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Bryan Walker is currently the Lead Producer at Deck Nine Games but is most well known for his tenure at Retro Studios where he was was Senior Producer on Metroid Prime 2 & 3 and Senior Director of Development on Donkey Kong Country Returns and Mario Kart 7. #retrostudios #metroidprime #donkeykong SOCIAL MEDIA LinkedIn - Bryan Walker   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:00 - Joining Retro Studios Right Af...

Peter McConnell is a game composer who is well known for composing games like Psychonauts, Grim Fandango, Sly Cooper and more. He worked for Lucas Arts as well during the 90s.   SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @PeterNMcConnell   #psychonauts #lucasarts #timschafer   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Peter’s Fedora 01:05 - How Peter Came Up With Musical Palette For Psychonauts 1&2 09:10 - Traditional Film Sc...

Associate Professor Jan Elridge is an astrophysicist at the University Of Auckland her main research is on the life and death of stars. SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @astro_jje *DISCLAIMER* Apologies for Jan's audio, not much I could do about it as it wasn't the greatest on her end. #astrophysics #blackholes #gammarays   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - Studying Astrophysics And Still Barely Knowing Anyt...

Joel Douek is a television and film composer who has a background in Neuroscience working for the UN. He has composed over 9 David Attenborough documentaries. #davidattenborough #manhattennight #film   SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - www.joeldouek.com WEBSITE VR www.echoer.com   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:50 - How Joel Became A Film Composer/Editing For Pokemon 03:05 - Doing Revisions 05:51 - Removing E...

Mike Wikan is a Game Designer who has worked on Duke Nukem, Donkey Kong and DOOM. He is most well known for being Lead Designer on the Metroid Prime Trilogy during his tenure at Retro Studios. He is now Creative Director at Booz Allen Hamilton WEBSITE - https://www.boozallen.com   #metroid #metroidprime #gamedesign     TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 01:27 - How Metroid Prime Was Developed/Techniques T...

Dr. Ben Peters is a Professional Practicer at the University Of Otago and has a PHD in biochemistry, he is an avid spokesman for Gene Editing and is a political MP for the TOP party in Dunedin. SOCIAL MEDIA FACEBOOK - https://m.facebook.com/BenPetersTOP/ TWITTER - @benapeters   #geneediting #plasticeatingenzymes #crispr   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Bringing Back The Wooly Mammoth 04:01 - W...

Elik Alvarez is a composer who got his start in the industry composing for 4Kids Entertainment on series like TMNT, Yu Gi-Oh, Kirby, F-Zero and more. He has composed for a number of David Attenborough documentaries and has been composing for films as of late. #tmnt #yugioh #davidattenborough SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - www.elikalvarez.com FACEBOOK - Elik Alvarez INSTAGRAM - @elikalvarezcomposer TWITTER...

Vanessa Goodson is the winner of The Apprentice Aotearoa and runs the party business OMGNess. SOCIAL MEDIA Website - OMGNESS.co.nz Instagram - @_vanessagood, @omgness.co.nz   #theapprentice #mikepero #omgness   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:40 - How Vanessa Maintains Her Energy/Not Shutting Off 02:50 - No Phones Were Allowed On The Apprentice 06:33 - The Reason Vanessa Auditioned For The Apprentic...

Gareth Coker is a video game game composer who came into prominence for composing Ori And The Blind Forest and Ori Will Of The Wisps. He has also scored for ARK, Immortals Fenyx Rising and he is currently scoring Halo Infinite. He is well known for his catchy melodies. SOCIAL MEDIA YOUTUBE -  @Gareth Coker  TWITTER - @garethcoker   #ark #oriandthewillofthewisps #haloinfinite   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - I...

John Callen is a NZ Actor who has been acting for over 40 years. He is most well known for playing Oin in the Hobbit. #thehobbit #oin #peterjackson   SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook - John Callen   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Feeling Old Well Shooting The Hobbit/Weight Of Dwarf Suits 03:23 - Getting A Hernia While Shooting The Hobbit 06:19 - Scottish Accent For Audition/Auditioning For Smaug 07:26 -...

Tiffany Cook is a boxer, businesswoman, fitness coach and host of the Roll With The Punches Podcast. She was featherweight victorian champion in 2019 and has certificates in Fitness, Conscious Hypnosis and Neuro Linguistic Programming. SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - https://www.tiffaneeandco.com.au FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/TiffaneeAndCo/ LINKEDIN - Tiffany Cook TWITTER - @TiffaneeCook INSTAGRAM...

Jason Graves is a video game composer who is known for composing a number of high profile video games from Dead Space, Until Dawn, Tomb Raider, Far Cry and more....he has also won a number of academy awards for his composing. #tombraider #farcry #untildawn   SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - jasongraves.com TWITTER - jgmusic FACEBOOK - Jason Graves Music INSTAGRAM - jasongravesmusic YOUTUBE - @Jason Graves M...

