The Leighton Smith Podcast

On this week's podcast:
We take a look at The AUKUS Alliance. New Zealand is excluded, but the introduction of nuclear powered subs into the Australian Navy has implications for us here, like it or not.Salvatore Babones, American Associate Professor at University of Sydney, examines the effects the alliance will have on this country.We turn our attention again to Wuhan.The subject of brainwashing gets our attention and, as always, we dive into the Mailroom.
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I’ve been reading Jeffrey Tucker’s work for the past couple of years. He is an economist by profession, but has had a career with a far greater scope. After some time at the American Institute of Economic Research, he has recently founded the Brownstone Institute.  He provides some invaluable commentary on Covid 19 and the answer to “the single greatest danger facing humanity”.We indulge in some history, both ancient and modern, also, we go to the Mailroom for your invaluable contribution.
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On this week's podcast:If you have no political interest in Act leader David Seymour you may reappraise that opinion after you hear podcast 128. He’s not perfect, but he just might be the least imperfect politician in parliament.We make further comment on freedom of expression and Covid culture.And we look at your communication in the Mailroom.
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On this week's podcast:
We ask whether you think democracy is under threat. Are Three Waters and He Puapua compatible with democracy? We don’t think so. But how much do you care?Muriel Newman takes a dive into the subject with us.We have commentary on education and Marxism, and sex versus progressive gender.And, of course, your missives in the Mailroom.
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On this week's podcast:
It was a momentous week, as the United States withdrew from Afghanistan.We talk with Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Whitehead (ret) on the whole debacle, and the ensuing collapse of military integrity. He fervently expresses the widespread anger in the U.S. military.Then Patrick Basham, founding Director of the Democracy Institute, analyses the differences between the Biden and the Trump administrations. His commentary, as always, is not to be missed.And finally, the Mailroom with Mrs Producer. Thankyou as always for all your feedback.
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This weeks interview is definitely not to be missed.
Aaron David Miller, author of "The End Of Greatness; Why America Can’t Have (And Doesn’t Want) Another Great President", talks crises, Afghanistan, Presidents and New Zealand. You may or may not agree with him….
We’ve had a great response to Sir John Key’s comments in the Mailroom this week.
And experts…are they really experts?
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On this week's podcast:
After three terms as Prime Minister, Sir John Key has been gone from politics for five years. Recently his opinion has been sought on the political landscape. We discuss Afghanistan, NZ politics, Covid, Auckland crime and plenty else.

We talk with Bryan Leyland about power supply. He’s got plenty of advice for a floundering administration.

Finally, the Mailroom with all your commentary.
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On this week's podcast:
Rebekah Koffler talks to us about her new release, “Putin's Playbook: Russia’s Secret Plan to Defeat America”.

Born and raised in Soviet Russia, and now an American mother, she worked as an analyst for the Defence Intelligence Agency. She is concerned with the growth of authoritarianism in the U.S.

We talk with Jordan Williams on the enemies of freedom and the Free Speech Union’s forthcoming appeal before the Supreme Court.
And we delve into The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.
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On this week's podcast:
Alwyn Poole, from the Villa Education Trust, talks about his absurd battle with the Ministry of Education and the minister. It’s crazy!
And we talk with Bob McCoskrie, the national director of Family First. We discuss freedom, education, wokeism, conversion therapy and more.
We ruminate over liberty and freedom and delve into the Mailroom with Mrs Producer.
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On this week's podcast:

We talk with Ted Rule, diplomat, investment banker, sinologist and writer. With a forty-year career behind him, in Asia and specifically in China, it makes a for a very interesting discussion.

We ask him who runs China and should we be afraid of the CCP. We touch on the great famine (1958-62) and ask whether Shenzhen might even be the most exciting city in the world. Ted talks about the trials of being a junior diplomat in 1970's Beijing, and of course relations between China and Australasia.

We have further comment on climate change and NZ politics, and finally, the Mailroom with Mrs Producer.

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