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Hunger & Heart with Kaila Colbin

Hunger & Heart with Kaila Colbin

Kaila Colbin & Boma 62 Episodes Aug 18, 2026

Hunger & Heart is a podcast hosted by entrepreneur Kaila Colbin about combining wild ambition with fierce compassion. Colbin challenges the idea that you must choose between empathy and effectiveness, interviewing high-performing athletes who maintain their values while achieving at the top level. The conversations offer insights that apply to sports, work, and everyday life. Colbin is the founder and CEO of Boma, an organization that develops intentional leaders and created the Crusaders Leadership Programme.

Episodes

How Mike Cron Helped Turn Good All Blacks Into Greats For 15 Years
How Mike Cron Helped Turn Good All Blacks Into Greats For 15 Years Aug 18, 2026 1:13:26 Mike ‘Crono’ Cron spent 15 years with the All Blacks — more than 200 tests, two World Cups, and a reputation as the best scrum coach in the game.In this conversation he breaks down how he actually does it:Why he shows a photograph of cyclists shoving cigarettes in each other's mouths to every team he works with. How he used the Royal New Zealand Ballet to transform the All Blacks lineout. The thre
He Swam 1,367km Down New Zealand - 90 Days, No Wetsuit
He Swam 1,367km Down New Zealand - 90 Days, No Wetsuit Aug 11, 2026 1:32:58 90 minutes into a 1,367km swim down the length of New Zealand, Jono Ridler turned his head to breathe and saw a large shark a body length away. He got out of the water for 20 minutes, then got straight back in — and kept going for another 89 days.The kid who had to be bribed with candy to finish a swimming lesson ended up breaking the world record for the longest unassisted staged swim. In this co
8,200m Up K2, He Walked Away Alone: Peter Hillary on Survival, Fear & Sir Edmund’s Advice
8,200m Up K2, He Walked Away Alone: Peter Hillary on Survival, Fear & Sir Edmund’s Advice Aug 4, 2026 1:11:25 At 8,200 metres on K2, in deteriorating weather and near the summit, Peter Hillary made what he calls a “bravely independent” decision: he turned around and descended alone into the storm. The rest of the group stayed together and pushed for the top.It was one of the loneliest descents of his life — and it’s the reason he's here to tell the story. None of the others survived.In this conversation,
How Wayne Smith Built the All Blacks, Crusaders & Black Ferns Into Winning Cultures
How Wayne Smith Built the All Blacks, Crusaders & Black Ferns Into Winning Cultures Jul 28, 2026 1:05:40 Sir Wayne Smith — aka “The Professor” — is one of the most decorated coaches in New Zealand rugby history. In this conversation he opens up the systems behind decades of winning.The season the All Blacks spat into vials so a scientist could map their hormones — and why every fix was cultural, not chemical. The Henry V video that rebuilt a last-placed Crusaders side. The honesty card players handed
How Dr Luke Sniewski Ended a 30-Year Porn Addiction
How Dr Luke Sniewski Ended a 30-Year Porn Addiction Jul 21, 2026 1:08:22 He found the cable-box switch that unlocked adult content when he was just five years old. For the next three decades, porn was Dr Luke Sniewski’s coping mechanism for loneliness, stress and fear - through a professional football career in Italy, a burnout that ended his training business, and relationships that all ended the same way.He spent nearly a decade trying to willpower his way out. It ne
How NZ's Most Unlikely Basketball Legend Was Built:  Brother Battles, Bleeding Fingers, Zero Shortcuts
How NZ's Most Unlikely Basketball Legend Was Built: Brother Battles, Bleeding Fingers, Zero Shortcuts Jul 14, 2026 1:03:50 Dillon Boucher was so sure he'd made the 2000 Olympic team that his wife had already booked her flights. But when they announced the squad in alphabetical order — by the third one he knew he hadn’t been selected.What Dillon did next is the definition of commitment.He quit his job, started a coaching business so he could keep a ball in his hands all day, and trained until his fingertips split open.
How Resentment Builds in Even the Best Workplaces
How Resentment Builds in Even the Best Workplaces Jul 7, 2026 57:25 Nobody is born good at hard conversations. Not even the people who teach them.I’ve spent years running Brené Brown’s Dare to Lead™ programme. I built the Courageous Communication™ programme specifically around the skills of having hard conversations. But teaching it and living it are two different things. In this episode I sit down with my colleague Hannah Hudson to talk honestly about what it's a
The All Blacks' Secret: Why Performance Needs Care
The All Blacks' Secret: Why Performance Needs Care Jun 30, 2026 1:05:41 ⚠️ Please note: this conversation talks about depression and mental health. If you or someone you know is struggling, free help is available through Lifeline - call 0508 TAUTOKO, that's 0508 828 865.Sir John Kirwan is one of New Zealand's greatest All Blacks — but, while he lived the life of a champion, his mental health suffered. He's since become one of the country's greatest wellbeing advocates
Dame Farah Palmer: What 3 World Cups Taught Me About Leadership
Dame Farah Palmer: What 3 World Cups Taught Me About Leadership Jun 23, 2026 1:12:12 Dame Farah Palmer wasn't the most talented athlete in the room. She was nearly invisible at her first university orientation week. And then… someone from the rugby club noticed her.In this conversation, Kaila Colbin sits down with one of New Zealand's most decorated sportswomen: three-time Black Ferns World Cup captain, Dame Companion, first woman elected to the New Zealand Rugby board, and one of
Maggie Cogger-Orr: The Loneliest Job on the Field - Lessons from a World-Class Rugby Referee
Maggie Cogger-Orr: The Loneliest Job on the Field - Lessons from a World-Class Rugby Referee Jun 16, 2026 1:06:55 What does it take to hold professional athletes to the highest standards - without ever raising your voice?Maggie Cogger-Orr is one of New Zealand's top rugby referees and the current Referee of the Year. Originally from Canada, she grew up playing gridiron football before falling in love with rugby - and after two ACL injuries ended her playing ambitions, she went all-in on refereeing. She's now
Rob Hamill: My Brother Was Captured and Executed by the Khmer Rouge
Rob Hamill: My Brother Was Captured and Executed by the Khmer Rouge Jun 9, 2026 1:18:00 Rob Hamill is one of New Zealand's most storied and decorated rowers - a silver at the World Championships in 1994, the winner of the first ever Atlantic Rowing Race in '97, and a man who has lived a life most people couldn't imagine. But beneath the athletic achievements is a story that shaped everything.When Rob was 14, his older brother Kerry went missing while sailing through Southeast Asia on
Blakey Johnston Surfed For 40 Hours Non-Stop - The Response Was Incredible
Blakey Johnston Surfed For 40 Hours Non-Stop - The Response Was Incredible Jun 2, 2026 1:57:08 He lost his dad to suicide, surfed for 40 hours straight and built one of Australia's most powerful mental health movements — one wave at a time.Blake Johnston is a World Record holder, mental health advocate, Director of Cronulla Surfing Academy, and the man behind the world's largest paddle out. But before any of that, he was a kid from Cronulla who loved the ocean more than anything — and had n

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