0:00 – Introduction

2:30 – Growing up in Papatoetoe & early business competition

6:00 – The “Bro’s Group” and learning ruthless honesty

21:23 – Grandad’s story from World War I

27:58 – Becoming a media lawyer – radio, TV, and the first FM licence

34:15 – The TV3 chaos years and ownership drama

36:25 – “I Don’t Trade Stocks” – lessons from the 1987 crash

39:24 – Climbing the ladder to become CEO of MediaWorks

45:31 – Negotiating the $777 million MediaWorks deal

47:41 – “Media is going to war without guns” – the battle for viewers

52:01 – Behind the scenes of NZ Rugby’s biggest power shifts

55:50 – The Silver Lake saga and how NZ Rugby nearly went bankrupt

59:46 – “No one believed we’d survive” – saving NZ Rugby during Covid

1:03:10 – Cancer battle and finding purpose through crisis

1:09:53 – Why Brent doesn’t believe in slowing down or retirement

1:12:10 – The future of the All Blacks and what NZ Rugby got wrong

1:18:39 – Inside the 2019 World Cup dressing room

1:22:41 – “TV is a sunset industry” – the future of NZ media

1:26:25 – What makes a great CEO and Chairman

1:32:59 – Brent’s big idea for fixing New Zealand Rugby

E236 | Brent Impey

E235 | Stan Walker