Between Two Beers Podcast

Steve and Seamus discuss Matt Heath's move away from breakfast radio, the feedback they received from their 'Luxon decision', why Steve's five-year-old is the fastest in his family, NZ's most epic untold business stories, recent episodes with Matiu Walters from Six 60 and the most interesting developments from their business channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matiu Walters is the lead singer and guitarist of New Zealand’s band Six60. The group formed in Dunedin in 2008, and across the last 16 years have broken all the rules to become New Zealand’s biggest band. In 2019 they became the first New Zealand act to sell out Western Springs and in 2021 became the first band to ever play Eden Park to a sold-out crowd of 50,000.  In this episode we talk to Mati...

Tim Batt is a pioneer in the digital audio space and one of New Zealand's most impressive creative talents. He's the producer and co-host of NZ's most popular podcast - with 20 million downloads, he's created his own podcast network, won multiple comedy awards, produced radio for Matt Heath, he's a standup comedian, was a co-chair of the NZ comedy guild, and a father of two kids under 3. In this e...

Steve and Seamus debate Auckland v Hamilton for B2B's 5th birthday party, why they missed out on a corporate box with Steven Adams, the big-name guests they interviewed last week, their upcoming Q&A with Richie McCaw and debate who is NZ's best magician? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kanoa Lloyd is one of New Zealand’s top broadcasters and became a household name from co-hosting the Project on primetime TV for seven years. She first made her name in children’s TV, before working on radio at Mai FM and was also a weather presenter for Newshub. In this episode we talk about her path from Squirt and Sticky TV to Three News, integrating Te Reo Māori into the weather and all the ha...

Cam Leslie is one of New Zealand’s most successful athletes. He’s won gold medals at three Paralympics in swimming, is a world record-holder, a Halberg award winner and the co-captain of the NZ Wheelblacks. He’s also a father of three kids under five, runs a farm, has a full time job at Swimming NZ and has an inspirational outlook on life – though he won’t like us using that word! Cam was born a q...

Steve and Seamus break down all the details from their big night hosting the Tania Dalton Foundation Gala Dinner, reflect on recent episodes with Jason Gunn and Jamie Pennell, and discuss their trip down south where they talked to 150 farmers in Invercargill. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jamie Pennell had an esteemed 20-year career as a solder and leader inside the NZ SAS. He was sent on four deployments to Afghanistan and in 2011, he was part of the unit which responded to the Taliban’s Intercontinental Hotel siege. For his bravery in helping save many lives that day - he was awarded the New Zealand Gallantry Star, the country’s second-highest military honour. In this episode Jam...

Hey team - we've got a special midweek delivery here for you...it's episode three of our new show Accidental Business Owners. It's a podcast about business, life, mindset, relationships - and the inside story of a pretty wild last 12 months. In each episode we're joined by our business and mindset coach Di Foster where we pick apart and interrogate all the most interesting and insightful&nbsp...

This episode is pretty special. Jason Gunn is one of New Zealand's most loved entertainers - and is the best storyteller we've had on the podcast. We talk about the incredible rise of the Son of a Gunn Show, what people get wrong about Thingee, life in the public eye, McDonalds Young entertainers, Dancing with the Stars, sideline Jase and the art of storytelling. And in the second half  we talk ab...

Steve and Seamus reveal the big-name guest who recently made them both cry, Seamus reflects on his recent live Q&A with Mark Stafford, the boys talk about their recent interview with Hambassador OG Matt Stark and Steve's losing streak continues with Between Two Bets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Between Two Beers we talk to David Nyika. David is one of NZ’s best boxers. He’s won two Commonwealth Games gold medals, an Olympic bronze, was the NZ flagbearer at the Rio Olympics and since turning professional has a record of nine fights, nine wins. In this episode we hear his best stories from training with Tyson Fury and Israel Adesanya, the highs of winning gold, and the lows of...

