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Premium volunteer journalist Guy Williams is joined by Kiwi icon Karen Hill (of “20 whacks” fame) as they share amazing stories, give questionable life advice, and overconfidently confront the big issues facing New Zealand and the world today.
New episodes every Wednesday (NZ time).
New episodes every Wednesday (NZ time).
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2 years ago NZ Today accidentally ended up investigating the infamous Raglan Cat Killer case, and during their two days in town they accidentally made what they believed to be a major breakthrough in the story!
But not everyone was happy with the segment and when Guy receives a mysterious anonymous text claiming to have new evidence... all of a sudden the case is back on and this time Guy is determined to find out the truth.
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Guy travels to Hamilton to talk to legendary Kiwi stripper Lisa Lewis, but she's not keen to talk, luckily he meets a lightsaber club in the carpark and so he just goes and does that.
Guy is on tour in Australia and NZ in 2024: guywilliams.co.nz.
A Guy and Matt podcast intro goes way off course as Matt tells a hilarious behind the scenes story about when he went to Korea to save the Jono and Ben show!
For years Guy has heard mythical rumours of the "Worst" place to do a gig in NZ... Whanganui! Guy travels to this mythical place to face what is potentially the toughest crowd in the country!
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Back in Christchurch catching up with Karen (Formerly of Stokes Valley) for some more stories and inspirational life advice.
Guy has heard rumour of a legendary fountain in Hamilton: Fluoride free taps set up to appease the conspiracy theory crowd. For years he has dreamed of traveling to this amazing fountain, to hopefully get access to some of the stupidest idiots he's ever met in his life, and today that dream becomes a reality... but as always it quickly becomes apparent that the stupidest idiot... may be him?
Guy meets a Wellington icon, Mayoral candidate, and the man who set the record for NZ Broadcasting standards complaints: Don Newt McDonald!
This is Guy's actual interview with Lucy Roche a young comic who burst on the scene winning the national RAW (new faces) comedy competition with her sometimes shocking, always hilarious material about her day job as a sex worker!
This is the intro to the interview Interview with Lucy Roche one of his favourite up and coming comedians and former sex worker! The actual interview will be in part 2 this is a ridiculously long intro and trigger warning with Director Matt. We split the ep into 2 parts in case you wanted to skip their BS.
Guy hears a wild rumour that NZ Today legend... Laurie Mac from McGinty's is missing... Presumed dead! So without hesitation he jumps in the car and travels to Huntly to find a Kiwi legend.
The NZ Today podcast spreads its wings as Guy gets a lead on a legendary Kiwi he's been trying to track down for years... the man behind the infamous "Māori Bomb Scare" Video.
The New Zealand Today podcast returns!
Slightly different format this year but in Ep 1 Guy returns to see his old mate Karen, and finally finish a story they started more than one year ago, the legend of the Thieving F**king Gnome getting sucked out of a car on the Remutakas!
It's the final episode of series 1 of the New Zealand Today podcast!
Guy and Karen return from their Te Reo specials and have instantly forgotten almost everything they learned. Karen is afraid of electric planes, tells us about the time her favourite cardigan was destroyed by a chimpanzee, and Guy is excited about visiting a sex maze!
Some people have rightly pointed out that Guy and Karen’s pronunciation of some New Zealand place names… specifically Māori ones… is pretty poor! Last week we tried the South Island, this week they try and work on their "North Island" or "Te Ika-a-Māui" place name pronunciation skills. Huge thanks to Josiah Komene (@josiahkomene on Tik Tok) from TahuFM for helping, that man has the patience of a saint.
Some people have rightly pointed out that Guy and Karen’s pronunciation of some New Zealand place names… specifically Māori ones… is pretty poor! In this episode, they try and improve a little bit by hearing the proper pronunciation, with the help of the legend Josiah Komene (@josiahkomene on Tik Tok) from TahuFM! Part one focuses on famous place names from the South Island.
Warning: This episode contains descriptions of domestic violence.
Karen is in a cheeky mood - sharing the story about when her wedding was won in a radio promo. Plus Karen breaks up with Guy, Guy shares his desperate desire to be liked, and a New Zealand Ultra Marathon Running record is broken by a man driving in a car!
The NZT Pod is back from holiday, and is coming in hot with the debut episode of "Judge Karen" proving to be surprisingly controversial. Then Guy and Karen attempt to give advice on how to get over an ex, leading to a touching story of Karen's true love.
Guy remembers the time Karen saved his Crusaders story, and Karen tries to remember a funny video she saw on Facebook four years ago! Plus: Are New Zealand's lollies racist? And Karen gets a phone call during the show, and answers it!
The New Zealand Today podcast is taking a break for the holidays and will be back January 13, 2022.
Karen Hill tells the unbelievable story of when she stabbed a man who wouldn’t leave her house.
Guy warms up the audience with a story about the Len Brown sex scandal but he will understand if you want to jump straight to Karen’s story which starts at 14.30.
1The New Zealand Today podcast is back for episode 3 - Guy watches Karen drink a seltzer-beer she says is going to save the dolphins, they debate what the most nutritious takeaways are, and they review one of Karen's favourite films: "Hotel for Dogs".
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