rova | Brodie Kane Media|351 - Rapper JessB talks politics in music, how persistence pays off when starting out, and her reinvention post-professional netball.
Welcome to Kiwi Yarns - those yarns you have where you sit down, put the kettle on, pour a whiskey or crack open a beer I honestly don‘t mind. Anyway! We‘re sitting down and we’re yarning to some great New Zealanders, their back stories, their front stories, even stories where they went sideways, we will go there. It’s a place where we celebrate the great people of this glorious nation.
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Published20 Sep 2026
Duration1:09:35
Episodes
351-
Rapper JessB talks politics in music, how persistence pays off when starting out, and her reinvention post-professional netball.
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20 Sep 2026
350-
Chris Parker's bed bugs, his anti-tech movement and the trials and tribulations of being a millennial.
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13 Sep 2026
349-
The reinvention of Wendy Petrie: How the beloved broadcaster is smashing life in her fifties
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06 Sep 2026
348-
Why Jake Bailey is on a mission to teach our kids to do hard things
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30 Aug 2026
347-
Sam the Trap Man on Life, Bush Medicine, and Connection
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23 Aug 2026
346-
Matt Watson on New Zealand’s Shameful Bottom Trawling Reputation
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16 Aug 2026
345-
Melody Thomas on Good Sex, Better Relationships and Google Doc Marriages
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09 Aug 2026
344-
Boh Runga on being a rockstar musician, a rockstar jewellery designer, tackling menopause, her love of birds and that high school suspension…
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02 Aug 2026
343-
Kiwi Yarns and Friends LIVE! The Best of Invercargill and Rotorua
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26 Jul 2026
342-
Samantha Hayes On Surviving Redundancy And Finding Gutsy News
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19 Jul 2026
341-
Reflecting on Life at 40: Brodie Kane's Birthday Special
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12 Jul 2026
340-
Witi Ihimaera on Te Reo, Learning Purpose and Personal Legacy
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08 Jul 2026
339-
Kiwi Yarns and Friends LIVE! The Christchurch Show with Jason Gunn and Lana Searle
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05 Jul 2026
338-
Sustainable Farming in Aotearoa: Inside The Little Ardroy Beef Company's Success
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01 Jul 2026
337-
Grammy-Winning Songwriter Joel Little Thought Career Had Peaked After Royals. Spoiler: It Had Not
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28 Jun 2026
336-
From Primary School Teacher To New World Supermarket Success
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24 Jun 2026
335-
Kiwi Yarns and Friends Live! The Auckland Show with Anika Moa and Tom Sainsbury
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21 Jun 2026
334-
Radio Star Ash London: Women Supporting Women, How Therapy Changed Her Life, And Celebrating Her Milestone Birthday
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14 Jun 2026
333-
Kiwi Legend Gin Wigmore: New Album, New Deli, New Chapter
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07 Jun 2026
332-
Award-winning Actress Sara Wiseman on "Ape Camp," Doing Things That Terrify You, and The Vine of The Dead.
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31 May 2026
331-
Eugene Bareman's Mission to Stamp Out Street Violence — Why His UFC Stars Are the Best People for It
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24 May 2026
330-
Life as a Woman Inside the Armed Offenders Squad: Sergeant Eseta Autagavaia
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17 May 2026
329-
Pax Assadi on religion, embracing the embarrassing and his family escaping Iran
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10 May 2026
328-
The Woman Who Does It All: Broadcasting Star Laura McGoldrick on Sport, Family and Life With Guppy
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03 May 2026
327-
A Kiwi Yarns Special: The Story behind Jono Ridler’s remarkable 1367km North Island Swim. With Special Guest, Jo Kane
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26 Apr 2026
326-
Comedian Courtney Dawson: Raising a Teenager, Being Arrested, and How She Copes When No One Laughs
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19 Apr 2026
325-
From Raglan to Morrinsville, Honolulu to Hollywood, the Story Behind Alex Tarrant's Acting Career
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12 Apr 2026
324-
Elisabeth Easther on Playing Shorty Street Villain, Her Iconic Mum, and a Novel Years in the Making
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05 Apr 2026
323-
You’re Allowed to Cry, Just Not on the Footy Field: Kate Thomson’s Rule for Rugby
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29 Mar 2026
322-
Brodie Kane on Building A Media Empire After Redundancy
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24 Mar 2026
321-
Why the Heartwarming Bromance and Healthy Masculinity of Jay Reeve and Duncan Heyde Should Be Celebrated
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22 Mar 2026
320-
How Pene Pati Took Samoa to the Biggest Opera Stages in the World
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15 Mar 2026
319-
Saving Our Smallest Lives: World-Renowned Dr Kirsten Finucane’s Remarkable Career at Starship Hospital
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08 Mar 2026
318-
Let Her Finish coming soon...
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18 Feb 2026
317-
Trump, Flying Dildos, Fake Facts and the Future of NZ Media With the Spinoff’s Toby Manhire
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01 Mar 2026
316-
Renee Stewart on Breathwork, Boundaries, and Big Adventures
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22 Feb 2026
315-
Edward Cowley on Drag, Fatherhood, and 40 Years of Rainbow Reform
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15 Feb 2026
314-
The Phoenix Restart: Bev Priestman on Her Toughest Year
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08 Feb 2026
313-
Louis Davis on the Dark Side of Social Media, the Power of Whānau and Creating His Dream Life
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01 Feb 2026
312-
The Best of 2025
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28 Dec 2025
311-
How do we explain 2025? Stuff’s Explainer Editor Lloyd Burr is here to, well, explain. Plus brioche buns, niche quiche and being 'unclaimed treasure'
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21 Dec 2025
310-
How three days at business school saw Ella Monnery become one of New Zealand’s biggest singing voices - and how she’s overcoming self-doubt in her solo era
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14 Dec 2025
309-
Can you imagine playing George Washington 700 times in one of the world’s biggest musicals? Matu Ngaropo tells all about Hamilton (the musical, not the town)
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07 Dec 2025
308-
Niki Bezzant on 'menowashing', ageism, and her mission to empower midlife women to become vibrant, kick-arse old ladies
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30 Nov 2025
307-
Nude Paul, Yacht Paul, Gin Paul, The Chase Paul, Breakfast Paul, Palm Springs Paul: Get to know who Paul Henry really is
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23 Nov 2025
306-
Claire Turnbull on burnout, food battles and taking back control of our brains (aka GET OFF YOUR SCREENS!)
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16 Nov 2025
305-
From 'useless' to unstoppable: René Heyde’s remarkable journey from trauma to Commonwealth Games glory - and beyond
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09 Nov 2025
304-
Portia Woodman-Wickliffe on RWC heartbreak, why the Black Ferns are so special, and what life after rugby might hold - from hairdressing to midwifery and babies
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02 Nov 2025
303-
How Lisette Reymer became an accidental war correspondent
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26 Oct 2025
302-
Teacher and writer Sara Qasem on being Palestinian and living with grief after losing her father in the March 15 terror attacks