An entire trilogy of Pmax Wild Rides regarding the curriculum refresh! Covering both curriculum and assessment changes with about as much rigor as you can manage in a car.

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Kieran interviews David Gerard, author of Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain, who discusses the continuity of grift that saw the crypto bros pivot to AI for their next scam. This forced David to also pivot to AI by starting a blog and youtube channel called “Pivot to AI”.

David is at pains to stress that this is not really a tech story, it is a financial and economic story above all else. Unlike related tech, the LLM technology of the headlining hyperscalers is not a viable industry. The bubble must burst at some point. The grifters are extending the scam to try to flog the worthless equity off before then.

The bubble burst will very likely create more that just a recession. David’s advice is to compost or tax billionaires out of existence. And also to start helping those around you, because we are going to need to look after each other.

pivot-to-ai.com

This episode’s co-hosts
Kieran

Intro/Outro by Jiahu Symbols

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We host Dr Bex Graham to discuss the recent manifesto released by Child Poverty Action Group, particularly in relation to disability. What policies could be implemented to make a difference for communities facing multiple challenges under the current National coalition?

https://www.cpag.org.nz/our-campaigns/a-manifesto-to-reduce-child-poverty-2026

https://www.cpag.org.nz/our-campaigns/enough-2026-campaign

This episode’s co-hosts
Kyle, Pmax

Timestamps

0:00 Opening / Introductions

2:48 Child Poverty Action Trend Changes

6:35 Tracking Changes

9:19 Changes Under Ardern 

17:14 Negative Effects

27:32 Labour Failings

33:06 Run On Economic Effects

39:06 Things That Could Be Done

50:54 Brutal Politics

57:24 What’s Happening

1:00:18 Closings

Intro/Outro by Jiahu Symbols

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We discuss the western consensus on genocide, and look particularly at the political environment in Australia, where their Labor government has been one of the worst and most pro-Zionist, despite their PM’s previous alignment with the movement. We talk about what to look out for, what can be done and the need to keep the pressure on regardless of who wins in November 2026

This episode’s co-hosts
Kyle, Simone, Mardi

Timestamps

0:00 Opening / Introductions

4:32 Genocide is a Dirty Word

10:22 Australian Labor Party Switch Up

19:05 Post-Bondi Politics

26:28 Security Forces

33:17 Digital Security

38:29 Signs

41:26 Trumps Friends

47:50 Looking Forward

51:00 Closing

Intro/Outro by Jiahu Symbols

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AI has been rearing it’s head as a policy outcome during the election campaign with both major parties signaling that AI use is a part of NZ’s future. How did we get here, what are the risks and warning signs to look out for and what should we be doing?

This episode’s co-hosts
Kyle, Mark, Ginny, Olivier

Timestamps

0:00 Opening / Introductions

6:54 AI Adoption 

16:20 Slopcore

28:04 Shift in Political and Digital Content

47:10 Dismantling Disruption 

53:56 Lack of Policies and Planning

59:45 Healthcare

1:12:18 Ontology 

1:21:05 What To Do

1:26:00 Closing

Intro/Outro by Jiahu Symbols

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The Migrant Workers Association organised a protest against the rising tide of racist and anti immigrant rhetoric from political parties and leaders as the elections near. Winston Peters' racist tirade against Lawrence Xu-nan in parliament, alongside his party's anti immigrant rhetoric aimed at harnessing votes by dividing the working class and distracting from failures of their policies were key issues that motivated the protest. The protest featured satirical street theater, which evoked a triggered response from Winston Peters. Among other things, we discuss the contradictions within Winston Peters' politics and the history and intent of street theater within protest movements. We’re joined by Anu Kaloti and Joe Carolan.

Recorded 10/08/2026

This episode’s co-hosts
Josephine

Timestamps

0:00 Opening

4:30 Background on the Protest

9:20 The Power of Street Theatre

15:40 Attacking Protesters

20:20 Aftermath 

28:20 Caucus Today

35:45 Western Democracy Model

57:45 Closing

Intro/Outro by Jiahu Symbols

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Dr Josephine Varghese and Kieran Kelly talk about the Graham Platner debacle in Maine, USA and what it shows about the sickness at the heart of Western liberal electoral politics.

This episode’s co-hosts
Josephine, Kieran

Timestamps

0:00 Opening / Introductions

2:10 Graham Platner

17:40 Working Class Optics

21:13 Radicals Becoming Establishment

31:37 What We Can Learn

35:45 Unseating Candidates

39:16 Can Politics Get Better Through Parties

52:27 What Can Be Done

58:56 Closings

Intro/Outro by Jiahu Symbols

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We discuss conspiratorial narratives and dogwhistles in the 2026 election with M Dentith. New Zealand First, 'globalism' and 'great replacement', media malpractice, and the Atlas Network.

M's website & contact details: https://www.mrxdentith.com/

This episode’s co-hosts

Kyle, Philip, M

Timestamps

0:00 Opening / Introductions

4:42 How Dangerous Ideas Propagate

8:27 The Atlas Network

15:45 Talking About Conspiracies

23:45 Cryptofacism

33:30 Polite Articulation 

42:05 Loss of Facility

44:20 Media Passing Ideas On

55:40 Closings

Intro/Outro by Jiahu Symbols

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1/200 chats with the Alliance's Christchurch Central candidate Greg Byrnes. We discuss his background, the Alliance Party, passion for the environment, the importance of working for workers, infrastructure and enrolling to vote.

Link to help Greg: https://allianceparty.nz/candidates/christchurch-central/

This episode’s co-hosts
Philip, Kieran

Timestamps

0:00 Opening / Introductions

5:36 Return and History of Alliance

10:04 Pothole Socialism

19:28 Socialism Suite

22:07 Environmentalism

36:40 AI and Data Centers

39:18 Electoral Campaign

44:25 Local Global Issues

48:05 Public Services

54:25 Christchurch Central

1:03:55 Closing

Intro/Outro by Jiahu Symbols

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The recent student-led uprising in India received international attention and forced concessions from the Modi government which was long seen as having few formidable political challengers at the national level. The movement has put a dent on the notion that the corporate-BJP nexus in India is infallible. Left student movements played a significant role in the success of the satirical 'Cockroach Janata Party' movement. We discuss the context of the movement, and touch upon various dimensions of the movement including the role of the media - both local and global. Is this a moment of hope for India? 

This episode’s co-hosts
Josephine, Oscar, Sneha

Timestamps

0:00 Opening / Introductions

0:56 Indian Political Anxiety

8:14 Wellington Protest

12:48 Background

25:50 Demands

36:40 Expanding Indian Medical Education

43:13 Media

50:40 Social Media

59:52 Land Reforms

1:05:05 Takeaways

1:20:50 Closings

Intro/Outro by Jiahu Symbols

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