Between Two Beers Podcast

Steve turns 40 and lists 40 things he’s learned, Seamus shares his best stories from the Solomon Islands, Steve Williams feedback, the boys are launching a new business and play an AI creation of two hosts talking about them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ali was one of NZ’s most high profile broadcasters and journalists for more than two decades and worked for One News, Breakfast, Fair Go, Seven Sharp, Radio Live, Close up and many more. In this episode we talk about her rise to the top of NZ Media and all of the twists and turns along the way, getting made redundant five times and how she kept bouncing back, why her relationships became front pag...

Hey team, welcome to the latest episode of Accidental Business Owners. This is a show we ran last year on our Business in Between channel – and this year we’re bringing it into our main feed. The premise of the show is that last year Seamus and I became fulltime business owners. We left our 9-5s to go all in on the podcast – and thought it would be interesting to document our journey. Last year we...

Steve Williams is the greatest golf caddie of all time. He's best known for his partnership with Tiger Woods where they won 13 majors together across 12 years. But what's perhaps less well known, is his path to working Tigers bag. In this episode we talk about being a 2 handicap at the age of 10, becoming Greg Norman's caddie at 17 and the remarkable career path of one of New Zealand's most succes...

Steve and Seamus talk about their match day experiences as the All Whites defeat New Caledonia to qualify for the FIFA World Cup, and they react to Jeremy Wells and Manaia Stewart about their Between Two Beers experiences. They also talk about how Steve is an aspiring golf influencer and Seamus' MC experience in Melbourne. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gordy Walker is arguably New Zealand’s best coach of all time. He’s certainly in the conversation. He’s won the Halberg Coach of the Year award six times and in 2021 was crowned the Halberg coach of the decade – and after listening to this you’ll understand why. This was a really special episode. In the first half we learn about Gordy the athlete, his string of Coast-to-Coast wins, adventure races...

Welcome to the latest episode of Accidental Business Owners presented by Icehouse. The premise of the show is that last year we left their 9 to 5s to go all in on the podcast – and thought it would be interesting to document our journey. Last year we also started working with a business and mindset coach Di Foster, who you might remember as a B2B guest, and quickly realized she was the perfect foi...

Darren Bazeley is the coach of the All Whites and has been one of the key figures in New Zealand Football across the last 15 years. In this episode we hear the best stories from his 400+ games of professional football in England, what he learned from Graham Taylor and Anthony Hudson, what went wrong with the NZ Knights and what’s going right with Auckland FC, and we put some context around Chris W...

In the wake of the resignation of Greg Foran from Air NZ Steve and Seamus talk about the 'Between Two Beers Curse' and if Paddy Gower belongs in the conversation. They also talk about how many haircuts Steve has left, how they get guests, answer questions from the audience, and reminisce on nights at The Outback Inn. 🔹 How cringe is Steve's voice note to Lorde? 🔹 What gift did Seamus surprise St...

This week on Between Two Beers we're re-releasing one of our favourite all time episodes with Dame Sarai Bareman which was recorded on the morning of the FIFA Women's World Cup semi-final in Auckland in August 2023. Sarai is one of the most powerful and influential women in world sport and has been FIFA’s Chief Women’s Football Officer since the role was first created in 2016. Her mandate included...

Welcome to the latest episode of Accidental Business Owners presented by The Icehouse. In this episode we talk about financial breakthroughs, unreasonable goals, and how it feels to turn a side hustle into a full-time job. The Icehouse is a community for kiwis wanting to take their business to the next level. Their practical programmes, one-on-one business coaching and short workshops are designed...

Lance O’Sullivan is New Zealand racing royalty. A Hall of Fame jockey, who is the son of a Hall of Fame trainer. Lance was born to racing and from his first race in 1980, wins and records fell to him as if by right. He was a champion jockey a record twelve times, had six wins in a day on five occasions, 62 Group One wins (including 10 in Australia) and from start to finish – rode nearly 2,500 winn...

