The Butters Podcast

Episode 78 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Erin Polaschek. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps. Functional training is about functional movement, self-tuning, longevity, Phillip Beach, change your vibrations and then allow things to drop in, what we tell the universe we have is exactly what we get, 4 of us living in a caravan, limiting beliefs, working with people who are ready, abundance and gratitude, human design, meditation is the ultimate constructive selfishness, and more. This conversation is made possible thanks to my amazing patrons, and if you’re keen to support the podcast as a patron you can do so by jumping onto patreon.com/butters

Episode 77 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Brooke Roberts. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and on Patreon: patreon.com/butters Being full of excitement, having a running accountability buddy, VO2 max, removing limiting beliefs, learning to live longer and with more energy, New Year resolutions, being vivacious in life, a potential mini-series podcast to teach children about money, the whakamā around money, Sharesies is just getting started, learnt the value of money from an early age, being values driven, becoming more intentional, the benefits of both routine and spontaneity, and more. This conversation is made possible thanks to my amazing patrons, and if you’re keen to support the podcast as a patron you can do so by jumping onto patreon.com/butters

Episode 76 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Maddy West. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and on Patreon: patreon.com/butters Resilience and putting good things in place so that whatever happens in life you’ll be fine, Sharesies is an awesome place to work, not being bothered by what people think about you, being a hustler, wearing many hats, Funk Society, Lucy’s branding expertise (Gooey), Maddy’s Fringe show, and so much more. This conversation is made possible thanks to my amazing patrons, and if you’re keen to support the podcast as a patron you can do so by jumping onto patreon.com/butters

Episode 75 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Rebecca Lauryssen. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and on Patreon: patreon.com/butters Given up for adoption, having amazing parents and an amazing nexus of culture, being nomadic, nourish to flourish, early morning workouts, experiencing heartbreak, eating disorder, coffee for breakfast, hates flowers, an empath, friends can be there for a reason or a season or a lifetime, Jordan Peterson, feeling a little displaced, anxiety, being an over thinker, gratitude, and so much more. This conversation is made possible thanks to my amazing patrons, and if you’re keen to support the podcast as a patron you can do so by jumping onto patreon.com/butters

Episode 74 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Ollie Maassen. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and on Patreon: patreon.com/butters Living meaningfully, allegories for life in the bible, living as cooperative creatures, Pascal’s wager, morality as a construct based on social values, nature vs nurture, and more. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, with a special thank you to Angela Stephenson and Léa Jordan for signing up as patrons, thank you so much. And if you’re keen to support the podcast as a patron, jump onto patreon.com/butters

Episode 73 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Sara Warnock. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and on Patreon: patreon.com/butters Parrhesia and speaking uncomfortable truths, teacher burnout, completing her PhD, finding a voice in academia, yoga as a framework to recognise one’s own sovereignty, mindfulness, the role the human body plays in our consciousness, and more. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you’re keen to support the podcast as a patron, jump onto patreon.com/butters

Episode 72 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Andy Alsop. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and on Patreon: patreon.com/butters Drug and alcohol addiction, Care NZ: https://www.carenz.co.nz/, undiagnosed ADHD and how Andy’s ADHD medication works in his case, dyslexia, having an addictive personality, learning to knit to help with insomnia, neurodiversity, linear vs out-of-the-box brains, a Romani, being able to help others with sobriety, racism within the gay community (especially men toward men), and so so much more. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you’re keen to support the podcast as a patron, jump onto patreon.com/butters

Episode 71 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Kat Lintott. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and on Patreon: patreon.com/butters Optimising sleep, the mental and physical identity shift after becoming a parent, good things take time and occur one step at a time, making micro and macro adjustments, not consuming visual content, Maramataka, Te Ao Māori storytelling, journaling, “knowing what your overall truth is helps guide you through the decisions you make on a daily basis”, living to 110, and more. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you’re keen to support the podcast as a patron, jump onto patreon.com/butters Mentions Rooibos Chai as a replacement to caffeine Annanas: https://www.youtube.com/@growingannanas Aro Hā Wellness Retreat - https://aro-ha.com/ Gina Kiel: https://www.instagram.com/ginakiel_/ Living from a Place of Surrender: The Untethered Soul in Action (by Michael A. Singer) @timpointernz: https://www.reasonagency.co.nz/ Realise Retreats: https://www.realiseretreats.com/

