The Snacks and Chats team reunite with the UFC middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya. Adesanya talks about his “bizarre” fight with Yoel Romero, why he’s looking forward to the Paulo Costa fight, snobbery at the Halberg Awards and his speech t

Episode 19: Dan "Hangman" Hooker

Jun 8th, 2020 38m 29s

“I drive myself insane with this sport. I think about it every minute, of every day. I obsess over it. To be this successful at something, you actually have to obsess over it.”Dan “Hangman” Hooker came into the fight game with the express purpo

Episode 18: Genah Fabian

Feb 19th, 2020 45m 10s

“I won the fight, and I said to all my friends, ‘I’m never doing that again.’ It was terrifying. The anxiety before the fight, the uncertainty, the unknown, it was a totally different feeling to what I’ve experienced before. And then, I took an

Episode 17: Kai Kara-France

Feb 4th, 2020 39m 20s

“It definitely is a thinking man’s sport. Because if you’re tough - everyone is tough in this sport. If that’s all you have as your strength, you’re not gonna make it.”Flyweight mixed martial artist Kai Kara-France sits down with Lani and Ben a

Episode 16: Eugene Bareman

Jan 28th, 2020 43m 6s

“For every story like mine, and in New Zealand there’s not many, trust me there’s a thousand fighters that have been before me whose names aren’t in the record books.”In the first Snacks and Chats of 2020 Lani and Ben sit down with City Kickbox

Episode 15: Chelsea Jade

Nov 18th, 2018 37m 20s

We’re back with a one-off episode to end the year, with our favourite musician of 2018 - Chelsea Jade. She talks to us about how she almost quit being an artist when she moved to LA, learning not to torture herself and others when writing, over

Episode 14: Omar bin Musa

Apr 9th, 2018 37m 20s

Australian-Malaysian poet, writer, rapper and screenwriter Omar bin Musa is our first international guest. He talks about the experience of growing up brown, Asian and Muslim in Australia and how learning about Muhammad Ali changed the entire c

Episode 13: Jahra 'Rager' Wasasala

Jan 14th, 2018 45m 4s

We spoke with Jahra 'Rager' Wasasala shortly after she'd performed her solo 'a world, with your wound in it' and the group show ORCHIDS at the Tempo Dance Festival. She spoke about the come-down after performing such works following years of pr

Episode 12: Rose Matafeo

Dec 5th, 2017 44m 21s

Rose Matafeo talks about living in Ponsonby before and after it was gentrified, going to AGGs, being an afakasi Samoan, making a TV show, being a comedian, going off the pill, missing U Live, definitely winning an Oscar one day and her impendin

Episode 11: JessB

Nov 15th, 2017 36m 19s

"I went back for the first time in December to Kenya... I got there, and people stare at me even more than they do here, because I’m mixed. Probably that was the biggest learning. There’s probably never gonna be somewhere I fit completely so I’

Episode 10: Josie & T

Jul 17th, 2017 38m 52s

Josie & T (Josie Oloioto'a & Te Awariki Lardelli) talk about using their vlog to confront casual racism, sexism and homophobia, and the sex-ed they wished they had in high school. They also talk about mental health and the importance of strong

Episode 9: TEEKS

Jun 29th, 2017 22m 27s

TEEKS aka Te Karehana Gardiner-Toi discusses his stunning EP, The Grapefruit Skies, and the impact Māori culture and growing up speaking te reo has had on his life, and his music.“Growing up with the language, but also the whole culture of bein

Episode 8: David Dallas

May 22nd, 2017 38m 49s

David Dallas talks about his identity as a Samoan/Palagi afakasi growing up in South Auckland and how that shaped him and his music. He talks about being a rap and computer nerd, a music pirate, and how Sirvere and DLT's The True School on Max

Episode 7: Israel Adesanya aka "The Stylebender"

May 15th, 2017 36m 48s

Israel Adesanya aka "The Stylebender" chats with Lani and Ben about moving from Nigeria to Rotorura, NZ, and going from a kid who was bullied in school to a professional fighter. They talk a lot about fighting and how that relates to life and h

Episode 6: Madeleine Sami

May 8th, 2017 2m 52s

Actor, writer and director Madeleine Sami chats with Lani and Ben about growing up in Onehunga, the clash of cultures there, and how Onehunga High School has influenced her work, and the characters she's played. She discusses her Mum's staunch

Episode 5: Kanoa Lloyd

Dec 12th, 2016 33m 38s

TV3 weather presenter Kanoa Lloyd talks to Lani & Ben about living a gypsy life as a child, the pressure that comes with publicly advocating for te reo Māori in mainstream media, dealing with criticism, being outspoken about abuse, and how star

Episode 4: Raiza Biza

Dec 5th, 2016 29m 33s

“At this point, I can’t even really communicate with my cousins. My Swahili is so broken, my Kinyarwanda is basically non-existent…the catch 22 is that my parents thought speaking English with us would give us some sort of head-start in life.”

Episode 3: Lucy Zee

Nov 27th, 2016 35m 54s

Creative producer Lucy Zee talks to Lani and Ben about growing up Chinese in small-town New Zealand, needing an apology from the people who made fun of the food she ate as a kid but think they know the good dumpling spots on Dominion Road, runn

Episode 2: Nate Nauer

Nov 20th, 2016 34m 45s

“They cut my hair with a machete and gave me a hiding. That was my first day.”Mai FM breakfast host Nate Nauer talks to Lani and Ben about getting kicked out of school and being sent to Samoa as a kid to be straightened out. He discusses gettin

Episode 1: Katherine Lowe

Nov 9th, 2016 34m 54s

“Sometimes when I’m driving now, I think to myself, if I make a mistake, or if I drive too slow, or anything, people are going to look in the car and think, “That f******g Asian driver. Typical f*****g woman, Asian driver.”Blogger and model boo

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