{"podcast":{"title":"Between Two Beers Podcast","slug":"between-two-beers-podcast-792534","podcast_index_feed_id":792534,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6775cb68499663105e17ae63","website_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/between-two-beers-podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6775cb68499663105e17ae63/1777152440915-52582add-fc4f-4175-92b4-2dbb8b4a56da.jpeg","author":"Steven Holloway","episode_count":416,"summary":"Good questions. Great guests. Few beers... Steve and Seamus like asking good questions. And they love good answers. After over 20 years of friendship, they bought a microphone and started a podcast, allowing them to sit with, and learn from, the most interesting people they can access. From Kiwi legend Marc Ellis, to media personalities Jeremy Wells and Paddy Gower, Rugby coach extraordinaire Wayne Smith, sexologist Morgan Penn, and Olympian Dame Lisa Carrington... Between Two Beers has produced countless hours of incredible stories, career highs, lows and moments of raw vulnerability. All from the One NZ Studio. Acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T16:20:20.561096+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/between-two-beers-podcast-792534"},"episode":{"title":"Justine Smith on 7 Days, Surviving as a Female Comedian & Her Incredible Adoption Story","slug":"justine-smith-on-7-days-surviving-as-a-female-comedian-her-incredible-adoption-story","published_at":"2026-07-19T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/between-two-beers-podcast-792534/justine-smith-on-7-days-surviving-as-a-female-comedian-her-incredible-adoption-story","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/between-two-beers-podcast-792534","url":"https://shows.acast.com/between-two-beers-podcast/episodes/6a5b18581d454961fc522604","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6775cb68499663105e17ae63/e/6a5b18581d454961fc522604/media.mp3","summary":"Justine Smith has been a fixture of New Zealand comedy for more than 30 years - a Seven Days regular and one of the few women who lasted in a room that pushed most others out. She opens up on the comedy environment younger women were up against, the treatment she swallowed to keep going, and how she turned that guilt into becoming the person the next generation of female comics now comes to. She's also very funny about the rest of it - falling into comedy almost by accident, the terror of her first gig, and three decades of standing in front of a crowd talking about herself for a living. And she tells the remarkable story of her own beginning: adopted as a baby, and reunited with her sister through a single phone call that almost didn't happen. Between Two Beers is proudly brought to you by One New Zealand. We believe that One NZ connects New Zealand, while Between Two Beers connects New Zealanders. And together, we are NZ's most trusted connection platform. Steve and Seamus are proud to be dressed by Barkers Clothing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Justine Smith has been a fixture of New Zealand comedy for more than 30 years - a Seven Days regular and one of the few women who lasted in a room that pu…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6463,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/between-two-beers-podcast-792534/episodes/justine-smith-on-7-days-surviving-as-a-female-comedian-her-incredible-adoption-story/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/between-two-beers-podcast-792534/justine-smith-on-7-days-surviving-as-a-female-comedian-her-incredible-adoption-story.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}