Tanya Hennessey brings listener stories to life on new Nova podcast
Tanya Hennessey will bring far-fetched listener stories to life on her new Nova podcast Hennessey’s Hotline.
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The announcement:
Comedy powerhouse Tanya Hennessy will be dialling up the fun in her new Nova Podcast ‘Hennessy’s Hotline’. Handing the reins to real listeners, Hennessy will bring to life the craziest, most unbelievable real-life stories imaginable in her new podcast launching on Thursday 3 February.
Every week Tanya will pluck a weird and wonderful question from the depths of her mind and throw it over to be answered by listeners. The stories will be wild, jaw-dropping, agrade dinner party tales, that will prove that truth is stranger than fiction. Cults. Criminals. Confessions – you never know what the hotline will deliver.
Listeners will be able to dial in to the hotline on 02 9564 9777 and leave their story via voicemail, with the most interesting tales included in the next ‘Hennessy’s Hotline’ episode.
Tanya said, “I’m so hyped to start with Nova Podcasts, this pod is something that’s a bit different. It’s all about curiosity, we will be asking some interesting and wild questions! But the best part is then hearing directly from our audience, THAT is bloody exciting!!! Working with a team like Nova is great because they just really GET podcasting, and I can’t wait to start and hear all the amazing stories! I’m obsessed with stories, people are amazing, and this show is all about hearing and highlighting people’s experiences – good, bad and weird!!!”
An engaging multi-media content creator, Tanya Hennessy has found success as a comedian, radio announcer, TV presenter, best-selling author and social media sensation, with a Facebook following of over 1.2 million and over 1 billion total views. Hennessy is also a much-loved face on Australia’s TV screens, a contestant on the sixth season of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here” in 2020, last year Hennessy appeared as panellist on Celebrity Letters & Numbers, Celebrity Mastermind, Drunk History and The Hundred.
In 2019 Tanya’s first live comedy tour Low Expectations sold out in 27 venues around the country. The award-winning radio announcer became an Australian best-selling author with her first two books, Am I Doing This Right? (2018) and Help Self (2020). In May 2021 she wrote her debut junior fiction book Drum Roll Please It’s Stevie Louise with a second and third ‘Stevie’ book commissioned just a month after launch.
Rachel Corbett, Head of Podcasts and Digital Content said, “Tanya Hennessy is one of the most talented content creators around. She’s also obsessed with real-life stories and people’s experiences, so we’re excited to combine the two and create a podcast where
the listener’s voices and experiences are the focus.”The NOVA Entertainment Podcast Network hosts the best Australian and international podcasts in investigative journalism, love, dating, comedy, entertainment, business and technology, health and lifestyle including Two Girls, One Pod with Angie Kent & Yvie
Jones, The Space with Casey Donovan, Decoding Crypto and many more.Hennessy’s Hotline is an original Nova Podcast launching Thursday 3 February with weekly episodes released each Thursday and is available here, on the Nova Player or wherever you access your podcasts.
Source: Nova Entertainment media release
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