Chile went from a free market laboratory under a murderous anticommunist dictator, to a neoliberal democracy with a conservative constitution. Now, it's just elected a socialist as president and is rewriting that constitution to protect its environment and make water a public good
Read MoreKyle and Justine speak with Elspeth from NZ Doctors Stand Up For Vaccination about NZ’s covid health response to date, the challenges faced by the health sector and the ongoing drive to vaccinate through Delta and Omicron outbreaks.
Read MoreA debate is raging around Labour and National's joint housing policy that has opened up planning laws to facilitate more home building. Like the "war on terror" you're either for it or against it. But Jessamine Fraser tells the 1/200 crew that, for the first time, they're safe to choose a third way.
Read More1/200 talks new National Party leadership under Christopher Luxon, who he is, what he might represent and possible electoral and policy outcomes.
Read MoreWe're told that debt forgiveness is impossible, because all debts must be paid, and to do the opposite is to invite anarchy and chaos. But what if none of it was true? Renowned economist Michael Hudson tells Branko about the debt jubilees of the ancient world, how Jesus preached debt forgiveness, and how the finance sector has become a parasite feeding off the productive parts of the economy.
Read MoreKyle and Branko speak with Media Watch producer Hayden Donnell about media analysis, trends and culture
Read MorePhilip, Branko and Justine talk about the recent protests around NZ related to NZ’s Covid measures.
Read MorePhilip and Kyle talk with Olivier Jutel about the latest NFT and blockchain news while going into glossaric detail to give everyone a bit of a primer.
Read MoreJade Kake and Jackie Paul join us to talk all things housing. We cover recent news such as NPS-UD and Ministry of Green Works, as well as more specific topics in indigenous urbanism.
Read MoreKyle and Paul speak with Greenpeace Agriculture spokesperson Christine Rose about the Emissions Reduction Plan, the agriculture industry and the challenges ahead for climate activism.
Read MorePhilip and Kyle speak with Jack McDonald about NZ’s Covid response and the inordinate pressure, responsibility and risk it has placed on Māori communities.
Read MoreKyle, Branko and Philip talk with Dr Aimee Simpson about the recent blip in Labour’s Covid Comms strategy, the media response, vaxathon, and where to from here.
Read MoreKyle, Branko, Justine and Huw chat to Joe Nunweek about Australian politics and their Covid response. We cover NSW Delta outbreak, Victoria, the Federal Government, Gladys Berejiklian’s corruption investigation and the recent protests.
Read MoreIn 2015, Save Our Unique Landscape (SOUL) formed to stop the development of 480 unaffordable homes on their land. In 2020 the New Zealand government bought the land from Fletchers, the company trying to develop it.
Read MoreBranko & Philip talk with Derek Davison (Foreign Exchanges & American Prestige) about developments in Afghanistan, the Taliban, AUKUS, nuclear weapons, American Exceptionalism & run out of time to talk about China.
Read MoreAotearoa has had an excellent response to Covid compared to most countries, but it's not beyond scrutiny. In fact there continue to be serious problems with Government action and strategy on the response.
Read MoreWe talk about NZ’s current COVID response and the attack in Auckland mall late last week. We’re then joined by Luke Savage to talk about the current electoral situation in Canada where Justin Trudeau and the ruling Liberal Party have just called a snap election - 2 years early
Read MoreWe have Mark Rickerby, David Hood and Andrew Chen on the cast to talk information, data and the communication of that to a variety of audiences during NZ’s Covid response.
Read MoreRoss and James join the cast to talk NZ’s latest COVID outbreak of the Delta variety. We talk about the response so far, and the hesitancy of Labour to take action beyond the health response.
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