Best DRY ERASE Podcasts (2024)

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Behind The Story: Reporting on the news within the news 19:17

40m ago19:17

19:17

Spinoff founder Duncan Greive has been writing regularly this year on business, politics and pop culture. But his slightly more niche area of interest is the media itself. This week was a big week for the media with AM and Newshub airing their final episodes and a new lease on life for the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill. If you don’t know what t…

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One final Newshub bulletin for Sam Hayes and Mike McRoberts 55:24

1h ago55:24

55:24

Today marks the end of Newshub, an organisation which has been around for 35 years, and has a strong case as the most original and idiosyncratic newsroom this country has ever known. Sam Hayes and Mike McRoberts have more than 40 years combined experience at Three, and join Duncan Greive on The Fold to look back across the history of 3 News, assess…

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A strange trip through the end of Newshub and the beginning of crypto gaming 52:43

8d ago52:43

52:43

Hal Crawford ran Newshub through a crucial era – but has traveled a strange path since. He joins Duncan Greive to discuss the unique personality of Three News, the prospects of Stuff at 6pm – and his very different career since he returned to Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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A powerhouse of NZ film and TV on why the hits are drying up 47:20

11d ago47:20

47:20

As founder of South Pacific Pictures, John Barnett has played a crucial role in the development of screen productions as varied as Shortland St, Whale Rider, Sione's Wedding and Outrageous Fortune. Now operating independently, he remains one of the most powerful – and critical – voices in New Zealand culture. He joins Duncan Greive to assess the cu…

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Toby Manhire on the making of Juggernaut and what we know about Stuff's Three News 40:46

18d ago40:46

40:46

Duncan Greive hosts his friend and colleague Toby Manhire on The Fold, to discuss the back-breaking process of making Juggernaut, his new podcast covering the tumultuous years of the fourth Labour government. Then they switch gears to discuss Goldsmith's first weeks as media minister, the post-Newshub recruiting efforts of major media companies, an…

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Listen Now: episode one of Juggernaut – I Love You, Mr Lange 55:44

18d ago55:44

55:44

We thought you might like a wee taster of our brand new #1 series, Juggernaut: The Story of the Fourth Labour Government, hosted by Toby Manhire. Click here to follow Juggernaut so you get every episode as soon as it's released! 1. I love you, Mr Lange Fuelled by brandy and fury, Sir Rob Muldoon calls a snap election, sparking a 1984 campaign of co…

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A South Auckland news junkie on the end of Newshub and a new era at the Pacific Media Network 47:18

25d ago47:18

47:18

William Terite has been fascinated by the news since Barbara Dreaver showed up at his primary school. He started working at Newstalk ZB at 17, and got his dream job at Newshub at just 20. Now a veteran of 23, he has a new role at the revitalised Pacific Media Network, hosting its flagship Pacific Mornings show. He joins Duncan Greive to talk about …

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10 years of seismic shifts in public relations 40:00

1M ago40:00

40:00

Chris Henry founded 818 publicity a couple of months before The Spinoff, in June of 2014. He joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to reflect on a radically changed environment for entertainment PR – and the sometimes tense role of pitching stories to editorial outlets when all the ad spend goes to social media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me…

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A tumultuous year in the life of Shit You Should Care About 35:47

1M ago35:47

35:47

SYSCA founder Lucy Blakiston returns to the Fold for the first time in a while to talk through a truly singular year. Her business pivoted to being what it was perhaps always meant to be – her, as a solo news-explaining creator, working for her audience primarily. That meant saying goodbye to her two co-founders and taking on the whole load herself…

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What does a near-complete survey of podcasting in New Zealand tell us? 37:39

2M ago37:39

37:39

Lewis Tennant is an energetic guy – an ex-radio presenter who got curious about podcasting about the same time we all did. But instead of stopping at listening or even creating, he turned it into an area of academic teaching and research. He joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to discuss what his research has unearthed, which New Zealand podcasts are d…

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The drums are beating for a big tech levy for NZ – how would it work? 49:59

2M ago49:59

49:59

There's a brand new media minister confronting a longstanding problem: how to handle the relationship between big tech and local media. Former NZ Herald editor Gavin Ellis and SPADA president Irene Gardiner join Duncan Greive on The Fold to discuss a bold new idea: a joint levy to fund journalism and culture. We'd love it if you're able to take a f…

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Meta might turn off news in Australia. Here's how one publisher is responding 41:57

2M ago41:57

41:57

Sam Koslowski has news in his blood – his father was a senior journalist and he's been in the business for 12 years despite not yet hitting 30. He co-founded The Daily Aus with a bold goal – to create a news brand for young Australians which met them where they lived: on Instagram. Now Meta is threatening to turn off news across all its platforms, …

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Introducing Behind the Story: If you love a dog, you must also love disposing of its sh*t 20:54

