most of the podcast platforms besides the ones mentioned here. Read More »

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March 24, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 251: Mere Boynton

Welcome back for another week and another new guest, this is episode 251 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys  and thanks to you readers and listeners.

Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. It’s on most of the podcast platforms besides the ones mentioned here. Read More »

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March 17, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 250: Greg Smith

A milestone of sorts –  this is episode 250 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys  and thanks to you readers and listeners.

Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library.

This conversation is with Greg Smith – a shorter list would be what he hasn’t done, since that list would not include acting, filmmaking, DJing, glass-blowing, drug-taking and selling, stone-carving, mentoring, storytelling, voiceover work… Read More »

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March 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 249: Gavin Hewitson (Gavin Learns)

Welcome to Sweetman Podcast. It’s 2021. But I started this year with conversations recorded at the very end of 2020. Now we’re into fresh conversations recorded in 2021. And this is episode 249 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys

Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. Read More »

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March 3, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 248: Nadia Freeman (Miss Leading)

Welcome to Sweetman Podcast. It’s 2021. But I started this year with conversations recorded at the very end of 2020. Now we’re into fresh conversations recorded in 2021. And this is episode 248 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys

Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. Read More »

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February 24, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 247: Talia Marshall

Welcome to Sweetman Podcast. It’s 2021. But I started this year with conversations recorded at the very end of 2020. Now we’re into fresh conversations recorded in 2021. And this is episode 247 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys

Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. Read More »

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February 18, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 246: Jeremiah Ross (Module)

This is episode 246 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys

Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library.

This is a conversation I recorded late last year with Jeremiah Ross aka Module. As Module, Jeremiah made music for LOOP Recordings in the early/mid-00s and went on to create video game soundtracks. I knew Jeremiah well enough to chat to around this time – we didn’t spend a whole lot of time together but we enjoyed a few conversations about music and I was a huge fan of his music. Read More »

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February 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 245: John Wareham

Welcome back to Sweetman Podcast for 2021. I posted the first episode for the year just last week. And now it’s time for a new one – so this is episode 245 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys

Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. Read More »

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February 3, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 244: Maggie Tweedie

Well, after a lengthy summer break the podcast is back and it’s the first one for 2021. This conversation was recorded late last year and then I decided to have a wee break over Christmas/New Year. So you’re now going to hear episode 244 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys

Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. Read More »

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December 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 243: Murray Cammick

Welcome to episode 243 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys

Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library.

Music Industry Legend Murray Cammick is the guest this week. Where to start with Murray…well we started by working out we’d only met very briefly a couple of times and we’d argued online about whether Bobby Womack still had it or not. Then we went right back to Murray first connecting with music – talked through his days at Rip It Up and founding Shake magazine too; from there to DJing, starting record labels, and his own photography – including his current exhibition which brought him to Wellington, here at Photospace Gallery. Read More »

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December 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 242: Jules Van Costello

Welcome to episode 242 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys

Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library.

Here I had a conversation with Jules Van Costello. He’s maybe best described as a ‘drinks professional’. He’s an author, blogger, distributor and winemaker. He’s had shares in restaurants, written books and columns and worked his way up through the hospitality industry. Read More »

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December 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 241: John Newton

Welcome to episode 241 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys

Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library.

This week’s guest is John Newton. He is a writer and academic, a poet, literary biographer/historian, critic and songwriter.

John’s brand new book is a novel-in-verse, the very funny romp, Escape Path Lighting.

It’s been a busy last decade and a half for John, two poetry volumes, a book about James K. Baxter, the first volume of his planned three-book deep-dive into the history of 20th Century NZ literature. An album of his own songs, two bands and he’s currently in Dunedin serving out a Burns Fellowship. Read More »

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