Episode 70 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Ali Bahmad. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and on Patreon: patreon.com/butters A career in cookery and as a cookery teacher in Wellington, Ali's garden being a connection to his family (Australia and Lebanon) and being good for mental health and heart space, sharing things from his garden with friends and loved ones, the struggle with basil and carrots, 5 chickens and 2 cats, and more. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you too would like to support the podcast as a patron you can do so by jumping onto patreon.com/butters

Episode 69 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with David James. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and on Patreon. Photography, learning to solve problems on the fly, an image junkie, “the hurty hurty in the heart”, order within chaos and chaos within order, learn to embrace the shit show that happens and make peace with chaos, learnings from his PhD, intellectual humility and openness, 7 years sober, self-mythology, and more. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you too would like to support the podcast as a patron you can do so by jumping onto patreon.com/butters

Episode 68 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Michael Butters. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and on Patreon. Our propensity to become addicted to things, the importance of collective responsibility, the abundance mindset and “if you feel like you have plenty, and to spare, then it’s easy to give it away”, and more. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you too would like to support the podcast as a patron you can do so by jumping onto patreon.com/butters

Episode 67 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Amy Straw. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and here on Patreon. Maddy's dance experience (Funk Society), Amy reconnecting with dancing and realising she's always loved it, a journey of self-development and living life to the fullest, gratitude, 'The Secret' (by Rhonda Byrne), giant peaches, Jay Shetty's podcast, and more. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you too would like to support the podcast as a patron you can do so by jumping onto patreon.com/butters

Episode 66 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Ben Forman. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and here on Patreon. The 4 key topics floating around Ben's mind - energy, time, identity, and abundance, exploring different wellness modalities, tapping into your own energy and how it connects with other energies, the importance of intention - "if you decide to be a happy joyful person, you can be a happy joyful person", an abundance of self-worth being 1000 times more valuable than an abundance of stuff, the power of awareness, breathwork, cute baby fat rolls vs not cute manly fat rolls, the importance of selfishness and filling up your own cup, Wrestler, Realise Retreats, being part of the transformation economy, life is a single-player game, and so much more. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, with a very special thank you to Nick Cottle from the USA for your amazing, generous patronage. Thank you so much. And if you too would like to support the podcast as a patron you can do so by jumping onto patreon.com/butters (Link in the bio)

Episode 65 of The Butters Podcast is my kōrero with Jase Te Patu. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and here on Patreon. An advocate for mental health and wellbeing through his company M3 (https://www.m3mindfulness.com/), the Ministry of Health report on people suffering from stress disorder and burnouts, teaching mindfulness practices with kaiako (teachers) and Whānau (family), finding yoga after ripping his achilles from dancing, having being suicidal, recommending ‘The Power of Now’ by Eckhart Tolle, Awhi, Gumboot Friday, and more. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you too would like to support the podcast as a patron you can do so by jumping onto patreon.com/butters

Episode 64 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Anna Edgington aka edie. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and on Patreon. Anna is a movement-oriented person, singing as a way of expressing herself, good emotions and chemicals from singing - the release of serotonin when singing and the release of oxytocin when singing in a group (don’t quote Anna on that), performing 18 shows at WOW (World of WearableArt), completing her PhD: Gender disparity in music production in Aotearoa; Interventions for change’, Billy the loving, joyful, emotional (and opportunistic) Border Collie, how dogs remind us of being present and in the moment, Chewpy the piano-playing cat, Tristan Carter the amazing violinist, and more. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you too would like to support the podcast as a patron you can do so by jumping onto patreon.com/butters

