Political communication, media and the divide in reality between the left and right of politics. We discuss Mamdani’s NYC Dem primary win, David Seymour’s attacks on public figures, the horrific behaviour by RNZ in their reporting on the death of a young transman and the transformation of the western elite into weird slop. This episode’s co-hosts Stephanie, Simone, Kyle, Ginny Timestamps 0:00 Opening 1:46 Zohran Mamdani 5:09 New Zealand Progressive Comms 10:33 Global Signal 18:59 Looking to 2026...
Jun 28, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 145
We interview Kieran Kelly about his recent trip to Egypt for the Global March to Gaza. The story of thousands of activists descending on Egypt tells us something about Israel's need to keep the international community on side. Then we discuss Gaza, the American Empire and Iran. How is the Israel/ USA/ Iran dynamic playing out? Where to next? Follow Kieran's blog at ongenocide.com NB this was recorded on 25/06/25, and events are moving quickly. This episode’s co-hosts Philip, Kieran Timestamps 0:...
Jun 26, 2025•57 min•Season 2Ep. 144
Covering domestic and international politics this week, we look at the way in which existing power structures, and even accountability measures, predominantly protect the status quo and the accelerating radicalism of capital. NZ is chucking out the census, ACT is becoming more brazen in its attacks on public figures, and the West gets ever twitchier about encroachments on “their turf”. This episode’s co-hosts Ginny, Simone, Kyle Timestamps 0:00 Opening 1:20 Census 18:35 ACTs Public Attacks 35:50...
Jun 21, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 143
We host Jeremy Moses to talk about the events following Israel’s unprovoked attack on Iran, the complicity of Western powers and the historical imperialism that led us here. This episode’s co-hosts Kyle, Simone, Josephine, Jeremy Timestamps 0:00 Opening 2:42 Watching The World 8:22 Divided 11:12 Iran 18:37 Right to Protect 40:24 Rules Based International Order 1:06:42 Closings Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive Support us here: https://www.patreon.com/1of200...
Jun 15, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 142
We catch up on the week’s political news. We look at the updates on the suspension of Te Pāti Māori MPs and the ways in which it is radicalising voters, the Michael Forbes case and the urgent need for an update to NZ legislation and the apparent battle between Musk and Trump. This episode’s co-hosts Kyle, Philip Timestamps 0:00 Opening 1:17 Te Pāti Māori Suspensions 13:59 Radicalising Liberal Voters 21:33 Michael Forbes 31:10 Abuse of Power 36:44 Musk v Trump 45:01 Closings Intro/Outro by The Pr...
Jun 08, 2025•47 min•Season 2Ep. 141
We host Malcom Harris to discuss his new book “What’s Left: Three Paths Through the Planetary Crisis” This episode’s co-hosts Kyle, Mark Timestamps 0:00 Opening 1:37 The Driving Factor of the Book 3:23 Three Different Paths 8:05 Meeting People Where They Are 9:17 Three Paths Meeting 13:49 Actionable Climate Crisis Solutions 20:26 Stepping Out of Western Centric Solutions 30:22 Infrastructure for Change 36:10 International Market Disconnect 41:05 Common Problem 46:55 Radicalization of Power 53:18...
Jun 04, 2025•56 min•Season 2Ep. 140
We discuss personality politics in NZ. Chris Bishop had an outburst at the AMAs. Our Deputy Prime Minister has passed the baton. Jacinda Ardern's book is out. Usually we try to avoid focusing on personalities in politics, but this week we ask... what if they matter? with Philip, Stephanie, Simone Stephanie's fundraiser: https://www.sweatwithpride.com/fundraisers/stephanierodgers/swp/ This episode’s co-hosts Philip, Simone, Stephanie Timestamps 0:00 Opening 2:29 Chris Bishop 14:12 Competency 22:2...
Jun 01, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 139
We discuss Budget 2025 and how god awful it is alongside the media coverage and analysis. This episode’s co-hosts Simone, Philip, Kyle Timestamps 0:00 Opening 2:08 Trickle Down Transfer 26:45 Two Judges 31:00 Whats a cut 38:20 Cutting Broadcasting 46:35 Iain Rennie 49:28 Infrastructure 58:80 Carceral Spending 1:02:38 Closings Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive Support us here: https://www.patreon.com/1of200...
