Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA conversation with Act leader David Seymour
David Seymour has led the Act Party from the edge of extinction to a major force in the NZ parliament and stands today on the brink of bringing multi…
2 years, 5 months ago
Is Chris Luxon the new Paul Newman?
With the first leaders' debate less than a week away, Ben Thomas, Annabelle Lee-Mather and Toby Manhire ask if the National leader is staging an epic…
2 years, 5 months ago
Bonus episode: Everybody was Prefu Fighting
A big day in the 2023 campaign as Treasury opens up the books and sets out the pre-election fiscal update. Toby Manhire is joined by When the Facts C…
2 years, 5 months ago
A conversation with Green leaders Marama Davidson and James Shaw
Toby Manhire sits down with the co-leaders of the Green Party to discuss the successes and failures of the last six years, how they're approaching a …
2 years, 5 months ago
From the gelateria to the murder house
As the campaign kicks into full ice-cream-and-robotic-hands mode, Annabelle Lee-Mather, Ben Thomas and Toby Manhire size up the state of play. On the…
2 years, 5 months ago
Live from Word Christchurch with special guest Lianne Dalziel
The state of the campaign, the struggling Chrises and the electorate battles to watch are all on the agenda as Toby Manhire, Annabelle Lee-Mather and…
2 years, 6 months ago
Man bites underdog
A new poll lays bare National's ascendancy and the scale of Chris Hipkins' challenge. Is it about Labour's strategy, the state of the economy, or Chr…
2 years, 6 months ago
Live from Boondogglepalooza
Will all the good polling in the world make up for the lampooning of Labour's big policy on GST and fruit and vegetables? Will Ben Thomas's coconut w…
2 years, 6 months ago
Bonus episode: Steven Joyce on how to win elections
The man who managed five National election campaigns joins Toby Manhire to talk about his new book, about going from Mr Fix It to Phone-a-friend, the…
2 years, 6 months ago
Bonus episode: A conversation with the prime minister
Chris Hipkins sits down with Toby Manhire for a wide-ranging interview spanning his political foundations, the record of the Labour government after …
2 years, 6 months ago