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Finland, as described to New Zealanders

Aug 23, 2010 | 0 comments

While I was in Helsinki, I was interviewed by Radio New Zealand National‘s Saturday Morning host Kim Hill. The pretext was that Finland had just been declared best country in the world to live in, and since I was a New Zealander who just happened to be there, I was on the radio for quarter of an hour extolling its virtues and examining the national character.

Of course, I know very little about Finland or its people having only visited twice, and having actually spent most of that time sitting inside at conferences. But all the same, I managed to glean enough to keep things going for a bit.

If you’re interested, here’s my interview:
[audio: http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/sat/sat-20100821-0845-Andrew_Dubber_in_Finland-048.mp3]

…and some responses to it from the radio show’s audience:
[audio: http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/sat/sat-20100821-1159-Listener_feedback-048.mp3]

Interviewing Zane

Oct 21, 2009 | 1 comment

Zane and me

Just returned from London where I was interviewing Zane Lowe for a radio documentary I’m making with Sam Coley for Radio New Zealand. The programme is called Musical Chairs, and it’s a series that focuses on New Zealand musicians, and tells their story through interview and music.

Of course, Zane’s not really known over here in the UK as a musician – but then he’s not really that well known back in New Zealand as a broadcaster, so I guess that evens out. The story we’re telling is about both.

Zane is, as far as we can work out (with the possible exception of Phil Keoghan), New Zealand’s most successful broadcaster.

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