It's budget week! Tune in for where we think the smart investments are and what's just poor public policy. We run you through the genius of the ERP as well as the nonsensical stimulus package. We cover off pointless mergers and smart savings for kiwi's at the pump and the bus stop. Marguerite Fitzgerald, President of Carnival Australia and P&O, then joins us to discuss the long awaited return of cruising in New Zealand. 

Get ready listeners, for what might be one of our most passionate guests yet. This week we were lucky to be joined by the powerhouse thinker that is Eric Crampton to talk about what's going on with the governments proposed meddling in the ETS. We run you through the recent crime spree, slowing house price growth, the legal battle that is MIQ and the turbulent week of interviews for Air New Luxon.

After a month aboard the dulcet tones of Byron Terris return to deliver us with a trip report and give us a sense of life outside little ol'Nu Zilind.  We run you through fair pay agreements, the move to orange, the return of Australian tourists and just how pricy everything is getting!

While Byron traverses the globe, Phil and Maddy hold down the Iron Duke Podcast. They're joined by Pam Ford, Director Investment & Industry at Auckland Unlimited, to discuss a post Covid Auckland and the future of the super city. We also cover off the governments cost of living package, transmission gully, Russo/Ukraine and yet another wasteful spending story.

This week we're joined by Prof. Robert Ayson of the Victoria University Centre of Strategic Studies to give context and his insights on the unfolding conflict in Ukraine. We also share our disappointment with the Commerce Commissions recommendations into the supermarket duopoly, we question the sanity of an RNZ-TVNZ merger and we say goodbye to MIQ.

A really important discussion this week with Vicki Lee, CEO of Yellow Brick Road, about the support we can be providing to our whanau, friends and work mates experiencing mental health distress. We run you through what has been a massive week in the Capital, big border changes and massive mess at the front door of parliament. We do our best to put the spotlight on the ongoing Ukraine and Russia conflict, with experts to share their thoughts with us coming up soon.

This week we're joined by John Carnegie, CEO of Energy Resources Aotearoa. John gives us an excellent 101 of the New Zealand energy sector and the policy challenges they're up against. We also battle it out over the OCR changes, cover off the cancelation of the cruise sector and get excited about the move to rapid antigen testing and self reporting. 

This week Greg Harford, CEO of RetailNZ, who walks us through the harrowing state of retail right now. We cover off what should have been the biggest news story of the week; the Salvation Army's State of the Nation report. We give a more nuanced view on what was the biggest news story of the week; the anti-mandate protest. Of course it wouldn't be a weekly recap without touching on Covid and whats happening in the beehive too.

This week we have the hugely aspirational Vic Crockford, CEO of Community Housing Aotearoa, join us to discuss the state of community housing and what more can be done to be helping those in need of warm, dry, affordable housing. It wouldn't be a week in review if we didn't discuss Covid, so of course we touch on the protest too, as well as the polls and rent controls.

This week we welcome LinkedIn certified 'funny economist', John Ballingall of Sense Partners to talk us through how the economy is shaping up, labour shortages and the latest free trade agreement. We cover off the OECD's economic update for little ol'NZ, we (kind of accurately) predict the border reopening, explain the big methane announcement and yet again one of us decides to talk about... trains.