2M ago20:54

20:54

The Spinoff has just launched a brand new series called Behind the Story, where site editor Madeleine Chapman sits down with a staff writer or contributor to gain more insight about a big story on The Spinoff from the week. We thought you might like to check out the first episode, and if you enjoy it please follow it wherever you get your podcasts!…

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The brief, inglorious reign of Melissa Lee - and how a more powerful minister might change NZ’s media 44:37

2M ago44:37

44:37

After a series of scattered media appearances, and a concerning lack of any real plan to respond to the collapses in news media, Melissa Lee has been ousted in favour of a more senior and more wonkish minister in Paul Goldsmith. The Spinoff’s editor-at-large Toby Manhire joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to talk about the shock firing, and what it mi…

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How the Stuff deal shuffles the NZ media deck 20:25

3M ago20:25

20:25

Just six days after WBD confirmed the end of Newshub, news broke that Stuff would take over delivery of the 6pm bulletin from July 6th. It's a huge deal, which could vault Stuff to video stardom, or become a huge pain and distraction. Duncan Greive analyses the spiralling implications of what will prove a major sliding doors moment in New Zealand's…

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How Madison Reidy built a YouTube smash for the NZ Herald 39:55

3M ago39:55

39:55

It's been a bleak start to the year for journalism – but it's worth dwelling on where growth and innovation is still happening. Madison Reidy is just 28, but has already worked at three news organisations and an investment bank. She joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to talk about 100 episodes of Markets with Madison – and one very challenging and vir…

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Another dark day for NZ media, and the plan? Nothing. 27:20

3M ago27:20

27:20

Over the last 30 hours TVNZ and Warner Bros. Discovery have confirmed the closure of some of our most significant news and current affairs programming including Sunday, two 1News bulletins and the total loss of Newshub. Hundreds of journalists will be out of jobs and with nowhere to go, it will be increasingly difficult for New Zealanders to access…

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Is what's happening to news all advertisers' fault? 49:06

3M ago49:06

49:06

There's an idea so pervasive that it almost doesn't get questioned in media: that media agencies – the people who place ads on behalf of most big advertisers – are largely staffed by 25-year-olds who only consume social media. There is some truth to that – but it's more complicated than it appears. Alex Radford and Richard Thompson run an independe…

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After a lifetime on stages and screens, a new Mountain 43:53

3M ago43:53

43:53

Rachel House might be just shy of a household name, but is definitely one of our most acclaimed and accomplished actresses, with key roles on what amounts to a role call of New Zealand's greatest films: Whale Rider, Boy, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Cousins and more. She's just directed her debut feature in The Mountain, and joins Duncan Greive on Th…

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The startup helping small media get a bigger share of advertising spend 45:46

4M ago45:46

45:46

Jane Ormsby's Scroll Media is a technology and sales solution for smaller publishers which often miss out on the huge advertising spends which go mainly to Google, Meta and a few large local entities. She joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to talk about Scroll Media's plan to get the likes of Rolling Stone NZ and Newsroom on more radars. Learn more ab…

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The NZ film legends behind Once Were Warriors and The Convert 41:34

4M ago41:34

41:34

The creative relationship between director Lee Tamahori and producer Robin Scholes spans 30 years, including heavyweight features such as Once Were Warriors, Mahana and now critically acclaimed new release The Convert. They join Duncan Greive to discuss the unintentional political resonance of their new film and the financial challenges facing film…

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How big data and AI are transforming out-of-home – and advertising 45:55

4M ago45:55

45:55

David Owen, Research and Insights director at nationwide out-of-home media group oOh!media and Tori Colebourne, CMO at Black Pearl Group, an NZX listed SAAS / cloud business join Duncan Greive on The Fold to talk about the role of data in media and communications decision-making in 2024 and beyond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.…

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On the redundancies at TVNZ, and the awful end of Sunday and Fair Go 16:48

4M ago16:48

16:48

Duncan addresses the shock news out of TVNZ, that current affairs powerhouse Sunday, Fair Go and two news bulletins are ending, with grave fears for Re: News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy The Spinoff

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There's more Bad News from Leon Wadham 40:43

4M ago40:43

40:43

Duncan Greive sits down with the director of Alice Snedden's Bad News, Leon Wadham, to talk about his career on stage and screen, on both sides of the camera. Wadham is one of the most thoughtful and open creatives we've ever had on The Fold, and gives generous insights into working on productions from the shoestring (Bad News S1) to the opulent (L…

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Deep inside the past, present and possible futures of Newshub and Three 53:22

4M ago53:22

53:22

Duncan Greive is joined by Newsroom co-editor and former Three head of news Mark Jennings for a deep and urgent dive into what just happened at Three, the rich history of it as a news organisation – and where the story could head from here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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On the sudden, shocking end to Newshub and Three as we know it 25:35

