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| #180 - Nate Purkeypile Interview (Artist On Skyrim, Fallout 3/4 & 76) | 07 Dec 2024 | 01:05:49 | |
Nate Purkeypile is a former world artist and art lead at Bethesda who worked there for over 14 years. He has now released his indie game The Axis Unseen that you can purchase here! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1807810/The_Axis_Unseen/ SOCIAL MEDIA FOR NATE WEBSITE - https://www.justpurkeygames.com/home BLUESKY - @npurkeypile.bsky.social TWITTER - @NPurkeypile YOUTUBE - @justpurkeygames #skyrim #fallout #bethesda TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:53 - Working At Retro Studios On Metroid Prime 3 02:25 - Why Nate Left Retro Studios 04:40 - Moving To Bethesda/Fallout 3’s Brown Colour Palette 06:15 - Fallout 4’s Vibrant Colour Palette/Fallout TV Show 09:24 - Nate Handed In Resignation To Bethesda On April Fools Day 10:46 - Bethesda’s Inefficient Management Style 13:23 - Unrealistic Expectations Of Elder Scrolls VI 15:21 - Game Developers Who Don’t Play Games 17:02 - Nate’s Relationship With Todd Howard 18:06 - How Nate Mastered Quantity & Quality 19:46 - Morons, Crunch & Insane Commutes 22:30 - Remote Work/Forcing People Back Into The Office 23:32 - Shadow Of The Colossus Influence On The Axis Unseen 24:57 - The Scope Of The Axis Unseen 26:50 - Timeline Of Axis Unseen 27:53 - Useless Meetings At Bethesda 30:45 - Being A Lead On Fallout 76 32:05 - Todd Howard Obssesses Over UI/Convincing Todd Of Things 33:59 - UI In The Axis Unseen 34:20 - Working With Different Gaming Engines 36:00 - Bethesda Should Migrate To Unreal Engine 5 40:20 - Nate Programmed The Edge Trimming For Fallout 3 41:30 - Working Within Constraints/Layoffs 44:10 - Q+A - Favourite Project To Work On 45:08 -Q +A - How Far Along In Development Would Elder Scrolls VI Be? 47:01 - Q+A - Game Development Differences Between Nintendo & Bethesda 50:38 - Fallout 3 Switch Port With Metroid Content 52:34 - Console Ports Of The Axis Unseen/Certification/Logos 57:09 - Vacations Aren’t Vacations With Bethesda 1:00:10 - How Pay Works At Bethesda 1:01:47 - Nate’s Blood Pressure Was Bad Due To Bethesda 1:03:00 - Final Thoughts | |||
| #179 - Kenny Young Interview (Composer On Astro Bot) | 26 Nov 2024 | 01:08:43 | |
Kenny Young is the composer on the Astro Bot series including the recently acclaimed new Astro Bot game. He has also worked on games such as Tethered, Little Big Planet, Tearaway and more.... #astrobot #littlebigplanet #ps5 KENNY YOUNG SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @kcmyoung FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/KennyYoungMusic/ BLUESKY - @kcmyoung Follow me KIWI TALKZ on Social Media TWITTER -https://twitter.com/kiwitalkz Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kiwi_talkz/?hl=en Discord - discord.gg/yWRCM2aDRT FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/KiwiTalkz TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@kiwitalkz Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9jtZN92eGHA9Hxh-jYGqBw/join TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:42 - Astro Bot Is A Culmination Of All His Work To Date 04:20 - Blending Different Genres Seamlessly/Catchy Melodies 07:40 - How Long To Make Melodic Tracks/Nic Doucet’s Advice 11:05 - Relationship With Nic Doucet/Astro Bot Originally Had Licensed Music 15:26 - Using The Vocoder & Talkbox In Astro Bot 20:01 - Getting Access To The Stems For GOW, Uncharted & Horizon Themes 22:14 - Working On The Remix Themes Of GOW/Uncharted & Horizon Themes 30:00 - Using AI For Extracting Stems/AI Technology/Melodyne 36:04 - Using The Nyckelharpa For Bot Of War & Tethered OST 39:20 - How Many Times Kenny Had To Iterate On Themes 42:46 - Leaving Sony To Do Freelancing 46:46 - Making Disco Schmisco In LBP2 53:01 - Q + A - What Are You Looking For From Game Devs In The Creative Process 57:30 - Q + A - What Was The Main Inspiration With Astro Bot 1:00:42 - Q + A - How The Gardens Theme Was Made In LBP 1 1:06:30 - Outro/Astro Bot | |||
| #170 - Shawn Green Interview(OG ID Software Programmer & Designer) | 04 Aug 2024 | 01:09:40 | |
Shawn Green was a former developer at ID Software, ION and Escalation Studios. He was part of the original ID Software team and worked alongside legends such as John Romero and John Carmack #doom #idsoftware #johnromero TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:36 - How Shawn Ended Up At ID Software/Commander Keen 05:05 - Learning The DOOM Editor 06:40 - Doing The Ports For DOOM 10:55 - Designing Levels For Ultimate DOOM 13:10 - Making E4M8 - Unto The Cruel 16:25 - How Shawn Learned To Design DOOM Levels 18:15 - Working With John Romero 21:30 - Romero & Carmack’s Differences 23:40 - ID Software Didn’t Have A Hierarchy 27:00 - John Carmack Is A Monster 28:30 - The Circumstances Of Crunch Matters/Carmack Is A Workaholic 30:30 - John Carmack Sacrificed A Lot To Be Who He Is 32:30 - Getting Into A Zone/Working On Halo: Combat Evolved 38:30 - Shawn Puts His Programming Hat On While Playing Games 39:31 - Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom’s Amazing Physics Engine 41:15 - The QA On DOOM Ports 43:20 - The Hardest Thing About Programming 44:30 - Integration Is An Important Part Of Coding 46:30 - The Curve Balls Of Running Escalations Studios 48:35 - The Pros And Cons Of AI 53:10 - Design Differences Between Japan & The West/Layoffs 1:06:40 - Shawn’s Final Thoughts/Working For Nintendo | |||
| #79 - Dean Hall Interview (DayZ, Rocketwerkz, Game Design, Icarus, Military, Social Media etc.) | 28 Jan 2021 | 00:54:41 | |
Dean Hall is a video game designer who came into prominence for his game DayZ. He has founder video game company Rocketwerkz and are releasing Icarus there first AAA game in 2021.
SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter - @rocket2guns Instagram - @thedeanhall Website - rocketwerkz.com Twitch - @rocket2guns
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro 00:34 - How Serving In The Military Influenced Dean’s Video Game Design/Military Training 01:55 - How Day Z Idea Came About 03:01 - When Dean Realised Day Z Would Become Big 04:47 - Online Hate/Criticism That Hurts 06:45 - Social Media Is A Necessity 08:07 - Pros & Cons Of Social Media 08:41 - What Dean Focuses On First On A Gaming Project 09:48 - How Long Icarus Has Been In Development/Release Date 12:11 - Why Cyberpunk Is A Success/Mistakes CDPR Made 14:05 - Difference Between NZ & Singapore Military/Trying To Psych You Out 17:40 - Kiwis Good & Bad Qualities 20:59 - NZ On Air Should Fund Kiwi Gamers & Youtubers 22:54 - Competing For WETA Staff/Cashbacks For Films 25:26 - Dean Isnt Good At Playing The Political Game 26:20 - Tencent’s Involvement In Rocketwerkz 27:48 - Dean Approaches Gaming Differently Now Compared To Day Z 29:15 - How Covid & Lockdown Affected Rocketwerkz & Development Of Icarus 32:10 - Rocketwerkz Developed A Plan When Covid First Appeared 33:50 - Cybersecurity Is Important 34:40 - Dean Thinks NZ Was Lucky In Handling Covid/Capitalising On Luck 37:34 - NZ Accountants & Lawyers are Terrible Advisers Of Risk 39:03 - Kiwis Don’t Know How To Deal With Failure 42:05 - Being A Product Of Your Environment 43:12 - Kiwis Need To Be More Pragmatic 44:20 - Dean Does Introspection 45:33 - Icarus Is influenced By Skyrim And Ark 46:49 - Game Design Is About What You Dont Put In 49:27 - Game Design Is A Team Effort 51:07 - Where To Follow Dean 52:30 - Dean Wont Release Icarus Until Its Complete/ | |||
| #78 - Tiffany Vollmer Interview (Dragonball Z, Bulma, Acting, Covid-19, Makeup etc.) | 22 Jan 2021 | 01:09:31 | |
Tiffany Vollmer was the original voice actress for Bulma in Dragonball Z. She now mentors a lot of young people at MediaTech. In 2020 she went through the ringer as she caught covid and her life fell apart around her.
SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theogbulma/ Twitter - @TiffanyVolmer Instagram - @theogbulma
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro 01:07 - Previous Pandemics/Pandemics Without Internet 02:27 - How Tiffany Got Into Performing Arts 05:05 - Feeling Good When You Prove Someone Wrong/Losing Friendships 07:09 - 2020 Was A Bad Year For Tiffany 08:49 - Tiffany Gives Her Backstory 15:15 - Tiffanys Life Came Crashing Down Due To Covid/Friends Dying 17:05 - Tiffany’s Symptoms When She Had Covid 21:34 - Coming Out Of The Otherside Of Covid 25:28 - Mentoring/Giving Back/MediaTech 27:05 - Tiffany’s Students Knowing She Voiced Bulma/Teaching Performing Arts Classes 30:20 - Tiffany Loves That She’s Not A Celebrity/Bringing Joy To People 32:40 - DBZ Not Paying Well 34:10 - Being Replaced For DBZ Kai 36:55 - Christopher Sabat/ Tiffany Has Moved On Now 38:04 - At The Time Tiffany Thought Her Career Was Over/Opportunities Arose In Hindsight 39:00 - Tiffany Is Grateful For Bulma Role/Tiffany Gets Mistaken For Amy Schauer 40:30 - Anonymity 41:14 - Backstory Of Tiffany’s Bulma Audition 46:02 - Tiffany’s First Recording Of Bulma 46:50 - Realising Bulma Is The Main Female Of The Series 47:58 - Carol Burnett Inspiration For Bulma 49:18 - Screaming As Bulma/Lost Registers Of Her Voice 52:00 - Raising The Pitch To Play Young Bulma In Dragonball 53:34 - Tiffany Doesn’t Remember Dragonball GT 54:24 - Recording Vocals For Video Games Is Tedious 56:40 - Reece Commends Tiffany For Not Being On Her High Horse 57:45 - Evolution Of Make-Up 1:00:06 - Digital Make Up Classes/Future Of Acting Classes 1:03:01 - Evolution Of Technology & Creative Arts 1:03:57 - Tiffany Got To Do Everything She Wanted To Do 1:06:18 - Where To Follow Tiffany/Facebook Is Bigger In NZ 1:08:16 - Reece Gets Emotional About Tiffanys Story | |||
| #77 - Rob Vickery Interview (Venture Capital, Start Ups, Entrepreneurs, Tall Poppy Syndrome, California etc.) | 17 Jan 2021 | 01:09:03 | |
Rob Vickery is a venture capital investor who has been primarily based out of Silicon Valley for the last 10 years. He moved to NZ in 2020 to help start up businesses in NZ to thrive. He is on a mission as managing partner at Hillfarrance to help create a billion dollar NZ business. SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - https://hillfarrance.com Twitter - @VickeryRob LinkedIn - Rob Vickery
#Investing #Entrepreneurs #Startups #VentureCapital
00:00 - Intro 00:32 - What Is A Venture Capitalist 02:55 - Having A Good Bullshitter Meter 05:05 - Rob’s Reason For Moving To NZ From California 07:57 - Cultivating NZ Entrepreneurs/NZ Capitalising On How It Handled Covid 09:53 - Trying To Educate Government On Venture Capitalists 11:37 - Rise Of E-Sports/Why Rob Doesn’t Invest In E-Sports 13:58 - Difference Between Entrepreneurs Of NZ Vs California/What NZ Entrepreneurs Don’t Do 17:57 - Rob Loves His Job/Honour Of Working With Entrepreneurs 20:05 - Venture Capitalists Are Entrepreneurs As Well 20:29 - Working With Maori & Pasifika Entrepreneurs/Maori & Pasifika Are Amazing Salesman 23:18 - Hillfarrance Will Be Opening In Hamilton 24:21 - Roadshow With Entrepreneurial Community Over The Next Few Months 25:35 - Biggest Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make 30:07 - Thinking Global Instead Of Local 32:17 - Things About NZ Rob Was Surprised By 33:44 - Rob Was Surprised By NZ’s Poverty & Housing Problem 35:01 - Tall Poppy Syndrome Is A Huge Risk To Entrepreneurs In NZ 38:38 - Tall Poppy Syndrome Exists In Britain 39:40 - Combatting Tall Poppy Syndrome/Entrepreneurship Schools 43:44 - Covid Has Divided People 44:20 - Why America Is Divided 46:28 - How Trump, BLM & Covid Affected The Entrepreneurs In California & Silicon Valley/Why Rob Left America 54:50 - Arranging To Come To NZ Took Quite A Long Time/Rob Is Thankful To NZ 59:24 - Rob Doesn’t Like American Billionaires Taking Refuge In NZ Without Investing In The Country 1:03:25 - Gabe Newells/James Cameron Investment Into NZ 1:04:48 - Wealthy People/How Much Wealth Do You Realistically Need 1:06:30 - Northland Needs More Investment/Investing Into People 1:07:34 - Where To Follow Rob Vickery/Hillfarrence | |||
| #76 - Martin O'Donnell Interview (Halo, Bungie, Microsoft, District 9, Film, Royalties, Bill Gates etc.) | 07 Jan 2021 | 01:06:51 | |
Martin O'Donnell is a video game composer who has worked on numerous game but is famous for composing the original Halo up until Halo Reach, he also was audio director and oversaw sound effects and dialogue. He is considered one of the greatest video game composers of all time for his work on Halo. SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - http://www.martyodonnellmusic.com TWITTER - @MartyTheElder YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7ivNZIEmepeJ3YhrkK7PJQ FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/MartytheElder/
TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:30 - Marty Being In GOAT Conversations 01:06 - How Long It Took For Marty To Realise The Impact Of The Halo Soundtrack 02:53 - Entertainment Conventions 03:32 - Marty’s Method To Composing 04:38 - Working Well Under Deadlines 05:57 - Writers Block 07:30 - Marty Open To Remixing Halo Themes For Smash Bros 08:57 - Evolution Of Work Environment At Bungie 12:09 - Microsoft & Bungie Initially Fighting Over Game Development 15:07 - Bungie Fighting With Activision 16:26 - Game Developers Becoming The Men In Suits 17:45 - Martin Thinks In Hindsight Microsoft Deal Was Ideal 18:30 - Halo Was The Golden Egg & Bungie Was The Golden Goose 20:23 - Marty’s Employee Contract With Microsoft 21:42 - Marty Butted Heads In His Last Year/Was Somewhat Aware He Would Get Fired 24:03 - Marty Was Shocked & Relieved At The Same Time From Being Fired 25:33 - Working On Sound Effects & Dialogue 28:29 - Marty Never Changed Any Of The Music By The Higher Ups 32:12 - Marty Open To Scoring For TV & Film 33:19 - Marty Met Peter Jackson For Halo Film 34:06 - Background Behind The Halo Film 37:19 - Halo Film Ideas Ended Up In District 9 39:20 - District 9 Being A Great Film 40:29 - WETA Designs For District 9 41:39 - Marty’s Relationship with Bungie & Microsoft These Days 43:30 - One Individual Can Influence A Whole Company/Bill Gates/Steve Jobs 45:66 - Geniuses Still Being Flawed 46:43 - Marty’s Future Endeavours/Highwire Games 48:59 - Tolkien Estate Contacted Highwire About Golem Game 51:00 - The Pain Of Trademarks/Copyright 52:20 - Getting Royalties For Halo Soundtrack/Music Publisher Tried To Pull Marty’s Own Music 54:40 - Marty’s Early Demos/Advice To Young Composers 58:01 - Marty’s Inception Stage 59:34 - Meeting Fans Expectations/Going Viral 1:03:58 - Marty’s Wife Keeps Him Grounded 1:05:06 - Where To Follow Marty/Highwire Games 1:05:45 - Marty Wants To Come To NZ | |||
| #75 - Fraser Grut Interview (10,000 Dreams, Celebrities, Depression, Freelancing, Motivation etc.) | 28 Dec 2020 | 01:02:41 | |
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 Emails/How Many Emails Fraser Sends A Day 12:05 - Time Of Day Fraser Sends Emails/App So You Know When People Have Checked It 13:56 - Kaley Cuoco Blocked Fraser 14:30 - Domino Effect Of Getting Celebrities 15:33 - Wording Emails Correctly/Being Turned Down Multiple Times 16:50 - How Reece Gets Guests On Kiwi Talkz 17:51 - How Reece Got The Composers Of Dragonball Z On His Podcast 20:02 - The Guests Reece Would Like To Get On Kiwi Talkz The Most 21:05 - Fraser Uses An Email Template/Name Drop 22:25 - Reece & Frasers Email Screw Ups 24:11 - Fraser Screwed Up With Jack Goodhue 25:26 - Being A Perfectionist Filming Dreams 27:51 - Doing 10,000 Dreams Took A Toll On His Relationship 29:00 - Having Deadlines Can Be A Good Thing 32:07 - How Fraser Gets Out Of A Negative State Of Mind 35:04 - Fraser Tells Story About Mark Cuban 37:19 - Dreams Randomly Appearing In His Email Inbox 38:32 - Having To Complete The Mission Of 10,000 Dreams 39:56 - Being Young And Playing The Long Game 40:56 - Doing 1 Year Was Harder Than Doing 4 Years/Making The Impossible Possible 42:29 - Fraser Got Hate For His Camera Style/Reaction To The Project 44:00 - People Giving Up On Podcasts/Advantage That Fraser Has 47:43 - People Who Dont Have A Dream 49:14 - Fraser Runs A Freelancing Film Company 50:09 - A Lot Of People Reach Out To Fraser Now/Bigger It Gets The Lesser The Chase 51:50 - Fraser Only Wants To Film One Person A Day So It Takes Longer/Being An Historian 53:44 - Covid Can Be An OpportunityAdapting To Zoom 55:42 - Took Fraser A Long Time To Realise Its About The Dream Not About The Filming/Wiggles Story 1:00:34 - Taking NZ For Granted 1:01:31 - Where To Follow 10,000 Dreams/Fraser Grut | |||
| #74 - David Wise Interview (Donkey Kong Country, Tropical Freeze, Kenji Yamamoto, Film, HEX etc.) | 22 Dec 2020 | 00:57:12 | |
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 02:29 - OC-Remix 02:47 - Donkey Kong Country 2/Pushing The Tech For SNES 03:52 - Jamming Sam Miller/Compressed Sounds 06:06 - Delay Had To Be Simulated 06:52 - Chucking Grant Kirkhope In The Deep End With HEX 07:48 - Haunted Hall 09:43 - Being Isolated/Covid 10:14 - David Would Hum Tunes Before Recording In HEX 11:05 - Krooks March/Castle Theme 12:15 - Problem Solving 12:45 - Tropical Freeze Is What DKC Would Sound Like Without Limitations 13:29 - Live Instrumentation On Tropical Freeze 14:04 - Collaboration With Retro 14:45 - Kenji Yamamoto’s Involvement In Tropical Freeze 15:56 - Translators With Kenji Yamamoto 17:08 - David Praises Kenji’s Music On Metroid 17:47 - Time David Would Spend At Retro 18:28 - Writers Block 19:20 - Visual Cues To Composing Well Working On Donkey Kong 20:55 - Time It Would Take To Compose On One Track 21:33 - High Tide Ride 22:36 - David Was Largely Left To Do What He Wants 23:23 - Felt Nice To Do Tropical Freeze As Donkey Kong Put Him On The Map 24:14 - Doing Different Genres 25:34 - David Would Like To Work On Film/Advantages Of Scoring For Film 26:50 - Film Scoring Process Vs Game Scoring Process 27:40 - Escaping The Stigma 28:05 - David Would Like To Score For Smash Bros 29:00 - David’s Time In Japan/Nintendo Are Secretive 29:46 - Rare & Retro Culture Difference 30:40 - So Many Rappers Sampling His Music In Hip-Hop 32:05 - David Is Working On Multiple Projects Right Now 32:50 - Covid Has Caused Him Delays 35:40 - David’s Process To Compose 38:30 - What Instruments David Uses To Compose 39:06 - Collaborating With The Former Rare Composes 40:25 - David Tries To Outdo His Previous Compositions 41:45 - Working Under Pressure/Mixing 43:39 - A Lot Of Different Instruments Used In Tropical Freeze/Quantising 45:26 - Stickerbrush Symphony Credits Music In Tropical Freeze 46:33 - Nintendo Told David When To Remix Previous DKC Tracks For Tropical Freeze 46:55 - Aquatic Ambience 48:17 - How Remixes In Tropical Freeze Ended Up There 49:58 - No 2 Days Are The Same When Composing 50:39 - Aquatic Ambience Took 5 Weeks To Write 52:38 - David Will Never Go Back To HEX 53:20 - Saving Time When Composing 55:17 - Where To Follow David Wise | |||
| #73 - Jim Johnston Interview (WWE, Undertaker, Ultimate Warrior, Film, Stage Fright, Hall Of Fame, etc.) | 15 Dec 2020 | 01:09:29 | |
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 - Vince McMahon/Information Jim Got About WWE Superstars 09:00 - WWE Superstars Would Try To Pitch Music To Jim 10:33 - Jim Wasn’t Approachable 11:38 - Deadlines To Compose/Jim Liked The Pressure 14:10 - Jim Didn’t Just Compose The WWE Entrance Music 14:52 - Jim Johnston Would Love To Compose For Hollywood Films 16:40 - Jim Always Wants To Convey Emotion Through Music 18:08 - Politics Of Hollywood/ Jim Is Confident He Could Score Well For Hollywood 20:22 - Stigma Of Composing For WWE 21:32 - Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson 24:29 - How Jim Johnston Is Able To Easily Write Different Styles 27:50 - Every Instrument Jim Can Play 29:06 - Jim Johnston Rarely Collaborates/Jim’s Stage Fright 32:10 - Stage Fright Hasn’t Improved Over The Years 34:38 - Jim Would Be Less Nervous Performing Virtually/Jim Is Anti Lip Singing 36:06 - Jim Does Want To Perform LIVE 36:43 - Jim Hasn’t Been Asked To Be In WWE Hall Of Fame 37:31 - Jim Doesn’t Understand Why He Hasn’t Been Asked In WWE Hall Of Fame 38:39 - Jim Was A Contractor/Workforce System Between NZ & America 40:57 - Jim Composed To Cope After Being Fired From WWE 43:31 - Jim’s Daily Schedule 45:02 - Ultimate Warriors Theme 48:10 - Simple Ideas Are The Most Effective 48:50 - Undertakers Theme 51:50 - Undertaker Walkout Wouldn’t Work Without The Theme 53:41 - Wrestling Isn’t Fake/The Ring Is Hard 57:18 - Social Media/Being Stopped In The Street 59:00 - Jim Still Loves Composing 59:40 - Jim Is Doing An EP Of Themes 1:01:48 - Jim Open To Composing For Video Games 1:03:58 - Melody Isn’t Heard As Much In Film These Days/Jaws 1:06:06 - Jim Likes Normal Conversations 1:07:30 - Cliche Interviews | |||
| #72 - Bill Geradts Interview (Armageddon Expo, Celebrity Guests, Business, Venues etc.) | 08 Dec 2020 | 00:56:40 | |
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 Conventions/Armageddon Isn’t A Corporate Company 07:29 - Regional Shows Vs Auckland Shows/Negative Comments 09:07 - How Bill Decides Guest List 10:20 - How Covid Changed How Armageddon Was Planned/Positives From Covid 13:45 - Things To Consider For Guests At Armageddon 2021 14:44 - Accomodation For Celebrities Guests 15:33 - Corporate Companies Prevented Proper Showings This Year 16:34 - Cons Of Singular Events/Armageddons Expo Advantage Of Diversity 20:01 - Armageddon Foot Traffic Annually 20:55 - How Long It Takes To Organise Auckland Armageddon Expo 22:20 - Bill’s Daily Schedule/Holidays 24:02 - Bill Is Inspired By Other Conventions Overseas/Comic Con 25:25 - Bill Cuts Off Trolls On Social Media/Fans Don’t Appreciate Jeopardising Business 27:02 - Dunedin Armageddon Expo Didn’t Make Money/Bad Press In Dunedin 28:34 - Armageddon Expo Wouldn’t Have Survived Without Wage Subsidy 29:35 - Armageddon Barely Breaks Even 30:29 - Balancing Business Vs Accomodating Fans 30:58 - Guests Bill Hasn’t Managed To Get Yet For The Expo 31:36 - Getting NZ Based Guests Is Difficult/Peter Jackson/Agents Are Difficult 33:40 - Cost Of Bringing Guests Over 35:07 - Certain Agents Are Difficult 36:51 - NZ Is Not Unique For Actors 37:28 - Armageddon Expo Is Limited By Small Venues In NZ 39:35 - Bill Could Get More Celebrities If Venues Were Bigger/Exploring VR 41:20 - Corporates Entirely Revolve Around America 42:04 - On Investors Buying Armageddon 42:40 - 2020 Has Been A Stressful Year For Bill 44:01 - No One Else Could Start A Convention Like Armageddon 44:56 - Armageddon Expo Usually Runs Very Well/Last Minute Problems 46:49 - Sponsors 47:53 - Bill Delegates A Lot Of Work 49:53 - How Bill Stays Up With Whats Going On 53:50 - Blocking Out Negativity/2021 55:08 - Where To Follow Armageddon Expo On Social Media | |||
| #71 - Jed Brophy Interview (Acting, LOTR, The Hobbit, iFit, Fitness, Prosthetics, Housing, District 9 etc.) | 01 Dec 2020 | 01:07:41 | |
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 Amazing 04:10 - Jed’s Mental Health Takes A Downturn From Big Cities 05:09 - Jed Contemplated Living In Vancouver 05:35 - How Jed Became Peter Jackson’s Go To Actor/Peter Jackson’s Direction 08:10 - Playing Orc’s In LOTR 08:40 - Prosthetic Work/Jed Tells LOTR Prosthetic Work Story 11:27 - Different Voices For The Orcs/Fangorn Forest Story 13:40 - Shooting Differences Between LOTR & The Hobbit/Green Screen 15:41 - Sketches & Miniatures To Help Actors/Rohan Set/VFX 17:06 - Jed Interviewed Peter Jackson About Post Production 18:23 - Motion Capture 19:18 - Steven Spielberg Directing Tin Tin Via Satellite 20:08 - NZ Needs To Invest More In Technology/Film Industry Works Together In NZ 21:20 - Avatar 2/James Cameron/James & Peter Are Geniuses 22:13 - Jed’s Work On District 9 24:15 - Adlibbing On The Hobbit/Martin Freeman Loved Adlibbing 25:44 - Effort To Make Cast & Crew Bond During LOTR & The Hobbit 27:09 - iFit Job/Graham McTavish/New Zealands Beauty 29:25 - NZ Becoming Polluted/Underfunded Infrastructure 31:20 - NZ Should Fine People For Littering/Educating People 32:30 - Kiwis Not Appreciating New Zealand 33:01 - Film Crews On LOTR Made Conscious Effort To Protect Environment 33:58 - Jed’s Favourite Place To Visit In NZ 34:47 - Jed’s Fitness/Jed Lost Roles For Being To Fit/Competition 37:17 - Voice Acting Work/Mimicking Getting Jed Into Trouble 39:47 - Jed Doesn’t Rate Himself/What Jed Did During Lockdown 41:08 - Stand Up Comedy 42:00 - Positive Effects Of Covid-19/This Generation Suffering 43:30 - Problems Within NZ/Problems With Solving Housing 47:00 - Educating With Film 48:31 - Shooting Films Now On A Phone 49:44 - Staying Up Technology/Younger People Knowing Tech 50:39 - NZ Doesn’t Have A Mobile Film Festival/Film Commission Behind The Times 53:10 - Making The Film Commission Understand Shooting On Mobile Phones/Mobile Phone Films 57:19 - Warner Bros Interfered With The Hobbit 1:00:05 - Horse Gallop Scenes In LOTR 1:01:00 - LOTR Is Synonymous With NZ/Tourism From LOTR 1:02:30 - NZ’s Landscapes 1:03:44 - Martin Freeman Was Annoyed By NZ’s Beauty 1:04:19 - The Beauty Of NZ Is Unparalleled/Glenorchy 1:05:05 - NZ Offers Amazing Beauty In Close Proximity 1:06:41 - Where To Follow Jed Brophy On Social Media | |||
| #70 - ZAP Interview (Hip-Hop, Battle Rap, Religion, Racism, Cannabis, Chloe Swarbrick etc.) | 28 Nov 2020 | 01:10:25 | |