May 25, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 138
We discuss the multitude of ways in which the establishment, both political and media, is aligning against opposition from progressive groups. From the suspension of Te Pāti Māori MPs to the full press against the Green’s alternative budget, it has never been clearer that these institutions are acting in class solidarity with the powerful. This episode’s co-hosts Ginny, Kyle, Pmax, Simone Timestamps 0:00 Opening 1:13 Te Pāti Māori Suspension 9:34 Regulatory Standards Bill 14:11 Andrew Little 22:...
May 18, 2025•45 min•Season 2Ep. 137
We extensively discuss the newly announced changes to pay equity legislation and processes. Who is being affected? What does it mean for society, the Government, political parties and factions? What opportunities does this provide to fight back? Link to Stephanie's fundraiser: https://www.sweatwithpride.com/fundraisers/stephanierodgers This episode’s co-hosts Philip, Simone, Stephanie Timestamps 0:00 Opening 2:29 Pay Equity 6:05 How Can Saving Billions Be Bad 16:48 Political Memory 22:25 How to ...
May 11, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 136
As the US hurtles into fascism under Trump we look at the mechanisms being used to accelerate this and the historical precedents that got us here, including the slower moves towards this scenario under successive Republican and Democratic presidents. This episode’s co-hosts Kyle, Kieran Timestamps 0:00 Opening 1:24 The Ascendency of Fascism 30:15 Modern Fascism 49:54 Tariffs 58:57 Historic Rhetoric 1:23:06 A History of Oil 1:31:40 The Overton Shift 1:37:50 Military Power 1:42:26 Summary 1:48:38 ...
May 07, 2025•1 hr 52 min•Season 2Ep. 135
CW: Discussion of sexual violence from ~32:05 Fascism accelerates in the US with ICE running rampant, and NZ’s own rightwing parties are hellbent on introducing the same kind of political extremism here, aided and abetted by our media institutions. This episode’s co-hosts Kyle, Angela, Simone Timestamps 0:00 Opening 1:35 The Pope 7:11 Roadmap of Facism 13:48 Liberal Scolding 24:38 Scratch a Liberal 32:05 What Happens if the Trans Bill Passes 51:25 Systematizing Bigotry 58:15 ICE 1:03:30 Closings...
Apr 27, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 134
1 /200 doesn't usually get former US State Department officers as guests, but Dr. Annelle Sheline is no ordinary former State Department officer. Having famously quit her job in protest at the Biden administration's unequivocal backing for Israel's war on Gaza, she recently sat down with Branko Marcetic to talk about how a US foreign policy that puts military power over human rights hurts everyone - including the United States itself. https://quincyinst.org/research/under-primacy-weapons-sales-w...
Apr 19, 2025•51 min•Season 2Ep. 133
We discuss the failed Treaty Principles Bill and potential for a geopolitical restructuring in the political economy instigated by Trump's tariffs. Where to from here? How can we make the most of the moment? This episode’s co-hosts Philip, Ginny, Simone Timestamps 0:00 Opening 1:41 David Losing the People 9:24 Global Discourse of Treaty Principles 23:44 Tariffs 37:21 Pacific Partnership 50:20 Closings Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive Support us here: https://www.patreon.com/1of200...
Apr 13, 2025•55 min•Season 2Ep. 132
We guest Paris Marx for thoughts about the upcoming Canadian Election with parallels to the electoral situations across the rest of the west. Paris is in NZ and talking on April 10!: https://digitalsovereignty.lilregie.com/booking/attendees/new This episode’s co-hosts Kyle, Philip, Paris Timestamps 0:00 Opening 0:53 Canadian Polling 5:44 Mark Carney 10:00 Chris Hipkins 16:00 Worries of Carney 21:15 Center Left in the West 25:22 Pierre Poilievre 32:20 Similarities of NZ and Canada 36:42 NDP 40:53...
