My Movie DNA

In episode three, Johnny talks to Karen O'Leary. One of New Zealand's national treasures, Karen stars opposite Mike Minogue in Wellington Paranormal, one of several offshoots of Taika Waititi's What We Do In The Shadows universe. Based in Wellington, New Zealand, Karen is also an educator and a musician. In addition to What We Do In The Shadows, her acting credits include the films The Breaker Upp...

In episode two, Johnny talks to Karl Lock. A former record company insider for EMI and Universal, Karl is currently a movie buyer for JB Hi-Fi, the largest Entertainment retailer in Australia and New Zealand. Karl has an encyclopaedic knowledge of both music and movies, and is a constant treasure trove of information. Our conversation was recorded in early July of 2022 and includes mild spoilers f...

In the first episode, Johnny talks to Billie Rogers. A bit of a local legend, as the kick-ass bass player in the New Zealand band Street Chant, Billie is one of a select few who has won the prestigious Taite Music Prize. This was awarded to the band in 2017 for their second album, Hauora. These days, Billie can be found at Auckland's glorious Hollywood Avondale, where she is the venue manager, dea...

The movies we watch are part of the building blocks of who we are. You could say it’s in our DNA. Welcome to the MY MOVIE DNA podcast. My name is Johnny Andrews and I’m a movie-loving Englishman living in New Zealand. I’m on a mission to speak to New Zealand’s biggest movie-lovers to find out what makes them tick. So if you want to hear indecipherable Kiwi accents talking about their love of movie...