Louise Wallace is an actress, tv presenter and director. She is most well known for being in The Real Housewives Of Auckland and being the cold emotionless host of The Weakest Link. #realhousewives #weakestlink #treasureisland   SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram - @louisewallacenz Facebook - Louise Wallace Website - tadpoleproductions.co.nz   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Real Housewives Of Auckland Shoot...

Nathan Grigg is a video game composer for Monolith Productions and has worked on franchises like F.E.A.R and Shadow Of Mordor. He has also assisted on various other games under the Warner Bros. umbrella such as the recently released Mortal Kombat 11 #fear #mortalkombat11 #shadowofwar   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:43 - Previous Work/How Nathan Ended Up Working On F.E.A.R Series 02:50 - Direction...

Tom Salta is a recording artist, producer and composer for film/television and video games with the latter being his most known arena. He has composed for PUBG, Killer Instinct, Halo, Prince Of Persia and more.... He hosts his own Masterclass series in teaching about composing for video games. SOCIAL MEDIA Website - www.tomsalta.com Twitter - @TomSalta Instagram - @TomSalta   #masterclass #pubg #p...

Prof. Jan Lindsay is a volcanologist and a professor at the University Of Auckland and her expertise is the in research of volcanic hazards VOLCANOLOGY RESEARCH PAPER - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S03770273210011 16 AUCKLAND UNI PROFILE - https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/profile/j-lindsay TWITTER - @GeoJanUoA   Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 00:54 - What A Volcanologist Does 05:...

Garry Schyman is a multi award winning video game composer. He is most well known for his scores to Destroy All Humans, The Bioshock Trilogy and Middle Earth games Shadow Of Mordor and Shadow Of War. He is also a lecturer at the University Of Southern California SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - www.garryschyman.com FACEBOOK - Garry Schyman   #bioshock #destroyallhumans #shadowof war   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Int...

Claire Chitham is a well known NZ Actor who has been in well known NZ Shows such as Shortland Street and Outrageous Fortune and in films like Netflix's 2019 Film Falling Inn Love. She has recently released a book called Good For You which details her battle with Crohn's disease and contains tips on health. SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook - @Claire Chitham Twitter - @clairechitham Instagram - @clairechitham...

Inon Zur is a video game composer who is most known for composing a majority of the Fallout series as well franchises like Dragon Age, Prince Of Persia, Lord Of The Rings and more... SOCIAL MEDIA Website - www.inonzur.com Twitter -  @Inon Zur  Youtube -  @Inon Zur  Instagram - @inonzurofficial #fallout #dragonageorigins #princeofpersia   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:41 - What Inon Zur’s Name Means...

Sam Dillard is the founder of Samos Studios and is known for turning video game soundtracks into cinematic scores he gained huge attention for his Metroid Cinematica project as well as his Zelda and Chrono Trigger Cinematica projects. SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - https://samo-studios.com TWITTER -  @SamoStudios  YOUTUBE -  @SamoStudios  FACEBOOK - SamosStudios   #samostudios #metroidcinematica #zeldacin...

Shai Navot is the interim leader of NZ political party The Opportunities Party (TOP). SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - www.top.org.nz FACEBOOK - facebook.com/topnz TWITTER - @top_nz INSTAGRAM - @top.nz YOUTUBE -  @The Opportunities Party    #nzpolitics #politics #housing   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:52 - Shai’s Views On Governments New Housing Policy/Problems With The Policy 04:13 - Rent Caps/Supply Issues...

Ken Lampl is a long time film composer who was trained under John Williams and recently got international attention for his score for Australian film 2067. He has composed for over 90 films as well as other forms of media such as television and commercials. He is currently a lecturer at the Australia National University School Of Music. SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - www.kenlampl.com Twitter - @KennethLam...

Dilz is a well known NZ rapper who has worked with other well known local acts such as Ty, Sid Diamond and J Williams. He got national attention for his court case with Tom Francis. SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook - Dilzmusic Instagram -  @DilzMusic  Youtube -  @DilzMusic  Tiktok -  @DilzMusic  Snapchat - dilzmusic   #dilz #isnap #metamorphosis   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:39 - Hamilton Event 01:24 - Dea...

Suzy Cato is New Zealand's most well known Children's Television Presenter who came into prominence with shows like You & Me, Suzy's World and 3pm. SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - suzy.co.nz Instagram - @suzy_cato Twitter - @suzy_cato Facebook - Suzy Cato Tiktok - @suzy_cato Youtube -  @TreehutTV    #youandme #kidstv #suzy'sworld TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Had To Record It’s Our Time Song Every Epi...

Synamax is a composer who is best known for obtaining the drums and music sample for the Metroid Prime Trilogy and has used his Youtube channel to recreate tracks from the trilogy, other Metroid games as well as breakdown the specific samples.   SOCIAL MEDIA Youtube -  @SynaMax  Facebook - Synamax Twitter - @Synamax Instagram - @Synamax   #metroidprime #metroid #samples   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intr...