Between Two Beers Podcast

Hey team, welcome to the latest episode of Accidental Business Owners.

The premise of the show is that last year Seamus and I became fulltime business owners. We left our 9-5s to go all in on the podcast - and the other businesses we built off the back of it – and thought it would be interesting to document our journey.

Last year we also started working with a business and mindset coach Di Foster, who you might remember as a B2B guest, and quickly realized she was the perfect foil to help us work through all the highs and lows of running a business.

In this episode we talk about being overwhelmed, why its ok, how we can manage it better, and why we can't always be in control.

Hope you enjoy.

Neil Wagner is one of New Zealand cricket’s best red ball bowlers of all time.

Only Sir Richard Hadlee has a better strike rate in tests among New Zealanders who have taken more than 100 wickets.

Wagner has relentlessly thumped his right boot into creases around the country for almost 17 years, having arrived from South Africa in 2008 and in this one we unpack his incredible journey.

We talk about why his break never came in South Africa, why he moved to NZ, how he developed his unorthodox style, bowling through broken toes, the world test champion final, the influence of Brendon McCullum and the best players he played against, his difficult retirement and all the best stories in between.

Neil also opens up about the mental pressure around imposter syndrome and identity which led to a sliding doors moment at a hotel in Sri Lanka.

Neil has one hell of a story to share, and we loved sitting down with him for this one.

If you'd like to get one of our epic guests in to MC or Speak at your function or event, flick us a message by going to B2Bspeakers.co.nz. 

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Enjoy.

Ali was one of NZ’s most high profile broadcasters and journalists for more than two decades and worked for One News, Breakfast, Fair Go, Seven Sharp, Radio Live, Close up and many more.

In this episode we talk about her rise to the top of NZ Media and all of the twists and turns along the way, getting made redundant five times and how she kept bouncing back, why her relationships became front page news of every media outlet, working with Paul Holmes, Mike Hosking, Paul Henry and Willie Jackson, leading the charge on NZ's MeToo movement - and what she’s doing now.

We also talk in detail about her new book No Words for This, where she talks for the first time about the monster that haunted her childhood. As young girls, Ali and her sister were sexually abused by their father on multiple occasions, and it’s revealed in the book that he also repeatedly raped his grandson. It’s a shocking, and confronting story that is told with the hope of helping others.

Ali's story is complex and powerful and she does such a great job of articulating it. And she is brilliant company, warm fun and engaging.

And a content warning: This episode deals with sexual abuse and may not be suitable for all listeners.