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Real Life With John Cowan

John Cowan hosts ‘Real Life’, a weekly nationwide chat show on Newstalk ZB featuring a different high-profile guest every week. John talks with them about their life, their upbringing, their passions and their view of the world.

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25:01

Juliet Funt - Business Consultant, Author & CEO

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2022/03/06

Featured in both Forbes and Fast Company, Juliet is a renowned keynote speaker, tough-love business advisor to the Fortune 500, and founder and CEO of an efficiency firm, Juliet Funt Group. Her clients include Google, Vans, Costco, Nike, Pepsi, Spotify, ESPN, American Express and Wells Fargo.Juliet lives in Oregon with husband James and three young sons. Her book A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, And Do Your Best Work was released in July 2021.See omnystudio.com/listener for

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19:44

Jamie McDell - Country singer-songwriter

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2022/02/28

An Auckland native, musician Jamie McDell spent part of her youth living aboard her family’s yacht with her father, sailing champion Terry McDell. It was during this time that she learned to play guitar, singing John Denver and Jimmy Buffett songs alongside her parents. In her early teens, McDell began to upload her music to YouTube and gained a fan base through social media. At the age of 16, she earned a deal with EMI Music New Zealand after sending them a demo tape. She found mainstream national

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24:50

Filipo Levi - Former international rugby captain

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2022/02/20

Born to Samoan immigrants, Filipo grew up in Huntly before moving with his family to Auckland and then Dunedin where he played rugby for Otago Boys' High School alongside future All Black's Captain Richie McCaw.Filipo's 13 year career as a professional rugby player saw him playing for The Highlanders, Japanese team Ricoh Blackrams, and facing the All Blacks as the captain for Manu Samoa.With a Masters Degree in Indigenous Studies from The University of Otago, Filipo is now an inspirational speaker

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23:13

Clive Anderson - British television and radio presenter

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2022/02/13

A barrister by training, during his 15-year law career Clive Anderson begun stand-up comedy and scriptwriting, before rising to fame as the host of Whose Line Is It Anyway? on radio and then television.Winner of the British Comedy Award in 1991, Clive went on to front ten series of his own show Clive Anderson Talks Back and four series of Clive Anderson All Talk. Alongside anthropologist Mary-Ann Ochota, 2018 saw Clive host Mystic Britain, a 10-part series exploring ancient places and rituals,

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24:42

Dame Anne Salmond - anthropologist and professor of...

Real Life With John Cowan ·

2022/02/08

Dame Anne Salmond is a Professor at the University of Auckland and one of New Zealand's most prominent anthropologists and historians. She is the author of Hui: A Study of Māori Ceremonial Gatherings, Amiria: The Life Story of a Māori Woman, and Eruera: The Teachings of a Māori Elder (winner of a Wattie Book Award in 1981).Anne received the CBE for services to literature and the Māori people in 1988 and was made Dame Commander of the British Empire for services to New Zealand history in 1995. In

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24:07

Rob Lemoto, host of Police Ten 7

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2022/01/30

Detective Sergeant Rob Lemoto grew up in Manurewa in Auckland and joined the police force in 1996. He was named as the host of crime show Police Ten 7 in 2014, replacing Graham Bell who had been at the helm for 12 years. In 2021, Rob started a new role as the officer in charge of Pāpāmoa Police Station, and was part of the Bay of Plenty Child Protection Team before the move.Rob lives with his wife in Tauranga and has two daughters.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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25:05

Niva Retimanu newsreader & Straight Up host

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2022/01/23

Award-winning newsreader Niva Retimanu published a book in 2016 called Leading From Behind: Winning While Coming Last.The book documents Niva's remarkable mental and physical transformation, which took place as she became a marathon runner and turned her unhealthy lifestyle completely around.Niva is now co-hosting a new podcast discussing adversity and resilience alongside long-time friend and NZ Olympian Beatrice Faumuina.Published by the NZ Herald, Straight Up with Niva and Beatrice can be found

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21:40

Ganesh Raj - Restauranteur & Broadcaster

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2021/12/19

Owner of The Tasting Shed (the Cuisine Magazine’s Best Restaurants of New Zealand and mentioned on Metro's Top 50 Restaurant list for the last five years), Ganesh has hosted his own television programmes on MTV Asia and ESPN for over a decade. He has also been featured on TVNZ’s Good Morning, Family Recipes, and Neighbourhood. Ganesh was the recipient for two years running of Metro Magazine’s Restaurant Personality of the Year, as well as live hosting renowned events like Taste of Auckland,

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24:13

Rose McIver - New Zealand actress

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2021/12/12

Rose was raised in Titirangi, Auckland, by her photographer father and artist mother. She studied Psychology and Linguistics at the University of Auckland.At the age of two, Rose began appearing in commercials and received the role of an angel in the film The Piano at age three. She has worked mainly for New Zealand television, from fantasy-based series like Maddigan's Quest to dramas such as Rude Awakenings, as well as two Disney Channel films.Rose's big-screen debut was in Peter Jackson's