4M ago25:35

25:35

Duncan Greive jumps on the mic to offer an immediate analysis of this morning's devastating news regarding the future of Three, which signalled that Newshub and much of its local programming will soon be coming to and end. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy The Spinoff

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The quiet genius who connects Havoc and Jeremy Wells to Neighbours at War 53:54

4M ago53:54

53:54

Bill Kerton's career began 40 years ago, at the very dawn of New Zealand commercial radio. Since then he has played crucial roles at peak bFM, introduced Jeremy Wells to television and has one of the most impressive hands-on CVs in reality TV. On the occasion of production powerhouse Greenstone's 30th birthday, he sits down with Duncan Greive to ta…

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Episode 85 Bell & Ramon are Back, Baby! 48:00

5M ago48:00

48:00

Another return! Bell & Ramon have returned from the void with answers, feet news, good feet to looks for and the ever popular Kink Shame Corner! All this and YOUR listener FEETback, this week on The Foot Fetish Podcast! Ramonfacefull.com Twitter - @ramonfacefull OnlyFans - @bellsfeetandass Deviant Art - deviantart.com/ramonfacefull Reddit - r/FootF…

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How an anonymous Substacker rose to oversee the online future of Newstalk ZB 38:01

5M ago38:01

38:01

Philip Crump is a lawyer by trade, who returned to Aotearoa during the pandemic. He found the media environment much more homogenous than the one he left behind in London, and started tweeting about what he observed. Within two years those tweets, and a widely-read Substack, made him one of the most powerful new voices in right wing media. He tells…

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How to sell red meat in the age of climate change 51:16

5M ago51:16

51:16

Duncan Greive is joined by Kit Arkwright, CEO of The Spinoff partners Beef + Lamb NZ, for a knotty conversation about the communication challenge which is marketing meat in this era. We delve into the data and narratives, from the economic to the scientific to the cultural, which make what was once an uncomplicated part of our national story into s…

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Inside the enormous, invisible Roblox economy 45:48

5M ago45:48

45:48

Alec Kieft makes games for "youtube for gaming" platform Roblox, including Break-In, a smash hit which has been played over 2bn times by 80m people. The platform is wildly popular with pre-teens, and is widely considered the closest thing to an operating metaverse which exists in the world today. Kieft joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to explain wha…

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How Laneway gets it so right, so often 40:38

5M ago40:38

40:38

Founded almost 20 years ago, Laneway began in the era of CDs and radio, and now finds itself in one defined by TikTok and Spotify. That it has retained its focus on new music without succumbing to nostalgia is a rare triumph of vision and curation. The festival's co-founder Danny Rogers and Julian Carswell, creative producer for the Auckland show, …

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The present and future of social and the creator economy 41:23

5M ago41:23

41:23

Clare Winterbourn is a New Zealander who moved to Sydney in the 00s, and now runs Born Bred Talent, the most impactful talent agency in social media across Australia and Aotearoa. She represents powerhouse talent like the Inspired Unemployed and Uce Gang, and joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to give an unparalleled insight into TikTok, Instagram and…

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Summer reissue: Noelle McCarthy on the glory days of bFM and making podcasts 49:39

6M ago49:39

49:39

The Fold is taking a break over summer. We'll be back soon with new episodes but, until then, here's one of our favourites from 2023: She arrived off the boat from Ireland, and within a couple of years was interviewing the prime minister weekly. That led to one of the biggest political scoops of the decade, a long career at RNZ and the extraordinar…

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Summer reissue: No one gets the internet quite like Embedded’s Kate Lindsay 54:11

6M ago54:11

54:11

The Fold is taking a break over summer. We'll be back soon with new episodes but, until then, here's one of our favourites from 2023: Over the past two years TikTok has risen to become the cultural heart of the internet, for better and worse. And throughout that time, Kate Lindsay has been there to document it. The former staffer with The Atlantic …

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Summer reissue: The D*List is media for – not about – people with disabilities 45:55

6M ago45:55

45:55

The Fold is taking a break over summer. We'll be back soon with new episodes but, until then, here's one of our favourites from 2023: Red Nicholas is the founder of the D*List, a bold new media brand which just launched aiming to provide a salty, raw and exuberant platform for, by and about disabled people. He and editor Olivia Shivas join Duncan G…

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Summer reissue: The ABC’s Gaven Morris on fixing public media in New Zealand 49:52

6M ago49:52

49:52

The Fold is taking a break over summer. We'll be back soon with new episodes but, until then, here's one of our favourites from 2023: Gaven Morris oversaw the entire news division of the ABC during a transition from a public radio and TV behemoth, to a market leading digital operation. He talks with Duncan Greive to share what he learned in that pr…

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The Spinoff presents SUPERPOD 2023 42:09

