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

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

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

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/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Paula Southgate is the current mayor of Hamilton City.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Hamiltoncity/ 

Vincent O'Malley Historical Report

https://www.hamilton.govt.nz/Documents/Historical%20Report%20on%20Hamilton%20Street%20and%20City%20Names%20FINAL.pdf

TIMESTAMPS

00:45 - Zoom//Council During Lockdown/Voting Online

02:30 - Meetings Via Zoom

03:20 - Priorities After Lockdown

04:22 - Debt/Facilities Not Being Used/Adjusting Budgets

05:37 - Why Certain Projects Were Deferred

06:28 - 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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’

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

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

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

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

TIMESTAMPS

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