Podcasts by The Lip podcast
A podcast of unforgettable true stories. Each story is 100 percent lived by the person telling it. Be prepared to laugh, cry or forget to breathe!
Further podcasts by Megan McChesney
Podcast on the topic Gesellschaft und Kultur
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Episode 18: The Wall from 2018-12-11T00:44:12
Rohan Stace was a Kiwi cop who never shied away from the dangers of frontline policing. But behind the macho image he was a cross-dresser who lived in terror that his secret would be discovered. Th...
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Episode 17: The Choice from 2018-09-08T21:40:28
Averill Richardson was 18 years old when she gave birth to her daughter Angie. Before Angie was born, Averill had been faced with a choice: give her baby away to strangers, or keep the baby – but n...
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Episode 16: Hot Dog from 2018-07-29T04:36:33
He was a Southern Man. She was a sausage dog. They went together like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny Devito. Harriet Bremner tells the story of her life with such unlikely companions... and what h...
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Episode 15: The Premonition from 2018-06-15T21:44:18
Police dog handler Bruce Howat and his canine partner Cara were a crack crime-fighting duo – one of the finest man-dog teams on the force. It all came to an end one night when Bruce found himself o...
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Episode 14: The Book Thief from 2018-05-05T00:45:39
Book lover Dennis Gallagher could accept losing his apartment in the devastating 2011 Christchurch earthquake. But he could not accept losing his books. Instead, he found his inner James Bond and l...
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Episode 13: The Secret from 2018-03-24T22:18:57
Eugene Falleni was a hard-drinking, foul-mouthed deck hand on a South Seas sailing ship. Then, his secret was discovered. A story of transgender, betrayal and murder.
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Episode 12: Proof of Love from 2018-02-12T22:07:05
When Bruce and Veronica met it was the start of something big – but they were up against something much bigger. The remarkable story of girl trying to find her way through the abusive state care sy...
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Episode 11: Cult from 2017-11-01T07:37:22
When Lilia Tarawa fled from the religious cult of Gloriavale, she turned her back on the only life she’d ever known. The deeply moving story of a girl who grew up up in an isolated community where ...
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Episode 10: Unbroken from 2017-09-23T06:43:04
After the childhood from hell, talent agency co-founder Amanda Betts was on a path to destruction when an unwelcome gift transformed her life…
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Episode 9: Dead Man Walking from 2017-08-19T23:44:27
Harry Gordon successfully faked his own death and had been living a brand new life under an assumed name for five years… until he accidentally bumped into his brother.
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Episode 8: Nadia's Promise from 2017-07-19T10:21:37
An insane romance on an Italian cruise ship ultimately led Liz Lawrence to the greatest tragedy of her life. Then, a young girl called Nadia – who she didn’t know from a bar of soap – made her a pr...
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Episode 7: The Boy Who Was Mistaken for a Sheep from 2017-06-15T08:23:44
One minute 10-year-old Michael Batista was riding in the cab of the removal truck. The next, he was lying in a ditch, watching his grandfather drive off into the night… Twenty-five years later, the...
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Episode 6: The Double-edged Sword from 2017-05-14T03:36:50
She always knew it would end in carnage. She was right. She thought he’d shoot her with a gun. She was wrong. He chose a Samurai sword. The Simonne Butler story – as you’ve never heard it before.
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Episode 5: Blurred Lines from 2017-04-13T00:34:16
Leigh Hopkinson was leading the perfect double life – until a neighbour discovered her secret and dobbed her in. The story of how a well-heeled country girl went from classroom achiever to a strip...
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Episode 4: Back From The Abyss from 2017-03-13T05:27:28
A cruel letter sent to her as a 13-year-old set Janet Balcombe on the path to self-destruction and drug addiction. Years later, locked up in Mt Eden prison on charges relating to meth, guns and kid...
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Episode 3: The Singing Cowboy from 2017-02-13T08:45:12
Suffering from debilitating anxiety and depression, as a young man Jock Hume could have fallen through the cracks. Instead, he bought himself a studded shirt and tan boots and carved out a place fo...
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Episode 2: The Butterfly Effect from 2017-02-13T07:56:29
Tracy Pepper found a new lease of life with the help of a monarch butterfly called Fluffy. She saved Fluffy, who was born with perfect wings but couldn’t fly. And in return, Fluffy saved Tracy. Thi...
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Episode 1: Murder Under the Mountain from 2017-01-11T00:41:57
It began as an ordinary Friday night. It ended in murder. Barbara Bishop of Taranaki recalls the most horrifying night of her life.
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The Lip trailer from 2016-12-15T07:09:02
The Lip is a podcast in which people tell true unforgettable stories about events that have shaped their lives. For more information go to www.thelippodcast.kiwi
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