The Hoon

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking with regular guests Robert Patman and Cathrine Dyer about the week’s news in geopolitics and climate. This week’s Hoon featured special guest Janet H Anderson from the podcast Asymmetrical Haircuts , which covers international justice. Peter mentioned these...

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about Budget 2025 with: Vic Uni political scientist Lara Greaves ; CTU Economist Craig Renney ; and, Tax commentator Terry Baucher . The Hoon’s podcast version above was recorded on Thursday night during a live webinar for over 200 paying subscribers and was...

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s news with regular and special guests, including: * Cathrine Dyer on news about climate change. * Robert Patman about the latest news from Trump and others on Gaza, Kashmir, Ukraine and much more. This declaration in Dunedin was discussed. *...

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s news with regular and special guests, including: * Cathrine Dyer on news about climate change’s role in spreading birdflu in the United States and elsewhere, research showing marine heatwaves gathering around Aotearoa-NZ and news NIWA has a...

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s news with regular and special guests, including: * Cathrine Dyer on news Tony Blair suggested giving up on net zero targets, on the debate about whether a full transition to renewable energy is possible, and why planting pine forests is not...

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s news with regular and special guests, including: * Cathrine Dyer on news New Zealand abstained from a vote on a global shipping levy on climate emissions and downgraded the importance of climate change in the Defence Force’s strategic aims.....

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s news with regular and special guests, including: * Cathrine Dyer on a global survey of over 3,000 economists and scientists showing a significant divide in views on green growth; and ACT leader David Seymour’s comments that the Reserve Bank...

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s news with regular and special guests, including: * Cathrine Dyer and Robert Patman on the week in geopolitics and climate, including Donald Trump ’s shock and (partial) backflip; and, * Health Coalition Aotearoa Chair Boyd Swinburn on the la...

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s news with regular and special guests, including: * Cathrine Dyer and Elaine Monaghan on the week in geopolitics and climate, including Donald Trump’s tariff shock yesterday; and, * Labour’s Disarmament and Associate Foreign Affairs Spokesman...

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s news with regular and special guests, including: * Cathrine Dyer and Robert Patman on the week in geopolitics and climate; * Michael Baker on the fifth anniversary of the arrival of Covid and the second anniversary of the launch of the Publi...

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking with special guest author Michael Wolff , who has just published his fourth book about Donald Trump : ‘All or Nothing’ . Here’s Peter’s writeup of the interview. The Hoon’s podcast version above was recorded on Thursday night during a live webinar for over 2...

It may be a bumpy ride for the world but the era of Donald J. Trump will die with him if we can wait him out says the author of four best-sellers on the indefatigable real-estate bloviator-turned-President. Michael Wolff has spent a decade tracking Trump’s improbable rise, Icarian fall, and resurrection, fed by salacious insider stories — gossip and alarming insights. His latest book All Or Nothin...

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s news with regular and special guests, including: * Robert Patman on the week in geopolitics, including Donald Trump’s wrecking of the post-WW II political landscape; and * Health Coalition Aotearoa co-chair Lisa Te Morenga on school lunches...

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s news with regular and special guests, including: * Robert Patman and Elaine Monaghan on the week in geopolitics, including Donald Trump’s wrecking of the post-WW II political landscape; and, * Cathrine Dyer on the week in climate news. The H...

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s news with regular and special guests, including: * Robert Patman on the week in geopolitics, including Donald Trump’s wrecking of the post-WW II politicial landscape; and, * Cathrine Dyer on the week in climate news, including what Joe Rogan...

( My apologies. The version sent earlier this morning had the audio of last week’s podcast attached. It was good, but not that good. I have now updated with this week’s podcast. This is my error and please accept my apologies. ) The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s news with re...

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s news with regular and special guests, including: * Robert Patman and Elaine Monaghan on the week in geopolitics, including the latest from Donald Trump’s administration over Gaza and Ukraine; * Cathrine Dyer on the week in climate news, incl...

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s news with regular and special guests, including: Robert Patman on the week in geopolitics, including the latest from Donald Trump over Gaza and Ukraine. Health expert and author David Galler on health funding cuts, Health NZ’s restructures a...

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s news with regular and special guests, including: * Cathrine Dyer on Donald Trump ’s first executive orders to reverse Joe Biden’s emissions reductions policies and pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement (again). She also highlight...

Last night I spoke about the second inauguration of Donald Trump with Peter Bale in a ‘pop-up’ Hoon live video chat on the Substack app on phones. Here’s the summary of the lightly edited video above: * Trump's actions signify a shift away from international law. * The imposition of tariffs could lead to increased inflation in the US. * Media trust is at an all-time low, affecting public perceptio...

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the year’s news with: * Cathrine Dyer on climate. Her book of the year was Tim Winton ’s cli-fi novel Juice and she also mentioned Mike Joy ’s memoir The Fight for Fresh Water . Cathrine’s person of the year was David Seymour . * Robert Patman on geopo...

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s news with: * Cathrine Dyer on the Government’s inadequate final emissions reduction plan and pro-business climate appointments; * Robert Patman on the lightening overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria and what might happen next in Uk...

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s news with: * Cathrine Dyer on Trade and Agriculture Minister Todd McClay saying New Zealand would not buy emissions credits overseas, effectively admitting we’ll renege on our Paris commitments. ( RNZ ) * Robert Patman on the Israel vs Gaza/...

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s news with: * Robert Patman on the Israel vs Gaza/Iran/Lebanon, Ukraine/Nato vs Russia/North Korea and whether NZ joins AUKUS; * Special guest Community Housing Aotearoa CEO Paul Gilberd talking about the Community Housing Provider (CHiPs) se...

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s news with: * Robert Patman on the US Presidential elections, Israel vs Gaza/Iran/Lebanon, Ukraine/Nato vs Russia/North Korea and whether NZ now joins AUKUS; * Special guest Helen Clark on the issues above, plus dramas in the UN, the hikoi th...