On this week's podcast:

For years, New Zealand productivity has been shortchanging the economy and therefore the country.

Why is New Zealand outstripped by the rest of the first world countries, in particular Australia?

The New Zealand Initiative’s Chief Economist, Dr Eric Crampton gives reasons and suggests solutions.

Then, who is Alexander Dugin? And what is Eurasianism? A brilliant analysis from Associate Professor Salvatore Babones, University of Sydney, on the Russian Intellectual Dugin.

Is he "Putin’s brain” and does he really want to destroy America?

And finally, The Mailroom with your commentary.

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On this week's podcast:
For years, New Zealand productivity has been shortchanging the economy and therefore the country.Why is New Zealand outstripped by the rest of the first world countries, in particular Australia?The New Zealand Initiative’s Chief Economist, Dr Eric Crampton gives reasons and suggests solutions.Then, who is Alexander Dugin? And what is Eurasianism? A brilliant analysis from Associate Professor Salvatore Babones, University of Sydney, on the Russian Intellectual Dugin.Is he "Putin’s brain” and does he really want to destroy America?And finally, The Mailroom with your commentary.
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On this week's podcast:

Semi-retired Investment Banker Jonathan Urlich discusses his thoughts on the financial world, both in NZ and globally.

Jonathan first rang my radio program in 2007, commenting on what was developing. His analysis proved correct during the GFC.

We look at George Friedman’s commentary on the Italian election, and high profile Law Professor Jonathan Turley on Jacinda’s call for a global attack on free speech.

And we go to The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.

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On this week's podcast:

This week we see the return of Michael Rectenwald PhD, Professor of Liberal Studies and Global Liberal Studies at New York University 2008 to 2019.

We recount again his departure from NYU and his transition from a Marxist/Communist to Libertarian.

Michael is the author of numerous books, and co-founder of American Scholars.

Much of our discussion is about NZ. But we also cover Totalitarianism, Ukraine, Biden v Trump, and the challenging times ahead.

And, of course, we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.

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On this week's podcast:

Professor Elizabeth Rata has been much requested. She is worth the wait. Overall it’s a ‘Defence of Democracy’ discussion. That’s if it is not already too late.

We revisit the Rolf Harris case (podcast 171) with some additional information.

We comment on the changes at Buckingham Palace, and we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.

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Leighton is off this week with COVID.

This week's podcast is a "Best Of" edition featuring David Round from Podcast 149 on March 20th 2022.

Forty five years a law lecturer, David Round is renowned for his frankness. His unrestrained discussion covers many contentious matters confronting New Zealand today. From moral and political corruption to activist judges and the "meaningless piece of pious liberal posturing of the Bill of Rights”.

And as for co-governance...

We make comment on the P.M, and the authoritarian Auckland Transport.

Leighton will be back next week.

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Leighton is off this week with COVID.This week's podcast is a "Best Of" edition featuring David Round from Podcast 149 on March 20th 2022.
Forty five years a law lecturer, David Round is renowned for his frankness. His unrestrained discussion covers many contentious matters confronting New Zealand today. From moral and political corruption to activist judges and the "meaningless piece of pious liberal posturing of the Bill of Rights”. And as for co-governance...We make comment on the P.M, and the authoritarian Auckland Transport.
Leighton will be back next week.
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In 2014 Australian entertainer Rolf Harris was found guilty, on all counts, of charges brought by four women. Harris was but one of a number of public figures to be charged with sexual charges.

But that is just the beginning.

After the convictions ex-Auckland policeman William Merritt, now a specialist investigator, spent two years doing what Scotland Yard failed to achieve. In 171 Merritt relates a story of incompetence, lies, and injustice.

It's a great study into human nature.

The interview was recorded just prior to the podcast team succumbing to covid, so this podcast is restricted to the interview.

And we will be taking a break next week so 172 will be on September 14.

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On this weeks podcast:

Joel Kotkin, described according to THE NEW YORK TIMES, is America's uber-geographer. an internationally recognised authority on global, economic, political and social trends.

We talk to him about what is now brewing in Silicon Valley, proposed in Toronto and implemented in China, that could be the role model for our future urban civilisation.

The book, THE COMING OF NEO FEUDALISM, is a warning to the global middle class and the future of the working class.

And we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.

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First, they came for CO2, then they came for methane.

Because apparently methane makes an outsized contribution to global warming.

Atmospheric physicists William Happer and William van Wijngaarden say otherwise.

Together they published the results of their highly technical research. In podcast 169, van Wijngaarden explains, in understandable language, why there is no need for panic over methane.

We have a follow up from last weeks interview with Ramesh Thakur on the state of Covid in NZ and we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.

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