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BHN Roe v Wade fallout continues in NZ and the US and what about how someone's ideology leaks into their public policy Is the shine coming off Jacinda, seems that in NZ maybe yes but the rest of the world couldn't be more complimentary about our PM And COVID is still rampant in NZ as is seen in our national religion with several All Black players and coaches going down with it

Roe v Wade and the National Party fallout NZ Opposition parties criticising government for the amount spent on COVID advertising Suzanne Manning from National Council for Women on Roe v Wade Supreme Court sends abortion laws back to the states whilst overruling NY State to have autonomy in their gun laws

#BHN Matariki special with Ian Griffin and Toni Hoeta from Otago Museum. As an astonomer Ian looks at the physical world of the star constellations and how to see Matariki and Toni rounds off the episode talking about what Matariki means to Maori Its now harder for first home buyers than the previous 65 years and we break down the numbers to see if that is correct Fina has just changed their rules...

Susie Ferguson obliterates Christopher Luxon in a must hear conversation when Mr Luxon tells the RNZ audience all the things that the health system needs to change that are poor under the Labour government, but when Susie presses him on how to make those changes and how to pay for them, Mr Luxon comes up a little short on depth. Cornel West on Bill Maher and the importance of absolutism when it co...

Bryce Edwards on TGA bi-election and Christopher Luxon's claim that this is evidence that "New Zealanders are fed up with a Labour Government". We also want to look at the idea of the current tribal nature of politics, and society for that matter, where if you are not 100% in agreement with me, then you are my enemy. Krystal Ball decimates Bill Maher on inflation in some fantastic live television....

Dr Tim Mackle is the CEO of Dairy NZ chats with us about the dairy industry. Chris Huriwai. co-producer of the documentary "Milked, White lies in Dairy Land" joins the conversation and both Ben and Chris converse with each other and via our questions about what is the truth in the dairy industry.

Byron C Clark was trending on twitter last night for his interaction with a controversial YouTuber and alleged white supremacist and Clarks call for the man to be deported NZ needs a COVID action plan for schools Dr Amanda Kvalsvig has a dual background in clinical paediatrics and epidemiology. Her research activities currently have a strong focus on New Zealand's response to the COVID-19 pandemic...

Former MP and Minster Chester Borrows says National attempting to ban gang patches is "will not work" and it's a policy made for headlines https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300610969/it-will-not-work-excop-and-national-mp-says-partys-gang-policy-is-made-for-headlines Duncan Grieve writes that over the last 20 years in watching TV we've seen an "immense scale of audience decline" https://th...

Bethlehem College College asking parents to sign a document stating marriage is between a man and a woman possibly about to be investigated by the Ministry https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/bethlehem-college-ministry-of-education-tells-christian-school-to-remove-marriage-line/T44T677WEIMAOL7FTBNAOKV4KI/ Nationwide Alcohol debate? Paddy Gowers documentary about alcohol has reignited the drinking cultur...

Dr Fiona Hutton from Victoria University of how therapeutic Cannabis still out of reach for many Accusations that Minister Kiri Allan wanted less Te Reo used at the DoC Christopher Luxon needed to explain his speech on gangs as he spent most of his time talk co-governance, bureaucracy and Government spending Some thoughts around new Jan 6th Committee information released today and maybe if time we...

Jan 6th Committee with disinformation researcher Byron C Clark Death threats against Jacinda Ardern with Dr Suze Wilson The Cabinet reshuffle Follow up on Louise Wallace and the fall out from her 'fat' comments

Recently James Hake did a fairly inaccurate piece on NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on his YouTube Show The Hake Report. This is when we became aware of his work, this conversation was to talk about that video...the additional 2 hours of content is a roving look into the mind of a right wing commentator who seems to take as gospel what he hears from the front of his church and the people over hi...

Cellular Immunologist Dr Anna Brooks' current research is in COVID-19 and the post-viral condition, Long COVID. Dr Brooks' primary research interest brings together her strong expertise in multicolour flow cytometry, cellular immunology and mesenchymal stromal cell biology to try and better understand immune/stromal cell interactions in health and disease. You chance to #AskDrAnna anything about C...

Hohepa Thompson describes himself as "an equal opportunities-annoyer." He's copped plenty of criticism from Māori who disagree with what he and his art says is colonialism ingrained in Māoritanga, and from Pākehā who are, well, just a bit triggered by it all. Hophepa joins us live at 10pm to chat about 'Hori's Pledge', a direct response to Hobson's Pledge, we'll also chat about the Maori Party pet...