Paid To Talk with Leigh Hart
Leigh Hart and Matt Ward are Paid To Talk, you're not paid to listen. Get the podcast every Wednesday as they host a full-on assault on your sense of humour. Every show, they explore the big topics of the week, and you never know what's going to happen next... get ready for the surprise in the middle of the podcasts. We'll be back in Feb 2026!
Episodes
Get even more Paid To Talk, with the best bits from the radio show on Hauraki.
Leigh & Matt gear up for Joe Parker’s big fight with Fabio Wardley, and somehow end up chatting drinking training plans, shirtless Dublin rumours, and the return of Mister Chang’s highly questionable massage techniques.
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Get even more Paid To Talk, with the best bits from the radio show on Hauraki.
Leigh & Matt kick off spring racing chat before spiralling into the now legendary Vegas desert‑wee yarn, a listener’s lift confession and some deeply questionable taxi etiquette
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Get even more Paid To Talk, with the best bits from the radio show on Hauraki.
Leigh & Matt pad frantically after multiple celebrity guests cancel and spiral into hotel bar tab confessions that absolutely should’ve stayed off‑air.
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Get even more Paid To Talk, with the best bits from the radio show on Hauraki.
Leigh & Matt chat the bizarre things they’ve woken up to, a deodorant can in a very unfortunate place, and a near‑disastrous night at the Eco Lodge involving a burning “log” that definitely wasn’t firewood.
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Get even more Paid To Talk, with the best bits from the radio show on Hauraki.
Leigh & Matt almost give away twenty‑five grand, debate how many beers fit in the Bledisloe Cup and accidentally hold a business meeting in a bar with a very misleading name...
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We take a deep dive into the catastrophic implosion of Leigh’s band - a saga that, in no particular order, involves Jimmy Barnes, mop fights in jail cells, the nightclub fish tank incident, frosty run-ins with French police, bourbon and a deportation or two.
Catch more Paid To Talk, every Friday at 3pm on Radio Hauraki. Get set for a full-on assault on your sense of humour as Leigh ...
Leigh and Matt do a deep dive into the art and science of making a podcast, plus while they’re on deep dives - your chance to win Leigh's regifted sex toy!
Catch more Paid To Talk, every Friday at 3pm on Radio Hauraki. Get set for a full-on assault on your sense of humour as Leigh and sparring partner Matt Ward delve into the big topics of the week.
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Leigh & Matt caught up with Jeremy Corbett in the city public toilets for a quick & impromptu chat.
Catch more Paid To Talk, every Friday at 3pm on Radio Hauraki. Get set for a full-on assault on your sense of humour as Leigh and sparring partner Matt Ward delve into the big topics of the week.
Follow the boys on Instagram: @paidtotalk_podcast
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this final deep dive into Leigh Hart’s Mysterious Planet, we meet a man who claims to have had sex with aliens in Roswell, and we learn that the final disastrous alcohol-fuelled shoot in Miami ‘probably’ became the inspiration for the blockbuster movie The Hangover.
Catch more Paid To Talk, every Friday at 3pm on Radio Hauraki. Get set for a full-on assault on your sense of humour as Leigh and sparring partner ...
Ahead of Joseph Parkers big fight in London, Leigh and Matt take a deep dive into the world of boxing. They discus ‘abs', more specifically Joe’s, and Matt is once again embarrassed as Leigh attempts to shoehorn his own dubious boxing career into the conversation!
Catch more Paid To Talk, every Friday at 3pm on Radio Hauraki. Get set for a full-on assault on your sense of humour as Leigh and sparring partner Matt Ward d...
For the first time since it’s disastrous production, Leigh Hart opens up about the ground breaking, yet controversial TV show Mysterious Planet. He discusses getting a lifetime ban from the Bigfoot conference, getting kicked off an Egyptian archaeological dig and substance abuse by the crew that included everything from alcohol to snake ant-venom.
Catch more Paid To Talk, every Friday at 3pm on Radio Hauraki. Get se...
Paid to Talk is joined by one NZ’s most available guests, the boys chat to their mate Mike Lane. They discuss his youth, his vasectomy, starting the ACC, general circumcision chat, Leigh’s £3000 London bar tab and Cancer!
Catch more Paid To Talk, every Friday at 3pm on Radio Hauraki. Get set for a full-on assault on your sense of humour as Leigh and sparring partner Matt Ward delve into the big topics of the week.
...It’s mating season at the ecolodge - luckily not with Leigh, Matt or our guest Jordan Mooney. This week we cover disasters, including but not limited to this podcast, plus we discuss acting gigs with Jordan Mooney, like playing Jordan Luck, his new film that just came out and taking Karl Urban's dog hostage.
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Matt and Leigh are once again out of their depth as they interview Kiwi/international country music sensation Kaylee Bell. She talks about her NEW album, and as usual Leigh pulls all the stops to shoe-horn his own musical career into the conversation.
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Leigh and Matt discuss everything from Matt’s controversial wedding elopement to the health benefits of eating hamster testicles, and how you can save for a house deposit by leasing out your landlords household appliances! And much more along the way.
Catch more Paid To Talk, every Friday at 3pm on Radio Hauraki. Get set for a full-on assault on your sense of humour as Leigh and sparring partner Matt Ward delve into the big t...
In this Father’s Day special, Leigh and Matt talk to former all black Ali Williams about life, Springboks rivalry and Leigh’s Uncle Henk who attaches jumper leads to his testicles.
Catch more Paid To Talk, every Friday at 3pm on Radio Hauraki. Get set for a full-on assault on your sense of humour as Leigh and sparring partner Matt Ward delve into the big topics of the week.
Follow the boys on Instagram: @paidtotalk...
It's just Leigh and Matt talking about Parenting advice and bagging other podcasts.
Get set for a full-on assault on your sense of humour as Leigh and sparring partner Matt Ward delve into the big topics of the week.
Follow the boys on Instagram: @paidtotalk_podcast
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Jonny Brugh joins Leigh & Matt for the 'Issues Special', where they tackle the big issues - although the real issue was the lack of issues, which became an issue in itself and, ultimately, revealing that all three of them seem to have some serious issues.
Get set for a full-on assault on your sense of humour as Leigh and sparring partner Matt Ward delve into the big topics of the week.
Follow the boys on Instagram: @paidto...
Leigh and Matt thought it was Shark Week. It is not. But Riley Elliott, shark expert, was already en route to the ecolodge from Tairua, so he still turned up to talk about sharks being misunderstood, saving them from extinction, megalodon and when it’s acceptable to do wees in your wetsuit.
Get set for a full-on assault on your sense of humour as Leigh and sparring partner Matt Ward delve into the big topics of the week.
We ask “Who is Matt Heath?” despite already knowing him quite well, why anyone would take a step down and shift from Radio Hauraki to ZB, and being in a joke band
Get set for a full-on assault on your sense of humour as Leigh and sparring partner Matt Ward delve into the big topics of the week.
Follow the boys on Instagram: @paidtotalk_podcast
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