Episode 63 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Uona Ponton. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and Patreon. Having to self-catheterise to pass urine, learning to accept all parts of yourself, alternative methods to pain prevention, working in hospo, massage therapy, Uona’s superpower is Love, completing her 200-hour yoga teacher training through Awhi, and more. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, with a special thank you to Phillip Simpson for your amazing patronage. Thank you so much. And if you’re keen to support the podcast as a patron you can do so by jumping onto patreon.com/butters

Episode 62 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Luther Loach. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and Patreon. The rollercoaster that is sales, Nude Pickles - Luther’s pickle passion project, working to live vs living to work and what happiness really is, Kate’s cool family, and more. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, with a special thank you to Brett Harman from Melbourne, Australia, for signing up as a patron. Thanks so much mate. And if you’re keen to support the podcast as a patron you can do so by jumping onto patreon.com/butters

Episode 61 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Issey Thomson. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and Patreon. Comparison is the thief of all joy, “I have no chill, my brain is always go go go”, being an active relaxer, checking Issey’s screen time, “going with the flow as long as there’s a plan to the flow”, having legit burnouts, and more. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you’re keen to support the podcast as a patron you can do so by jumping onto patreon.com/butters (Link in the bio).

Episode 60 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Ben Cartwright. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and Patreon. Filing for bankruptcy, reflecting on who we really are, right vs wrong motivations, feeling free, if it was gone tomorrow would it actually matter? and more. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you’re keen to support the podcast as a patron you can do so by jumping onto patreon.com/butters (Link in the bio).

Episode 59 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with film and TV composer Ewan Clark. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and Patreon. Arranging music for orchestras, working with Alien Weaponry, Tiki Taane, and Ria Hall, working within set parameters can be super helpful for creativity, being nominated for an APRA at the Silver Scrolls, things on the horizon, and more. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you’re keen to support the podcast as a patron you can do so by jumping onto patreon.com/butters (Link in the bio).

Episode 58 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with my very good friend Neha Goyal. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and Patreon. The connection between woman and gay men, live your best life, makeup as your daily transformative war paint, watching cartoons first thing in the morning each day, enjoy your guilty pleasures, pity parties, and more. Shout out to Southern Cross for letting us have our conversation there. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you’re keen to support the podcast, jump onto patreon.com/butters to sign up as a patron.

Episode 57 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Teri O’Neill. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and Patreon. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The youngest city council member, don’t forget to vote in the local body elections before 8 October, being raised by strong women, challenging the rules and decolonising the system, roller derby, working with vulnerable people, studying toward becoming an RMA commisioner, and more. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Thank you so much to the crew at Raglan Roast on Abel Smith Street for letting us have our conversation there, and for the super delicious coffee (as always). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This conversation is made possible thanks to the generous support of my patrons, and if you’re keen to support the podcast as a patron you can do so by jumping onto patreon.com/butters (Link in the bio).

Episode 56 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Corban Halcrow. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and Patreon. Kapiti Coffee Roasters, living an analogue life, losing a finger, and more. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you’re keen to support the podcast as a patron, you can do so by jump onto patreon.com/butters. (Link in the bio).

Episode 55 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Yoan Jolly. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and Patreon. Photography, working at kowtow for 14 years, the important role that values play within an organisation, personal values based on communities we want to be part of and based on the times, circumstances, and contexts we live in, values based on safety and survival, and more. Thank you so much to Black Coffee in Newtown for their hospitality and for letting us have our conversation there. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you’re keen to support the podcast, jump onto patreon.com/butters and sign up as a patron. (Link in the bio).

Episode 54 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Alyce Lysaght. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and Patreon. Identity, impatience, learning to be slow, finding fulfilment, you can’t pour from an empty cup, ‘Māori in Engineering’ (Alyce’s podcast), the important work that Māori engineers are doing, and more. Thank you so much to Cuckoo for their hospitality and for letting us have our conversation there. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you’re keen to support the podcast, jump onto patreon.com/butters and sign up as a patron. (Link in the bio).

