Chewing the Fat Podcast with Mike

ROB BERG is the president of the ZIONIST FEDERATION of NEW ZEALAND, a Zionist/Israel advocacy group based in New Zealand.

MIKE gets Rob's take on how/if anti-Zionism is anti-Semetic, inherent anti-Israel bias in the NZ media, a Zionist's perspective on how to achieve peace in the Middle East, whether Noam Chomsky is helpful to the Zionist cause, the challenges the movement faces, and his thoughts on Kia Ora Gaza.

PENELOPE was a sex-worker and addicted to morphine for 10 years - part two.

EXPLICT CONTENT - we spare no details and talk about what a bi-double is, how long it took to make a client orgasm, if Penelope ever became aroused, if sex-work is empowering, what the process of becoming clean was like, hiding sex-work/addiction from family and friends, and what it's like to pick women from a menu.

"DAVE PARKER" spent three years living and working in Mainland China.

We talk about why he has to self-censor, the abstract differences between Chinese and NZ culture, bringing his Chinese partner back to live in NZ, his take on the Peter Hughes from National Front interview, and a whole lot more.

QUINN MENTON shares his unique story of his first time taking psychedelic drugs and the consequences thereafter.

We chat about being detained whilst on mushrooms, reframing his existence after his drug experience, sympathising with kamikaze pilots and self-immolation, new appreciation of ‘god’, interrogating death and whether suicide is the right solution, and finding purpose and value in life after realising that there isn’t any.

T LAMUSSE is the co-founder of the queer and trans prison abolitionist advocacy group, NO PRIDE IN PRISONS AOTEAROA.

MARY chats with T on the origins and foundations of the group, the state of queer/trans rights in NZ correctional facilities, why they advocate for removal of prisons, a world that’s not defined by cis-heteronormative-patriarchal-racism and if/how we should celebrate gay rights.

PART TWO: CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY - The Ins and Outs

MIKE FERRISS is the secretary and spokesman for Scientology New Zealand. We talk about how much it costs to become 'clear', the Church's view on mental health, how Mike became a Scientologist, and what it's like to be their spokesperson.

PART ONE: CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY - Scientology in New Zealand

MIKE FERRISS is the secretary and spokesman for Scientology New Zealand. We talk about what the Church does in NZ, how effective their social programs are, Scientology vs. NZ media, and who Scientologists vote for.

STEVE LEBRASKY is a zoophile, engages in bestiality, and is a researcher for ZETA, in Germany. He has been in relationships with dogs and horses.

MIKE talks to Steve about how he came to be a zoophile, ownership of "partners", monogamy and jealousy in zoophile relationships, social/ethical implications, consent, whether he's a vegan or vegetarian, how common bestiality is, and other stuff..

*This show does not go into graphic detail.

BEV BOUCHER is a funeral director and owns/operates the funeral home, Shone and Shirley Funeral Directors.

We chat about whether she’s become desensitised to death, how she deals with people from accidents and babies, the process of handling a body, changing perceptions of death, funerals and the industry, how competitive the funeral industry is and how to get involved, 30 years unclaimed cremations, similarities with Six Feet Under, listener questions, plus much more.

PART TWO: THE FINER DETAILS

PETER WILSON is the secretary for the NZ-DPRK Society - a North Korean advocacy group based in New Zealand.

MIKE gets Peter's take on their national identity/ideology, why NZ uses 'strategic patience' when dealing with NK, a socialist/capitalist reunified Korea, why he advocates for NK, and how Gareth Morgan began a global Korean peace movement.