7M ago42:09

42:09

SUPERPOD is back! Hosted by Gone By Lunchtime's Toby Manhire and featuring Jane Yee and Alex Casey from The Real Pod, Duncan Greive from The Fold, Gone By Lunchtime's Annabelle Lee-Mather, Simon Pound from Business Is Boring, Bernard Hickey from When The Facts Change and The Spinoff Podcast Network's Te Aihe Butler and Samuel Robinson, SUPERPOD 202…

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Claire Mabey on why books are thriving in the internet age 47:04

7M ago47:04

47:04

Founder of LitCrawl and editor of The Spinoff Books Claire Mabey has a front-row seat to what has been a vibrant decade for books locally and overseas. She joins Duncan Greive to discuss the impact of BookTok on the publishing industry and why she could never have started LitCrawl today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice…

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On the uncertain future for TV 29:29

7M ago29:29

29:29

Duncan Greive runs through highlights from the recent NZ TV awards, discusses the dangers baked into TVNZ’s dominance, and theorises what might happen with poking the government bear during a particularly sensitive time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy The Spinoff

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Todd Niall on covering Wayne Brown and the Auckland beat 46:05

7M ago46:05

46:05

This Monday marks the first week of retirement for one of New Zealand’s greatest beat reporters. Todd Niall started his career in print in 1977, but spent a glorious 33 years at RNZ, the latter part of it delivering brilliant reporting on Tāmaki Makaurau as it became the super city. He joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to discuss his career, leaving …

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Simon Denny on making huge, ambivalent artworks about the big tech era 57:16

7M ago57:16

57:16

New Zealand’s most internationally acclaimed living artist, Simon Denny has built his career on extremely close reading of and responding to the impact of technology on society and culture. On the eve of a major new work at Auckland Art Gallery, he joins Duncan Greive for a conversation about the original mass media, and how technology has informed…

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Where has all the music journalism gone? 44:31

8M ago44:31

44:31

Chris Schulz has spent years reporting on a healthy New Zealand music industry. Now, the rise of tech platforms like Tik Tok and the decay of music media have made it a really challenging landscape for artists and journalists alike. He talks to Duncan Greive to discuss what’s bedevilling the industry, and what we can do to solve its issues. Learn m…

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How Caffeine Daily challenges hostility toward the media 46:01

8M ago46:01

46:01

The tech and startup community can, at times, be hostile to the idea of journalism. Caffeine Daily plans to change this. They've hired one of this country’s best business journalists to oversee a site with a different and innovative approach to a fascinating sector. Founders James Hurman and Julie Gill sit down with Duncan Greive to explain what th…

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On TVNZ’s Showcase and the state of NZ media 24:52

8M ago24:52

24:52

With historical context and Three's no show in mind, Duncan Greive gives his thoughts on TVNZ’s annual Showcase event held this week and what it signals for the current strength of the media industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy The Spinoff

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Vincent Heeringa on his pioneering role in sustainability media 45:52

8M ago45:52

45:52

As the founder of a number of New Zealand’s most enduring and thoughtful publications, Vincent Heeringa has spent years operating in spaces like sustainability, technology and marketing. He is also Duncan Greive’s former boss. He joins the podcast to discuss how the world has come to be dominated by the exact conversations he's been having for year…

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How Tom Sainsbury built his career 38:17

8M ago38:17

38:17

It’s normal for comedians to have parallel careers in writing or acting – but few people in this business have range like Tom Sainsbury. His latest project is his most ambitious yet – a chilling, thrilling horror film called Loop Track. He joins Duncan Greive to discuss how his extraordinary career has lead to this role. Learn more about your ad ch…

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Michael Donaldson on the golden age of newspapers and building a new print career in craft beer 55:24

8M ago55:24

55:24

He had a long career at the Sunday Star-Times, running the sports pages when they dominated the national conversation. Then the internet happened, and Michael Donaldson felt the light go out. He turned a taste for craft beer into the Pursuit of Hoppiness, a print publication and Substack which exemplifies the power of niche media. He joins Duncan G…

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Emergency episode: The Project NZ facing cancellation 19:46

9M ago19:46

19:46

Duncan Greive hits the studio to analyse what’s driving the shock decision to end Three’s popular and successful 7pm news-entertainment hybrid The Project. He digs into recent ratings and explains the history and function of 7pm shows in New Zealand, then imagines what might come next from the digital-first direction hinted at in an email from News…

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Chelsea Rapp on the potential for NZ’s gaming industry 37:44

9M ago37:44

37:44

She became a spokesperson for gaming almost by accident, but as chairperson of the New Zealand Game Developers Association, Chelsea Rapp went on to score the industry’s biggest ever win in this year’s budget. She joins Duncan Greive to discuss how she secured a tax rebate scheme for the gaming sector that is similar to Australia's and the growth sh…

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