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June 24, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast Turns Three: Thank You To All!

Sweetman Podcast, my weekly interview/chat podcast (new episodes up every Friday) has just turned three years old. I learned, long ago, in the blogging world you must celebrate your own birthdays or wins or whatever. So, well done me. Well done and thanks to the guests! Well done and thank you to anyone that has […]
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May 18, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 63 – DJ Bill E

Welcome to episode 63 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys. We say goodbye and thankyou to L’Affare; they supplied me and the guests with coffee across the last year. And it was always a treat. But, speaking of treats we have a new sponsor, Le Petite […]
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May 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 61 – Phil Judd

Welcome to episode 61 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, L’affare and Yeastie Boys. This one is a conversation with Phil Judd. Founding member of Split Enz, creator of the mighty Mental Notes album, and its wonderful cover image too, Judd should need no introduction. But I’ve given him […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Australia, Chat, Conversation, Counting The Beat, Crowded House, Enz, Ep.61, Episode 61, Film Scores, Interview, Kiwi, L'affare, Love Is A Moron, Melbourne, Mental Notes, Neil Finn, New Zealand, NZ, Phil Judd, Play It Strange, Podcast, Schnell-Fenster, Simon Sweetman, Singer/Songwriter, Split Enz, Suburban Reptiles, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 61 – Phil Judd, Swingers, T Leaf T, The Enz, Tim Finn, Unique, Yeastie Boys ·

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April 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 60 – Miranda Harcourt

Welcome to episode 60 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, L’affare and Yeastie Boys. For episode 60 I talked with actor/director/acting coach Miranda Harcourt. I first met Miranda as part of one of my first ever professional assignments; a housing feature where I interviewed her while a photographer took […]
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April 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 59 – Nik Jarvie-Waldrom

Welcome to episode 59 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, L’affare and Yeastie Boys. This one is a chat with my friend Nik Jarvie-Waldrom. She’s behind a series of interviews as part of the RNZ podcast series, Fathom. We’ve known each other for about a decade, worked the same day-job […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Chat, Content, Converation, Dance, Ep.59, Episode 59, Fathom, Friend, Host, iTunes, L'affare, Music, Musician, Nik, Nik Jarvie-Waldrom, Podcast, Podcasting, Podcasts, Producer, Radio, Radio Active, S Town, Simon Sweetman, Singer/Songwriter, Singing, Soundcloud, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 59 – Nik Jarvie-Waldrom, T Leaf T, Theatre, Yeastie Boys ·

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April 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 58 – Lyndee-Jane Rutherford

Welcome to episode 58 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, L’affare and Yeastie Boys. This one is a chat with actor and director Lyndee-Jane Rutherford. I had never met Lydnee-Jane before but I’ve seen her work – often – from way back when she was a newbie, one of […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Actor, Circa, Circa Theatre, Director, Film, Hand To God, L'affare, Skitz, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 58 – Lyndee, T Leaf T, TV, Wellington, Yeastie Boys ·

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April 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 57 – Myele Manzanza

Welcome to episode 57 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, L’affare and Yeastie Boys. This one is a chat with musician Myele Manzanza. I first met Myele about five years ago when I interviewed him for this story around the release of his debut album. I knew he was […]
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March 30, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 56 – Paul McLaney

Welcome to episode 56 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, L’affare and Yeastie Boys. This one is a chat with musician Paul McLaney. This conversation was recorded over a year ago – it was to be one of the earliest podcast episodes, and then I lost it, then I […]
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March 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 54 – Graeme Tuckett

Welcome to episode 54 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. A chat with film reviewer and film maker Graeme Tuckett. You can read Tuckett’s reviews – and watch them – on Stuff.co.nz, he’s written regularly for the Dominion Post and before that Capital Times; he’s been a film reviewer on RNZ and […]
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February 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 52 – Emily Writes (Again!)

Welcome to episode 52 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. A chat with blogger/writer/author Emily Writes. In fact it’s a second chat, Emily is the first return-visitor to the podcast and if you wanted to catch up with her previous time, or revisit it yourself – it was way back at Episode […]
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February 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 48 – James Robinson

Welcome to episode 48 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. A chat with Kiwi-born, American-based writer James Robinson. He had a blog on Stuff.co.nz – which he turned into a book. The blog – and then the book – looked at life in America and perceptions of America; the way we, as […]
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January 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 46 – Victoria Kelly

Welcome to episode 46 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. A chat with the film composer, arranger and musician Victoria Kelly. I loved chatting to Victoria. We’d met, just briefly, only one other time – but I’d enjoyed her work as part of the SJD band and on stage with Neil Finn […]
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