We have a new show! It's a podcast about business, life, mindset, relationships and the inside story of a pretty wild last 12 months. Steve Holloway and Seamus Marten started a podcast in a Hamilton garage called Between Two Beers nearly five years ago. In quite a surreal series of events, it’s turned into our fulltime job – and along with the podcast we’ve also started two side businesses. One is...

On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Anna Reeve. Anna is the co-founder of Pals, a former model and influencer, a global alopecia ambassador, she won Season 1 of the Traitors and is a mother of twin boys. In this episode we talk about how her clever social media marketing as co-founder of Pals helped the company become a market leader in the NZ RTD space, the realities of life as a busi...

Steve and Seamus reflect on their recent speaking gig with Josh Kronfeld, discuss the Football Ferns spying controversy, business updates and why they travel to Auckland separately, reflect on their recent episode with Sione Faumuina and look ahead to the Paris Olympics with Between Two Bets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sione Faumuina played 132 NRL matches for the Warriors, Cowboys and Raiders, had two stints in the UK Super League and played two times for the Kiwis. But his career was a troubled one. He had the potential to be one of the greatest sporting talents this country has produced, but was instead consumed by alcohol and erratic behaviour. After retiring aged 28, Sione had almost nothing to show for a d...

This week we're rewinding the clock back to August of 2022 when we sat down with Eliza McCartney. At the time of recording, her career had stalled after an unfortunate run of injuries. Eliza is a professional pole vaulter and one of the very best in the world. She'd burst onto the scene as a 19-year-old, taking home bronze from the Rio Olympics, before winning silver at the 2018 Commonwe...

Steve and Seamus celebrate their three millionth download and reflect on their first year, they discuss their new podcast series called Accidental Business Owners, review recent episodes with Rachel Hunter and Simon Porter and recap all the action in Between Two Bets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rachel Hunter is the girl from Glenfield who made the big time. She was a teen who left school, became a supermodel, married Rod Stewart and became an international celebrity. These days she travels the world as a spiritual teacher and we were lucky enough to grab her for a few hours when she was back in NZ recently. In this episode we talk about her lifetime in the spotlight, her two week silent...

On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Simon Porter. Simon is the CEO of New Zealand’s biggest sporting agency, Halo Sport. His company represents many of NZ’s biggest stars, from Scott Robertson, Ian Foster, Beauden Barrett and Dan Carter to Dame Valerie Adams, Suzie Bates, Gemma McCaw and Willie Apiata. Simon has been working in either sports law or the sporting industry since 1999 and...

They boys play some clips from their recent interviews on Newstalk ZB and Radio NZ, reflect on recent episodes with Di Foster and Brooke Howard Smith, reveal how they spent three days in Rotorua and answer listeners' questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brooke’s life story actually needs a long-form podcast to do it justice – and to cover all his twists and turns. He was an X Games medalist, who at 19 co-created Senate, a skate company that was turning over $14m a year, while touring with Tony Hawk and Matt Hoffman. He lost it all, moved to NZ, opened the legendary Pony nightclub in Auckland, was a star on TV3’s hit show Target and has been the O...

Di Foster is one of our low-key legends, who works as a business coach, mindshifter and speaker. We connected with Di late last year as we were transitioning from employees to accidental business owners – and were looking for a wise head to help guide us through some pretty unknown waters. We found Di, who had recently helped former guest Dave Wood transform his business into the juggernaught it i...

Steve and Seamus share all the details of their big night at the NZ Radio and Podcast awards last week, the boys announce their new major sponsor, Steve does a Reflections interview with a 95-year-old man, and they reflect on recent episodes with Shane Bradley and Steve Tew. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Between Two Beers we talk to Steve Tew. These days Steve is a director with High Performance Sport New Zealand, but he’s best known for being the CEO of New Zealand Rugby from 2008-2019. He was the boss when New Zealand held all four World Cups (men's, women's and two sevens), he guided the code through the Respect and Responsibility Review, inked critical sponsorship deals with...