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 - Assholes In Hip-Hop 11:42 - Martial Arts 12:00 - One Main Source Income With Side Hustles/Unmotivated People 13:15 - People Not Understanding How Long It Takes To Write One Song 14:07 - People With Fake Lifestyles/Social Media 16:00 - How the ZAP Name Came About 17:07 - Being A Good Or Bad Judge Of Character 19:07 - Multicultralism Of Auckland 20:00 - ZAP Is A Fan Of Kiwi Talkz 20:32 - ZAP Interacting With Different Walks Of Life 21:51 - Pasifika & Maori The Main Demographic Of Hip-Hop 22:48 - Which Ethnic Group Has The Most Weirdos 23:52 - Reece’s Views On Religion 26:22 - Being Accepted As A White Hip-Hop Artist 27:42 - Reece’s Top Artists/Kendrick Lamar 28:29 - New School Hip-Hop 29:40 - What Impresses Reece/Club & Gangsta Songs 30:57 - Bone Thugs & Twista 31:40 - How ZAP Constructs His Bars 33:06- How Reece Writes/Chronicles Of Cancer/Sexy Doctor 35:52 - Songs Of Substance 35:30 - Battle Rap 37:52 - Skolar Vs Diz/Humiliation In Battle Rap 38:45 - Dlar 40:15 - Difference Between Studio & Zoom With Kiwi Talkz 41:20 - Reece Doesn’t Want To Just Do Hip-Hop Episodes 41:50 - Tyson Tyler 43:08 - Lockdown 44:20 - Wellington 45:05 - Feeling Old Clubbing/Clubs In Hamilton 46:23 - Living In Auckland/Immigrants In Auckland 47:22 - Traffic In Mumbai/Reece Tells A Story About India 48:40 - Meth/Why People Drink/ZAPs Drinking 50:40 - Chloe Swarbrick 51:21 - Reece’s Views On The Cannabis Reform 52:35 - Pesticides On Cannabis/Cannabis Legislation 53:38 - Frog In The Boiling Water Analogy 54:45 - ZAP Thinks Reece Eats Frogs 55:37 - Battling Chloe Swarbrick 55:25 - People Turning On Jacinda Ardern/ Reddit NZ Being Left Leaning 57:30 - Conspiracy Theories 58:45 - The Future For ZAP/Mai FM 59:33 - White People Being Disadvantaged In Hip-Hop In NZ/White Privilege 1:01:53 - Hip Hop Summit 1:02:25 - Where To Follow ZAP 1:03:28 - ZAP Praises Reece/Fake Personalities 1:04:23 - How Reece Gets On The Same Level As His Guests 1:05:44 - What Podcasts Reece Listens Too 1:06:21 - Reece’s Communicating 1:08:10 - ZAP Spits A Verse | |||
| #169 - Jonah Lobe Interview (Character Artist On Skyrim, Fallout 3 & Fallout 4) | 23 Jul 2024 | 01:05:13 | |
Jonah Lobe is a former artist at Bethesda and did the art for a number of characters on Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim as well as Fallout 3 and Fallout 4. He is currently working on his Fantasy Novel: Quiet Level One that you can support here. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/quietlevelone/quiet-level-one-by-jonah-lobe #bethesda #fallout #skyrim SOCIAL MEDIA YOUTUBE - @JonahLobeDraws TWITTER - @Jonahlobe FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/jonahjonahlobe INSTAGRAM - @iamjonahlobe 00:00 - Intro 01:14 - Getting Tendonitis From Working On Alduin The Dragon 08:47 - How The Balrog From LOTR Influenced The Deathclaw Horns 14:15 - What Makes Art Iconic/Why Deathclaw Is Iconic 21:00 - Critiquing Games & Movie Art/Why The Sharks In Aquaman Are Terrible 22:35 - Sandworms In Dune Are Iconic/Across The Spiderverse Is Perfect 24:30 - Deadlines On Art At Bethesda/Jonah’s Specialty/Iterations Of Art 29:04 - What Jonah Learned From Adam Adamowicz/Letting Go Of Your Ego 33:50 - Why Bethesda Has High Retention Of Its Employees 39:10 - Working With Todd Howard 45:10 - Todd Howard Is Irreplaceable 46:50 - Fallout 76 Was Wasnt Decided By Todd But By The Suits 48:40 - Jonah’s Review Of The Fallout TV Series 51:40 - Why Bethesda Games Don’t Have A Signature Artstyle 53:15 - Realism Vs Stylized Art 54:30 - Jonah’s Fantasy Novel Quiet: Level One | |||
| #69 - Graeme Norgate Interview (Goldeneye, Killer Instinct, Timesplitters, Film, Rare, Mick Gordon etc.) | 23 Nov 2020 | 01:06:21 | |
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 Rare 12:29 - Goldeneye’s Music/Bond Theme 13:37 - Egyptian Temple Theme 14:56 - How Graeme Composers 16:02 - Goldeneye Pipe Sound 18:43 - Composing For Killer Instinct 25:45 - Mick Gordons Killer Instinct Soundtrack 26:52 - Relationship With Robin Beanland 28:06 - Good Camaraderie With All The Other Rare Composers/Robin Helping Graeme 30:32 - Composing Timesplitters/Perfect Dark 35:26 - Audio Director At Crytek/What Is An Audio Director 38:39 - Graeme Is Currently Working On Mobile Games 40:56 - Graeme Doesn’t Work To A Routine & Doesn’t Know His Method Of Composing 43:44 - Writers Block 45:28 - Rare Staff Not Knowing How Well They Were Regarded 47:50 - Graeme Wasn’t Approached For Killer Instinct (2013)/ 49:25 - Music Becoming Dated 50:16 - Mick Gordon 51:22 - Travelling To Research Music Not Possible In The Olden Days 52:55 - Graeme Doesn’t Want To Work On Film 55:35 - Game Music Is Diverse/Game Music Has Faster Turnaround 58:03 - TV & Film Industry Is Cut Throat/Differences Between Game & TV Music 1:00:15 - Gaming Is Only Increasing/Older Generation Don’t Understand Gaming 1:01:41 - Grant Kirkhope/Its Who You Know Not What You Know 1:05:03 - Where To Follow Graeme Norgate | |||
| #68 - Kimberley Crossman Interview (Acting, L.A., Depression, India, Accents, The Project, Celebrities etc.) | 19 Nov 2020 | 00:56:16 | |
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 Is An Intense Person 07:47 - Kim’s Depression 09:40 - Chloe Swarbrick 11:50 - Interviewing Celebrities 13:13 - Celebrities Kim Gets Nervous Around 14:04 - Kim Prefers To Audition Rather Than Trying To Get Favours 14:43 - Taika Waititi/NZ On The Map Now In L.A. 15:35 - Kiwi Accent 16:55 - Kim’s Time In Syria & India And How It Shaped Her 23:05 - Clean Air In L.A. During Lockdown 24:24 - How Kimberley Ended Up On The Project 25:22 - John Campbell 26:03 - Kim’s Swearing/Brownyn Directing Kim’s Career 27:35 - How Kim Became An Actress 29:15 - Reece Tells His Shortland Street Audition Story 30:31 - More Opportunities For Men In Acting 31:07 - What Roles Kim Gets 31:51 - LL Cool J & The Rock Aren’t As Big As Kim Thought 33:00 - How Kim Sees Herself On Screen 33:30 - Sometimes A Director Cant Convey What They Want 35:08 - Things Kim Hasn’t Done But What She Would Love To Do/Hollywood Hierarchy 37:24 - Hollywood Vs NZ People 38:34 - Kim Has Been Offered Roles But Auditions If She Doesn’t Feel Right For The Role 40:05 - Kim Improvises Without Permission 41:54 - Kim Wants To Be In Amazons Lord Of The Rings 42:38 - Learning The American Accent 44:05 - Fake It Till You Make It 45:05 - Boundaries/Kim’s Bad Eating Habits 48:25 - Dealing With Fame/Politics 50:12 - Kim Was Disappointed By Kiwis Giving Her Shit About BLM 51:20 - Social Media/Kim Tries To Understand A Different Perspective 53:04 - What Reece & Kim Learned During Covid/Lockdown 54:57 - Where To Follow Kim Crossman | |||
| #67 - Stephanie Nadolny Interview (Dragonball Z, Gohan, Voice Acting, L.A., Anti Bullying, Suicide Awareness etc.) | 14 Nov 2020 | 01:02:26 | |
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 Goku In Dragonball 09:40 - Syncing Vocals With Mouth Flaps 12:13 - Stephanies Directing Opportunities/Singing For Funimation 13:14 - Funimation Expanding Over Time 14:42 - Stephanie Is Not Very Tech Savvy 15:59 - Difficulty Of Doing Gohan Yelling 18:26 - Stephanie Was Notified Of Story In Advance/How Director Would Guide Stephanie 20:18 - Stephanie’s Favourite DBZ Moments To Voice 23:33 - Stephanie Tried To Lobby To Be Adult Gohan As Well 24:15 - Voicing East Kai 25:22 - Background Voices 26:48 - Why Stephanie Was Replaced On DBZ Kai Going Forward 29:58 - Going To Anime Conventions/Cameo 32:23 - Stephanie’s Time In New Zealand & Australia For Conventions 37:18 - Stephanie Loves New Zealand 39:20 - Perth 40:58 - L.A. Based Industries Moving To Texas 42:22 - Stephanie Originally Wanted To Move To L.A. Before Dragonball Z 44:40 - Covid-19’s Effect On Stephanie’s Work 47:35 - Stephanie Loves Fans And Talking 48:29 - The Hardships Stephanie Had Growing Up 51:04 - Anti Bullying Campaign 53:22 - Stephanie Tells A Personal Story 55:21 - Reece Tells His Story On How DBZ Helped Him 56:32 - Stephanie Working Through Hardships And Coming Out The Otherside 58:38 - Where To Follow Stephanie Nadolny | |||
| #66 - Mark Hadlow Interview (The Hobbit, Peter Jackson, Theatre, Billy T James, Mortal Engines, Social Media etc.) | 30 Oct 2020 | 01:17:06 | |
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 Vs Live 08:05 - Reece Speaks On His Brother Doing Live Theatre 09:13 - Film & Television Vs Theatre 12:15 - NZ Are As Good At Theatre As Everyone Else/Theatre Not Funded Enough In NZ 13:06 - NZ’s Handling Of Covid/How Film & Theatre Can Prosper Here 14:13 - Climate Change 16:32 - Travelling Expands Your Horizons/Tackling Poverty 18:24 - NZ’s Reliance On Farming 19:35 - Politics Being Tribal/Personal Attacks In Politics 21:29 - How Covid-19 Affected Mark & His Business/Wage Subsidy 23:25 - Preparations Mark Made After Lockdown 26:03 - Billy T James/What Mark Learned From Billy T James 29:03 - Working On The Hobbit 31:00 - Bonding with Jed Brophy & Adam Brown 33:22 - Martin Freeman As Bilbo 34:47 - The Dori Prosthetics & Make Up 36:47 - Dwarf Bootcamp 38:20 - Green Screen & The Burt Troll Motion Capture 41:25 - The Barrel Chase 43:40 - The Hobbit Shoot Was A Year 44:37 - Watching The Amazing Actors Work 46:24 - Staying Grounded Despite The Fame Of The Hobbit 49:13 - People Stopping Mark In The Streets 50:49 - Working On Mortal Engines 54:15 - Mark Got Autograph From Les Dawson 54:50 - Accents 57:31 - Voice Acting/Radio Ads 1:00:53 - Mark Loves An Acting Challenge/Preventing Tunnel Vision/Emails 1:02:33 - Emotional Communication Is Being Lost Due To Social Media 1:06:17 - The Older & Younger Generations Can Learn From Each Other/Hand Signal For Being Grumpy Old Men 1:07:28 - Yes People 1:08:12 - Mark Gets Anxiety About Auditions/Theatre Auditions 1:09:50 - Mistakes That Actors Make At Auditions/Musicals 1:11:50 - Jesus Christ Superstar Story/Mark Cant Do Rhyme 1:14:40 - Where To Follow Mark Hadlow 1:16:08 - MAMIL | |||
| #65 - Linda Young Interview (Dragonball Z, Frieza, Voice Acting, Comic-Con, Funimation etc.) | 24 Oct 2020 | 01:07:40 | |
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/The Direction Frieza Got For The Character 11:02 - Process Of Recording Voice/Vocals Recorded One Line At A Time 13:15 - Yelling And Not Hurting Vocal Chords 15:10 - Losing Your Voice Well Your Recording/How To Keep Your Vocal Chords Clear 16:52 - Avoiding Foods That Affect The Voice/Linda’s Allergies 18:58 - Linda Tells Story Of Losing Her Voice And Getting A Steroid Shot 20:15 - Recording With The Script 21:13 - Repeating Lines Over And Over 22:02 - Different Variations Of Frieza’s Voice From Transformations 23:08 - Funimation Are Great At Directing Voice Actors 26:00 - Enunciating With Voice Acting 27:02 - Alternating Between Baba & Frieza/Set Times At Work 29:05 - Particular Scenes Linda Remembers From DBZ/Lines Linda Would Mess Up All The Time 31:09 - Linda Never Believed Frieza Was Dead After Goku Killed Him/Baba Voice 32:10 - Why Linda Stopped Doing Frieza’s Voice From DBZ KAI Going Forward/Linda Was Sad When This Happened 33:25 - Comic Con Came Up After Stopping Frieza Role/Reece Wants To Try Get Linda To NZ 34:50 - Signings/Strange Fans 39:18 - A Lot Of Linda’s Friends Didn’t Know She Did The Voice Of Frieza/Linda Doesn’t Really Talk About Herself 43:21 - Linda’s Hobbies 44:52 - Mass Exodus From California To Texas/Funimation Primarily Based In Texas 46:40 - Evolution Of Funimation 48:04 - You Always Voice Record By Yourself 50:05 - Difference Between Original Dub And DVD Dub In Terms Of Linda Redubbing 52:13 - Memory/Same Process From Show To Show 54:00 - Linda Doesn’t Audition Much These Days/Fanmail 57:14 - Linda Would Like To Do Some Voice Work For Disney/Lobbying For Acting Roles In L.A. 59:05 - Linda Speaks About Her Kids 1:00:27 - Normality Has Returned To NZ As Covid Isn’t In The Community 1:01:30 - Where To Follow Linda Young On Social Media/Twitter 1:03:33 - Linda Does The Frieza Accent Thanking Kiwi Talkz 1:04:11 - Fans Putting DB Super Scenes With Lindas Voice/Dedication Of Fans 1:06:00 - Reece Plans To Visit Dallas At Some Point | |||
| #64 - Grant Kirkhope Interview (Banjo Kazooie, Goldeneye, Donkey Kong, Nintendo, Rare, Film, L.A., Super Mario Movie etc.) | 16 Oct 2020 | 01:00:27 | |
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/watch?v=1oL7V... Perfect Dark OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3jID... Banjo Kazooie OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQNAV... Donkey Kong 64 OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9hUx... Kingdoms Of Amalur Reckoning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68VE8... Mario + Rabbids OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOGgI...
TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro About Technical Issues 01:05 - Crazy Times/American Elections 01:32 - Green Card/How Long Grant Has Been In America 02:17 - Indie Films Grant Has Been Working 03:10 - Agents/Struggles Of Breaking Into The Film Industry 04:55 - Game Composers Looked Down Upon Compared To Film Composers 05:33 - Only Way To Get Film Composing Roles Is Through The Director/Fierce Competition For Film Composers 07:00 - Younger Directors Have Played Video Games So More Of A Chance Of Them Knowing Grant 08:26 - Films Not Having Memorable Tunes These Days/Games Now Having Music Cinematic Sequences 10:24 - Grant’s Process Of Composing 11:52 - Grant’s Work On Goldeneye 007/How He Composed For Goldeneye 007 14:41 - Grant Only Got Small Notes About Levels He Was Composing For 15:10 - Grant Got A Few Visuals For Banjo, Donkey Kong & Perfect Dark/Approach To Composing For Them 17:07 - Spiral Mountain/ Treasure Trove Cove/Mumbo’s Mountain 18:50 - Grant Didn’t Get Told Much To Rewrite Tunes At Rare 20:22 - Working With Nintendo For Smash Bros Banjo Arrangement/Banjo Kazooie Smash Bros Trailer 23:50 - Grant Is The First Western Composer To Work On Mario & Smash Bros 24:35 - Grant Has Better Communication With Nintendo Now 24:43 - Reece Thinks Grant Could Compose For Metroid Based On Perfect Dark OST 25:22 - To Be Employable You Have To Diversify As A Musician 26:09 - Working For A Company Vs Freelancing/Living In L.A. 28:05 - Grant Is Good With Money 28:55 - Grant Works Well Under Pressure/Grant Doesn’t Get Writers Block 31:05 - Grant Doesn’t Toss Away Work/Learning To Do What Your Told By Your Boss On Rewriting Tunes 33:30 - Employment Laws In UK Vs America 34:25 - Grants Friends Losing Jobs For Arguing With A Creative Director/Creative People Are Sensitive 35:45 - Genres Grant Is Not Good At Composing/How He Researches New Genres 37:10 - Instruments Grant Can Play/Working With Midi & Live Orchestras 40:05 - Donkey Kong 64 Rap 44:17 - Competitiveness With Dav | |||
| #63 - Sara Wiseman Interview (Acting, Peter Jackson, Love Scenes, Meditation, Sydney, Scripts etc.) | 10 Oct 2020 | 00:57:54 | |
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 Stuntwoman 09:43 - Meeting Kate Winslet/Working On Heavenly Creatures/Crews Work Very Hard 11:04 - Working With Peter Jackson 12:40 - Heavenly Creatures Laid The Foundation For LOTR 13:29 - Upcoming Work For Sara 14:37 - One Lane Bridge/Permanently Shooting In Queenstown 16:31 - Sydney Vs Auckland 17:20 - When Sara Is Going Back To Sydney 17:59 - Voice Over Work 20:26 - Being Paid Well For Voice Over Work 21:11 - Agent Finding All Lines Work 21:35 - Chasing A Role 22:40 - Initially Trying To Find Work In Sydney 23:35 - Craig & Sara Auditioning For A Place To Call Home At Different Times 24:20 - People On A Place To Call Home Not Knowing Craig & Sara Were Married 24:50 - Working With Husband Craig Hall 25:35 - Memorising Scripts/Shortland Street Actors 27:00 - Time On Shortland Street 27:19 - Working Well Under Pressure 27:12 - Vaparshna/Meditation 30:27 - Shooting Love/Sex Scenes/Preparing For These Scenes 34:10 - Duration Of Sex Scenes 35:19 - Getting Along With Your Partner In Those Intimate Scenes 36:08 - Sara Loves Greats Writing And Great Teams/Joy Comes From Creating On The Day 37:28 - Sara Does Teaching/Sara Unsure If She Would Want To Directing 38:21 - Watching Herself On Screen 39:10 - Improvising Vs Following The Script 41:31 - Shifting Between Accents/Sara Naturally Puts On Australian Accent When In Australia 43:02 - Researching For A Character 44:10 - Disconnecting With Carolyn 44:54 - Sara Having Anonymity/Offshore Celebrities Being Worshipped By Kiwis 46:03 - Sara Would Be Famous For An Amazing Paycheck 46:33 - How Sara Got Home Before Lockdown/Surviving Lockdown 48:55 - Introverts & Extrovert/Zoom Parties 50:22 - Sara Is A Morning And Evening Person 50:57 - Sara Had Her Own Driver For A Place To Call Home 52:00 - Arts Still Needs Funding 53:54 - Social Media Is A Double Edged Sword 55:03 - The Social Dilemma/Growing Up With No Social Media 56:50 - Where To Follow Sara On Instagram | |||
| #62 - Craig Hall Interview (Acting, Auditions, Anthony Hopkins, World's Fastest Indian, Ad-libbing, Accents, Scripts etc.) | 03 Oct 2020 | 01:04:34 | |
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 Project 09:06 - Being Prepared For An Audition 10:30 - Not Hearing Back After An Audition 11:59 - Chasing A Role 13:28 - How Craig Got Role In Worlds Fastest Indian/King Kong 18:19 - Work On World’s Fastest Indian 19:19 - Working With Anthony Hopkins 22:38 - Ad Libbing Vs Following The Script 24:10 - Thinking A Time He Was Amazing Then Sees His Performance And Thinks Its Terrible 25:50 - Over Analysing Performance 27:30 - Following The Script On A Place To Call Home/Throwing Off Other Actors 29:25 - Working With Taika Waititi 30:36 - Working With Peter Jackson On Lord Of The Rings & King Kong 33:40 - Constantly Screwing Up The Same Scene 34:36 - Not Being In Avatar/James Cameron Being An Advocate For NZ 35:50 - NZ Crews Vs American Crews 36:25 - Not Much Difference Between NZ & Australian Crews 37:33 - Learning The Australian Accent 39:36 - Taking The Piss Out Of The Australian Accent 40:50 - Accent Randomly Coming Out 42:29 - Learning Accents Under Time Constraints 44:19 - Accents/Key Accents Actors Should Learn 47:07 - Film Companies Pay For Actors Living Expenses Well On Project 49:34 - Low Budget Productions You May Need To Find Your Own Accomodation 50:57 - Networking And Being Linked Up With Friends During Certain Projects 51:57 - Learning Lines Well Driving 52:43 - Memorising Scripts 55:12 - Memorising Script Under Strict Time Conditions 59:06 - Motion Capture & Green Screen 1:01:51 - Reece Explains Virtual Sets 01:03:15 - Where To Follow Craig Hall | |||
| #61 - LetsPlay.Live/LPL Interview (E-Sports, Fast Internet, Olympics, Gamepass, CSGO, Wagering etc.) | 30 Sep 2020 | 01:03:22 | |
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 Gaming Event And Takings From It & How LPL Studios Was Founded 07:28 - Embracing Gaming Communities 08:41 - Covid’s Effect On LPL Studios & Positives That Came From It 10:41 - Preventing Hackers In The Digital Environment 11:59 - NZ’s Great Internet Infrastructure 13:51 - Lag/Disadvantages Competing On American Servers/Competing Via LAN 15:45 - Online Vs LAN Environment 17:02 - You Cant Beat Gaming In Person As Opposed To Online 18:05 - How LPL Runs A Tournament 19:32 - Audiences At LPL Studios Events 20:37 - Celebrities Working With LPL Studios 22:15 - David Dallas Was A Game Reviewer (24min mark fly) 24:33 - Working With Nintendo/Japanese Business Culture 27:00 - Publishers Being Spooked By Reviewers/How Publishers Would Market Games Before Social Media 30:47 - Duane Doesn’t Play Games Anymore/Scribblenauts 32:07 - What Duane Loves About The Gaming Industry/Gaming Business People Don’t Play Games 34:11 - LPL Studios Day To Day Job 37:25 - Duane Found It Hard To Attract Sponsors 5 Years Ago In E-Sports 38:53 - Rob Campbell & Others Not Understanding E-Sports But Still Investing In It 40:03 - How Duane Got LPL More Awareness/The Pitch To Skycity To Collaborate 42:10 - N.S.O/Speaking To Government About Funding Into Gaming 45:46 - E-Sports In The Olympics/The Decline Of The Olympics/Gaming Is Bigger Than TV & Film 48:10 - Gamepass The Netflix Of Gaming/Cloud Gaming 50:35 - Publishing Rights/Future For LPL Studios 52:19 - Why CSGO Is The Biggest Game In LPL 53:50 - Broadcast & Wagering Is How E-Sports Makes Money 55:38 - Publishers Dont Like Wagering For Ethical Reasons 58:35 - Keyboard Warriors Against Wagering/Pros & Cons Of Wagering 59:58 - Location Of LPL Studios 1:00:57 - PS5 Vs Xbox 1:02:18 - Where To Follow LPL Studios | |||
| #60 - Rob Campbell Interview (Business, E-Sports, Infrastructure, Auckland, CGT, Housing etc.) | 19 Sep 2020 | 01:08:03 | |
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/Stakeholders 12:34 - Rob Is Very Opinionated/Businessnesses Develops To Much Of Formal Patterns 14:20 - Making Judgements About People That Were Incorrect 15:47 - Business Leaders Try To Influence Government Policy That Benefits Them 18:01 - Good & Evil Both Comes From Business 19:23 - Objective Reality 19:52 - Why Rob Likes Working With Younger People/Younger People Need More Leadership Roles 21:39 - Generational Divide 23:19 - Learning To Trust Younger People/Young People Are More Flexible 25:36 - LPL Studios/How It Was Created/Older Heads Don’t Understand How To Monetise E-Sports 28:41 - How Skycity Decided To Invest In E-Sports 29:49 - E-Sports Is Huge Worldwide/E-Sports In Olympics 30:25 - Building LPL Studios For Live Events 31:28 - Government Funding For Gaming/Rocketwerkz Leasing The Most Expensive Commercial Property In Auckland 34:10 - Gaming Wont Need Taxation Like Film Does 34:55 - Complexity Of Capital Gains Tax(CGT) 37:26 - Social Equity/Housing Problem Is Because Of Supply & Demand 39:16 - Auckland’s Infrastructure Problems 42:01 - Capitalism Caused Environmental Crisis 43:26 - Fixing Auckland Requires Less Immigration & More Regional Development 44:33 - More Central Government Funding Needs To Happen In Auckland 45:59 - More Investment In Whangarei, Hamilton & Tauranga 48:34 - Electricity & Health Backwards Distribution Centres 49:49 - Auckland Is Starting To Build Up 50:46 - Building Up Has Less Red Tape But Planning Is Still Involved 52:56 - What Sort Of City Will Auckland Become 53:03 - Rob Would Never Get Into Politics/Admiring Politicians 53:49 - Landlords Vs Tenants Discussion 57:02 - Some Landlords Are To Entitled 58:57 - It Is Always Someone Else’s Fault/Privileged People Making Stuff Up On Social Media 1:01:11 - Echo Chambers/Privileged Peoples Echo Chambers Actually Hurts People 1:02:12 - Rob Tells Story Of How He Had His Bubble Popped 1:03:54 - Rob Being Self Aware Of His Ignorance/South Auckland 1:06:33 - Rob Believes Pakeha Still Dont Understand Maori
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| #168 - Stephen Hughes Interview (The Voice Of Quiet Robe) | 08 Jun 2024 | 01:12:44 | |
Stephen Hughes is a renowned director, producer, voice actor and teacher. He is well known in Spain in the voice over industry. He helped to direct the voice actors on Metroid Dread including Nikki Garcia(The Voice Of Samus) and he voiced the character Quiet Robe. #metroid #metroiddread #nintendo TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:00 - How Stephen Ended Up In Madrid, Spain 05:05 - Ongoing Consulting Work For American Companies 06:19 - Spain Is The Best Country In The World For Dubbing/Dubbing For The Arabic World 10:15 - So Many Studios In Spain/How Mercurysteam Found Stephen 11:50 - Early Work With MercurySteam/Acting For Animation 15:25 - Voice Acting For Videogames Compared To Animation 17:30 - Language Of The Chozo/Nikki Garcia Did Voice Of Samus In 1 Take 18:30 - Stephen Helps Direct The Voices Sometimes At MercurySteam/Enric Alvarez Is Well Versed In English 19:50 - Game Directors Are Like Film Directors 21:55 - Previous Work Stephen Has Done For Mercurysteam 22:49 - How MercurySteam Made The Chozo Language/Nikki Has A Great Sense Of Language 25:31 - How To Speak In Made Up Languages And Make Them Sound Good 26:50 - Confidence Comes A Lot Easier To Americans Than Other Cultures 28:24 - How Stephen Did The Voice Of Quiet Robe/Being Careful With The Voice You Create 30:30 - Vitamin A + E Repairs Vocal Chords 31:55 - Foods & Drinks To Avoid Before A Vocal Session/Anchovies Are Great For Your Voice 37:45 - The Problems Of AI On Voice Artists 41:00 - Being A Jack Of All Trades/Advertising/Jobs Already Taken By AI 48:43 - AI Is Replacing Jobs For Young People/Being Adaptable 51:10 - Voice Actors Won’t Be A Sole Career 54:40 - Stephens Early Days In Voice Acting 57:08 - Why Pro Voice Actors Sometimes Give Bad Performances 58:00 - Translations/Translating Spanish/Dubbing 1:08:00 - Where To Keep Up Stephen | |||
| #59 - Mike Smith, Scott Morgan & Julius Dobos Interview (COMPOSERS OF DRAGONBALL Z/Faulconer Productions) | 13 Sep 2020 | 01:13:23 | |
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 Theme, Hyperbolic Time Chamber, The Dragon Theme and more.... Scott Morgan worked on the show from the episode Fighting Power One Million until the end of the Otherworld Tournament and a majority of the guitar work on the show was handled by him but he fully composed the Garlic Jr Saga and his highlights include Androids 17,18,19 & 20, Imperfect Cell Theme, Destruction Theme, Pikkons Theme and more.... Julius Dobos started work on the show from the Otherworld Tournament and stayed until the very end of the series so he composed a majority of the Buu Saga, his highlights include the SSJ3 Theme, Super Buu, Buu Is Fighting, Mystic Gohan and more....
SSJ BAND YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxXJkNDtZ4VCZUDhkht19qw' FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/SSJ-598921027132860/
JULIUS DOBOS/FORGOTTEN FUTURE JULIUS DOBOS WEBSITE - https://www.juliusdobos.com/?fbclid=IwAR1w0In1ezyFtvu32JLqNrdIsqjmft9qorBFecJ8Cjz91BjSkNA3W_DYBAM FORGOTTEN FUTURE WEBSITE- https://forgottenfuturemusic.com/?fbclid=IwAR1w0In1ezyFtvu32JLqNrdIsqjmft9qorBFecJ8Cjz91BjSkNA3W_DYBAM TWITTER - @juliusdobos INSTAGRAM - @forgottenfutureofficial
SCOTT MORGAN WEBSITE - http://morganstudios.com/?fbclid=IwAR1w0In1ezyFtvu32JLqNrdIsqjmft9qorBFecJ8Cjz91BjSkNA3W_DYBAM YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/morganstudios?
TIMESTAMPS
01:11 - Sampler/Samples Mike Used When He First Worked On DBZ 02:38 - Directions/Script From Funimation 04:19 - How The Guys Scored Music To The Episodes 06:28 - How The Guys Go About Composing/Time Constraints On DBZ 09:23 - Recording Sounds As SFX/Violin SFX Being Used In DBZ 11:31 - Keeping The Music Seamless Between All 3 Composers 14:45 - How Much Time They Had To Work On Each Episode 17:36 - Vegeta’s Hells Bells & Super Saiyan Themes 19:16 - Mike Only Realised Recently How Iconic His Themes Are 19:57 - Scott Thought People Hated The Score Until He Went On Youtube 21:08 - Super Saiyan 3 Theme/Drum Loops 25:25 - Julius Approached DBZ As Just Another Job/Core Importance Of Scoring 26:44 - Scott Morgan Foresaw The Big Themes Popping Off 28:29 - Ben Kasparek The Music Editor/Save The World Episode Ben Got It Perfect 30:14 - Episodic Trunks Theme/ How The Destruction Theme Came About 33:05 - Ginyu Voice Actors Worked On DBZ Movies Music 33:36 - Recording Destruction Theme So Loud 35:11 - Pikkons Theme 36:22 - Phillip Glass 36:52 - How Mike Wrote Buu/Cell & Frieza Themes 38:16 - Buu’s Themes 41:34 - Challenge Of Scoring To Reaction Shots 42:39 - Scott Doing The Ultimate Perfect Cells Theme 43:38 - Imperfect Cell Theme 44:54 - Experimenting With The Non Big Themes 46:30 - Great Saiyaman Theme 47:17 - Space Room | |||