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24:42

Simon O'Neill - international opera superstar

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2021/12/05

Tenor opera singer Simon O'Neill has snagged two Grammy nominations for Best Choral Performance and Best Engineered Album in Classical.Hailing from Ashburton, Simon received his musical training at the University of Otago and Victoria University, graduating with an honours degree in music. He received scholarships to the Juilliard Opera Center and the Manhattan School of Music, earning a Master of Music degree in 2000. In late 2016 he was awarded Doctor of Music (Honoris Causa) from Victoria

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23:01

Karen Grassle - Little House on the Prairie Actor

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2021/11/28

Born in Berkeley, California Karen studied ballet, acted in school plays, sang in the Baptist choir. She graduated from The University of California with bachelor degrees in 1965 in English and in Dramatic Art. She received a Fulbright Fellowship to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in London, and apprenticed at the Actor's Workshop of San Francisco in 1961–62.Karen played the role of the ma, Caroline Ingalls, in the Little House on the Prairie TV series from 1974 to 1983. Subsequently,

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22:07

Tim Faulkner - Australian Conservationist

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2021/11/21

Tim Faulkner is the General Manager and Head of Conservation at the Australia Reptile Park in New South Wales, and Aussie Ark, a charitable organisation focused on creating a long-term future for threatened Australian species. He won the Australian Geographic Australian Conservationist of the Year 2015.In 2012, Tim began to appear regularly on reality television show Bondi Vet and his own show Outback Adventures with Tim Faulkner in 2014, which ran for two seasons.Tim is married to Liz and they have

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24:37

Dame Cindy Kiro - New Zealand Governor-General

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2021/11/15

Dame Cindy was born in Whangārei, the eldest of six children. She is of Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Kahu and British descent, and was the first person in her family to achieve tertiary qualifications: a PhD in Social Policy and an MBA (Exec) in Business Administration.Much of Dame Cindy’s career has been in the tertiary education sector, holding leadership roles at Massey University, Victoria University Wellington/Te Herenga Waka and the University of Auckland, where she was Director of the Starpath

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23:08

Hon. Grant Robertson - Deputy Prime Minister and...

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2021/11/07

Hon Grant Robertson was born in Palmerston North and lived in Hastings before his family settled in Dunedin. He studied politics at Otago University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours, and was the President of the Otago University Students’ Association and Co-President of the New Zealand University Students Association.Grant joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 1997 where he managed the New Zealand Overseas Aid Programme to Samoa. He was then posted to the United Nations

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24:45

Bernard Hickey - Journalist, commentator and...

Real Life With John Cowan ·

2021/10/31

Bernard is a leading financial journalist and editor with over 23 years’ experience including roles with Reuters, the Financial Times Group and Fairfax Media.Bernard is a regular commentator on financial, economic and investment issues, regularly appearing on radio and television. He is host of the Spinoff podcast When the Facts Change. Bernard was heavily involved in the formation of Reuters UK, MSN and Stuff.Bernard is the founding editor of TheKākā, with commentary and newsletters covering

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24:10

Dr Himali McInnes - Author and general practitioner

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2021/10/24

Himali is a family doctor who works in a busy Auckland general practice and in the prison system. She is also a well-known writer of short stories, essays, articles, flash fiction and poetry, and was the inaugural Verb Wellington Writers Resident in October 2020.Last month Himali's book The Unexpected Patient was released and tells stories of life, death and unforgettable clinical cases in vulnerable communities.Himali lives in Auckland with her husband Ian McInnes, CEO of Tearfund.See

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24:36

Toby Morris - Award-winning cartoonist, illustrator &...

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2021/10/17

Toby attributes his love of comics to his family having moved frequently for his father's army career. He started making his own comics at seven while off school with a broken leg.Toby is the author of The Spinoff's non-fiction comic series The Side Eye, which won the Voyager Media Award for Cartoonist of the Year for 2019. In 2020, his Covid-19 collaborations with Dr Siouxsie Wiles were shared around the world. He has published several books, including collections of his cartoons depicting daily

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25:20

Toni Street - Television and radio broadcaster

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2021/10/10

Journalist and broadcaster Toni Street is one of New Zealand's most popular television and radio personalities. Former co-host of top-rating TVNZ current affairs show Seven Sharp, she is currently breakfast radio host on Coast. Toni hosted TVNZ's coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.Last month, Toni's book Lost and Found: My story of heartbreak and hope was released. The honest memoir tells her story of life-changing illness, losing three siblings, and surrogacy.Toni is married to former North

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24:31

Kate Bowler - Canadian academic and author

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2021/10/03

Kate Bowler PhD is a New York Times bestselling author, podcast host, and associate professor of "The History of Christianity in North America" at Duke University in North Carolina. Kate has written four books including her monograph The Preacher’s Wife: Women and Power in American Megaministry published in 2020 and Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel in 2013.At age 35, Kate was unexpectedly diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer, causing her to think in different terms about the

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24:31

Jessica Hobbs - Emmy Award winning director of The Crown

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2021/09/26

Jessica grew up in Christchurch with her mother Aileen O'Sullivan, also a director. While studying performance, she realised she was more fascinated with observing actors than being one. Jessica began directing short films in her 20s, during an eight-year stint as an assistant director. After moving to Australia in 1994, she directed Heartbreak High and The Slap, which got her invited to the UK to helm British series Broadchurch.This week Jessica was awarded best drama series director at the 2021

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