Episode 53 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Dan Tideman. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and Patreon. Music, Winnie-the-Pooh, Whiplash, Charlie Parker, WETA, Dungeons and Dragons, phone etiquette, technology, and more. Thank you to Heyday on Cuba Street in Wellington for their hospitality and for letting us have our conversation there. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you’re keen to support the podcast, jump onto patreon.com/butters and sign up as a patron.

Episode 52 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Tory Whanau. Available on all podcast apps, and on Patreon. Running for Mayor of Wellington, key values (people and planet) and bringing people on the journey, misogyny in politics, never look at the comments, online trollers, winning Lotto, and more. Thank you so much to my patrons for supporting the podcast and making this conversation possible, with a special thank you to Jordan Lee, Tom Eathorne, and Oli Tripp for signing up as patrons, thank you soooooo much!! And if you’re keen to support this podcast as a patron, you can do so by signing up at https://www.patreon.com/Butters

Episode 51 of The Butters Podcast is a little different. This is my conversation with Sian-Louise Nelson, or more accurately, this is a conversation where Sian interviews me. Finding the essence of yourself, I love helping people, my podcast conversations are deliberately unscripted, I’m 1 of 13 kids, I LOVE coffee (shout out to Dylan from First Light Coffee, Havana, Lamason Brew Bar, and more), hanging with Hennessy the Horse, I believe that you can transfer positive energy simply by waving thanks to people in their cars when you’re on a pedestrian crossing (as silly as that may sound), why do we judge people when we know next to nothing about them, and more. This episode is available exclusively to my patrons, available only at https://www.patreon.com/Butters. If you would like to listen to this conversation, and other patron-only content, please sign up as a patron using the link. Your support as patrons is amazing, and I can’t thank you enough for making all of these conversations possible. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

Episode 50 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Pita Cammock. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and on Patreon. The benefits of fasting, asceticism, autophagy, and ayahuasca, Carl Jung said that the personality is made up of the persona (the person you project to others that you think is acceptable to them), the ego (who you think you are), and the Self (who you really are), virtue signalling, pornography, drugs, and more. Thank you so much to my patrons for supporting the podcast and making this conversation possible, with a special thank you to Terrence Jacob for signing up as a patron yesterday. Thank you so much for your support Terrence. And if you’re keen to support this podcast as a patron you can do so by signing up at https://www.patreon.com/Butters

Episode 49 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Andrew Nelson. Available on all podcast apps, and on Patreon. Bulging disk injury, nerve flossing, accepting the reality, the slow road to recovery and learning to be patient, strategies to get out of one’s own head, the coin flip, and more. Thank you so much to my patrons for supporting the podcast and making this conversation possible. And if you’re keen to support this podcast as a patron, you can do so by signing up at https://www.patreon.com/Butters

Episode 48 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Jordan Lee. Available on all podcast apps, and on Patreon. Feel the fear and do it anyway, present vs future, using the Calm mediation app, the pros and cons of being a perfectionist, learning techniques through a life coach, manifesting and meditation, being more compassionate to yourself, painting and photography, and more. Thank you so much to my patrons for supporting the podcast and making this conversation possible. And if you’re keen to support this podcast as a patron, you can do so by signing up at https://www.patreon.com/Butters (link in the bio). Also thank you to the wonderful people at Goods in Thorndon for the delicious coffee and such a lovely space to have a conversation.

Episode 47 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Oli Tripp. Available on all podcast apps, and on Patreon. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Brad Pitt, the difference between a movie star and an actor, what will Wellington look like in five years’ time, the legacy of Lamason, converting his bike into an eBike, the new ways we commute, and more. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Thank you so much to my patrons for supporting the podcast and making this conversation possible. And if you’re keen to support this podcast as a patron, you can do so by signing up at https://www.patreon.com/Butters

Episode 46 of The Butters Podcast is my second conversation with Tom Brotherstone, co-owner of the Awhi Yoga and Wellbeing studio in Wellington. (Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and on Patreon.) Running an Airbnb with Maddy, the open weekend at Awhi, the pros and cons of being an empath, and more. This conversations is made possible thanks to my wonderfully generous and kind patrons. Thank you so much! And if you’d like to support this podcast as a patron you can do so by jumping onto https://www.patreon.com/Butters