| #58 - Andre Rowell Interview (M2 Magazine, Writing, Stories, Travelling, Antarctica, Cook Islands etc.) | 08 Sep 2020 | 01:07:58 | |
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 07:16 - Reece Has Learned A Lot From Podcasts 08:00 - Being A Product Of Your Environment 09:09 - General Public Being Influenced By Media 11:58 - Media Being Monetised By The Audience/Validating A View Poiont 13:12 - Researching Before Writing An Opinion Piece/M2 Magazine Is Pro Business 14:09 - Negativity Becomes A Self Fulfilling Prophecy 14:56 - NZ Doing Well On The World Stage/Questioning The Government 16:45 - Negativity From Social Media 17:31 - Size Of Andre’s Team/Discussions Within The Team 18:40 - Is Printing Money Bad? 20:12 - How A Decision Is Made As To Who Is Featured In M2 Magazine 21:47 - NZ Are Underdogs 22:50 - Tall Poppy Syndrome/Praise To Someone Doesn’t Diminish Your Potential 24:50 - Failure Is Important/Andre & Reece Critique There Podcasts 26:29 - What Happens At The M2 Summit 29:59 - Andre’s Favourite Interview & Article Piece 31:30 - Celebrities Are Normal People 33:52 - Monks Dealing With Politics 34:53 - Andre’s Time In Antarctica 39:00 - M2 Summit Brings Different Walks Of Life Together 40:39 - Feeling Dumb Compared To Intellectuals 42:42 - Flying To Mars 43:18 - Spontaneity Vs Analytical 44:41 - Passion Project To Help The Cook Islands 50:45 - Fishing Industry In The Cook Islands 53:25 - Cook Islands Being Affected By Covid-19/Diversifying An Economy 56:14 - Governments Think Short Term As Opposed To Long Term 57:54 - Andre Goes To The Cook Island A Few Times A Year 59:30 - Supporting Local Economies 1:00:56 - Countries Will Change Post Covid-19/ Cause And Effect 1:02:26 - Opportunity For Business To Do What Government Doesn’t 1:03:21 - Reece Thinks Andre Is Very Genuine 1:04:00 - Where To Follow M2 Magazine 1:05:20 - Physical Vs Digital Magazines | |||
| #57 - Zerofux Clothing Interview (Brands, Design Work, Marketing, Social Media, Timaru etc.) | 05 Sep 2020 | 00:59:24 | |
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 - Effort Involved With Starting A Clothing Brand 10:17 - How Rappers Started Marketing Zerofux 12:57 - Reece Thinks Its Weird Kiwis Rocking New York & L.A. Brands 13:30 - People Not Paying For Quality But Paying Because Of The Brand 14:33 - How Chad Markets Zerofux/Social Media Marketing 16:36 - Zerofux Demographic 17:43 - Not Capitalising On Cancel Culture/Covid-19/Not Making Masks 19:43 - Mockup Designs That Get Scrapped 21:16 - Caps Dont Sell That Well/Shirts & Hoodies Sell Well 22:26 - Different Suppliers/China Pricing Compared To NZ 23:14 - Pricing Clothing Correctly 24:20 - Scrbbibe Wears Zerofux/Supporting People On The Come Up 25:45 - Life In Timaru/Aucklanders Not Knowing Where Timaru Is 27:36 - Chad Doesnt Sell Much Clothing At Hip-Hop Gigs 29:21 - Chad Wants To Do Zerofux Full Time 30:35 - Zerofux Podcast 31:30 - Printing & Packing Orders 33:16 - Chad Is Non-Stop Working/Time Vs Dollar Figure 34:56 - Broke Artist Podcast’s Exposure Of Zerofux/ 36:37 - Engaged Followers As Opposed To Vanity Metrics 38:52 - Being The Face Of The Brand 40:30 - Doing Posters/Wanting To Hire People 42:58 - Tall Poppy Syndrome/Kiwis Easily Influenced By Americans 44:38 - Talkback Radio/Negativity Is Everywhere 45:40 - Ryan Lovins 47:50 - Not Wanting To Live With Regret 49:09 - Positive People 50:31 - Being Influenced By Your Environment/Breaking The Negative Cycle 53:14 - Venturing Outside Of Your Comfort Zone 54:56 - Everything Is Possible But It Requires Time & Patience 55:54 - NZ Rises To The Occasion 56:43 - Zerofux Receives Orders From Overseas 57:24 - Where To Follow Zerofux Clothing
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| #56 - Joel Tobeck Interview (Hollywood, Sons Of Anarchy, Lord Of The Rings, Taika Waititi, Accents, Agents etc.) | 25 Aug 2020 | 01:09:12 | |
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 Back 08:05 - Joel Doesn’t Like The Hollywood System/NZ Film Evolution 10:40 - Joel’s Time On Lord Of The Rings 13:17 - Joel Has Always Thought NZ Was Great At Film/NZ Are Underdogs/Kiwis Are Nice 14:20 - Kiwis Are Nice/Union System In America 15:48 - Working With Taika Waititi 18:09 - Avatar 2/James Cameron 19:15 - Difference Between Blockbusters And Indie Films 20:49 - Joel Had Surreal Moments While Working On Avatar 2 22:17 - Joel Enjoys Playing A Villain/Embracing The Crazy 24:05 - Joel’s Research Process 25:23 - Emotional Scenes Are Exhausting/Channeling Dark Memories/Trusting Yourself 27:32 - Separating From The Character After Work 28:23 - Joel’s Process To Memorising Scripts 29:06 - Time Between Getting Script And Rehearsal 29:54 - American Directors Let Him Ad-lib A Lot/Joel Struggling To Ad-lib 31:08 - Ad-libbing With Taika Waititi/Honouring A Script/Umms And Aahs When Acting 33:19 - Not Knowing When Your Next Pay Cheque Is Coming Is Exciting And Terrifying 36:10 - When Joel Had No Acting Jobs He Did Construction Work/Respect For Builders 37:28 - Researching A Field For a A Role 38:07 - Celebrities Being Disconnected From The Average Joe 39:20 - Ricky Gervais’ Roasting Actors At The Golden Globes 40:24 - New Zealand Is An Amazing Place 41:17 - Getting Home Sick When Away From NZ 42:30 - Cultural Differences Between Americans And Kiwis 43:06 - Americans Not Knowing Anything About NZ 44:18 - NZ Is Growing On The International Stage/Stephen Colbert 45:20 - Film & Tourism Intertwine 46:03 - NZ Doubling For Countries And Cities 46:23 - Auckland Kumeu Studio 47:00 - Places In NZ Joel Loves To Shoot/NZ Scenery 49:19 - Countries That Joel Would Love To Shoot In 49:47 - Speaking Other Languages 50:17 - Hard Accents/Not Going Into Comical Territory With Accents 52:15 - Tips Dialog Coaches Teach With Accents 54:00 - Joel Found American Voice Overs Hard 54:45 - Voice Overs For Bunnings 55:22 - Voice Overs For Path Of Exile 56:29 - Most Roles Joel Gets Are Through His Agent/Process With Agents 58:35 - Keeping The Same Agent/Joel’s American Agent 59:57 - Ass Kissing In L.A. 1:00:41 - Living In L.A. Is Very Tough/Paranoia/Self Doubt 1:02:17 - Being Grounded/Teaching Actors 1:03:20 - Hugo Weaving 1:04:27 - Positive Experiences With Actors/Joel Encouraging An Actor On Shortland Street 1:05:18 - Encouraging Acting Students/Friendly Competitiveness With Actors 1:06:38 - Joel Tobeck’s Social Media 1:07:23 - Joel & Reece Dont Like Using Social Media/Guitar Work
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| #55 - Hatch Interview (Investing, American Shares, Kiwisaver, Kiwi Wealth, Claiming Tax, Security Law etc.) | 22 Aug 2020 | 00:53:11 | |
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 - Some People Don’t Invest Due To Complex Jargon 02:40 - How Hatch Was Founded And What It Is 05:43 - What The Process Was To Invest In America Before Hatch 06:40 - How Many Customers Hatch Has/Staff Numbers 08:38 - A lot Of Kiwis Dont Understand How To Invest In Shares/Kiwisaver/ 11:15 - Facebook Investor Group/Hatch 10 Day Course 12:45 - Getting Familiar With Funds 14:00 - Different Companies You Can Invest In For The Long Haul 15:25 - American Tax Is Sorted Out By Hatch/How To Claim Tax Through Hatch Shares 17:35 - Top 20 Traded Shares In Hatch Currently/Best Time To Invest Is Today 20:01 - People Accessing Kiwisaver To Pay Debt/Boxes To Tick Before Investing 21:02 - Difference Between Sharesies And Hatch 23:57 - Security Of Hatch & Partners Hatch Work With 26:00 - Security Law 26:31 - Shares Are Held In Your Name/Investing In Shares For Companies That They Know 28:31 - Kristen Was Anti Tesla Then Invested In Tesla/Elon Musk 30:20 - Hatch Will Open Up More To More Countries As Time Goes On 31:19 - Lower Cost Funds 32:32 - Roadshows/Webinars 33:25 - A Lot Of Investors Dont Have Facebook/Noisy People On Facebook 34:26 - Wellington/Cardio In Wellington 35:27 - Hatch Are Hiring More People 36:14 - How To Convince Non Investors To Invest 39:02 - Dont Be Influenced By The Greedy Traders 39:50 - Hatch Speaks To Government About Security 41:01 - Starting A Business Nowadays Is Easy/NZ Fosters Entrepreneurs 43:19 - Similarities Between Canada & NZ In Terms Of Business/NZ Ruggedness 44:41 - Wellington/Feeling Blessed In NZ 46:40 - When Will Air Travel Return/Cricket 47:35 - Housing Is Colder In NZ Than Canada 48:26 - Where To Follow Hatch’s Social Media 49:20 - Responding To Customers Questions Online/Being Connected To Your Customers. 51:45 - Where To Do 10 Day Hatch Course | |||
| #54 - Real Deal Interview (Battle Rap, KOTD, Covid-19, Pittsburgh, Social Media, America etc.) | 09 Aug 2020 | 01:22:59 | |
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.facebook.com/TrevorWellerJr/
TIMESTAMPS
00:25 - Real Deal’s Beard 01:31 - Florida/Covid-19 In Pensylvania 03:10 - Limitations In Pittsburgh/Real Deal Has Questions In Regards To Covid-19 04:11 - Covid-19 In Melbourne/Following Protocol 06:13 - Real Deal Is Keeping Busy During Lockdown 06:59 - Restrictions Of Being KOTD Champion 07:46 - Real Deals Newest Album 08:17 - Different Approaches To Battle Rap & Writing Songs 09:38 - Real Deal’s Writing Process 10:58 - America Is Very Diverse/Pittsburgh Is Ignorant 12:03 - Once Were Warriors 12:43 - Battling In Different Countries/Real Deal’s Writing For Scotland Battle 13:58 - Where Real Does His Research 15:56 - Kiwis Understanding American Culture 17:54 - People Not Understanding Your Punchlines/Safe Bars 19:51 - Real Deal’s Tricks To Counter A Punchline That Doesn’t Pop 21:51 - Real Deal Still Gets Nervous Before A Battle/Memorising Rhymes/Prepping On The Night 24:36 - Real Deal Wanted Something Tangible/Behind The Scenes Of KOTD Championship Battle 26:05 - Defending The Title/Pat Stay 27:09 - Real Deals Father 28:32 - American Work Ethic 29:44 - Pittsburgh Work Ethic/What Pittsburgh Is Known For/Cities In America Are Very Different 31:33 - What Americans Know About NZ 32:22 - Real Deal Hates People Asking Him About Trump/Real Deal’s Scotland Story 35:45 - Trumps Run For Office Was Hilarious 37:12 - Getting Into Arguments On Social Media/Real Deal Rates Eminem Over KRS-One 41:53 - Arguments On Social Media Affects Your Mental Health 44:05 - Poor Analogies 45:28 - Real Deal Wants To Do Stand Up Comedy/Acting 48:23 - Battle Rappers That Don’t Make Music/Expanding His Brain 50:02 - Real Deal Loves Pittsburgh/Real Deal Schools Reece On Pittsburgh 52:29 - How Real Deal Ended Up Competing In Line Em Up 53:47 - Real Deal Wants More Opportunities For NZ Battle Rappers/Reece Explains Base Of Hip-Hop In NZ 55:18 - Australian Hip-Hop/World Domination 56:50 - Organik Approaching NZ Battle Rappers Would Need To Be Justified 59:03 - Oxymirron Battles Numbers 59:32 - Opportunities For NZ Battle Rappers/Battle Scenes Coming And Going 1:01:58 - Battle Rap Likes Drama/Real Deal Hates The Drama 1:04:25 - Real Deal Couldn’t Get Battles Because He Was To Good/Politics Behind The Scenes 1:08:35 - Battlers Real Deal Wants To Battle 1:10:19 - Real Deal Wants To Battle Overseas More 1:11:23 - KOTD Contractual Obligation/Perks Of Being Champ 1:14:07 - Organiks Point Of View/ 1:16:00 - Disaster Competing Overseas/Different Leagues Hand Business Different 1:17:53 - Real Deal’s Son Does Impressions 1:20:00 - Real Deals Son ’Trevor Weller’ Social Media To Follow 1:20:50 - Real Deal’s Social Media To Follow | |||
| #53 - Tyson Tyler Interview (Hip-Hop, Brisbane, Podcasting, Social Media, Fame, Education etc.) | 04 Aug 2020 | 01:25:56 | |
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 - Everything Changed For Tyson When He Became A Father 07:45 - Creative Arts Is A Hard Industry 08:39 - Tyson Is Always Writing 09:30 - Tysons Process Of Writing 11:25 - Collab Process 13:00 - Battle Rap/Tyson Battling/ 14:59 - Line Em Up Tournament/Sobr/Vega 17:59 - Podcasting/Tysons Podcast Time 2 Kill 20:33 - Knowledge You Can Get From Podcasting/Audio Books 22:19 - Education Needs To Evolve/Parenting In The Age Of Phones & Social Media 24:00 - Social Media Is Data Surveillance 25:50 - Music Contracts/Loyalty/Lawyers 30:37 - Advice Tyson Got In His Early Career 32:00 - Cyphanetiks Advice To Tyson 34:07 - Rappers In NZ Nowadays/Dial Up Internet/History Of Hip-Hop 37:23 - Why Tyson Changed His Name 38:52 - Dealing With Fame 41:51 - Tom Francis Stories 48:28 - Carlos Hicks 51:00 - Reece Is Contemplating Moving To Brisbane/Girls With Covid-19 In Brisbane 53:01 - Tysons Thoughts On Covid-19 53:52 - Winston Peters 54:19 - Jacinda Ardern/People Not Responding To Reece’s Requests 56:45 - Tyson Was Anxious Of Doing Gigs And Music Videos 57:21 - King Cass/Reece Talks About Different Podcasts 58:52 - The Art Of Running Podcasts/Tyson Gives Props To Kiwi Talkz 1:01:22 - Kodak Cameras 1:02:37 - Tysons Plan When He Came Back To Australia 1:03:35 - Drill Scene/Newer Rappers Are Not Distinctive 1:05:10 - Tysons Dream Collab/Drake 1:06:50 - Bone Thugs/Dirty Sesh 1:09:26 - Tyson Tylers Top 5 Emcees 1:11:00 - Reece & Tyson Talk Favourite Nas Song 1:11:59 - DJ Premier/Timbaland 1:13:33 - Yorell 1:15:22 - Tyson Tylers Top 5 NZ Emcees/Kiwi Rappers Are Better Than Aussies 1:17:56 - NZ Accent/Kiwi Rappers Having American Twang 1:20:08 - Cultures In Modern Day/People Not Knowing Fijians Are Fijians 1:23:50 - Tyson Tries To Convince Reece To Move To Brisbane 1:24:32 - Where To Follow Tyson Tyler | |||
| #52 - David Van Horn Interview (Acting, James Cameron, Avatar, Sione's Wedding, Voice Overs, Pineapple Lumps Ad etc.) | 01 Aug 2020 | 01:07:51 | |
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 Role In Avatar 08:12 - How David Got His Role In Avatar 12:44 - What James Cameron Is Like 15:32 - James Cameron Is A Genius 16:33 - Avatar Sets/Green Screen 17:22 - Transformers Set/James Cameron Showing Michael Bay David’s Scene 18:21 - Life In Sydney 19:50 - Getting A Job Is Like Being On Holiday 21:18 - You’ve Got To Be Diverse To Work In NZ/Theatre 24:27 - Zombie Theatrical Show/Video Games/Last Of Us 28:40 - Commercials 29:20 - Pineapple Lumps Ad 31:08 - Voice Over For KFC Story/Sky Sports Now 32:57 - Clarity With Voice Overs 34:27 - How David Got ‘Derek’ Role In Sione’s Wedding 40:08 - Memorising A Script/David’s Process 44:20 - Crying On Cue/Key To Cry In A Scene 46:40 - Kiwi Actors In Australia/Acting Audition In Sydney/Kathmandu Voice Over 50:14 - Living In London/Time In Spain/Zombie Show 54:08 - Accents/IDEEA Website/Australian Accent 57:33 - Directors David Would Want To Work With/Diversity 58:50 - Taika Waititi/David’s Experience With Taika 1:00:53 - Flight Of The Conchords 1:01:11 - Celebrities That Are Normal & Divas/Kanye West 1:03:20 - David’s Advice For Creative People 1:05:08 - Confidentiality Agreements & Keeping Them Secret 1:06:47 - David’s Instagram | |||
| #51 - Paula Southgate Interview (Captain Hamilton Statue, Hamilton Gardens, Richard Briggs, Hamilton Council, Rapid Rail etc.) | 24 Jul 2020 | 00:51:43 | |
Paula Southgate is the current mayor of Hamilton City.
SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Hamiltoncity/
Vincent O'Malley Historical Report
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 - Getting Money From Government For Projects/Project Priorities 08:16 - How Long Do Government Submissions Take 09:26 - Discussions Council Had With Government In Regards To Hamiltons Growth 10:38 - Future Proof Committee 11:03 - Connection To Auckland & Tauranga/Inland Port 12:04 - Hamilton To Auckland Starting Date/Upgrading Rail To Auckland Airport 13:30 - Metro Spacial Plan/Rapid Transport 15:30 - Investment & Business Moving To Hamilton 17:01 - Attractions To Hamilton/River Plan 18:52 - Waikato Regional Theatre Connecting To The River 19:52 - Jetty & Ferry To The City/Te Awa Cycleway 22:20 - Richard Briggs Role At Hamilton City Council 25:30 - Public Consultation 26:28 - Rhododendron Lawn Example 28:00 - Hamilton Gardens Congestion/Carparks/HCC Is Listening 30:22 - Iwi Were Not Happy About Captain Hamilton Statue 31:21 - Captain Hamilton Was Removed Due To Hazard Risks 32:57 - Changing Hamiltons Name/Street Name Changes 34:56 - Having A Constructive Open Dialog/Street Name Change Cost/Submitting A Name Change 38:15 - Keeping People Safe Was Paulas Priority 41:15 - Vincent O’ Malley Report 42:11 - HCC Has Regular Meetings With Tainui 43:16 - Mega Wintec Headquaters/C.O.V.E 45:01 - How Paula Pitches Industries To Come To Hamilton 46:20 - Ending Hamilton’s Negative Image 47:30 - Hamilton’s Wide Demographic 48:20 - Paula Encourages People To Come Talk To Her At Events 48:39 - Paula Spoke With Brazilian Mayors On Covid-19 49:29 - Difference Between Isolation & Quarantine Hotels 49:50 - Paula Has Asked Government For No More Returnees Isolating In Hamilton 50:10 - New Hotel On Hood Street | |||
| #50 - Darcy Ungaro Interview (NZ Everyday Investor, Debt, Residential Property, Shares, Gold, Cryptocurrency etc.) | 18 Jul 2020 | 01:06:38 | |
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 Why People Get Into Debt 08:18 - Debt Coming From Belief System 09:10 - Good Debt/Examples Of Good Debt 10:52 - Good Debt Being Used To Buy Property 11:35 - Safely Taking Risks With Shares/Invest Or Paying Debt 13:23 - Diversifying With Investments 15:30 - How Darcy Explains Investing To Noobs 16:45 - Auckland House Prices/Struggling To Save 18:30 - People Being Caught Up In The Injustice Of How Difficult House Ownership Is 19:00 - Looking At Other Options Of House Ownership/Buying Outside Of Auckland 21:06 - Reece Gives Backstory Of How He Purchased His First House 22:36 - Darcy Uses Reece’s Story To Detail Different Housing Options 23:07 - Compromising On Your Housing Desires 24:18 - Darcy Gives Clients The Hard Truth/Rage Against The Machine 25:49 - Being A Slave To Your Mortgage/Trends Of First Home Buyers 27:00 - Housing Desires Changing Due To Circumstances e.g Children 28:00 - Reece Is Conscious Of Mortgage Repayments 28:59 - Staying The Course With Investing During Covid-19 30:45 - Repositioning Your Investment During Uncertain Times 32:33 - People Are Sheep 33:47 - Sharemarkets During Lockdown/Kneejerk Reactions 35:50 - Not One Size Fits All With Investing/Internet Providing Conflicting Information 38:09 - Darcy Still Changes His Views On Investing/Not Handling The Truth 39:54 - Reece’s Podcasting Style 40:48 - How Darcy Approaches Each Client 42:56 - So Many Different Types Of Financial Advice/How Darcy Operates 46:40 - Gold & Cryptocurrency Is Against The Status Quo 48:15 - Gold & Cryptocurrency Vs Shares 54:29 - Different Types Of Commercial Property 55:37 - Industrial Property Is A Necessity 56:45 - Reece Asks Darcy A Question He’s Never Been Asked Before 57:42 - Why Darcy Left Canada To Come To NZ 58:59 - NZ Will Be Prime Investment Due To It Being A Safehaven From Covid-19 1:01:16 - Problems With Auckland/Viewing Auckland Homes At Investments 1:02:52 - Where To Follow The NZ Everyday Investor Podcast 1:03:15 - Reece & Darcy Reflect On Information They Think Is Good But Audience Think Is Rubbish 1:05:11 - Where To Follow The NZ Everyday Investor Podcast Social Media | |||
| #167 - Omar Fernandes Interview(Lighting Artist On Grand Theft Auto V) | 30 Apr 2024 | 00:52:16 | |
Omar's story is amazing, he got an architecture degree before moving into video game art and film/tv vfx. He has worked on films such as Star Wars: Rogue One and Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame, he also worked as a lighting artist on GTA V. #gtav #rockstargames #starwars TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:01 - How A Degree In Architecture Helped Omar With VFX 04:51 - How Omar Ended Up At Rockstar Games/China 07:15 - Omar Had Never Played GTA Before Joining Rockstar/Learning What GTA Was 09:15 - Doing Cutscenes On GTA V 10:00 - Only 2 Artists Did Lighting On Cutscenes/The Shock Of Working On GTA V 12:05 - Crunch On GTA V/ Difference Between Games & Film 15:00 - Challenges Of Lighting/Omar’s Approach To Lighting 17:15 - Working On Star Wars: Rogue One 19:16 - ARTWORK REEL - Star Wars: Rogue One 21:25 - ARTWORK REEL - GTA V 32:07 - ARTWORK REEL - Rings Of Power 38:46 - ARTWORK REEL - Avengers: Infinity War 43:00 - ARTWORK REEL - LEGO 45:26 - ARTWORK REEL - Batman Vs Superman 46:09 - ARTWORK REEL - The Division 2: Warlords Of New York 48:27 - ARTWORK REEL - Aquaman 50:38 - Where To Follow Omar Fernandes | |||
| #49 - King Cass Interview (ADHD, Psychosis, Suicide Awareness, Drugs, Youth, Hip-Hop, Tattoos etc.) | 14 Jul 2020 | 01:01:42 | |
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 Syndrome Within Hip-Hop/Humble Pie 06:50 - Haters/Goals 07:30 - Believing In Yourself 08:48 - Being In A Meth Induced Psychosis/How Cass Got Into Drugs 11:09 - Friends Misleading Cass/Cass Peak 12:28 - Other People With Psychosis Relating To King Cass 13:30 - King Cass Saving His Mums Life/Song Writing 14:43 - Politics/Echo Chambers 16:30 - Killing The Ego/Youth Work 18:08 - Staying Positive 20:50 - Being Self Aware Of Depression 22:02 - King Cass Is An Introvert 22:45 - Coping During Lockdown 24:55 - Media 25:37 - Seeing A Therapist/Passion Purpose And Potential 27:51 - Mental Health Linked To Family/Youth Retreats 29:42 - Broaden Your Horizon 32:15 - Starting Your Own Movement 33:41 - How King Cass Learned Songwriting/ Christianity 35:05 - Battle Rap/Walk The Talk/Seven Sharp/Sponsors 37:46 - How King Cass Writes Songs 38:38 - Favourite Show Was At Masterton/Connections 39:06 - Who King Cass Wants To Collaborate With/Influences 40:00 - King Cass Doesn’t Like Christchurch 41:05 - King Cass Likes Taranaki & Wellington 41:33 - How King Cass Met Dilz 43:30 - King Cass Promotes His Album & New Material 43:56 - How King Cass Decides What To Perform/Vocal Training 45:16 - King Cass Will Perform For Another 20 Years 45:46 - Long Term Plans 46:44 - Not Being Tempted To Relapse In Hip Hop Circles 48:25 - Performing A Set/Nationwide Tour 50:45 - Getting Burned Out/Hope 51:00 - Tattoos/Why King Cass Got So Many Tattoos 52:47 - Meaning Behind Facial Tattoo 54:06 - King Cass Has Multiple Tattooists/King Cass Will Get His Whole Body Tattooed 55:01 - Where It Hurts The Most To Get A Tattoo 55:40 - King Cass Wants To Be A Canvas 56:30 - People Being Written Off For His Tattoos/Way Finding 58:19 - Where To Follow King Cass 59:06 - What The King Cass Movement Is 59:20 - King Cass Spits A Verse | |||
| #48 - Robin Rhymes Interview (Battle Rap, Covid-19, Black Lives Matter, Dallas, Donald Trump, New Zealand etc.) | 30 Jun 2020 | 01:14:05 | |
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 Response 11:03 - Robin Doesnt Know Dallas Population 12:57 - How Robin Got Into Battle Rap 15:21 - How Robin Constructs Her Punchlines/Structuring Her Rounds 18:38 - Prepping For A Battle/Memory/Offensive Punchlines 21:15 - Robin Was Meant To Come To NZ/How The Opportunity Came About 22:35 - Robin Hasnt Battled A Guy 22:42 - Robins Thoughts On Dizaster 24:39 - Robin Wants To Battle DNA 26:04 - Charlie Clips Would Make Robin Bring Her A Game/Charlie Clips 27:45 - Female Battle Rap 29:44 - Switching Into Killer Mode 31:07 - Robin Prefers To Battle Early In The Night 32:45 - Robin Thinking A Punchline Is Going To Hit And It Doesnt Hit 35:00 - NZ Battlers Robin Paid Attention Too 35:19 - Talented Steven 36:00 - Robin Thinks NZ Crowds Really Support The Battlers 37:00 - Female Battle Rappers In America Don't Show Love After A Battle/Ladi Flames 39:09 - Robin Wants To Write For Television 41:12 - Robin Doesn't Get Stopped On The Street 43:00 - Robin Might Relocate To Atlanta At Some Point/NZ Doesnt Have Seafood 44:15 - Aucklands House Price Vs Dallas House Price 46:49 - HOA(Home Owners Association) 48:32 - Tiger King 49:15 - Media Sensationalising America 50:00 - Donald Trump 52:40 - Auckland Black Lives Matter Protest/Dallas Snipers 53:50 - Americas Love For Guns/Texas Gun Laws/Robin Doesn92t Have A Gun 56:00 - Indians In Dallas & NZ 56:40 - Butter Chicken Isnt An Indian Dish 57:50 - Hot Wings/Spicy Food/Ghost Pepper 59:35 - Robin Gets Annoyed With Her Coworkers/Robin Working Remotely 1:01:22 - Kiwis Would Hook Robin Up She Moved To NZ 1:01:56 - NZ Has Texas BBQ Food 1:02:04 - Raw Thawt 1:03:02 - Reece Teaches Robin To Pronounce Maori 1:04:00 - Big Polynesian Population In Auckland/2pac Pronounced Wrong By White People 1:05:00 - Different American Accents 1:06:10 - Robin Adjusting To NZ Battle Rap Terms 1:07:30 - Disaster Vs Skolar Battle 1:08:35 - Trying To Learn Battle Rap Terms 1:09:50 - James Cameron 1:10:16 - Americans Underground Bunkers In Queenstown In NZ 1:11:17 - Daylyt/Battle Rap Without The Crowd | |||
| #47 - Carlos Hicks Interview (Black Lives Matter, Police, Covid-19, Fitness, Flat Earth Theory, Racism, Youth, Nutrition etc.) | 23 Jun 2020 | 01:26:02 | |
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 Travellers Bringing Covid-19 09:20 - Kiwis Will Rebel If Another Lockdown Happens 10:08 - Auckland/Huntly Bypass 11:00 - Driving To Auckland/Fizzsticks 12:15 - Police Radar 13:21 - Carlos’s Run Ins With Police/Racism 16:40 - Kiwis Absorbing To Much Of American Culture 18:06 - Police Need To Have More Training/Police Brutality 21:45 - Reece Being Abused On Facebook 23:51 - Carlos Does Not Care Much About The Captain Hamilton Statue 24:31 - Bad Side Of Black Lives Matter 26:15 - Anybody But Trump 27:16 - Dwayne Johnson/Reece & Carlos Impersonate The Rock 28:14 - Trump Was Entertaining During Debates 28:45 - Kiwis Dont Worship Celebrities/NZ Celebrities Don’t Get Shine 30:06 - Shortland Street 31:15 - Reece Doesn’t Want To Be A Celebrity 32:49 - Businesses Need To Adapt To Covid-19 Life 33:30 - Carlos Home Gym Setup/Carlos Training Sessions 34:49 - Hakarimata Trail Training & Stories 38:35 - Struggling To Stay Fit During Lockdown 39:17 - Speaking Mandarin/Indians You Can Understand By Body Language 40:30 - Russell Peters 42:37 - Papatoetoe Is A Little India 43:07 - Carlos Speaking At His Old School Due To A Stabbing There 44:00 - Carlos’ Wife Is His Calmness/Being Numb To Violence/Reasons For Wanting To Speak At School 48:00 - Teaching The Youth About The Real World 53:00 - Racism Prejudice And Where It Stems From/Racial Unity 57:00 - The “Make America Great Again Hat Guy” At The Black Lives Matter Protest In Auckland 1:00:29 - Stereotypes To African Americans in NZ/Kevin Posey 1:01:49 - Media Sensationalising News 1:02:37 - People Turning on Ashley Bloomfield/Mike Hosking 1:03:30 - Carlos Thinks Politicians Are All The Same/Politics 1:06:45 - Politicians Not Being Transparent/Andrew King 1:09:23 - 5G Covid-19 Conspiracy 1:10:00 - Being Fooled By Conspiracies/Flat Earth Theory 1:12:00 - Subconsciously Absorbing Negativity From Social Media 1:13:22 - Carlos Doesn’t Carry Emotion Into His Fights/Dealing With Emotions 1:16:19 - Mental Health Being Linked To Food 1:17:45 - People Being Healthier During Lockdown 1:18:30 - People Queuing At McDonalds For Hours At Level 3 1:19:45 - Successful People Wouldn’t Queue For Hours For Fast Food/McDonalds Marketing 1:21:45 - NZ Exports Its Best Food And Keeps Its Crap Food 1:22:17 - Carlos Can Rap 1:22:52 - Where To Follow Carlos Hicks 1:23:34 - Carlos Hicks Spits A Rap Verse | |||
| #46 - Greg Johnston Interview (Manta5, Business, Startups, Entrepreneurs, Travelling, Vegetarian, Peter Beck etc. ) | 19 Jun 2020 | 00:58:15 | |
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 Through Waves 07:20 - Creating A Community Around Manta 5 08:22 - Keeping The Manta 5 Secret/Getting 350 Million Views/Promotion 09:52 - Investors For Manta 5 11:04 - Entrepaneur’s Having Self Doubt 13:21 - Resigning During Covid-19/Reasons For Resigning 15:22 - Lockdown Forced Greg To Unwind & Slow Down 16:20 - Travelling To Promote Manta 5/America 17:50 - Greg Feels Very Privileged 18:54 - Getting Opportunities/Peter Beck 20:42 - Start Ups In NZ Not Getting Enough Support & Funding 22:45 - Investing In Property Over Business/Ease Of Starting A Business In NZ 24:26 - Silicon Valley Of NZ 26:58 - Staying Grounded After Massive Success 27:49 - What Greg Learned From Guy Howard-Willis 29:23 - Greg Meeting Shaq & Other Celebrities 31:20 - Consumer Electronics Show(CES) 32:38 - Being Motivated & Inspired By Intelligent People 34:07 - Greg Wants To Help Other Entrepreneurs 36:48 - India 40:24 - Mexico 41:30 - Taiwan/Reece Doesn’t Like Flying 42:22 - Jetlag From Travelling 43:03 - Why Greg Became A Vegetarian 43:45 - Reece’s Change In Diet 44:50 - Meat In NZs DNA/Meat Alternatives 46:16 - Food Intolerance/Inflammation In The Gut 48:40 - Alternatives For Food Nutrition/Greg’s Diet 50:59 - Hakarimata Trail 51:37 - Greg’s Vegetarian Restaurant Recommendations 53:07 - Drones 54:22 - Eminem Concert 55:38 - Where To Follow Manta 5 56:33 - Manta 5 Will Release Entry Level Projects At A Later Date | |||
| #45 - Kernel Wealth Interview (Lump Sums, Core Satellite Investing, Debt, Stocks, Investment Property, Cashless Society etc.) | 06 Jun 2020 | 01:00:47 | |
Kernel is an innovative investment company that allows you to manage your investment portfolio in a user friendly way Website - https://kernelwealth.co.nz/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/kernelnz/?re... Instagram - @Kernel Wealth LinkedIn - Kernel
TIMESTAMPS
