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1/200 S2E85 - Unmanaged Decline
1/200 - June 30, 2024 00:25 - 58 minutesBack for another week of current events we kick it off with the US Presidential debate then descend into Israel’s seeming insistence on turning their genocide into a war on multiple fronts. Julian Assange is free, but Kanaky Independence leaders have been taken prisoner and shipped to France. An...
1/200 S2E84 - Chaos Ferry
1/200 - June 23, 2024 00:49 - 47 minutesAnother current events episode, another week where there’s too much happening. We talk NZ infrastructure failures, Ministers who seem to be the antithesis of their roles, Luxon gaffes, Sinophobia and US disinfo, and the continuing genocide in Gaza. This episode’s co-hosts Oliver, Kyle Timesta...
1/200 S2E83 - Pistachio Wars w/ Rowan Wernham
1/200 - June 19, 2024 07:25 - 1 hourWe chat with Rowan Wernham, director of upcoming documentary Pistachio Wars, about water privatisation in California and the impact that billionaire agriculture has on the environment, local populations and global politics. This episode’s co-hosts Kyle, Rowan Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 4:...
1/200 S2E82 - The Longest Game in Town
1/200 - June 15, 2024 22:54 - 1 hourAnother week with too many big events - we cover a bunch of them with as much depth as we can cram into an hour and a half. We discuss Israeli atrocities in the Nuseirat Massacre, the mid-week EU elections, the politics of NZ infrastructure, and the destitute state of NZ media when it attempts r...
1/200 S2E81 - Israel and Christian Zionism
1/200 - June 11, 2024 05:07 - 1 hourWe host James Harris co-founder of Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage to talk about his time in the West Bank and his belief that challenging Christian Zionism is a key factor to stopping the genocide. This episode’s co-hosts James, Mitch, Kyle Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 4:24 Christian Zionism 12...
1/200 S2E80 - Right-wing Drift
1/200 - June 09, 2024 00:07 - 1 hourWe discuss the train wreck of UK politics and how it’s indicative of right-wing reactionary drift in western democracies. The US is playing the same game as it continues supporting a genocide and implementing Trump-era policy under a Democratic president. And things aren’t much better here in Ao...
1/200 S2E79 - Kanaky Self Determination and Independence
1/200 - June 06, 2024 06:55 - 1 hourWe speak with Joe Xulue about the history of Kanaky (New Caledonia) and the context for the current crisis caused by France’s National Assembly passing a bill that removed electoral restrictions protecting the demographic status of the nation’s indigenous Kanaky people on May 14 2024. Joe’s exp...
1/200 S2E78 - The Unbearable Rightness of Being
1/200 - June 02, 2024 00:00 - 1 hourCW: Sexual Assault/Rape as pertaining to US Presidents We discuss Trump’s guilty charges and what effect that will have on US politics, NZ’s “Budget Week’ and National’s broken promises to cancer patients, alongside the failure of Labour to capitalise on National Party inadequacy and rally the ...
1/200 S2E77 - Mingin' in the Rain
1/200 - May 25, 2024 22:45 - 1 hourWe try to fit as much of the week’s topics into a single episode, and fail miserably. Iran’s president died, John Key named in a civil suit, the bs being pushed by National about Kāinga Ora, Kanaky protests, the ICC and ICJ took action and the UK announced a snap election. This episode’s co-hos...
1/200 S2E76 - We Didn't Chart(er) the Fire
1/200 - May 18, 2024 22:43 - 1 hourThis week we have somewhat an Education Policy special as the National coalition government continues using ACT as it’s proxy to push through destructive changes to the public service. We talk charter schools, unions, school funding, lunches, and “truancy”. This episode’s co-hosts Andrew, John,...
1/200 S2E75 - Woke Food Nation
1/200 - May 11, 2024 22:46Whirlwind podcast trying to cover as much horrible stuff as possible - the National coalition’s war on kids continues with school lunch cuts, Luxon is swiftly coming unstuck as his coalition partners put him in bad situations, the US politics of genocide is horrific as always and why does the le...
1/200 S2E74 - Terrorism: A Very Short Introduction
1/200 - May 04, 2024 22:10 - 57 minutesWe talk US college campuses and crackdowns on protest, the complicity of University administrations in authoritarian actions and how this looks in the NZ context. Josephine is recently back from India where national elections are just getting underway, we discuss democracy in the Global South. A...
1/200 S2E73 - The Cass Review, Trans Healthcare and NZ
1/200 - April 30, 2024 21:23 - 1 hourWe’re joined by co-hosts Angela and John to speak with Jen Shields, the President of PATHA (Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa). We discuss the recent Cass Review in the UK, what impact it has had overseas, and what we’re likely to see happen in NZ as we approach the relea...
1/200 S2E72 - Police, Academy
1/200 - April 28, 2024 02:22 - 1 hourLots to discuss in domestic NZ politics this week, but we start with the discovery of mass graves in Gaza and the response to that on US university campuses. In NZ the National coalition is going after the gangs and few people are speaking out for human rights for fear of the association. Two mi...
1/200 S2E71 - AUKUS and the Pacific
1/200 - April 20, 2024 21:52 - 1 hourWe host Marco de Jong to discuss AUKUS, how NZ is approaching it, the changes in position between this government and the last and what it threatens for the future of the Pacific. This episode’s co-hosts Kyle, Marco Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 3:16 AUKUS Pillar 2 6:35 Implications of AUK...
