On A Rock

In this episode Aston chats with an old handball friend. Lyndon is a handball goal keeper from Canada who is starting up his own podcast: instagram: lyndon_lives_life. We chat about travelling around the world, handball, podcasting. check it out!

On this episode we are joined by bio-medical reasearcher and nz national team coach Eoin Murray. We talk about some of Eoin's reasearch projects he's working on, how he came to be the NZ womens handball team coach and their preparations for the Asia Handball Championships.

After returning to ARGENTINA from travelling Asia and Oceania, Pili Monteverdi reflects on and talks about her travels over the last 6 months in countries like New Zealand, Fiji, Vietnam and Thailand... To name a few!Pili is from Argentina and has spent the ast 6 months travelling and experiencing life on the other side of the planet! She decided to take time off studying her civil engineering degree and see the world. Listen as we talk through some of her favorite experiences and the cultural differences throughout the world!Thank you Pili! 

This week on the show we're joined by handball friend, Joe Mckee!Joe is a 17 year old high school student from DUNEDIN who is passionate about Handball and Chess! Joe tries his FIRST Fejoa on the show and we talk about everthing from his national junior Handball trials and local Chess clubs to SELF-CONFIDENCE as a teenager and how to have a POSITIVE MINDSET!

What brings a mexican to Dunedin?PROFESSIONAL BOXER and Otago University exchange student Andres Rodriguez is on the show!Two days out from his pro-box welterwegiht fight for the belt ANDRES RODRIGUEZ joins Aston for a chat about boxing, travelling and studying here at OTAGO UNIVERSITY. We recorded this episode at the NZ Fight and Fitness Gym! Andres has a MASTERS DEGREE in lingustics and is looking to study even further for his PhD!Andres Will be fighting Friday, 4 May in Christchurch agaisnt the NZ #1 welterweight fighter! BE THERE!

If you're looking for ADVENTURE and NEW FRIENDS, look no further!This week Aston talks with Robert Bruce from "Got To Get Out". We talk about his misson, how he came to start Got To Get Out and how important it is to get out! Got To Get Out is a social enterprise that connects locals and international visitors, and inspires them to get active, outdoors, and make new friendsCheck out the facebook page and website!https://gottogetout.com/about-us/https://www.facebook.com/gottogetout/

The BEST place to train MMA in DUNEDIN! NZ FIGHT AND FITNESS!This weeks guest RYAN HENRY talks about his experience as a BLACK BELT in GRACIE Jujitsu (a.k.a Brazilian Jujitsu/ B.J.J) and how he started his own MMA gym here in DUNEDIN, with his family. Ryan has been learning mixed martial arts for decades and has met some incredible people, starting from the very early days of MMA in New Zealand, to his professional and amateur boxing teams, and his yearly trips to visit the world famous GRACIE Family and his personal friend ROYLER GRACIE. Listen as we get to hear his story.www.fightandfitnessacademy.comAddress:167 High Street, Dunedin, New Zealand

The day after being photographed at Dunedins famous Hyde St party as Naruto: The last Airbender, Jared Monk ran a brisk 24km before joining me for this episode!!!This week on the show, Aston sits down with running enthusiast and dentistry student Jared Monk. We talk about his experience coming out as bi-sexual, his faith, the spirituality in running and some of his experiences growing up on New Zealands beautiful west coast!Jared hopes to represent New Zealand at the world junior games and next commonwealth games, as he continues his studies in Dentistry at Otago University.

In 1994 a genocide took place in Rwanda known as "100 Days of Killing". It is estimated that around 1 million people lost their lives in this humanitarian tragedy... Entire families were killed and many children left without home, shelter or love.Aston sits down with survivor, Eddy Nyarwaya to hear his story and get insight what drove him on his journey from a young boy...Eddy came from the streets of Rwanada to become the FOUNDER and DIRECTOR of Rwanda Institute for Conflict Transformation and Peace Building, holds a Masters Degree from Nkumba University (Uganda) and is an advocate for childrens rights and welfare.if you would like to contact Eddy to hear more about his story or availablity for lectures, contact him at:nyarwaya1983@gmail.comor visit his website:icprwanda.org Thank you to the University of Otago for helping me contact Eddy

Aston sits down with friend and fellow podcaster Serafina Salvador!After quitting her job as a banker and V.P. of a Hedge Fund Sales desk in London, Serafina decided to follow her passion of theatre and writing, recently finish a book about the “Unexpected union between materialism and spirituality, in a lady bankers life”. She has also written a 5-star award winning play on finance and philosophy which went to Scotland and London!In this episode, we talk about her connection to spirituality and business and Aston learns a spiritual chant!“Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo”www.serafinasalvador.com 

..."If you can put a roll cage in it, you can race it"...Aston sits down with NEW ZEALAND RALLY CHAMPIONS, Amy Hudson and Dylan Thomson to talk about their experiences in NZ 2wd rally.If you’re new to rally or want to GET INVOLVED, listen out for Amy and Dylan’s advice for getting into rally for near $600!!!Follow their 160km/h, sideways adventures on FACEBOOK:https://www.facebook.com/AmyHudsonRallying/https://www.facebook.com/Dylan-Thomson-Rallysport-283796061806769/#TotalLubricants #DrewAccounting #FowlerHomes #LJHooker#JivanProduce #RiordianAndWestTransport #Dunlop #MarkRoseConstruction #HarrierSigns #Rustorations #FerodoRacePads #KuriBush #NZRC