Dom Harvey's award-winning podcast didn't start in a studio. It started at his dining room table, with about $1,500 of gear and no real plan beyond wanting better conversations than the ten-minute radio slots he'd spent two decades doing. In this conversation with host Vanessa Williams, Dom talks about that leap from The Edge breakfast show into long-form interviewing, the shift from playing a shock jock character to just being himself and how, even after more than 300 interviews, being a guest on a podcast terrifies him!
Highlights
• Starting the podcast at his dining table, welcoming celebrities into his home and a water-blasting fail with Mitch James.
• Trading ten-minute radio slots for two-hour conversations, because, in his words, it's hard for someone to hide their true character for two hours.
• Growing up in a Palmerston North house that always smelled like the previous owners' homemade jam.
• “Even without a clear plan or a clear goal, if you start something and just keep going, it's amazing where you end up.”
• Moving from that dining table into his own studio as co-owner of PodLab, four and a half years and 300-plus interviews later.
Timestamps
[00:30] Meet Dom Harvey, and why being interviewed feels harder than interviewing
[02:23] The two Palmerston North homes he grew up in
[10:57] How the podcast started: no plan, just a dining table and $1,500 of gear
[15:13] Recording on the coffee table at home, and what it felt like having guests walk through his house
[21:57] What actually makes people open up over a two-hour conversation
[25:26] Buying his first home in Awapuni at 22
[29:05] Advice to young Dom
[30:34] The Lotto dream, and buying his mum an apartment in her 70s
Guest bio
Dom Harvey is one of New Zealand's most experienced broadcasters and the host of The Dom Harvey Podcast. After almost 30 years in commercial radio, including 20 years hosting the nationwide breakfast show on “The Edge”, Dom launched his podcast in 2022 and has since interviewed over 300 of New Zealand's most interesting figures from sport, business, entertainment and public life. He has also written 3 best-selling books, and when he is not talking or writing, you'll find him out running.
Host bio
Vanessa Williams, General Manager -Customer, realestate.co.nz. Vanessa is one of New Zealand's most trusted voices on property, at home unpacking market data for industry audiences and translating it into practical guidance for everyday buyers and sellers. She regularly appears across national television, radio, print and digital media. Her commentary combines the extensive listings, search and market data held by realestate.co.nz.
Links
The two Palmerston North properties Dom mentioned:
· 25 Haast Place, Awapuni, Palmerston North
· 115 Long Melford Road, Awapuni
If Dom's dining-table beginnings prove you don't need a studio, or a plan, to start something big, follow It all starts here wherever you get your podcasts.
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