1/200 S2E70 - The Gaza Genocide and Historical Precedents
1/200 - April 16, 2024 04:34 - 1 hourWe’re joined by genocide researcher, educator and survivor Arnesa Buljušmić-Kustura to discuss the genocide Israel is committing in Palestine, how the warning signs have been there for decades, and the complicity of the West. This episode’s co-hosts Kyle, Arnesa Timestamps 0:00 Introductions ...
1/200 S2E69 - Dial M For Murdoch
1/200 - April 13, 2024 22:26 - 53 minutesDescription Lots in the news on the news this week with major decisions being made for both Newshub and TVNZ. Is Murdoch eyeing up NZ shores? We discuss the cynicism and nastiness of the Cass Report and the stitch up between political and media classes to attack trans healthcare. And government...
1/200 S2E68 - Fast Track; Next Generation
1/200 - April 06, 2024 22:25 - 1 hourDescription We discuss the continued cuts under the National coalition, the attacks on Māori wards and the new history curriculum and the ways in which right-wing politicians are more than happy to be “indoctrinating children” so long as it’s them doing it. Finally we shout out to SS4C and wond...
1/200 S2E67 - Gaza and the International Community
1/200 - April 03, 2024 20:49 - 46 minutesDescription We discuss the current situation in Gaza, the inability and lack of desire by the international community to stop a genocide, and how it’s being responded to in western settler colonial states including NZ. Kieran’s article on the history and intent can be found here This episode’...
1/200 S2E66 - (Safe)Space Oddity
1/200 - March 30, 2024 22:25 - 1 hourDescription The National coalition government has lost control of it’s partner parties as they continue descending into attacks on minority groups. We discuss the problems with the term “culture war” and what the framing and strategy of the extreme right is hoping to achieve. This episode’s co...
1/200 S2E65 - Auckland's Long Term Plan
1/200 - March 25, 2024 22:40 - 41 minutesDescription Paul is joined by lawyer and campaigner Max Harris to discuss Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown’s Long Term Plan proposal, which seeks to entrench his agenda of privatisation, low rates and low spending for years to come. This episode’s co-hosts Paul, Max Timestamps 00:41 - The Long Ter...
1/200 S2E64 - The Scouring of the Shire
1/200 - March 23, 2024 20:51 - 1 hourDescription The National coalition government continues to move at horrible, incompetent pace with cuts and punitive policy. We talk Fast Track Bill, public service cuts, foreign spying and Peters making a fool of himself, again. This episode’s co-hosts Oliver, Simon, Kyle Timestamps 0:00 I...
1/200 S2E63 - 100 Days of Decrepitude
1/200 - March 16, 2024 21:31 - 1 hourDescription There are once again too many things happening in the world, and the National Party coalition is using that to their advantage to continue ramming through deeply destructive policy. We talk cops, school lunches and protests. But what’s up with opposition parties being unable to capi...
1/200 S2E62 - Smash Cut
1/200 - March 09, 2024 08:28 - 1 hourDescription We cover the week’s events once again! Gaza and reporting in the west continues to be a major issue, the US continues to be complicit. Journalism is struggling, particularly in NZ, how much is it a marketing and structural failing? The National coalition is cutting everything and at...
1/200 S2E61 - Journalism, Media Funding and AI
1/200 - March 06, 2024 21:35 - 58 minutesDescription David Farrier joins us to discuss the advent of AI in the media space, recent lay-offs and the funding structures that led us here. We go into broader detail about the forces driving these issues, particularly in the tech industry, and what hope there is for journalism. This episod...
1/200 S2E60 - TV Three Card Trick
1/200 - March 02, 2024 20:36 - 1 hourDescription We cover the latest atrocities in Gaza and the response in the West. In NZ we continue under onslaught by a right-wing government passing as much regressive policy under urgency as possible, and need to reckon with a shrinking media environment as Newshub announces it’s wrapping up....
1/200 S2E59 - Online Extremism and Abuse in NZ
1/200 - February 28, 2024 21:13 - 1 hourDescription Coordinated online abuse and disinformation campaigns are nothing new, but in the last few years they’ve accelerated and become far more ubiquitous. We talk with Nicole Skews-Poole about the way that has developed in NZ and what progressive and left institutions and communities can ...
1/200 S2E58 - Walking on Broken Class
1/200 - February 24, 2024 20:59 - 1 hourDescription 1/200 discusses the lurch to the reactionary right by the National coalition this week as they escalate the rhetoric about beneficiaries and poor people. At the same time National continues to undermine political norms and run roughshod over process. This episode’s co-hosts Jack, K...
1/200 S2E57 - Climate Disinformation Night School
1/200 - February 21, 2024 21:38 - 1 hourDescription We speak with Mandy Henk and Byron Clark about their recently developed Climate Disinformation Night School, the ways that the information space around climate discourse have developed over time and how different communities might be targeted by groups peddling disinfo. Sign up for...
1/200 S2E56 - Covid Action and Advocacy for Schools and Work
1/200 - February 16, 2024 01:08 - 54 minutesDescription 1/200 speaks with Siouxsie Wiles and barrister Peter Kelly to talk about the current state of the pandemic, the effect on schools and workplaces, and what possible legal options might exist to challenge the status quo in lieu of government or institutional action. You can find more...
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