Episode 45 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Ganesh Cherian. On the topic of processing thoughts by talking things through. "An idea, until you can articulate it, it's not practical. Until somebody else can understand it, it's not particularly useful." “We’re all narratives. We’re the expectations of our parents. We’re the hope of our future. We’re the desire for what’s to come. So we’re constantly evaluating ourselves and others by articulating our position and deciding if it’s real or not.” On the topic of mask wearing and how it might be affecting our psyche in not seeing facial expressions as often. “If babies get lots of facial validation, expression back, they tend to grow more. They feel comforted. But if parents or faces are deadpan and don’t change and don’t validate, they get very despondent and distressed.” On the topic of how conspiracy theories arise. “It’s tricky to deconstruct and it’s tricky to try and be balanced in your particular viewpoint. Because you often surround yourself with people who are in the same situation as you, feeling the same way, and you can exacerbate your scenario. I don’t know what to do about that except to try and bring together voices that are across the board.” “We all tend the write the narrative like we are the hero. And I think there’s a little bit of positive narcissism. Like I think you need to feel like you’re the hero, at least a little bit, in order to live. Because there are competing resources for our time and attention, and unless we think we are important and worthy of the resources available, we might sacrifice to a point where we have nothing. But the flip side is also true, if we do that too much, if we invest solely in ourselves and not in others, then we don’t build community and we often put ourselves into areas where we might take advantage of people, which wouldn’t be good either. And the other end of the scale where you let anything happen to you because you don’t value yourself at all; other people’s needs are always more important than your’s and you’re always self-sacrificing hoping that someone will notice or that the rewards will come. So finding that balance is really tough because we’re people and we have to interact with other people. And that’s relationships and families and communities and workplaces. At what point is my voice valuable, and at what point is it overbearing, and at what point is it undervalued. Those are narratives that we’re playing out in our head.”

Episode 44 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with recruitment specialist, dance teacher, and sassy B, Maddy West. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and Patreon. The benefits of doing therapy when nothing’s wrong, tools to use in everyday situations, the importance of self-awareness, and more. A special shout out to Dylan at First Light Espresso on Tasman Street for such a cool space to have our conversation. If you’re a fan of the Supreme bean, and keen to experience Dylan’s mad coffee skills, head there. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you’re keen to support the podcast, jump onto patreon.com/butters and sign up as a patron.

Episode 43 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with creative director and stylist Sopheak Seng. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and Patreon. Time in hospital, a new outlook on life, used to being an active relaxer, learning to say no to things, FOMO vs JOMO, and more. Thank you to Baobab for letting us have our conversation there. Always such a cool and comfortable space to have a good hearty conversation. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you’re keen to support the podcast, jump onto patreon.com/butters and sign up as a patron. Link in the bio.

Episode 42 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Juliet Thomborson. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and Patreon. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Personal pronouns and the differing prospectives on them, Juliet’s mum as a second-wave feminist, being bullied at school, the effects of colonialism and capitalism on individual identities, and more. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Thank you to Cuckoo for letting us have our conversation there. I had the Three Wise Birds Dusk Patrol cider with pineapple and it was absolutely delicious. If you haven’t been to Cuckoo yet, or for a while, get there. It’s such an awesome place. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you’re keen to support the podcast, jump onto patreon.com/butters and sign up as a patron. Link in the bio. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But thank you again for tuning in to episode 42 of The Butters Podcast, my conversation with Juliet Thomborson. Enjoy.

