Good questions. Great guests. Few beers... Steve and Seamus like asking good questions. And they love good answers. After over 20 years of friendship, they bought a microphone and started a podcast, allowing them to sit with, and learn from, the most interesting people they can access.
From Kiwi legend Marc Ellis, to media personalities Jeremy Wells and Paddy Gower, Rugby coach extraordinaire Wayne Smith, sexologist Morgan Penn, and Olympian Dame Lisa Carrington... Between Two Beers has produced countless hours of incredible stories, career highs, lows and moments of raw vulnerability. And it’s only the beginning.
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Good questions. Great guests. Few beers... Steve and Seamus like asking good questions. And they love good answers. After over 20 years of friendship, they bought a microphone and started a podcast, allowing them to sit with, and learn from, the most interesting people they can access.
From Kiwi legend Marc Ellis, to media personalities Jeremy Wells and Paddy Gower, Rugby coach extraordinaire Wayne Smith, sexologist Morgan Penn, and Olympian Dame Lisa Carrington... Between Two Beers has produced countless hours of incredible stories, career highs, lows and moments of raw vulnerability. And it’s only the beginning.
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In this deeply personal episode, Simon Barnett opens up about the love story he shared with his late wife Jodi, her courageous battle with brain cancer, and the life-changing lessons her loss has taught him.
Simon talks about the early days of their relationship, the moment they received the devastating diagnosis, the realities of living with grief, and how his faith, family, and friends have helped him through.
This is a conversation about love, loss, and resilience — and a tribute to Jodi’s enduring legacy.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Why Simon Barnett is so private
4:30 On grief and losing his wife Jodi
9:00 Going to counselling
10:30 Talking to God
12:30 Family life, kids & parents remarrying
18:00 Funny story: competitiveness & missing flights
20:00 Being a terrible handyman (clip)
23:00 Becoming “Chiefy” to his grandkids
30:30 Early career & Telethon story (clip)
33:20 What Now TV show days
38:20 Why he stayed in Christchurch (offers abroad & Auckland)
49:00 The Tom Cruise story: humiliation to meeting him
55:30 Dancing With the Stars
1:04:00 Being a caregiver (clip)
1:10:00 The month after Jodi’s passing
1:18:00 Finding faith at age 30
1:21:00 Return to More FM & leaving Newstalk ZB
1:29:40 Raising daughters
1:35:02 Masculinity after raising four children
1:40:33 The key to happiness
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