The Lip podcast

Megan McChesney

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!

  1. Episode 18: The Wall

    12/11/2018

    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 terror that his secret would be discovered. Three years ago, Rohan ceased to exist. She is now Rhona – New Zealand’s first openly transgender police prosecutor. This is her story.

    41 min
  2. Episode 17: The Choice

    09/08/2018

    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 baby away to strangers, or keep the baby – but never, ever tell her who her real father was. Averill made her choice. Sixteen years later, the secret was out.

    48 min
  3. Episode 16: Hot Dog

    07/29/2018

    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 life with such unlikely companions... and what happened when everything went wrong.

    27 min
  4. Episode 15: The Premonition

    06/15/2018

    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 to an end one night when Bruce found himself on the wrong end of a 33cm-long hunting knife wielded by the most unlikely of criminals. A story of the immense bond between a policeman and his dog – and the lengths they went to to save each other.

    57 min
  5. Episode 14: The Book Thief

    05/05/2018

    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 books. Instead, he found his inner James Bond and launched a secret operation to steal his own books from his own apartment within the military-patrolled red zone.

    35 min
  6. Episode 13: The Secret

    03/24/2018

    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, betrayal and murder.

    1h 7m
  7. Episode 12: Proof of Love

    02/12/2018

    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 find her way through the abusive state care system in the 1970s and a guy who promised to protect her.

    41 min
  8. Episode 11: Cult

    11/01/2017

    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 who grew up up in an isolated community where women exist to serve the men, give birth and perform domestic chores… and what happened when her thirst for truth and knowledge became too great to ignore.

    54 min
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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!

Information

  • Creator
    Megan McChesney
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2018
  • Episodes
    19
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved
  • Show Website
    The Lip podcast