Matt and Dan chat about “pay to play” accusations around Maori TV, how to cover incidents like the Deon Swiggs controversy and the Christchurch Call.

This week, Dave from Scorpio reviews The Overstory by Richard Power.

Matt and Preston talk about the Art Hppenings for the week and decide whether or not Alejandra and Aeron are bollocks.

Matt chats with Hamish Bennett, Director of feature debut Bellbird.

Matt chats to Danny from Circotica about all the courses they run and what goes in to learning the trades of the industry.

Duncan’s been in the news recently for questioning how inherently unethical whaling is and musing on eating Kiwis (from a 9 year old CTV discussion) so Matt decided it would be worth taking a moment to clarify things.

Martyn Pepperell’s picks this week are “40” and “ELLA” from Kelman Duran’s new album, Moon Cycles III

This week, Dave from Scorpio reviews Wanderers: A Novel by Chuck Wendig

Matt chats to Dan about journalists having the parameters of their questioning set by politicians, and the wider state of journalism in NZ.

Matt chats to Luke Towart of Kool Aid about the their new EP, Family Portrait Revisited.

Luke’s picks:

Alastair Galbraith – “As In A Blender” (1993)