E82 | Dom Harvey

Episode summary | Dom Harvey

Dom Harvey was one of New Zealand’s most popular breakfast radio hosts from 2001 to 2021.

He’s won the Sir Paul Holmes Award for NZ Broadcaster of the Year, written three best-selling books, and turned his passion for running into a new podcast called Runners Only with Dom Harvey.

We talk about why he walked away from The Edge after 20 years to focus on his mental health, and what that really means. The best and worst parts of working on The Edge and the Tom Cruise prank that had a sour twist.

We also talk about the complexities of working and living with his ex-wife Jay-Jay Feeney and Dom opens up on their difficult IVF journey.

Dom is great company and a brilliant broadcasting talent as evidenced by his podcast. There were some emotional patches in this and we’re grateful he was comfortable enough to share.

Show notes | Dom Harvey

1.41 Dom gets flustered meeting his heroes

2.58 The art of the podcast and learning the craft

7.23 Running five marathons in five days for Ka'iulani Forbes

11.17 Self-sabotage and imposter syndrome

16.15 Basing himself on Howard Stern, and remembering Two Strangers and a Wedding

21.37 Back to the start of the radio journey in Palmerston North and a weird interlude about Kids Songs

27.39 The making of Jay-Jay and Dom

30.51 The complexities of working and living with your wife

35.01 Breakfast radio interviews and on-air pranks

43.09 “Doing a Meg”: Building new on-air relationships post Jay-Jay

45.32 Audiences and listener numbers

50.30 Leaving radio after 30 years

57.17 The tumour that led to the fertility issues

1.03.10 Making peace with not having children

1.09.16 How is life out of radio?

1.11.20 Running chat: sub-three hour marathons and revisiting the Kipchoge Challenge

1.16.00 What the future holds?

1.18.02 Last words from Steven, Seamus and Dom