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Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast

A weekly Arts and Performing Arts podcast
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Sweetman Podcast

Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast

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Sweetman Podcast

Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast

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You’ll remember that last month I went down to the Fringe Bar and read some new poems: I’ve decided I’ll try get along and read some more of the new “Richard” poems. I’m trying to learn to sit in the moment with these poems, to let them hang. I
I took myself down to Poetry in Motion’s regular monthly open-mic night. There’s always a feature poet, but a few slots for open-mic readings in the first half of the evening. Here is a warts-n-all live recording of three new poems from me, wit
Hi and welcome back to the podcast. I’ve had a huge break. This has been for a bunch of reasons – but really it was because of the pandemic. Lockdowns killed my flow, I didn’t want to just do phone and Skype chats. And then, ever since hitting
A conversation with comedian and TV host, Dai Henwood. 
A phone conversationw with TV host and comedian Dai Henwood. We've never met and this is our first ever chat, so we talk lockdown and covid, and rap music, and we talk about his father, the late, great Ray Henwood (a wonderful actor). We do tal
A conversation with Wellington actor, writer, producer Jean Sergent. 
An in-depth conversation with Wellington-based actor, writer and producer Jean Sergent. We talk about her life and work, growing up in an acting family, her current show - Live Through This - her interest in reading Tarot and a whole lot more.
A talk I gave at the 2020 Manawatu Writers Festival. I'm talking about blogging - and indeed all the writing I do and my journey towards it and through it. Get full access to Sounds Good! at simonsweetman.substack.com/subscribe
A recording of a talk I gave at last year's Manawatu Writers Festival in Feilding. I spoke to an audience about my life in writing, my life as a blogger - and the 'training' that went into that. 
A conversation with Wellington-based performance poet Tarns Hood. It's also a big chat about sobriety, alcoholism and the recent milestone for Tarns of five years (60 months) dry and sober. 
An in-depth conversation with Wellington-based performance poet Tarns Hood. We talk about her style of work and she recites several poems - we talk poetry slams and performing in general. We also talk about sobriety, celebrate her recent 5-year
A conversation with Andrew Gladstone - drummer for Garageland
An in-depth conversation with Andrew Gladstone, drummer for Garageland. We talk about the highs and lows of the band's career across the mid/late 1990s and early 00s and then Andrew's move to Hawke's Bay to hide from the music industry - where
A conversation with the writer, reviewer and book-store owner, Catherine Robertson
An in-depth conversation with the writer and book-store owner Catherine Robertson. We talk art, books, music, movies - all the good things. Huge chat. We talk about Catherine's books - but also about writing in general; books in general. We tal
A conversation with Wellington-based poet and sculptor Sam Duckor-Jones
An in-depth conversation with poet and sculptor Sam Duckor-Jones. We talk about, and he reads from, his new book, Party Legend. But we talk about his life making and creating, the need to make - and the search to find and announce one's self th
A conversation with Otaki-based theatre actor Jeff Kingsford-Brown
An in-depth conversation with Otaki-based actor Jeff Kingsford-Brown. He's currently - as you hear this - the lead role in the show Elling at Circa Theatre in Wellington. He's been a professional actor for many years and we talk about his life
A short phoner with the comedy legend, author and raconteur. 
A brief phone conversation with the legendary comic mind and author Ben Elton. We talk about his tour with a bit of looking back to when and how he made his name in the 1980s as a writer for legendary TV shows and creator of iconic characters.
an in-depth conversation with Jo Marsh - aka JoJo Bellini. As Bellini, Marsh works across comedy and burlesque as a performer and MC. She has a background in theatre, singing and production and arrived late at burlesque via a life-threatening c
A conversation with actor, singer, comedian, MC, burlesque performer and producer Jo Marsh - aka JoJo Bellini
An in-depth chat over the phone with Richard Morris - aka Rikki Morris. He's a singer, songwriter, producer, engineer and former roadie to Th' Dudes and The Crocodiles. He's best known for his runaway hit single Nobody Else recorded and perform
A wide-ranging phone conversation with NZ Music Legend, Rikki Morris.
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