Steve and Seamus share behind-the-scenes stories from their night at The Halberg Awards—including presenting an award, unexpected moments with Dan Carter, Richie McCaw, and Valerie Adams, and Steve’s autocue blunder on stage. They also react to the feedback from their Greg Foran episode, discuss what really goes on at New Zealand’s biggest sports awards, and bring their signature banter to another...

Sharyn Casey is one of New Zealand's best-known and most-loved broadcasters. A few months ago, she pulled the curtain down on a near 20-year career at The Edge radio station - and this is her first interview since stepping away. In this episode we talk about why she left and what’s next, her best and worst moments on air, that time she dropped a c-bomb on live TV, teenage gangster Sharyn from...

This week we both have a chat with Di individually! These chats are both pretty raw and there's a good dose of emotion sprinkled throughout. First up is Steve who talks about his experience juggling a young family and running a business, and in the second half Seamus talks about his complicated relationship with being seen and finding his voice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...

Greg Foran is the CEO of Air New Zealand – and one of the country’s most successful businessmen. Greg started his career as a shelf-stacker in a Hamilton supermarket. By the age of 20 he was a Woolworths manager and by 48 he was on track to be the next CEO of Woolworths Australia – but was overlooked for the top job. He pivoted to America via China where he started working his way up the Walmart l...

This week we discuss our segment on TVNZ Breakfast promoting all things Hamilton with Chris Chang. We chat about the upcoming Halberg Awards, NZ's best sporting moments of 2024 and Steve blows Seamus' mind with a TikTok trend! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Clayton McMillan is head coach of the Chiefs and widely respected as one of New Zealand’s very best rugby coaches. In this episode we talk about Clayton’s unconventional upbringing, why he became a police officer, and why he left the force, his rugby career, his coaching career – and his path to the Chiefs job. The second half of this one is packed full of world class coaching and leadership wisdo...

We’ve got big goals for 2025… But how do we actually achieve them? Business coach Di Foster puts our feet to the fire yet again, in this week’s new episode of Accidental Business Owners! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe Daymond is one of New Zealand’s best and funniest comedians who shot to fame during lockdown with his snackable social media vids. He’s now an award-winning comedian, actor, director and producer who has sold out national tours across both New Zealand & Australia. In this episode we talk about his fast rise through the NZ comedy scene, why he lived out of his car for months, becoming the y...

Seamus and Steve discuss their top picks for NZ’s best sporting moment of the year, Chris Wood’s incredible season in England, recent episodes with Sean Fitzpatrick and Alia Bojilova, and why they left NZME for Acast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Strap in for this one, because Dr. Alia Bojilova is one of the most impressive guests we’ve had on the show. She moved to New Zealand from Bulgaria as a 17-year-old who didn’t speak a word of English but soon became the lead psychologist for the New Zealand SAS. After leaving the military she embarked on a PhD, focusing on the concept of resilience and is now a world leader in the field, working w...

Welcome to the latest episode of Accidental Business Owners. This is a show we ran last year on our Business in Between channel – but this year we’re bringing it onto our main feed. The premise of the show is that last year Steve and Seamus became fulltime business owners. We left our 9-5s to go all in on Between Two Beers – and thought it would be interesting to document our journey. Last year we...

Sean Fitzpatrick is recognized as one of the greatest All Blacks of all time. He was capped 92 times by New Zealand, 51 of those as captain, is a World Cup winner, and a key member of one of the best rugby teams ever. But Sean is more than just the sum of his rugby achievements. After rugby retirement, at the age of 40, he moved his family to the UK – and has been there since. He’s now the Chairma...

Steve and Seamus share their goals for 2025 and reveal their dream podcast guests for the new year. Seamus talks about the epic response to his 'before and after' weight loss pics, Steve reveals their epic guest for next week and the lads update all the most interesting life updates from guests in 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.