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 ...
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/meetin...
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...
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:...
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 Pr...
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...
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 ...
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...
Jan 18, 2025•53 min•Season 2Ep. 117
We speak with Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab about the history of Palestine and the work of Palestinians and Palestine advocates in NZ over the last 18 months. https://www.aljazeera.com/where/palestine/ https://www.palestinechronicle.com/ https://www.ochaopt.org/ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bashsoftware.boycott&hl=en_NZ&pli=1 https://bdsmovement.net/ This episode’s co-hosts Kyle , Katrina Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 2:30 Starting Advocacy 8:00 How This Gets Back to the ...
Jan 13, 2025•1 hr 25 min•Season 2Ep. 116
What are the early signs of discourse for 2025, and what might they signal in politics and culture for the year ahead? This episode’s co-hosts Kyle, Ginny , Simone Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 1:25 Christopher Nolan’s Homer’s Odyssey 12:05 “Historic Western” Content 28:35 Capitalism Art 35:56 SEO Art 39:11 Nosferatu The Movie 44:09 Handing Out Cookies 46:19 Imperialism Come Home 54:11 Ship of Nation State 1:04:00 Winston Peters Prediction 1:07:45 Closings Intro/Outro by The Prophet ...
Jan 04, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 115
Will the rightwing implode in 2025 or is it all theatre? What’s on the cards for Western and NZ politics as we enter a new year. This episode’s co-hosts Simone , Kyle , Ginny Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 1:39 Leopards Eating Blue Checks 11:58 Deindustrialization 22:49 Soldier Worship 29:20 Sinophobic Rhetoric 37:14 Worst Government Since ‘91 48:55 What Can I Do 54:48 Start-Up Investments 1:00:45 Everyone Wants to go Back 1:08:22 Closings Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive Suppo...
Dec 28, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 114
In the final(??) current events episode for the year we discuss the ways in which western politics, especially on the rightwing, is intentionally creating a policy framework to support fascism. We talk education, criminality, the alignment of capital with the far right, and try to think of some high points. This episode’s co-hosts Ginny , Simone , Kyle Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 2:13 Police Charges 6:47 Illiteracy 14:50 Elon Backs AfD 28:00 Te Pati Maori Song 31:02 Greens and Media Outl...
Dec 21, 2024•46 min•Season 2Ep. 113
Oliver Neas spent months this year investigating and conducting interviews to reveal what happened behind the scenes before & after the Wellington council debated selling shares in their own airport. We discussed what processes & principles were at play, how the issue connects to local economy governance, and how best to treat these debates in your community. Before listening, please read all 3 parts of Oliver's investigation here: Part 1: https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/27-11-2024/pri...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 112
Pmax’s thoughts on students and teachers at the TPB hīkoi.
Dec 16, 2024•23 min
The Commerce Commission gets slightly more aggressive as the supermarket duopoly and government lean into failed, repressive carceral policy. The alleged UHC shooter has been caught -what does this mean for populism? TPM’s vote share looks to be on the rise, Māori continue to be the most likely electoral party for driving change. And the spectre of climate change is becoming a very violent poltergeist. This episode’s co-hosts Finlay, Kyle, Philip, Simone Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 2:10 Chargi...
Dec 14, 2024•57 min•Season 2Ep. 111
We host freelance reporter Glen Johnson and genocide researcher Kieran Kelly to discuss the recent events in Syria and what it might mean for the region. This episode’s co-hosts Kyle, Philip, Glen , Kieran Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 1:25 Background on Syria 5:29 US Hegemony in the Region 8:12 Unexpected Pace 11:45 Regime Plausible Deniability 15:20 Regional Politics 19:57 Impact of Rapid Collapse 23:26 Terrorist Designation 28:17 Claiming Land 30:02 Secular Nationalists 32:1...
Dec 13, 2024•54 min•Season 2Ep. 110
Join us for the week that was! We talk about the death of the United Health Care CEO, the concept of Social Murder, political issues in South Korea and France and the (willing) appropriation of legacy media as a propaganda network alongside Western government authoritarianism. https://mickhall.substack.com/p/nzs-foreign-interference-bill-repressive This episode’s co-hosts Kyle, Ginny , Simone Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 1:48 United Healthcare Shooting 10:13 Redacted 14:12 Social Murder 2...
Dec 08, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 109
We’re joined by Jathan Sadowski, AI critic and co-host of This Machine Kills to discuss his “ruthless criticism of AI and Capitalism and how it fits into the NZ context. Jathan is visiting NZ next week and you can register for free here: https://jathansadowskitour.lilregie.com/booking/attendees/new This episode’s co-hosts Ginny , Jathan , Kyle , Mandy , Mark Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 3:52 Dishonesty in AI 5:46 AI is an Imperative 13:57 Making AI a Consumer Product 19:11 Requirements of AI 23...
Dec 05, 2024•1 hr 23 min•Season 2Ep. 107
Back with current events after a few midweek episodes! We talk proxy wars, the fascist turn, and the increasing propensity of “centre left” parties in the west to be the ones moving towards authoritarian policy - particularly in regards to immigration and freedom of speech. This episode’s co-hosts Kyle , Ginny , Pmax , Simone Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 2:13 Proxy Wars 9:31 Black Friday (Bad) 14:45 Management Consultants 20:58 Overspend 22:58 75% Hitler 29:26 Capacity o...
Dec 01, 2024•51 min•Season 2Ep. 108
CW: Suicide We are joined by PATHA president Jen Shields to discuss the recent government release about puberty blockers, the realities of trans healthcare and the extremely nasty attacks by right-wing parties. Check out PATHA here: https://patha.nz/ Make a submission here: https://postingdad.medium.com/how-to-submit-in-favour-of-gender-affirming-care-d3be265a1349 This episode’s co-hosts Jen, Kyle, Simone Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 3:05 Puberty Blocker Brief 9:24 The Human Cost 13:25 Weaponiz...
Nov 26, 2024•51 min•Season 2Ep. 106
We’re back with current events as we hurtle towards the end of 2024. Civil liberties, “libertarians”, hīkoi, haka and the ICC arrest warrants. Submit on the Treaty Principles Bill here ! This episode’s co-hosts Ginny , Kyle , Philip Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 2:18 Gang Patches 9:19 No Libertarians in NZ 11:56 Luxons Ineptitude 20:07 Civil Liberties 28:22 The Haka Seen Around the World 46:16 Some Good Footnotes 52:28 ICC Arrest Warrants 59:57 Closings Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive Su...
Nov 23, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 105
