A chat with The Good Doctor’s Freddie Highmore, the politest TV star in the world

Henry Oliver sits down with Freddie Highmore to talk about his TV journey from the cellars of Bates Motel to the corridors of The Good Doctor. In The Good Doctor, Freddie Highmore plays Shaun Murphy, a surgical resident with autism and savant syndrome. So, basically, he’s both a genius with diagnostic powers exceeding those of his superiors at … Read more

The Real Pod: Johnny Depp, Cobb & Co and the great Mike Hosking mystery

The Real Pod team assemble in the board room of dreams to talk reality TV and real life in New Zealand, including a great week for lookalikes and a scary new addition to the KFC menu.  This week Jane Yee, Duncan Greive and Alex Casey delve deep into almost every element of Toni Street’s surprise … Read more

Is this MKRNZ contestant actually Johnny Depp? A Spinoff Investigation

With the latest season of My Kitchen Rules NZ enlisting international heavyweight judges Pete and Manu, Alex Casey finds another celebrity lurking in the contestant line-up. Let’s be honest: it’s been a really huge couple of days for New Zealand celebrity lookalikes everywhere. Mr Bean had a killer time at the rugby. Ryan Gosling did … Read more

Podcast: On The Rag – May Edition on lady Ghostbusters, women-only swim nights and more

Better late than never, host Alex Casey is joined by comedian and writer Michele A’Court and Mana magazine editor Leonie Hayden to talk about what May held for women in New Zealand and around the world. That is to say the growth of women’s swim nights, ball dress controversies, abortion laws and the ideal way to … Read more