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Tracy Moody, a teacher at Albany Primary School, talks to Newstalk ZB's Leighton Smith about a stabbing near the North Shore...
Raymond, whose wife is in Albany, talks to Newstalk ZB's Leighton Smith about what she's seen after a triple stabbing on...
COMMENT: "Only a congenital dunce can peruse the proceedings of the first Congress of American Revolutionary Writers, and...
This week's podcast is a special edition. Some weeks ago I promised a climate devoted program. Many have let me know how...
On the podcast this week, the Government plans a $320 million spend over four years on a wellness campaign. The money will...
This week, the great teachers' strike - 50,000 of them. Primary and secondary, apparently an historic occasion...coming to...
This week the continuing debate on free speech versus hate speech rolls on. Across the Tasman, the Green Party leader wants...
COMMENT: I have at times, a touch of envy for those who pay no attention to the news but go about their lives making the...
In this week's podcast, Leighton focuses on the Sri Lankan attacks, Anzac Day and the state of New Zealand's media. The Sri...
Israel Folau, like it or not, was a big story the past few days because it contained almost everything that’s running hot...
COMMENT: Argument one: Life is sacrosanct. The idea that a country, a Government, a few people (half of whom have no direct...
COMMENT: Is the world in transition to something better, or something worse? Pondering the periods the world has transited...
Podcast 10 is wide-ranging. The matter of freedom of speech is occupying much attention by numerous commentators. It is...
COMMENT: Nineteen prosecutors, 40 FBI agents, 2800 subpoenas, 22 months, US$30 million and no indictments relating to the...
COMMENT: Following the end of the Vietnam war, we existed in what some considered to be a golden period. If you were born...
This week, Leighton Smith admonishes Greenpeace and their absurd demands regarding investment in the NZ Superfund. Also some...
OMMENT: An email to me this last week included a historical quote. So unsure was I as to its alleged source, I did a word...
The delight of podcasting is partly the lack of rules. I’m discovering that what we are doing is a ‘work in progress’. Consequently,...
COMMENT: What sort of governance do you want affecting your life? This week, Auckland Transport announced the lowering of...
Podcast 5, 27 February 2019 This week a very special guest joins the Leighton Smith Podcast, Jordan Peterson. Don’t need...
Leadership was under media examination this week with the release of the first political polls of the year. Initially it's...
When I was a boy, the family bought a newly developed section in the middle of the bush on Sydney's upper north shore. Before...
My guest this week is the person most requested by you. He is George Friedman, founder and Chairman of Geopolitical Futures. Previously,...
In podcast number two, Leighton discusses a somewhat sensitive subject, infanticide. Considering the legislation just passed...
