Laura and Harita chat to Dr. Jo Prendergast.Dr Jo Prendergast is a New Zealand based comedian, improviser, and actor. She is also a psychiatrist, author, and film producer. Jo is often tired. Jo trained as a doctor in New Zealand and did specialty training as a psychiatrist in Sydney Australia. She has worked in a wide range of settings with teenagers and adults in public mental health services and private practice in both New Zealand and Australia. She currently works in the area of childhood trauma effects as an assessor for ACC in New Zealand.Jo’s teenage mental health book for parents ‘When Life Sucks’ was released by Harper Collins in New Zealand and Australia in September 2023 and the UK June 2024. The book was written using Jo’s unique voice as a psychiatrist, comedian and parent of teenagers. Jo started standup comedy in 2017 at the age of 48. Jo was nominated for Breakthrough Comedian at the NZ Comedy Guild Awards 2020. She was long listed for the prestigious Billy T Award in September 2023. Her multi award-winning debut comedy show ‘Jo Ghastly: The Cool Mum’ sold out the entire season with 5- star reviews at Adelaide Fringe 2023, had full houses at the NZ International Comedy Festival 2023 and toured to Melbourne Comedy Festival and Edinburgh Fringe in 2024. Jo’s second solo show ‘Cancer and Cartwheels’, about Jo’s victory over breast cancer (and her cartwheeling ability) toured the South Island NZ January 2024 and was programmed in the 2024 NZ International Comedy Festival.Screen appearances include Niall Johnson’s feature film ‘The Stolen’ and TVNZ’s ‘Adam and Eve Show’. Jo has featured as a guest on a wide range of TV, radio, and podcasts in NZ and Australia including The Jess Rowe Big Talk Show, The Project, Channel 9 Today Extra, ABC Weekend Breakfast and TVNZ Breakfast. In the UK Jo has appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live and Insane in the Men Brain.Jo brings her unique combined experience as a psychiatrist, comedian, author, parent and cancer survivor to media and podcast interviews, her comedy shows and conference presentations.
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Philippa Yasbek
Sophie and Ais interview Philippa YasbekPhilippa Yasbek is an economist with a background in public policy and a career in the public service. She recently authored "Shining a Light: Improving transparency in New Zealand's political and governance systems" for the Helen Clark Foundation, which recommends improvements in the domains of lobbying, political party funding, access to official information, beneficial ownership information and full criminalisation of overseas bribery.Philippa also has an interest in public health and co-founded a group advocating for firearms safety. She is the Deputy Chair of the Ministerial Arms Advisory Group and a Member of the Advisory Committee for Global Action on Gun Violence. Philippa is a former Board member of the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand and former Chair of the body corporate of an earthquake prone building.
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Newtown festival
Our team were live at the Newtown Festival and got to chat to lots of different attendees throughout the day!
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Bryan Victor Lim
Harita and Reesha interview Bryan Victor Lim an entrepreneur who has developed a wedding planning and design business, a 2D animation studio and host of the podcast and video series Misfits.
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June Potifara - Music Therapy Week 10-15 April 2025
Eleonara and Harita interview music therapist June Potifara in celebration of Music Therapy week (10-15 April 2025). June speaks about what she does as a music therapist, why she chose this career, what she covered in her masters thesis, and how she weaves her Samoan culture into her therapy work.You can find out more about June here:WOMEN OF THE ISLANDS - JUNE POTIFARA — thecoconet.tv - The world’s largest hub of Pacific Island content.uuLalagaina o Manatu: Weaving Pasifika wellbeing approaches into Music Therapy for enhanced practice in disability learning support setting.And you can find out more about Music Therapy week here:Music Therapy Week 2025 | Registered Music Therapists | NZ
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