Between Two Beers Podcast

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 doubling the sport's global ...

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 specifically for people who ...

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 winners.

In this episode we learn...

In this episode of Hambassadors, 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 anothe...

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 Timaru, panic attacks while ...

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.

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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 ladder and in 2014 became the ...

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 wisdom. We talk about what was hap...

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 youngest Kiwi comedian to sell...

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 with some of the biggest names...

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 started working with a bu...

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 Chairman of the Laureus World S...

We're releasing our Business in Between episode with Cassie Roma we recorded in 2024.

The American-born kiwi is an award-winning global thought leader in creative ideation, media, brand strategy, digital innovation, and executive leadership.

She's also an author, brand ambassador, storyteller, broadcaster, emcee, and keynote speaker.

For over 20 years Cassie held high-flying marketing roles at big-name businesses including...

We kick off Between Two Beers in 2025 by re-releasing one of our favourite episodes of 2024 - with Mark Stafford.

This ep is really special. There's just so much goodness in here.

Staffy is a radio host, who is best known as the former face of the TAB, where he spent two decades as a bookmaker and broadcaster.

But what's not so well-known is his roller-coaster ride through life with all its twists and turns.

In this epi...

Happy Holidays!

Our best of compilation series continues with part two - Best of Sport.

We've chopped up some of the best bits from all of our favourite sport episodes from 2024.

In this episode you'll hear from Dame Lisa Carrington, Ali Williams, Tim Brown, Raelene Castle, Samuel Whitelock, Megan Compain, Paula George, Craig Fenton, Simon Porter, Steve Tew, Andrew Mehrtens, Matthew Ridge, Sione Faumuina, Cameron Leslie, Dr. Inia Raum...