00:35 - How Kernel Adapted To Lockdown 01:42 - Enjoying Talking To Customers During Lockdown/Answering Customers Questions 02:37 - Duration Of Calls/Appreciating Long Investment Discussions With Customers 04:00 - Investing In A Lump Sum 04:45 - Pros And Cons Of Lump Sums 06:53 - Kernel Are Not Financial Advisers/Tools Kernel Provides 08:01 - Starting An Investment Portfolio 10:43 - Complications Of An Investment Portfolio 11:33 - Diversification/Simplifying Funds 12:28 - People Not Knowing What They Are Investing In 14:03 - Being Influenced By Media To Invest In Certain Stocks 15:45 - Mob Mentality & Stopping It 18:15 - Being Cautious With Finances Due To Covid-19 19:46 - Lag Effect 20:08 - Long Term Strategy/Emotional Decision Making 22:29 - Commercial Property/Working From Home 24:25 - Core Satellite Investing 26:02 - Example Of Core Satellite Investing 27:15 - Core Satellite Investing In Its Infancy In NZ/Opportunities Of Core Satellite 29:37 - People Thinking They Know What Core Satellites Are But Don’t 30:31 - Simplifying Investing To People Who Don’t Know Anything 31:52 - Kernel Want You To Contact Them If You Have Financial Concerns/Expanding 32:23 - Expanding Kernel Overseas 32:50 - Kernels Thoughts On Investing Around Covid-19 35:50 - Residential Property 39:55 - Younger People Investing Less In Property/New Opportunities 40:36 - Difference Between The GFC & Covid-19/Recovery Timeframe 42:07 - Kiwisaver 43:25 - Emotional Decision Making 44:05 - Residential Property Doesn’t Require Constant Evaluating 44:45 - House Forecasts Due To Unemployment 45:44 - Gold & Cryptocurrency 47:07- How Kernel Stay Up To Date With The Market 48:37 - Kernel’s Roadshow 49:45 - Kernel’s Advice On Whether To Pay A Mortgage Off Faster 51:22 - Debt 55:00 - NZ Going Cashless/Paywave 56:34 - China’s Pay App 58:59 - How To Find Kernel 59:37 - Kernel Blogs | |||
| #44 - Bhig Bhozy/True Interview (Hip-Hop, Battle Rap, Uglyside, Covid-19, Conspiracies, 5G, Internet Infrastructure etc.) | 19 May 2020 | 01:20:40 | |
Bhig Bhozy is a hip-hop artist primarily based in Christchurch and in the Waikato area, he is also a well known battle rapper in NZ and is one of the members of Uglyside who are well known for the song 'Out The Window' Social Media Instagram - @winniethefuuu Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/the-real-true Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/uglyside/
Out The Window Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HbWBtoosg0
TIMESTAMPS
00:22 - Bhozy Loves Lockdown 00:52 - Bhozy Talks Music/Trueluminati/Bhozy’s Interaction With A Fan 02:40 - Bhozy Being Good At Both Hip-Hop & Battle Rap 03:45 - How Uglyside Was Formed 04:30 - Out The Window/Formation Of Uglyside Name 05:58 - Uglyside Of Life/Negatives To Positives 06:49 - Bhozy Keeps It Real In His Music 07:44 - Bhozy Sends Songs To Oblique & Ego 08:09 - Bhozy Makes Beats But Cant Rap Over Them 08:38 - Out The Window Film Shoot 10:18 - Bhozy Living In Different Cities And Towns 11:21 - Christchurch/South Island Vs North Island 12:24 - Auckland 13:35 - Tokoroa/Polynesians Living In Tokoroa 14:23 - Nationwide Tour/NZ Not Supporting NZ Music 15:20 - Dilz 16:09 - Bhozy’s Initial Reaction To Covid-19 16:50 - Not Opening The Border 17:30 - Bhozy & Reece Not Understanding People Getting Fast Food At 3AM 18:35 - Driving During Lockdown 19:03 - Lockdown Screwed Up Bhozy’s Job 19:38 - Trying To Workout During Lockdown 20:38 - Second Wave Of Covid-19 22:06 - People Who Adapt Will Survive 22:28 - Features Of Bhozy’s Upcoming Album 23:12 - Traser’s Freestyle/Bhozy & Traser Like Talking Shit 24:38 - Conspiracy Theories/5G Coronavirus Theory/Flat Earth Theory 26:44 - Shortland Street 27:22 - Not Approaching Celebrities 27:49 - Opening Up For Obie Trice & Tech N9ne 29:07 - Trying To Adjust From Performing At Big Crowds To Small Crowds 29:25 - Out The Window Opening The Doors 30:22 - Why Name Changed From True To Bhig Bhozy 31:11 - South Island Winters Vs North Island Winters 32:00 - Bhozy’s Memory/Battle With Hegz 34:10 - Skolar/The OG’s 35:00 - 1Outs Is The Number 1 League/Battles In Wellington 35:47 - Skolar Vs Dizaster 36:39 - Dlar & Suda Coming On The Show/Social Gatherings 37:27 - Bilz 38:12 - Battle Rappers Are Friendly/DMG/Bhozy Doesn’t Like Being The Mainevent 39:45 - B Team Have Elevated The Scene 40:52 - Jibz Vs PFAK/PFAK 41:56 - JP80 Vs VIV 42:29 - Freestyling On The Fly/Battle Rap And Rapping On Beat Are Different 43:22 - Punchlines That Hit 44:13 - Bhozy’s Writing Process/Writers Block 47:34 - Bhozy’s Favourite Battle Was With Skolar 48:20 - Stormforce/Xceed Burning Bridges 50:11 - Creating An Album Where Every Track Is Different/Album Process 51:30 - Beats Fitting The Style 53:21 - Cringing At Your Old Work 54:02 - Tyson Tyler 55:47 - Poetik 56:47 - Bhozy’s Experience In Colorado/American Work Ethic 57:21 - Taking NZ For Granted 58:44 - Bhozy Wants To Go To Europe/White People Not Having Communities 1:00:24 - Why Reece Didn’t Do Kiwi Talkz During Lockdown/Digital Age 1:01:11 - Socially Awkward People 1:02:07 - Elon Musk 1:03:05 - Befriending Rich People/Bhozy Thought He Won Lotto 1:03:53 - Lockdown Turning People Into Assholes & Racists 1:04:22 - Covid-19 Is A Massive Fail 1:05:36 - 5G Conspiracy Theorists Are Idiots/Reece Explains How Cell Frequency Ranges Work 1:06:58 - Bhozy Worked With Internet Fibre 1:07 | |||
| #43 - Unlox'U Interview (Eating Psychology, Food, Dieting, Habits, Binge Eating, Anorexia, Night Time Eating etc.) | 01 Apr 2020 | 01:11:54 | |
Eugenia Nikiforow is a Eating Psychologist who runs the business Mindfoodness and her expertise is in how we eat and its connection to our emotions. Free E-Book as mentioned on the podcast can be located here. https://eugenianikiforow.kartra.com/page/bingeeatingworkbook
SOCIAL MEDIA Website - mindfoodness.nz Twitter - @MindFoodNessNZ Instagram - mindfoodness.nz Facebook - Mindfoodness - Mind and Body Transformation
TIMESTAMPS
00:35 - Eugenia’s Journey To Become An Eating Psychologist 03:30 - Eugenia ’s Clients Knew What Not To Eat/Focus On Why We Eat 05:20 - In Uncertain Times We Consume Food Because Of How It Makes Us Feel 07:41 - Self Medication/Substance Abuse 08:30 - You Cannot Fix What You Aren’t Aware Of 09:50 - Night Time Eating/Reece Explains Why He Eats At Night 12:06 - How We Create A Habit/Stimulating Habit 14:30 - Chocolate/Reward System In The Brain 15:55 - Eating At Night A Result Of Traditional Gatherings At Night 17:12 - Meeting A Need In Another Way/Oral Satisfaction 18:11 - Eating Dessert Can Form The Night Time Eating Habit 19:50 - Habit Vs Addiction 21:35 - Movement Helps Stimulate The Brain 23:43 - Gratitude/Men Struggling With Gratitude/Brain & Heart Waves 25:49 - Being Restorative/Breathing 26:22 - Tips If You Struggle To Get To Sleep 27:05 - The Negative Stigma Of Breath/Breathing Incorrectly 28:58 - Hysteria Creates More Hysteria 29:30 - Logic Overriding Emotional Thought 31:55 - Telling Someone Not To Panic Doesn’t Work 32:30 - Eugenia Is Very Self Aware Of When Her Own Emotion Overrides Her Logic 35:09 - Avoiding Your Triggers 36:10 - Social Media Being A Trigger For Eating Disorders/Orthorexia 37:30 - Social Media Is Fake 39:37 - Eugenia’s Struggle With Binge Eating & Body Physique Competition Struggles 41:29 - Binge Eating Can Lead To Anorexia/One Extreme To The Other 42:22 - Eugenia Is Against Diets 44:39 - Does A Diet Actually Work For You? 45:45 - Dieting Is Usually Done To Mask A Deeper Issue/Body Type 47:00 - Veganism Is A Lifestyle Not A Diet 48:29 - Gluten Free/ Are You Doing It Because You’re Intolerant Or Jumping On A Trend? 51:03 - Assessing How You Feel After Eating A Particular Food/Food Journal 52:45 - Eugenia Assesses Clients Over 6 Months Minimum 54:33 - We All Need Support Networks/Eugenia Has A Support Person 56:45 - Eugenia Speaks On Being Triggered By Husband/Different Communication 58:22 - Eating Psychologist VsTherapist/How People Find Eugenia/Eugenia’s Knowledge 1:00:50 - Eating Psychology Is Relatively New 1:01:31 - The Gut Is Connected To Everything/ 1:01:58 - Turning The Coronavirus/Lockdown Into A Positive 1:04:21 - Eugenia Is Not A Foodie/What Eugenia Eats 1:05:58 - If You Are Stimulated You Wont Be Tempted To Eat 1:06:45 - The Lockdown/Lonely People 1:07:45 - Eugenia Is A Yoga Teacher And Does Online Courses 1:08:49 - How To Follow Eugenia 1:09:46 - Eugenia’s Free E-Book (Overeating Triggers Book)
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| #42 - Josiah Spackman Interview (Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Bitcoin, DigiByte, ICO, Tax, Housing etc.) | 25 Mar 2020 | 01:31:03 | |
Josiah Spackman is a cryptocurrency investor and speaker and is a member of the Digibyte Foundation.
SOCIAL MEDIA Youtube - Josiah Spackman - Digibyte Twitter - @dgb_chilling Instagram - @Josiah.Spackman
TIMESTAMPS
00:35 - How Josiah Got Into Cryptocurrency 02:20 - Differences Between Bitcoin, Lightcoin and Digibyte 03:35 - What Determines The Speed Of Each Coin 04:30 - Cryptocurrency Is Very Volatile 05:18 - Cryptocurrency Has Still Been Ticking Along Despite COVID-19 05:52 - What Block Chain Is 07:35 - Anonymity Of Cryptocurrency 09:03 - Monetary Limit Of Bitcoin 09:32 - Living Off Just Bitcoin/Making Purchases With Bitcoin 11:38 - NZ Isn’t A Cash Based Society Unlike Some Countries 12:49 - Going Cashless/U.S. Dollar Number 1 Dollar Laundered For Nefarious Purposes 14:07 - Digital Fingerprint Of Cryptocurrency 15:41 - China’s Surveillance Can Still Detect People Based On Their Eyes 16:33 - Black Mirror/Social Credit System In China 18:36 - ICO(Initial Coin Offering)/Pump & Dump Schemes 23:07 - BitTorrent/Youtube Backups 24:42 - Creating Your Own Coin/Josiah Doesn’t Want To Create His Own Coin 26:19 - Red Flags With Certain Coins/BitConnect 28:31 - Investing Is A Gamble/Don’t Take Out Money During A Crash 29:30 - Josiah Bought A House In Auckland 30:38 - You Can Rent And Still Retire By Investing Correctly 32:22 - Peer To Peer Lending 33:28 - Josiah Buying A House Right After 2008 Financial Crisis 34:43 - Boomers Have A Lot Of Disposable Income 37:20 - Paying A Tax On A House Annually 39:33 - Josiah Is Hesitant To Provide Sound Financial Advice About Cryptocurrency 40:52 - Josiah Does Cryptocurrency Because He Loves It Not For Money 42:50 - Josiah Is Terrible With Money 43:09 - Kernel/Not Constantly Looking At Your Investments 44:47 - Cryptocurrency Is A Permissionless Currency 47:20 - Complexity Of Explaining Cryptocurrency/Dont Mortgage Your House 49:10 - Josiah’s Toilet Paper Story/Self Fulfilling Prophecy 52:08 - Negative Things Being Replaced By The Next Negative Thing 52:52 - Emotion Clouds Logical Thought/ Desire Vs Require 54:20 - Allocating Money From Coffee To Digibyte 55:35 - Josiah Sucks At Sticking To Plans/DOOM Eternal/Video Games 57:09 - Josiah Did A Tax Submission To The Government 59:37 - Document Was 40 Pages/Details Of TWG Document/IRD Are Forward Thinking 1:02:52 - Trying To Write The Document So A Five Year Old Could Understand It 1:04:00 - Having A Panel To Provide Expertise To Politicians 1:04:37 - Some Of The Document Has Been Applied By IRD 1:05:49 - Josiah Tells His NZ Herald Cryptocurrency Mining Story 1:09:18 - America’s Cryptocurrency Laws/Tax On Video Games Currency 1:10:45 - Josiah Views On Cryptocurrency Tax 1:12:07 - Josiah Wants There To Be A Cryptocurrency App To Pay For Goods/EFTPOS Vendors 1:14:31 - Cybersecurity/Having A Password Is A Bad Idea/QR Code 1:18:04 - Signing Into Websites Using Facebook Or Google Downsides 1:22:12 - Reece Doesn’t Watch Series Or Video Games These Days Because Of Time 1:23:17 - Netflix Will Make A Ton Of Money From COVID-19 1:23:59 - Podcasts/NZ Podcasts/Why Reece Uses Timestamps 1:26:47 - Joe Rogan Format/Giving People Choice 1:27:52 - Where To Follow Josiah Spackman 1:29:21 - COVID-19 Is A Pivotal Moment In History/NZ Going Cashless
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| #41 - Standing Fierce Interview (Street Fighter, E-Sports, David Dallas, Olympics, Xbox One, PS4, COVID-19 etc.) | 21 Mar 2020 | 01:21:56 | |
David Niue is the founder of Standing Fierce NZ's Premiere Fighting Game Scene.
SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook - Standing Fierce Instagram - @Standing_Fierce Twitter - @Standing_Fierce
TIMESTAMPS
00:27 - Niue Is Not David’s Surname 01:15 - How Standing Fierce Was Founded 03:33 - Difficulty Organising An Event 05:17 - David Is A Control Freak/Delegating 05:52 - Its Difficult Trying To Get People To Attend Events 06:13 - Gamers Being To Socially Awkward 06:58 - NZ Population Size Limits Fighting Game Talent 07:54 - Marketing Standing Fierce 08:51 - David Dallas Plays Street Fighter Competitively 10:11 - Che Fu Sometimes Attends Events/Gamers Being Star Struck 11:02 - David & Reece’s Generation Were Brought Up On Street Fighter II 11:40 - David Loves MVC 2/Fighting Games Skills Are Transferrable Game To Game 12:38 - David Feels Pressure To Be Good At Every Fighting Game/David’s Ranking 13:10 - How David Manages His Time & Practicing 13:48 - Frame Data/Studying Frames 15:14 - Ghostchips 15:52 - Some People Aren’t Suitable For Podcasts/EB Games Staff Being Weirdos 17:09 - Covid-19’s Effect On Standing Fierce Events/Online Gaming Events 17:53 - Reece Entered Standing Fierce In 2013 And Got Destroyed 19:43 - 2013 Was David’s First Year Holding The Events 30:13 - David’s Visions Sometimes Exceeds Possibility/David Roping His Brother For Events 20:55 - Trying To Stay Up To Date With Technology/Smart Phones 21:51 - Hotels Charging Ridiculous Prices For Internet 22:37 - Its Cheap To Hold Events In Community Centres/Auckland Is Expensive 23:06 - How Many Events Standing Fierce Has A Year 23:57 - Cost Of Entering Into Tournaments 24:18 - Standing Fierce Was Operating At A Loss For A While 25:00 - Merchandise 26:04 - Covid-19’s Effect On NZ Happened So Fast 27:10 - A lot Of E-Sports Companies Are Close To Going Bankrupt Due To Coronavirus 28:19 - E-Sports Can Survive Because Of Online Aspects/Gamers Are Shy 29:18 - E-Sports In The Olympics/Cyberbullying/Beef With Standing Fierce Gamers 30:36 - Trolls 30:57 - People Spoiling Movies 32:14 - Olympics Is Declining In Viewership/Breakdancing In The Olympics 33:10 - Intel Working With The Olympics 34:47 - Girl Getting Angry At Her Team Mates In Overwatch 35:45 - How Much Gamers Practice 37:23 - Negative Stigma Against Gamers 38:30 - Online Safety Groups/Monitoring Breaks 39:31 - Planning In Advance Now To Play Games 40:50 - Reece And David Realise They Use To Study Together!!! 41:44 - Drawing A Naked Man’s Penis 42:51 - Reece Tells Story Of Blacking Out At Yifans 43:58 - Reece And David Reminisce On How Crap They Were At Animation 44:47 - Traditional Animation Is Almost Obsolete 45:32 - Yifans/Money Laundering 46:50 - Arcades Are Dead/David Bought An Xbox One Then Bought A PS4 Cause Of SFV 48:03 - David Talks About Xbox One 49:06 - David Has No Desire To Play Single Player Games Anymore 50:24 - Hanging Up The Controller To Only Host Events 51:43 - Beef Between Smash Bros Players And The Fighting Game Community 52:48 - The Top Fighting Games In NZ And Around The World 53:17 - Difference Between Street Fighter IV & V 55:55 - Smash Bros Wide Demographic 56:22 - How David Deals With Losing Online/Online Playing Style 58:23 - Reece And David’s Mains In Street Fighter/Zangief 1:00:11 - Tekken/Dragonball Fighter Z 1:01:41 - Super Smash Bros Melee Base Doesn’t Play Games Anymore 1:02:19 - Japan/Tokyo Game Show 1:03:08 - Covid-19 Outbreak Is A Pivotal Moment In History 1:03:54 - Right After David Left Dunedin Cases Were Repo | |||
| #40 - Dr. Hayden Interview (Hip-Hop, Coronavirus, Racism, Religion, Marvel, Auckland, Christopher Nolan etc.) | 16 Mar 2020 | 01:31:51 | |
Dr. Hayden is a Kiwi/American rapper and hip-hop producer who recently released his new album 'Autopsy'on all digital formats.