Episode 41 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with zero waste life-styler and advocate, Hannah Blumhardt. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and Patreon. Hannah and Liam living without a rubbish bin since 2015 and how it changed their lives, it’s not about waste it’s about how you interact with everything, thinking about the supply chain, change doesn’t happen all at once, the burden of individual change vs advocating for corporate responsibility, Selwyn’s repairs, developing new relationships with the stuff you have in your life, Fairphone, Foodprint, and more. Thank you to Vic Books cafe in Pipitea for such a lovely space to have a conversation and a delicious long black. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you’re keen to support the podcast, jump onto patreon.com/butters and sign up as a patron. The Rubbish Trip www.therubbishtrip.co.nz @therubbishtrip Foodprint https://foodprint.app/ Fairphone https://shop.fairphone.com/

Episode 40 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Selwyn Andrews. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and Patreon. Living with a waste activist, being continually challenged, a jack of all trades, the two Steve’s (Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak), open source vs proprietary, the right to repair, Raspberry Pi, and more. Thank you to Caffe Mode in Kelburn, Wellington for such a cool space to have our conversation and for consistently deliciously strong coffees. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you’re keen to support the podcast, jump onto patreon.com/butters and sign up as a patron.

Episode 39 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with DJ, actor, filmmaker, and creative, David Allen. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and Patreon. Dirty Burger, “fear stands in the way of an experience”, sheep’s balls, a blind museum, closing your eyes when a really good song comes on, DJing, racism by conditioning vs racism by hate, leaving at sunrise to drive to LA, and more. Thank you to the peeps at 91 Aro, the Garage Project Taproom, for such an amazing space to have a conversation. For those who love a good craftie, Dave had the Hard Knocks Hazy IPA, and I had the Ghost Light Hazy IPA. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you’re keen to support the podcast, jump onto patreon.com/butters and sign up as a patron. Link in the bio. But thank you again for tuning in to episode 39 of The Butters Podcast, my conversation with David Allen. Enjoy.

Episode 38 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Tom Brotherstone, yoga teacher at Awhi Yoga and brown belt Brazilian Ju-Jitsu teacher at Mai Dojo. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and Patreon.  Teaching yoga and Ju-Jitsu, learning through teaching, creating space for individuals, the importance of patience, the fine line between the business side of yoga and what yoga really is, identifying similarities rather than differences, going through depression, creative restraint, and more.  Thank you to the Preservatorium Cafe for allowing us to have our conversation there.   This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you’re keen to support the podcast jump onto patreon.com/butters and sign up as a patron. Link in the bio. But thank you again for tuning in to episode 38 of The Butters Podcast, my conversation with Tom Brotherstone. Enjoy.

Episode 37 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with author Rory Moores. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and Patreon.  Back again for take 3, Mel Gibson, Hulk Hogan, understanding things in their true context, the importance of constructive critique, Rory’s book ‘Office Aliens’ available on Amazon, scrolling culture, the benefits of having a shared mythology, and more.  Thank you to both Cornercopia and The Honey Badger for the awesome spaces. Our first two conversations were had at Cornercopia in the lobby and the conversation you'll hear now was had at Honey Badger on Featherston Street.   This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, with a special thanks to Natasha Self for signing up as a patron. If you’re keen to support the podcast, and to hear the Patron only bonus track with Rory, jump onto patreon.com/butters and sign up as a patron. But thank you again for tuning in to episode 37 of The Butters Podcast, my conversation with Rory Moores. Enjoy. 

Episode 35 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Paul Wong, filmmaker and creative writer. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and Patreon.  Just a heads up that because we were sitting out the back of Frank’s, there were the odd gusts of Wellington wind which the mic picked up but don’t let that deter you, you can still hear the conversation fine.  Separating work from home, spending way too much time in the bathroom (creating The Forgotten Floss, a stop motion film), tea is tea, moments of insight in conversations and moments of happiness in life but the work and anticipation and build up to those moments are equally important, the importance of sadness, joining the gym, and more.  Thank you to Frank’s in Newtown for letting us grab the outside table out the back for our conversation. Absolutely delicious coffee there.  This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, with a special thanks to Charles Humphreys who you’ll remember from episode 23 of The Butters Podcast. Charles, thank you so much for your patronage.  And if you’re keen to support the podcast too, as a patron, you can do so by jumping onto patreon.com/butters. Link in the bio. But thank you again for tuning in to episode 35 of The Butters Podcast, my conversation with Paul Wong. Enjoy

Episode 33 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Doug Gilbert, Senior Brand Manager for Light RTDs at Asahi. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and Patreon. Doug's ‘Beer With Me’ podcast, a generous serving of cream (for a long black) vs a poor fries-to-ketchup ratio, “ramekin’s are lame, just apply the sauce directly to the chip”, shout out to Crumb in Grey Lynn, breakdance battles, Doug’s yearly Spotify playlists, make your bed first thing in the morning, meditation, and more. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you too would like to support the podcast and help make these conversations possible, jump onto www.patreon.com/butters.

