Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBonus ep: Thoughts on the Jacinda Ardern film and book
Hot on the heels of the publication of A Different Kind of Power comes Prime Minister, an enthralling new film that applies a genuinely gobsmacking l…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
It’s all fine apart from butter, Trump, netball, etc
Christopher Luxon took a short and sharp mindset into the National Party conference on the weekend and with good reason: there is much getting back o…
11 months ago
‘The one thing they could blow up the government over’
We rattle through the regulatory standards bill, its advocates, its dissenters, and the tension it has created within the coalition. How serious is t…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
We have issues, many issues
With an election about 15 months away, there are few better ways to get a sense of the political terrain than the Ipsos Issues Monitor, a survey that…
1 year ago
New Zealand punches above its tightrope
Around the world, the flames of aggression and instability are burning. As Christopher Luxon arrives in China his immediate challenge is to douse the…
1 year ago
Polling, ex-PMs, d*ckheadery and a goat sacrifice
We're officially in the second half of the term, a milestone marked by the historic handover of the hallowed deputy prime minister amulet from Winsto…
1 year, 1 month ago
Budget special: When The Facts Change x Gone By Lunchtime
In the year of growth, Nicola Willis has presented a growth budget. But does the Investment Boost initiative, which speeds up depreciation for busine…
1 year, 1 month ago
House of C****
Unprecedented punishments imposed on Te Pāti Māori MPs, and the scramble to avoid banning them from the budget debate, is top of the agenda this week…
1 year, 1 month ago
Really, really urgent
An overhaul of the pay equity process has been whisked through parliament under urgency. The changes, which tighten the criteria for making a claim f…
1 year, 2 months ago
Australian election special with Ben McKay
This Saturday Aussies will (compulsorily) head to the polls. At the start of the year, Labor under Anthony Albanese was staring down the barrel of de…
1 year, 2 months ago