Facebook - Dr. Hayden Instagram - @drx_hayden
TIMESTAMPS
00:34 - Dr. Hayden Talks About His New Album ‘Autopsy’ 02:54 - Hard Making Money In Music/ 04:12 - Cracking Playlists 05:14 - Dr. Hayden Listens To Music 24/7/What Dr.Hayden Listens To 05:35 - Will Newer Music Be Timeless?/Classic Song 07:12 - Oversaturation Of Music//Not Clicking With New Music 08:17 - K Road/Parking In Auckland CBD 09:26 - Coronavirus Hysteria On K Road/People Wearing The Wrong Coronavirus Masks 10:34 - Media Adding To The Hysteria 11:49 - Taco Bell 12:52 - Food & Obesity In NZ Vs America 14:31 - America’s Healthcare System 15:40 - Sugar Tax In NZ/Food Habits In NZ 16:59 - Uber Eats 17:32 - Commuting In Auckland/Reece’s Routine In Auckland 18:28 - Auckland’s Poor Infrastructure 20:18 - Auckland’s Housing 21:44 - Housing Is Now A Business 22:36 - Why People Live In Auckland 24:08 - People In Auckland Moving And Downsizing 24:33 - Media Personalities Faking 27:48 - Some Potential Guests Aren’t Telling Reece The Truth/ 28:40 - How Dr. Hayden Learned To Rap And Be Honest 29:45 - Respect Vs Money 31:40 - Assholes In Rap/Fake It Till You Make It 32:52 - Reece Can See Through People Who Are Faking 34:15 - Reece’s Podcasts With Politicians 35:25 - Reece Contemplated Getting Into Politics 37:00 - Jacinda Ardern/Tribalism In Politics 39:44 - Echo Chambers 40:07 - Being Indoctrinated With Religion And How It Shapes Your Thinking 41:53 - Pros And Cons Of Religion 43:53 - Black Klanzman/How To Combat Racism 46:49 - Screening For The Coronavirus/How Countries Should Deal With It 50:43 - People Being Idiots When They Are Potentially Exposed To Covid-19 51:30 - People Should Take Coronavirus Seriously 52:00 - Living To Payweek To Payweek 53:22 - Detroit & Ohio Have Houses For Cheap 54:35 - Dr. Hayden Only Stays In Auckland Due To Work 55:03 - Problems With Wellington 56:17 - Why Reece Chose Hamilton Over Melbourne And Brisbane 57:03- The Great Things About Auckland/Aucklands Housing Skyrocketing 58:56 - Wolverine/Who Will Play Wolverine In The MCU 59:34 - Heather Ledgers Joker/The Dark Knight/Joker 1:01:16 - Superhero Era 1:01:50 - DC Films 1:02:30 - Avengers: Infinity War & End Game 1:04;04 - Christopher Nolan/Tenet/Different Movies 1:06:42 - Waking Life 1:09:13 - Black Mirror 1:12:05 - Kevin Posey 1:15:06 - Reece Lost His Voice At NZ Vs USA Gig 1:15:52 - Dr. Hayden Tells Story About Being An Asshole To A Sound Techie 1:18:31 - Love For The People At The NZ Vs USA Gig 1:19:10 - Dr. Hayden Is Still Sad From The Gig Turnout 1:19:55 - Coronavirus Scapegoat 1:21:05 - Being Isolated For 14 Days Would Be Great 1:21:29 - Jacinda Ardern 1:23:13 - Stephen Colberts Marketing For NZ 1:24:59 - Reece’s Drone Videos 1:25:33 - Reece Wont Travel Overseas Due To The Coronavirus 1:26:42 - Dr. Hayden Rapping Well Falling Over 1:27:36 - Where To Follow Dr. Hayden And Listen To His Music 1:29:00 - Dr. Hayden Raps His Song ‘Terminal Velocity’ | |||
| #166 - Jonathan Gwyn Interview (Senior Environment Artist On Grand Theft Auto V) | 09 Apr 2024 | 01:01:06 | |
Jonathan Gwyn is a veteran artist in the video game industry having been in the industry for over 25+ years. He has worked on prestigious franchises such as Grand Theft Auto, The Matrix, Resistance etc. #rockstargames #gta #gtav TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:01 - Jon’s Favourite Art To Work On Is Environment Art 03:00 - Stylised Environmental Art 04:20 - Restrictions Working On The Matrix Games 06:40 - Referencing The Matrix Movies While Working On The Games 09:10 - Jon Loves Movies/Seeing Reloaded & Revolutions Material Before The Movies Release 10:40 - The Wachowskis Were Video Games Guys/Path Of Neo/Animatrix 11:20 - Jon Likes To Draw While Watching TV & Movies 13:15 - Jon Doesn’t Like Being An Art Director & Prefers Working Alongside Artists 15:00 - Ego’s Getting In The Way With Some Artists Due To Age/Jon Doesn’t Want To Be A Lead Again 16:40 - Why Jon Has Moved Across So Many Gaming Studios 19:10 - How Jon Got The Job At Rockstar 20:10 - GTA Is Made In Scotland/Artists Pipeline For GTA V/Red Dead Redemption 2 22:00 - Rockstar Has A Toxic Work Environment 24:30 - The High Pressure Of Working At Rockstar/Rockstar Crunch 25:20 - People Love His Boring Environmental Work Just Because Its GTA 26:00 - The Art Lead’s Job For GTA V Would’ve Been Hell 27:35 - Concept Room At Rockstar 28:15 - Meeting Sam Houser/Houser Brothers 29:15 - Video Game Celebrities/Ego’s Within The Video Game Industry 32:13 - Brutal Commute In L.A. & San Diego 35:35 - Working From Home 36:40 - Being Extroverted/Mistakes Extroverts Make At Game Studios 38:30 - ARTWORK REEL - GTA V Environments 50:15 - ARTWORK REEL - The Matrix Games Environments 1:00:10 - Where To Follow Jonathan Gwyn | |||
| #39 - Chris Joblin Interview (Tainui, Inland Port, The Base, High Speed Rail, Hotels, Amazon etc.) | 12 Mar 2020 | 00:52:42 | |
Chris Joblin is the CEO of Tainui Group Holdings the Commercial Arm of Tainui.
SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook - Tainui Group Holdings LinkedIN - Tainui Group Holdings Limited
TIMESTAMPS
00:30 - Chris Joblins Work History 01:25 - Chris’ Work Overseas & Experiences 03:40 - Why Chris Moved Back To NZ 05:43 - How Chris Ended Up At Tainui Group Holdings 06:45 - Ruakura Inland Port 11:35 - Northport/Ruakura Is Cost Efficient 12:37 - Ports Of Tauranga Collaboration 15:15 - Construction Time To Build The Port/Waikato Expressway 15:48 - Talks With Different Partners 16:43 - Education Campus 17:07 - Further Developments To Happen At The Base 18:15 - Hamilton Council At One Point Restricted Development At The Base 19:45 - Commercial And Residential Development Will Come To The Base 20:30 - Chris Thinks High Speed Rail Is Inevitable 21:50 - Chris Says NZ Is Behind In Rail 22:40 - Pendelino Train 23:59 - Hamilton’s Population Growth And Planning For It 24:47 - Hotel Expansion 27:48 - Values Of Being A Member Of Tainui 29:30 - Tainui Working With The Community 30:30 - How To Become A Tainui Member 32:17 - How Money Is Distributed To Tainui Members 34:22 - Chris Thinks Ruakura Will Be To Small 35:39 - Amazon/Same Day Delivery/Hamilton’s Geographical Proximity 37:38 - Drones Delivering Parcels/Amazons Non Checkout Store 38:58 - Convincing Customers To Set Up In Hamilton 40:55 - Tainui Thinks Ahead 42:06 - Waikato Will GoThrough A Renaissance 43:11 - Wellington Is Stagnating 43:45 - Hamilton Needs To Embrace Growth 44:11 - Hamilton CBD Growing 45:18 - Metro Urban Rail 46:03 - Hamilton City Underground Rail 47:40 - Businesses Moving Out Of Auckland 48:41 - Tainui Expanding Into Auckland 49:09 - Chris Isn’t Interested In Getting Into Politics 49:37 - Tainui’s Main Focus Is On The Hamilton To Auckland Corridor 50:41 - How The Partnership With ACC Happened 51:39 - How To Stay Up To Date With Tainui Group Holdings | |||
| #38 - Prof. Iain White Interview (Environmental Planning, Auckland, Hazards, Housing, Insurance, Mt Taranaki Erupting etc.) | 05 Mar 2020 | 01:18:45 | |
Professor Iain White is a lecturer at the University Of Waikato who specializes in Environmental Planning SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter - @Iain White
TIMESTAMPS
00:19 - Prof. Iain White Being Busy 00:57 - What Is Environmental Planning And How It Works 04:10 - NZ Suffers From Poor Planning Years Ago 05:12 - Spacial Planning/Problems With Auckland 06:13 - How Data Is Collected For “Most Liveable Cities” Survey 08:41 - Speaking To Local & Central Government 09:15 - How To Get Funding To Collect Evidence/Map Of NZ Flooding Model 12:15 - Science Not Influencing Policies 13:24 - Mt Taranaki Is Due To Erupt Soon 14:15 - Problems Of Wellington/Relocating Some Government Work Out Of Wellington 15:56 - NZ Has A Weird Economy/Housing 17:15 - Fallout Of Mt Taranaki’s Eruption/Risk Maps 19:45 - Cascading Impacts/Loss Of Business Confidence 21:28 - Pros And Cons Of Christchurch Earthquake 22:10 - Problem With Hauraki Plains/Vulnerable Land 25:15 - What Insurance Actually Is/NZ Most Hazardous Country In The World 28:42 - Why Iain Moved From The UK to NZ 31:00- The Halo Effect Of Auckland/Problems With Auckland 33:36 - Iain Settled In Hamilton Because Of Ease Of Commuting 34:17 - People Moving To Hamilton Are Helping The City Economically 34:39 - People Moving To Tauranga Are Hindering Growth/Hamiltons CBD Problems 36:29 - Government Doesn’t Plan 50 Years Into The Future For Infrastructure 38:22 - NZ’s Global Debt Is Tiny Compared To Other Countries 39:00 - Why We Have A Housing Crisis 41:32 - Mediating The Housing Crisis/Land Value 45:02 - Types Of House Development 45:52 - We Have Enough Homes But They Aren’t In The Right Place 46:35 - Providing People The Ability To Work In Auckland But Not Live There 48:15 - Roads Decrease Land Value/Rail Increases Land Value 49:56 - Concentration Of Work Industries Can Be Detrimental Sometimes 51:05 - Hamilton Needs To Become A Logistics Hub 51:50 - Attracting Industry Is A Dated Concept Should Attract People Instead 54:30 - Waikato Region/Amalgamation 55:45 - Auckland Are Great At Getting Central Government Money But Waikato Isn’t 57:53 - National Infrastructure Plan 59:04 - Safe Cycle Network/Hamilton Will Start Getting More Congestion Soon 1:00:50 - Align A Budget To What You Want A City To Be 1:01:30 - Political People Don’t Want To Take Risks 1:03:07 - Youth Not Voting/Louise Hutt/Visionary Mayor 1:05:22 - Iain Isn’t Interested In Getting into Politics 1:06:22 - Problems Of Committee’s 1:08:10 - University Of Waikato Has Areas That Are World Class/Bruce Clarkson 1:10:13 - Fake News/Facebook Largest Disinformation Platform In History 1:12:45 - Industries Funded By Dark Money/Alternative Facts 1:14:20 - Students Questioning Him/Collaborating/Data Rich Information Poor 1:16:24 - Lectures Outside Of Work Hours 1:16:58 - Professor Michael Mann Lecture Event | |||
| #37 - Jason Dawson Interview (Tourism, Stephen Colbert, Hobbiton, Airlines, Coronavirus, Public Transport etc.) | 27 Feb 2020 | 01:13:17 | |
Jason Dawson is the CEO for Hamilton - Waikato Tourism which promotes tourism in the Waikato.
SOCIAL MEDIA Website - https://www.waikatonz.com/ Instagram- @webtaniwha Twitter - @webtaniwha
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00:30 - Jason Dawsons Work History 02:43 - How Jason Dawson Ended Up In Hamilton 05:25 - How Jason Stays Clued Up With What’s Happening In The Waikato 06:54 - Hamilton’s Negative Stigma/Benefits Of Hamilton 09:20 - Tourism New Zealand 09:40 - Domestic Tourism/Working With Different Districts 11:50 - Stephen Colbert’s Trip In NZ 13:05 - Get NZ On The Map Campaign 14:30 - NDAs/High Profile Celebrities 15:31- Tourism Has Been Affected By Recent Disasters/Tourism Stats 16:59 - Three Biggest Tourism Attractions In The Waikato 18:46 - Tourists Travel Methods 20:44 - Jason’s Rail Networks Wishes 21:30 - Why International Flights Aren’t Coming Back To Hamilton Airport 24:15 - Hamilton Airports Future 27:00 - Kiwis Are Flying More/Rail Network Returning 29:02 - Golden Triangle Most Viable Area For Rail 30:23 - Tainui’s Inland Port Effect On Hamilton/Freight 31:30 - Hamilton Being Central To A Lot Of Places 32:38 - Hamilton Gardens/Charging A Fee/Adding Value To Hamilton Gardens 35:12 - Why Hobbiton Is Expensive/Hobbiton 37:00 - Hamilton Gardens Appeal 37:54 - Kiwis Being Cheap/Kiwis Not Exploring NZ 39:22 - Aucklanders Are Spending More Time In The Waikato 40:11 - Waikato Ambassador Programme/Hamilton Is The Home Of Coffee 42:30 - Hamilton Is The Home Of Coffee 44:16 - Hamilton Needing A Night Time Economy 47:15 - Hamilton Not Having Enough Hotels/Convention Centres 50:00 - Claudelands Event Centre 51:59 - Finding Accomodation During Fieldays/Fieldays 54:50 - Integrated Rail Network/Waikato Expressway Extension 55:27 - Jason Wishes For More Hotels In The Future 56:58 - Hamilton Greenery 57:39 - Hamilton Needs More Tall Buildings 58:30 - Jasons Wishes For Hamilton 59:27 - Hamilton Vs Brisbane/Melbourne Rivers/Waikato River Transport 1:00:23 - Hakeremata Walk/Cycling The Entire Waikato River 1:01:15 - Trams 1:01:41 - Making The Hamilton Lake Swimmable 1:02:08 - Waikato River Is Swimmable 1:02:59 - Upgrade To Hobbiton 1:06:00 - Coronavirus Effects On Waikato & NZ 1:08:05 - Preparing For Worst Case Scenario Effects On Tourism 1:10:10 - Hamilton Has Highest Youth Population Per Capita 1:11:39 - How To Find Hamilton Waikato Tourism Social Media | |||