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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...
It’s not often we will play music but with the death of Mac Rebennack, aka Dr John, it would have been unthinkable not to. Thank...
This week on the podcast: Grover Norquist, the founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform. He was a speechwriter...
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...
In this week's podcast, baby boomers go head-to-head with millennials and then Leighton discusses the upcoming Australian...
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...
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...
This week in podcast 11, Leighton opines on Brexit and why remain is not an option - If Brexit fails, so does Britain. On...
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...
Unsurprisingly, podcast eight is focussed entirely on the Christchurch mosque terrorist murders. On January second, Geopolitical...
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...