James Shaw is back and his segment has a snappy new title. This week, Matt quizes James about the waka jumping bill.

This week, Alex from The Spinoff runs us through how PledgeMe got crashed twice due to the popularity of a fundraising campaign by Hikurangi Cannabis.

This week, Suli recommends plenty of water consumption but Matt worries that some people might drown themselves if they don’t closely monitor how much they’re taking in.

This week, Matt pushes David on his contention that roads don’t need to be funded through taxes.

Pep’s Picks this week are the tracks,  “Edge” and “Tar” from Lucrecia Dalt’s latest album, Anticlines

In this week’s Law Reports, Matt continues to argue that our defamation laws are too strict and Tim breaks down to what extent Kiwis are able to “plead the fifth”.

This week, Cassie from Scorpio books reviews poet, Patricia Lockwood’s Priestdaddy: A Memoir. 

George Parker from The Free Theatre joins us to discuss their currently running production of Alice, a play inspired by the classic Lewis Carroll tale and scored by the legendary Tom Waits.

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Matt and Nick trade notes on The Funhouse and Louie and Nick has a few notes on some other recent releases.

RDU Neighbor and Laneways Tattooist, Victor, pops in to discuss the kiwi classic “Poor Boy” by Split Enz and “Rick Flair” by Onehunga hip-hop group, SWIDT