Apr 09, 2025•56 min•Season 131Ep. 2
We discuss the continuing atrocities in Gaza, the blackbagging of activists across the west and declining US hegemony accelerated by an absurd tariffs regime. Closer to home we touch on the Treaty Bill submissions and the horrific hit job on a Green MP by far right muckrakers and politicians. This episode’s co-hosts Kyle, Simone, Pmax, Josephine Timestamps 0:00 Opening 1:58 On Gaza 9:36 “Condemn Hamas” 21:54 Legal Corner 27:15 Hegemony 49:50 Treaty Submissions 1:00:07 Benjamin Doyle 1:08:50 Stoc...
Apr 06, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Season 2Ep. 130
We spoke with Kate from Justice for Palestine and Lulu from Stop Arming Israel about the ongoing genocide and apartheid in Palestine. They took us through the strategy and purpose of their current BDS Divestment campaign targeting ASB Bank for its investments in Motorola. https://our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/don-t-bank-on-apartheid-asb-kiwisaver-divest-from-illegal-israeli-settlements-or-we-switch Lobbying to Win webinar with Chlöe Swarbrick, 9 April 7pm https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/reg...
Apr 04, 2025•54 min•Season 2Ep. 129
FROM THE ARCHIVES! This episode was originally published on our old platform, and alongside many others didn’t survive the migration. But with RocketLab and US military concerns again on the agenda, we’ve decided to republish. In a flashback episode from season 1, this is an interview with Philip and Branko spoke with Oliver Neas in 2019 about RocketLab launches and the precedents being set for NZ-US surveillance and military co-operation. This episode’s co-hosts Philip, Branko, Oliver Neas Intr...
Mar 31, 2025•52 min
Waning trust in media alongside a failure to uphold standards and whitewashed investigations has NZ outlets in a bad spot. We discuss the examples of negative framing for Tamatha Paul’s comments about police, and the direct engagement between media leadership and far-right astro-turf groups. When will NZ political and media leadership pull in line with the electorate and reject the accelerating fascism in the US under Trump? This episode’s co-hosts Simone, Oliver, Kyle, Ginny Timestamps 0:00 Ope...
Mar 29, 2025•55 min•Season 2Ep. 128
We start with a school lunch update. The NZ Govt is trying to take back control of the economic narrative with an Infrastructure Summit, amid global trade uncertainty. The UK Labour Party is abolishing 'NHS England' and making life harder for disabled people. This episode’s co-hosts Philip, Pmax, Simone Timestamps 0:00 Opening 2:29 School Lunches 13:42 Nationals Failures 20:10 Nothing Infrastructure 28:12 Schengen Zone 43:10 In Opposition 49:14 State Owned 1:07:09 Closings Intro/Outro by The Pro...
Mar 15, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 127
As Callaghan Innovation prepares to shut up shop it’s making one last pitch - a hackathon to design a “NZ DOGE”. What the fuck does that even mean? And what is happening with the transplant of US tech culture and propaganda into the NZ discourse? This episode’s co-hosts Kyle, Olivier Timestamps 0:00 Opening 3:05 Americanized Language 7:25 NZ Exceptionalism 12:58 NZME 19:31 DOGE 24:25 Selling Securities 28:55 Cynicism 31:12 Ministry of Regulations 34:49 Callaghan Innovation 43:45 ETH Global 48:04...
Mar 11, 2025•54 min•Season 2Ep. 126
We get the chance to swing at Labour for their latest fumbled PR and what looks like a signal of further centrism. School lunches remain on the agenda as one student gets second degree burns. And multiple high profile political roles are on the way out. This episode’s co-hosts Simone, Kyle Timestamps 0:00 Opening 0:45 Labours Fumbling 8:24 Campaign Mode 21:46 Aggressive Centrism 24:38 School Lunches 34:14 Minister of Health 41:05 Fired Over Trump 48:07 Closing Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive S...
