Paddy Gower’s TFN - The F#$%ing News

Dec 10 2024 13 ep. 25 mins 14
Paddy Gower’s TFN - The F#$%ing News Podcast artwork

The F#$%ing News flips the script on the news - short, upbeat, inspirational and f#$%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.

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This podcast is hosted by Paddy Gower and Executive Produced by Jon Bridges. It's made in partnership between Stuff and Believer Media.

Paddy is touring Aotearoa New Zealand this November and December with a LIVE SHOW, bringing the TFN positivity to your town. He'll share yarns from his book, find a local Good Kiwi, and he's keen to meet you. For tickets go to paddygower.co.nz

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Six60's Matiu Walters on how fatherhood has changed him as a performer.

Dec 10 2024 26 mins  
Six60 frontman Matiu Walters opens up about how fatherhood has changed him as a performer. The Starship nurses' competition to keep their kids happy at Christmas. Paddy drives New Zealand's first fully electric tractor on a diesel-free farm and, in a career first, asks exactly how good is Winston Peters.

Why All Black Ali Williams is now football-mad

Dec 03 2024 26 mins  
All Black legend and current Auckland FC boss Ali Williams tells Paddy why football could become bigger than rugby in New Zealand. Big-ups for Australia's ban on social media for kids. A stutterer explains how to treat stutterers with respect. And Paddy finds out how to run a house with no bills. ### Paddy's tour of Aotearoa New Zealand with a LIVE SHOW bringing the TFN positivity

TV Personality of the Year calls out fat-shaming

Nov 26 2024 30 mins  
Bella Kalolo-Suraj, the TV Personality of the Year, calls out fat-shaming in New Zealand. Paddy comes face to face with the tattoo of himself on an Invercargill man's arm - and adds his signature to it. How Dan Carter got a ride in a self-driving car being developed by one of our brainiest Kiwis. And the dreams of young Kiwis with learning disabilities. ### Paddy is touring Aotearo

A wild time on Stewart Island with the Goodest Kiwi of them all

Nov 20 2024 20 mins  
It's a super-special episode of TFN as Paddy goes wild on the pristine Rakiura-Stewart Island. His odyssey includes a hunt for two of our most iconic native species, the kiwi and the blue cod. But things don't go entirely to plan. Paddy also visits the southernmost cafe in Aotearoa for his morning flat white and meets the Brainy Kiwis who run it after swapping the mainland for isla

Inside the mind of Liam Lawson: Paddy catches up with F1 ace

Nov 15 2024 29 mins  
He's the 22-year-old Kiwi who's been causing quite the stir since returning to Formula One in the latter part of this year. Liam Lawson is fighting for a permanent seat in next year's championship, and has been single-minded in his approach to making this happen. In his short time back in the top flight he has won points at two Grands Prix, developed an ongoing feud with a driver i

Mark Inman remembers his brother, killed on Whakaari White Island

Nov 12 2024 28 mins  
Mark Inman tells Paddy about his fundraising for a Whakaari tragedy memorial. Who's getting a tattoo of Paddy this week, and more importantly WHY? How hard would it be to get free period care products at your workplace? Paddy talks to the women who've achieved that at one of NZ's biggest companies. And Paddy finds out exactly what 'Incrediballs' are, and you'll wish YOU'd invented

Mark Manson: Teaching Kiwis how to Not Give a F**k

Nov 06 2024 28 mins  
Paddy Gower talks to Mark Manson, the author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*k. He answers how can Kiwis give fewer F**ks? The one-armed tyre guy who has changed 30,000 tyres is a very very Good Kiwi. At US Election time, Paddy dares you to disagree that MMP makes New Zealand great. And Paddy says Goodnight Kiwi to young Meila. Plus, the small Kiwi company that's solving our fo

Suzie Bates: "A world f#$%ing champion" cricketer

Oct 29 2024 31 mins  
Paddy chats to White Ferns legend Suzie Bates on what it takes to win a Cricket World Cup, after failing and failing and failing. Meet the 'Yarnties" - a knitting group from Orewa that has donated over 3000 items THIS YEAR, to women and children escaping domestic abuse. Plus, move over Marmite and Vegemite... there's a new kiwi player on the 'mite' scene. To contact Paddy email pad

All Black Anton Lienert-Brown opens up about his crippling anxiety

Oct 22 2024 31 mins  
All Black midfielder Anton Lienert-Brown talks to Paddy about the crippling anxiety he lives with. We meet the Kiwi woman who should be dead from Pancreatic cancer but has survived 97 rounds of chemotherapy. Yes, 97! And don't miss Paddy's yarn with Jono, the guy that pranked Prime Minister Christopher Luxon at the Auckland FC game at the weekend. To contact Paddy email [email protected]

Louis Crosby, Emirates Team New Zealand ‘Cyclor’ on how to suffer and make the boat go faster

Oct 15 2024 25 mins  
In the middle of the America’s Cup regatta, Paddy has one question - “what and why is a ‘Cyclor’?” So he interviews Emirates Team New Zealand cyclor Louis Crosby about suffering, fake uncles, and who is going to win the Cup. Paddy meets the Brainy Kiwi going global with technology that can predict your health future by using AI to analyse a routine eye exam. Our Good Kiw