Another current events episode, another week where there’s too much happening. We talk NZ infrastructure failures, Ministers who seem to be the antithesis of their roles, Luxon gaffes, Sinophobia and US disinfo, and the continuing genocide in Gaza.

This episode’s co-hosts

Oliver, Kyle


Timestamps

0:00 Introductions

0:53 Northland Pylon

3:35 Beached Interislander 

5:02 Disability Top Up Removed

7:42 The Cost Benefit Analysis of Animal Extinction

12:52 Mining Interests 

15:32 Scandals Have No Sticking Power

18:21 The C Listers 

22:53 Chinese Spies in New Zealand

29:45 Reuters Investigation 

40:08 On Gaza  

46:20 Closings

Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive

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We chat with Rowan Wernham, director of upcoming documentary Pistachio Wars, about water privatisation in California and the impact that billionaire agriculture has on the environment, local populations and global politics.

This episode’s co-hosts
Kyle, Rowan

Timestamps

0:00 Introductions

4:06 Film Overview

14:44 Climate Backlash

18:54 Water Crisis

21:53 Growing Pistachios 

30:32 The Human Cost

40:08 Power Dynamics 

49:03 Parallels with New Zealand and Three Waters

55:35 Iranian Lobbying 

1:03:36 Israel Apologia

1:12:46 Distributing a Documentary 

1:19:30 Closings

Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive

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Another week with too many big events - we cover a bunch of them with as much depth as we can cram into an hour and a half. We discuss Israeli atrocities in the Nuseirat Massacre, the mid-week EU elections, the politics of NZ infrastructure, and the destitute state of NZ media when it attempts reportage on China.

This episode’s co-hosts
Ginny, Josephine, Kyle, Mark, Simon

Timestamps

0:00 Introductions

2:59 Nuseirat Massacre

14:53 EU Elections

25:32 Infrastructure Politics

47:17 A New Rise in Sinophobia

1:25:03 Closings

Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive

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We host James Harris co-founder of Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage to talk about his time in the West Bank and his belief that challenging Christian Zionism is a key factor to stopping the genocide.

This episode’s co-hosts
James, Mitch, Kyle

Timestamps

0:00 Introductions

4:24 Christian Zionism

12:37 Christian Nationalism in the USA

14:40 Time in Gaza

22:58 The Direct Impact of Christian Zionism

31:37 Clash of Civilizations

36:30 Travelling Through a Settlement 

46:35 What's the Solution

51:41 Right Wing Zionism

57:10 Palestinian Christian Voices

58:48 What The West Can Be Doing

1:00:03 Closings

Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive

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We discuss the train wreck of UK politics and how it’s indicative of right-wing reactionary drift in western democracies. The US is playing the same game as it continues supporting a genocide and implementing Trump-era policy under a Democratic president. And things aren’t much better here in Aotearoa, either.

This episode’s co-hosts
Ginny, John, Kyle, Philip, Simon

Timestamps

0:00 Introductions

1:57 UK Election News

3:56 Luke Akehurst

9:20 UK Labour Election Approach

20:34 Tory Polling 

23:20 UK / NZ Parallels 

28:55 Moving the Posts Right

35:27 International Rules Based Order

38:59 Israel Added to List of States Committing Violations Against Children

43:44 Strategic Interest to US Dwindling

49:06 Cancer Treatment Policies

52:16 Health Promises in Campaigns

58:24 Testing the Waters and Year One

1:08:28 Chippy’s Labour

1:17:05 Closings

Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive

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We speak with Joe Xulue about the history of Kanaky (New Caledonia) and the context for the current crisis caused by France’s National Assembly passing a bill that removed electoral restrictions protecting the demographic status of the nation’s indigenous Kanaky people on May 14 2024.

Joe’s explainer in the SpinOff

This episode’s co-hosts
Joe, Josephine, Kyle

Timestamps

0:00 Introductions

2:40 What’s Happening in Kanaky

6:19 The Missing Voices of Discourse

8:42 Independance vs Decolonization 

11:44 A Brief History of Kanaky

17:01 The 80s Protest Movements

24:52 Resources and Wealth Disparity

29:43 Failed Promises of the Accord

34:41 Three Referendums and a Settler Majority

47:35 Latest Referendum and a Common Destiny

52:22 Double Standard of Violence

59:42 The Relationships of the Pacific

1:06:59 Going Forward

1:11:48 Closings

Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive

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CW: Sexual Assault/Rape as pertaining to US Presidents

We discuss Trump’s guilty charges and what effect that will have on US politics, NZ’s “Budget Week’ and National’s broken promises to cancer patients, alongside the failure of Labour to capitalise on National Party inadequacy and rally the electorate. Meanwhile Te Pāti Māori have begun protest actions this week - how does that operate and why aren’t more people supporting them on the left? And how corrupt can National be before it comes back to bite them?

This episode’s co-hosts

Ginny, Kyle, Simon

Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive

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We try to fit as much of the week’s topics into a single episode, and fail miserably. Iran’s president died, John Key named in a civil suit, the bs being pushed by National about Kāinga Ora, Kanaky protests, the ICC and ICJ took action and the UK announced a snap election.


This episode’s co-hosts
Simon, Kyle, Ginny

Timestamps

0:00 Introductions

1:57 Ebrahim Raisi

7:47 John Key Named

15:16 Kāinga Ora “Not Profitable” 

29:16 Prison Privatisation

31:54 Scale of Corruption

35:59 Kanaky

42:58 ICC Ruling and Response

57:44 Hinging Hegemony

1:04:26 The UK Election

1:07:51 Closings

Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive

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This week we have somewhat an Education Policy special as the National coalition government continues using ACT as it’s proxy to push through destructive changes to the public service. We talk charter schools, unions, school funding, lunches, and “truancy”.

This episode’s co-hosts
Andrew, John, Kyle, Stephanie

Timestamps

0:00 Introductions

1:34 Charter Schools

8:54 The Cost of Charter Schools

11:35 The School of Brian Tamaki

14:01 The Why of Charter Schools

16:30 Teacher Unions Power

20:16 Selling False Hope 

23:12 ACC in Schools

27:56 High Needs Kids

31:37 Adding Teacher Aids Into the System

34:53 Pushing Privatisation

37:52 Food in Schools

45:20 Anti-Free Market

47:02 Woke Food 

56:12 Truancy Register

1:13:59 Closing

Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive

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Whirlwind podcast trying to cover as much horrible stuff as possible - the National coalition’s war on kids continues with school lunch cuts, Luxon is swiftly coming unstuck as his coalition partners put him in bad situations, the US politics of genocide is horrific as always and why does the left have to stay so goddamn civil while our opponents lose their minds?

This episode’s co-hosts Kyle, Lamia, Oliver

Timestamps

0:00 Introductions

1:34 Nightmare Blunt Rotation

6:50 Minimal Criticism 

16:18 A LinkedIn Prime Minister

26:40 What Really Matters

29:39 Tolerated Politics

33:18 Hypocritical Decorum Rules 

40:20 There’s No Lesser of Two Evils

45:28 American Lockstep

49:50 Hinged Billionaire Conspiracies

54:54 Public Treatment of Politicians

56:46 The Lefts Strategy on Combating Politicians

1:02:58 Another Hinged Conspiracy

1:06:52 What is a Terrorist

1:12:46 Closings

Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive

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