Today’s guest is someone whose name or voice you’ll definitely recognize- David Lomas.

Reality TV always gets a bad rap, but for well over a decade this is the genre of TV David Lomas has been involved with, and he has been changing lives for the better.

With shows like “David Lomas Investigates” he has helped hundreds of people track down long-lost family members.

He has built a career out of finding answers, all while staying calm, kind, and genuinely caring through it all.

This is a small part of the David Lomas story!

+ His early years as a newspaper journalist including breaking the story about the Erebus plane crash.

+Working with Sir Paul Holmes and surviving a helicopter crash into the ocean.

+ His thoughts and perspectives on becoming famous later in life.

+All the behind-the-scenes workings of his TV shows and much, much more.

This was David's first ever long form podcast and it was a genuine honor that it was on mine. I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I did.

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When it comes to horse racing, Opie Bosson is one of the best to ever do it. He is an absolute legend.

Here are a few bullet point highlights:

+ Over 2,000 career wins.

+ The New Zealand record for the most Group 1 victories by a jockey. He won his first Group 1 race as an apprentice at just 16 years old.

+ He’s won the prestigious New Zealand Derby several times.

+ He’s in the NZ racing Hall of Fame. And he was appointed Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2023.

In this conversation, which is Opie’s first ever podcast, we reflect on his incredible career, including his recent retirement decision.

He shares insights into the emotional challenges of leaving the sport, the significance of his 99 Group One wins, the relationship between jockeys and horses, the challenges of weight management, how he would like to be remembered in the racing community and much more.

I was left with the impression that Opie is much more comfortable on a horse than what he is in front of a microphone talking about himself so I appreciate him agreeing to do this and I hope you guys like learning a little bit more about this humble, low-key, unassuming kiwi legend.

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Lee Warn broke his back in 1989 when he was 16 years old. For 5 years after that he became, understandably, a depressed and angry young man. Then after a failed attempt at taking his own life at 21, he changed his outlook and perspective on life. And what he has done in the three decades since then is pretty cool:

+ Last year he took part in the London and New York marathons…dressed in a squirrel suit, complete with the big squirrel head (because doing 42km in a wheelchair in activewear is not difficult enough!)

+ He has done the Sky Tower stair climb challenge 5 times. That’s 52 flights of stairs each time.

+ He has also done a wheelchair bungy and rode his chair the 160km round Lake Taupo

These physical challenges are an example of the sort of person Lee Warn is, but he is so much more than wacky endurance events.

I’ve been inspired by Lee for years and I know you guys will be too. This is a small part of his story.

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