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Paddy Gower’s TFN - The F#$%ing News

Hosted by Stuff Audio | Believer Media · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 58 episodes

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About this podcast

The F#$%ing News flips the script on the news - upbeat, inspirational and f#$%ing good fun journalism with the nation’s favourite everyman reporter, Paddy Gower. TFN sees Paddy talking to Kiwis who are the good, the great and the brains of our nation. Get in touch - paddy@paddygower.kiwi This podcast is hosted by Paddy Gower and executive produced by Jon Bridges. It's made in partnership between Stuff and Believer Media.

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Stuff Audio | Believer Media hosts Paddy Gower’s TFN - The F#$%ing News, a society show with 58 episodes published.

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Melanie Lynskey talks about being from New Plymouth, being a regular Kiwi mum in Hollywood, and her hopes that her new movie - Pike River - can help bring justice for the Pike River families.

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Paddy Gower interviews Robyn Malcolm about her new movie - Pike River

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Robyn Malcolm is furious over Pike River inaction, and the lack of accountability. She hopes her new movie, Pike River, can help bring justice for the Pike River families.

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The Kiwi scientist behind ‘female Viagra’

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Dr Iona Weir is the brains behind Myregyna - a natural, non-hormonal ‘female Viagra’. This groundbreaking Kiwi innovation is set to transform sex and health for post-menopausal women worldwide. Plus: Told he’d lose basic

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Inside the unsettling world of devoteeism

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This week, we meet cousins Sophia Malthus - a wheelchair user since a riding accident - and Indy Henman, two incredible Kiwis sharing their life, laughter and challenges in a powerful new RNZ docuseries. They introduce u

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Laurence Pithie: The Kiwi battling through the Tour de France

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Paddy chats to Kiwi cycling sensation Laurence Pithie, the only New Zealander riding in this year’s Tour de France. From brutal crashes to bottle runs and team tactics, Laurence shares what it’s really like inside the wo

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The woman who's delivered 19 babies by phone

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Paddy meets Gemma Cale, whose nickname is "baby magnet". Gemma works as a call-taker at Hato Hone St John, dispatching ambulances to deliver urgent assistance. But sometimes she ends up delivering - talking parents throu

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'Drinking led to some terrible things': Matt Chisholm on the positive power of honesty

Jul 9, 202525mEp. 350

As a prime time TV host, he looked like he was living the dream. But Matt Chisholm's relationship with booze, drugs and sex workers meant there were times he didn't even want to be alive. Matt tells Paddy he's got no qua

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From sporting "embarrassment" to global fame

Jul 2, 202526mEp. 320

Paddy meets stars of the Auckland City team who made international headlines at the FIFA Club World Cup, investigates the “ridiculous” delays in Pharmac funding a groundbreaking new treatment and explains why he wants mo

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TV icon Olly Ohlson: Still keeping cool till after school

Jun 25, 202529mEp. 330

It's a big week for Paddy as he chats to a key figure from his childhood. As host of After School, Olly Ohlson was a positive influence on a generation, not least for his groundbreaking use of te reo Māori and sign langu

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Sonia Gray: Medical psychedelics could ease mental health crisis

Jun 18, 202530mEp. 320

WARNING: This week's episode mentions mental health and suicide. If you, or anyone you know, needs help, call or text the free 1737 service, 24 hours a day. Hey everyone. Big news! We've tweaked the Paddy podcast formula

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‘I’ve never called another man craveable before’ - Paddy meets NZ’s near-naked chef

Jun 11, 202527mEp. 310

Daniel Rankin has become a global sensation. Often wearing little more than an apron, and accompanied by faithful pug Fraser, his saucy, spicy and, yes, super-craveable Man Can Cook videos are attracting huge audiences o

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Blues forward Cameron Suafoa’s fight for life

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Cameron Suafoa shares an emotional update from his hospital bed as he battles a rare form of cancer. The Blues forward opens up about facing a life-threatening illness as a professional athlete, the strength he draws fro

From bedpans to biographer via Sale of the Century - Jude Dobson

Jun 4, 202525mEp. 300

Fresh from being recognised in the King's Birthday Honours, Jude Dobson talks becoming a household name and why she cares so much about Kiwi history. 13-year-old Amelia Twiss explains why she'll cycle more than 500km to

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The extreme world of Death Diving

May 28, 202523mEp. 290

Flynn Chisholm, AKA Fizzy Sends, is one of the best Death Divers in the world. He offers an incredible insight into this most extreme of sports - and explains exactly how he feels before a giant jump. Great Kiwi Dick Fri

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Jazz Thornton warns social media ban for under-16s will put young Kiwi lives at risk

May 21, 202519mEp. 280

Mental health advocate Jazz Thornton has delivered a blunt message to the Prime Minister: "Christopher Luxon, if you go ahead with this ban, you will once again be putting some of our most vulnerable rangatahi in our cou

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How a brush with death changed Hamish McKay's life

May 14, 202523mEp. 270

Hamish McKay is an iconic Kiwi sports presenter who kept us up to date on Three News for a decade. Since he left our screens nearly ten years ago, something has happened to Hamish that almost cost him his life. He reveal

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‘I was a lump of lard’: Newsreader reveals incredible weight loss

May 13, 202511m0

Broadcasting legend Hamish McKay tells Paddy about the shocking image behind his decision to lose a life-saving 50kg. The former 3News sports presenter ballooned to 135kg before getting bariatric surgery in the public sy

First home buying hacks: Derek Handley’s real estate reality check

May 7, 202521mEp. 260

Paddy sits down with entrepreneur and systems thinker Derek Handley to uncover why so many New Zealanders have lost hope in homeownership - and why they shouldn’t. Doctors said she’d never walk again after a motocross ac

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Trim the fat: Why Seymour’s call to cut ministers is so good

May 6, 20253m0

How good is David Seymour’s call to cut what he describes as a bloated number of MPs pocketing easy money as highly paid ministers? So good. There is so much waste at the top of government, and it's an insult to ordinary

Cecilia Robinson reveals why she's leading call for social media ban for kids

May 5, 202512m0

Launched today, B4-16 is a group of parents, experts and business leaders who want a ban on social media for under-16s. Mum and entrepreneur Cecilia Robinson tells Paddy why the ban is vital - and delivers a blunt messag

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