Episodes

This week my guest is Anya Rzhevitskaya, a Wellington based comedian who produces gigs with Drug of Choice productions. Anya offered to come on the pod and talk about growing up in Russia, a country that I think we all find f...

Ben "Tito" Caldwell is back for another guerrilla podcast while he dropped into Christchurch for a couple of gigs. Ben thought it would be a good idea to chat some more about local politics as in New Zealand the local electio...

This week I decided to sit down and yap about a couple of books that I have read this year, I'm trying to be more proactive at reading books instead of doom scrolling on the phone or playing video games, other stuff like that...

This week I'm joined by Mudit Mahajan, a young lad from the Auckland comedy scene. We worked together a bit a year or so ago on a project and I've caught him at The Classic a couple of times. We had been meaning to have a pro...

It's here! My reflections on what it's been like working as a freelance entertainer for the last 2 years. I broke this one down into things I'm grateful for and lessons learnt. And there were a lot more lessons learnt. Hope y...

It's my 2nd anniversary since going full time as a comedian! I was planning on doing an episode full of reflection and evaluation, but the week got away on me and so I've bumped up this episode instead. This week I'm delighted to be joined by comedian...

Well there's a first time for everything and today's the first time I've had guests walk out on me during a podcast! Today I interviewed Unified Championship Wrestling's Light Heavyweight Champion Kawa Kupa and his manager Archie Bower. We got into...

Today I'm joined by April and Leland from the Crime To Burn podcast, a true crime podcast that focuses on crimes involving fire including arson and criminal negligence. April and Leland have been super supportive of my podcast and they often share my...

My friend Jarrod Cook and I decided to sample as many of the different flavours of Chicken potato chips that we could find in Christchurch and figure out which one was the best. We also made an unexpected stop in at the Christchurch City Libraries...

I recently finished the series Cobra Kai and was hit by the sudden realization of how much time has passed since I started watching in around 2019 which was when I had just got back to New Zealand after living in Japan. I suppose you would call that...

The Big Man and The Medium Sized Man are back for another rambunctious visit to Hoss Town! This time the fellas ruminate on Matt's first time doing 60(ish) minutes of stand up comedy, Taylor's recent moderately viral Chris Luxon impression TikToks,...

This week I'm joined by Paula Jane Newman, a clean comic living in the USA by way of England who runs her own comedy movement emphacizing mental health in Stand Up Comedy. She's also done a heap of meditation work and is just in general a really sweet...

Comedian and Author Dr Jo Prendergast joined me on the podcast today to talk about the process of turning something tragic, in Jo's case a breast cancer diagnosis into something funny, which ended up being her show Cancer & Cartwheels which she's...

Comedian Dave Adams returns this week and we tackled some more "Am I The Asshole?" Threads from Reddit! We recorded this one so long ago that I actually cannot find the links to the ones we covered, but I'm sure if you just search the titles into...

Today's episode features two gents from pro wrestling which you will know I am a huge fan of. Both of these guys wrestle under Unified Championship Wrestling here in Christchurch. Elliot Samuels and I go all the way back to high school and Marc...

The Fellas are back for our first Hoss Town of 2025, they've had nearly 3 months off so had a lot to cover! Both of the boys won awards in the 2024 New Zealand Comedy Guild Awards so Hoss Town is dripping in gold, Taylor bought a replica Sting from...

This week on Line By Line, my guest is Jeff Clark, a comedian, actor and improviser who legit studied Shakespeare at uni. This week and in the final edition of Line By Line (for now) we tackle the aftermath of Romeo and Juliet's meeting and see how...

Hell of an episode for you today as Ray O'Leary is back and he's let me pick his brain for about an hour about stand up comedy. The bulk of what we cover is how to develop yourself from just telling a bunch of jokes to getting to the place where you...

This time I'm joined by Cyn Shrader Hill, an Author/Editor, Founder of Elk Valley Paranormal (EVP) and Storyteller. Cyn was put in touch with me via Jen of Paranormal NL Podcast so we were chatting for the first time but it ended up being a lovely wee...

This week on Line By Line, my guest is Jeff Clark, a comedian, actor and improviser who legit studied Shakespeare at uni and we tackle THE scene. Like THE Romeo and Juliet scene, you know the one. Wherefor art thou on the balcony. Yeah you know the...

In this episode I am finally joined by the boss lady of Nerd Nite Christchurch, Nicole! She's a very clever and interesting person and brought some very unique Tiny Joys to discuss. Nicole's Tiny Joys: - Structural engineering - New Zealand back...

This week on Line By Line, my guest is Jonathan Samson, a comedian, actor and club booker in Thailand with a heap of experience playing Shakespeare, as luck would have it the very monologue that we covered in this episode by Mercutio was one he's...

Another episode of The Cost Of Greatness where Geoff Wilson and I break down the 2014 cult classic film Whiplash and talk about the themes explored in the film and whether the cost of being a great jazz musician is really worth the sacrifice. Find...

This week on Line By Line, my guest is Aimée Borlase, a comedian, singer, actor, director and content creator. We tackled the Capulet family's ball in this episode. Follow Aimée online: https://www.facebook.com/aimeeborlasenz...