Episode 32 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with conduct investigator, Kane Mullen. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and Patreon. Work as an investigator, always trying to keep an open mind and not assume anything, burner accounts on Twitter, sport is just sport, how social media affects you, deleting Facebook at age 18 and how “it saves me a lot of anxiety”, and more. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you too would like to support the podcast and help make these conversations possible, jump onto www.patreon.com/butters.

Episode 31 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with visual effects artist, Lorenzo Lavatelli. The journey that led to working in visual effects, employing creative techniques to achieve realistic special effects, Elon Musk’s Neurolink brain chip, everything in moderation, Lorenzo 2.0, the therapy of hands-on work, Italian made, people would fear less and risk more in trying new things if there was a Universal Basic Income to fall back on, organic cotton finger gloves, and more. Thank you to Panhead for letting us have our conversation there and for the delicious Batch 132 - Elderflower Berliner Weisse. This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you too would like to support the podcast and help make these conversations possible, jump onto www.patreon.com/butters. Link in the bio.

Episode 30 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Dr Peter Parkes, architect and Director at Strategic Architecture. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and Patreon. A dissident, a critique of post-modern architectural theory, people as active interpreters of spaces vs people as passive receivers of meaning and the argument that inanimate objects don’t emit meaning, Nelson Mandela, Apartheid, Professor Alan Lipman, cultural studies, CND, politics, and so much more.   This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you too would like to support the podcast and help make these conversations possible, jump onto www.patreon.com/butters.

Episode 29 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Laura Saxon Jones, a fascinating human being, an amazing dancer, and a former member of the Royal New Zealand Ballet. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and Patreon. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Red wine, smelly cheese, the Frenchman Jean Pier, “Laura The Sniffer” (the new superhero), the different senses and how people take information in, connecting to someone via their smell and scent, living in the now, motorbikes, dogs, dancing, embracing the fear, and so much more. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Thank you so much to the crew at Sweet Mother’s Kitchen for looking after us and for letting us continue on our conversation well after they closed for the night. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons, and if you too would like to support the podcast and help make these conversations possible, jump onto www.patreon.com/butters. Link in the bio. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A very special shout out to a very good friend, Phillip Simpson, aka Gump The Cow. Mate, thank you so much for your patronage!!

Episode 28 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with scenic artist and Scottish lassie, Sian-Louise Nelson. Prop painting on Outlaw King (Netflix, 2018), haggis neeps and tatties, mental health walks, sucking on baby wipes, extrovert, anxiety, and more. Special thanks to Leroy’s, where we had our conversation. This conversation and this podcast is made possible thanks to my patrons. If you too would like to support, you can sign up as a patron by visiting www.patreon.com/butters.

Episode 27 of The Butters Podcast is my conversation with Dave Lamason, owner of Lamason Brew Bar. Available now on all your favourite podcast apps, and Patreon.  Master of None or Master of Many? Working as the tech and company trainer at Peoples Coffee, shout out to Dan Eves at ETCH Architecture, the ethos of Lamason includes banter, Latte art, and having fun, people eat with their eyes, putting things into perspective, being the middle child, alcohol vs weed, hi to Kate McNabb, and more. p.s., Shaun Anderson’s Sick Leave Podcast, on mental illness and mental wellness in the hospitality industry.    This conversation is made possible thanks to my patrons. Thank you so much for your support. You too can show your support by pledging a few dollars each month as a patron, at www.patreon.com/butters. Link in the bio.