The Leighton Smith Podcast

In this week's podcast: 
XR — otherwise known as Extinction Rebellion. We examine their history and, more importantly, their ambition. Are they just a Green subset or something more dangerous?Impeachment — a beginners analysis of ‘high crimes and misdemeanours’. On what grounds can a U.S. president be thrown out of office? Not as straightforward as you might think.Michael Bassett rates the Labour-NZ First coalition after two years at the helm. Is his critique more generous than 12 months ago? And should Judith Collins make her run?Mrs Producer, as usual, joins in with your feedback.
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In this week’s podcast we talk debt, investments, negative interest and Q.E.
The thoughts of a fiction writer who specialises in dystopian subjects. And another who writes non-fiction but can be dystopian nevertheless.
I drew up a list of matters for this interview with George Friedman. Right off the cuff, he bats them away.
Some very good correspondence with Carolyn and did I mention climate? (just a little)
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In podcast 39 -
Auckland is cursed with its system of local government. Council-controlled organisations like Auckland Transport are unelected and unaccountable.
Faceless bureaucrats making and changing rules for their own political agenda. And overpaid to boot!
We look at Trump from two different academic perspectives. Only one gets it.
This podcast’s discussion is with a favourite of mine. Patrick Basham from the Washington DC-based Democracy Institute.
And Feedback with Mrs Producer, of course!
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On the podcast this week -
Questions and concerns around the building and construction industry peaked when the leaky home/building catastrophe was exposed.
While that issue is being dealt with, reports suggest there are still problems with standards, failings, and trade education and training.
I speak to structural engineer John Scarry about his frustrations with the industry. And he is not alone.
Then the latest crisis in the Middle East. Turkey and the United States, Syria and the Kurds, Russia and China.
Feedback with Carolyn as usual (including the mandatory climate arguments).
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As the weeks go by, the podcast menu is forced to deal with the same subjects.
You know, Brexit, Climate, Trump et al. It’s like radio serial or a comic strip.
Or the latest episode of ‘As the World Turns’!
The ‘impeachment’ in Washington (which is NOT an impeachment at this point), is actually politics at its most polluted.
This week I speak with Professor Emeritus Jim Flynn of Otago on censorship. He has recently been thumped by it.
Good feedback with Mrs Producer, as always.
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Podcast 36 was more than a little frustrating; for what I didn’t/couldn’t include. But there’s always podcast 37/8/9 etc.
Nevertheless, discussion is still dominated by Trump related issues, Joe Biden, climate matters, particularly of the juvenile kind, and censorship.
In fact, both this weeks and next weeks’ interviews both pertain to censorship, which is becoming more prevalent and needs to be exposed.
Astrophysicist Dr. Nir Shaviv exemplifies why the science is not settled. I particularly enjoyed his final comments.
And this week lots of feedback.
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Good to be back home.
This week, politicians including Justin Trudeau, Joe Biden, Jacinda Ardern.
Michael Mann, Political scientist. Lost in his lawsuit against Dr Tim Ball and his complaint against the NZH, albeit in 2004. But at least there’s consistency!
A conversation with Casey Costello, from Hobson’s Pledge Trust about transparency and accountability in local government. There is an attempt underway to undermine the political system and most voters are unaware of it.
And some very good feedback this week with jet-lagged Mrs Producer. I know how she feels.
And an extra - check out this video featuring Thomas Sowell on global warning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rweblFwt-BM
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To suggest that the world is an interesting place at the moment is an understatement.
Brexit, NZ politics in all its non-glory, the Middle East is pretty much in turmoil.
So this week follows the trail: the P.M, the Party, Brett Kavanaugh and Dostoevsky.
Discussion this week with a NZ London based lawyer who shares his interest in politics. Christian Smith and his thoughts on Brexit, where it’s at and where it’s going.
Carolyn with feedback as usual.
And an extra: I suggest you check out this short video: Tony Veller on Michael Mann.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcAHdmYs0j0
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On this week’s podcast, Dr Tim Ball Part 2 on the politics behind the climate change alarmism.
As I have said so often, there is new information almost every day, some of it vital. However, it rarely appears in the mainstream media.
Two examples since I spoke with Dr Ball. On September 6, the Secretary General of the World Meteorological Society says he does not accept arguments of climate alarmists that the end of the world is at hand.
Then with no connection to the above, Stanford University’s Dr Patrick Frank published a peer reviewed paper that demonstrates that climate models have no predictive value.
Tim Ball is again the whole podcast.
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This week George Friedman’s wisdom on China and much more. Very insightful. Also some detail on his next book.
We cover measles, the birth rate and why it is, or could be, maybe, the biggest crisis facing the planet!
Up for discussion - the importance of character in life and how to get it.
And find out why this week’s episode was so difficult to produce.
Some great feedback with Mrs Producer.
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