The Lip podcast
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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!
Recent Episodes
19 episodes
Episode 18: The Wall
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...
Episode 17: The Choice
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 b...
Episode 16: Hot Dog
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 l...
Episode 15: The Premonition
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...
Episode 14: The Book Thief
Book lover Dennis Gallagher could accept losing his apartment in the devastating 2011 Christchurch earthquake. But he could not accept losing his book...
Episode 13: The Secret
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, betr...
Episode 12: Proof of Love
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...
Episode 11: Cult
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...
Episode 10: Unbroken
After the childhood from hell, talent agency co-founder Amanda Betts was on a path to destruction when an unwelcome gift transformed her life…
Episode 9: Dead Man Walking
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...
Episode 8: Nadia's Promise
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...
Episode 7: The Boy Who Was Mistaken for a Sheep
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 o...
Episode 6: The Double-edged Sword
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 Bu...
Episode 5: Blurred Lines
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 count...
Episode 4: Back From The Abyss
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 p...
Episode 3: The Singing Cowboy
Suffering from debilitating anxiety and depression, as a young man Jock Hume could have fallen through the cracks. Instead, he bought himself a studde...
Episode 2: The Butterfly Effect
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 could...
Episode 1: Murder Under the Mountain
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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