Mar 08, 2025
We discuss genocide, tracking the history of the concept and definition into the present day. This episode’s co-hosts Kyle, Kieran Timestamps 0:00 Opening 2:29 Raphael Lemkin 10:52 A Process 16:20 Divided Genocidal Actions 18:52 Mass Killing 24:39 Colonialism 28:35 Legal Prohibition 35:30 Charging Genocide Against the US 41:10 The Crime of Crimes 44:53 Prosecution 56:55 Resistance 1:02:00 Displacement 1:07:58 Freedom of Movement 1:11:04 Logic of Genocide 1:13:36 An End to Genocide 1:16:58 Closin...
Mar 03, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Season 2Ep. 124
The media/pol class are finally admitting that Luxon is not fit for purpose, while his coalition partners go from disaster to disaster, and his own Ministers propose wildly destructive policy. Meanwhile, NZ still isn’t anywhere near close to the speed of decline faced by the US. This episode’s co-hosts Simone, Pmax, Philip, Kyle Timestamps 0:00 Opening 1:20 Luxons LinkedIn Speak 7:46 School Lunches 12:35 Citizens Arrests 36:31 Woke 42:05 The U.S Empire 1:01:12 Closing Intro/Outro by The Prophet ...
Mar 01, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 123
Last weekend Destiny Church was directed by their leader, Brian Tamaki, to undertake terrorism. They duly complied, storming a library to attack a children’s story event, injuring at least one person and forcing children and caregivers to barricade themselves in a room. We discuss the conditions that led to this and the need for a strong, ongoing response in the face of a political and media climate that, at best, isn’t interested. https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/02/19/destiny-church-appeasement-doe...
Feb 22, 2025•59 min•Season 2Ep. 122
We discuss the destruction of public services in Education and Health and the purely extractive nature of neoliberal privatisation. We then peer through time (at the current situation in the US) to understand where these decisions by the National Party coalition government are going to end up. This episode’s co-hosts Kyle, Gigi, Ginny, Simone Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 4:04 School Lunches 12:55 Compass 18:57 Health Ministries 29:20 Trans Healthcare 34:48 Difference in Institutions 37:32 Peopl...
Feb 15, 2025•57 min•Season 2Ep. 121
We weigh in on the accelerating fascist destruction of the administrative state in the US and consider how this impacts NZ, possible steps to take, and the way that media and politics here is being set up in a way to clear the path for rabid extraction and decline, particularly via the ACT Party. https://mickhall.substack.com/p/natos-strategy-engaging-civil-society This episode’s co-hosts Josephine , Kyle, Oliver Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 0:44 Accelerationism in Power 13:32 Imperialism 24:30...
Feb 08, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 120
We talk education and ECE reforms, the issues with Labour alongside the role of unions, and the news about ex ACT Party President Tim Jago having name suppression lifted after 2.5 years, following his convictions for sexually abusing two teenage boys in the 1990s. Content warning for sexual abuse, rape (confined to the last 20 minutes) This episode’s co-hosts Philip , Simone , Pmax Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 2:01 Education Rant 21:17 Labor Woes 32:02 Failure to Inspire 49:02 Unions 1:01:25 Ti...
Feb 02, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 119
We discuss the current state of western politics, modern day fascism and its roots. https://ongenocide.com/ Afterword: a couple of extra thoughts from Kieran Firstly, I was unduly harsh about Karl Popper’s Open Society and its Enemies . I disagree strongly with the central premise of the book, but I recall thinking that there were some good valid points made by Popper. Secondly, I regret not expanding more on the simplistic, anti-intellectual and emotive aspect of fascist politics – or at least ...
Feb 01, 2025•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 118
With Trump’s inauguration so close what did the Biden presidency offer the world and what impacts might we see under a president roundly labelled as an outright fascist? Why are all the political parties in “western democracies” so avidly breaking institutional norms for reactionary reasons? This episode’s co-hosts Branko , Kyle Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 1:03 Branko on Biden 7:09 Trump Side Effect 18:34 Lack of Media Pressure 25:20 “Man Removed For Asking Questions” 29:23 Why NZ Should Care ...
Jan 18, 2025•53 min•Season 2Ep. 117
