E229 | Simon Barnett

19 Aug

Written By Ana Morris

0:00 Why Simon Barnett is so private

4:30 On grief and losing his wife Jodi

9:00 Going to counselling

10:30 Talking to God

12:30 Family life, kids & parents remarrying

18:00 Funny story: competitiveness & missing flights

20:00 Being a terrible handyman

23:00 Becoming “Chiefy” to his grandkids

30:30 Early career & Telethon story

33:20 What Now TV show days

38:20 Why he stayed in Christchurch (offers abroad & Auckland)

49:00 The Tom Cruise story: humiliation to meeting him

55:30 Dancing With the Stars

1:04:00 Being a caregiver

1:10:00 The month after Jodi’s passing

1:18:00 Finding faith at age 30

1:21:00 Return to More FM & leaving Newstalk ZB

1:29:40 Raising daughters

1:35:02 Masculinity after raising four children

1:40:33 The key to happiness

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