The Leighton Smith Podcast

On this week's podcast: Michael Schmidt left New Zealand after gaining a BSc and MSc in molecular biology, virology and immunology from Otago. He returned in 2019 after 35 years in Australia, Hong Kong, China and other places. He now has a Doctorate on Supply and Demand Theory and various other qualifications. He is a nexialist, and one of the most interesting people we’ve interviewed. We have com...

On this week's podcast: Steven Joyce, the best Finance Minister in the last 6 years, discusses Ukraine, Putin, inflation and its effects. We also talk currency, the governments failings (of which there are many) and other vital matters important to the future of New Zealand. We touch on why most academics went silent during covid-19.We voice a plea from an immigrant for all New Zealanders to wake...

On this week's podcast: Agnosis is the neoclassical Greek word for ignorance. Agnotology describes the intentional production of ignorance. Professor Thomas Harrington, in "The Conscious Cultivation of Ignorance", talks about how politically and economically powerful groups fabricated ignorance under the banner of science. He stresses the need to protect people from the influence of misinformation...

On this week's podcast: Have the protestors won? If so, how and why? Ex-ACT party leader Rodney Hide says yes and gives his reasons. But he doesn’t think it’s  over by a long shot. It’s a long and interesting discussion, perfect for a podcast. We also take a look at the shifting crisis in Ukraine, and we go into the Mailroom with Mrs Producer and your commentary. File your comments and complaints...

On this week's podcast: There has been much NZ interest in the Ukraine standoff between the White House and the Kremlin. Headlines have ratcheted up daily. But headlines need to be backed up with good analysis. So who better than geopoliticist George Friedman from Geopolitical Futures. You’ll get a different perspective from the mainstream. We have an update on the Durham investigation into Russia...

On this week's podcast: Marxism could not happen here... could it? After decades on the bench, covering four different courts, retired Judge Anthony Willy expresses his concern for the future of democracy in NZ. We make comment on the truckies in Canada and here in New Zealand. And we go into the Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't lis...

On this week's podcast: In this unfiltered insider account, Dr Scott Atlas (author of A PLAGUE UPON OUR HOUSE: MY FIGHT AT THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE TO STOP COVID FROM DESTROYING AMERICA) gives us a full account of the Covid key players in the White House during the pandemic. We cover the lies, distortions, and the truth about science, politicised academia, Big Business and Big Tech.  Sixty two min of...

Martin Gurri, retired CIA analyst, writer and author of “The Revolt of the Public”. This book has been recognised as prophetic by critics of all political persuasions. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iT...

With a list of qualifications too long to include, Koonin served as Undersecretary for Science at the U.S. Dept of Energy, under President Obama. Professor of theoretical physics at Caltech, 200+ peer-reviewed papers in the fields of physics and astrophysics, scientific computation, energy technology and climate science (not that I believe peer-review counts for much any more). But those achieveme...

Des Gorman, Professor of Medicine at Auckland University. He was Head of the School of Medicine from 2005-2010. We had a wide ranging discussion on multiple matters; science, philosophy, education, intelligence, the shortcomings of governance and what binds us together. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to...

Barry Brownstein was a find in 2021. Author of “the Inner-Work of Leadership” and Professor of Economics and Leadership, Barry proved himself worthy of a long form interview. He was amazed and impressed with the response his podcast drew. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadi...

Rodney Hide, ex-politician, independent thinker and the only scientifically qualified member of parliament in his day, is always a great conversationalist. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click h...

Martin Kulldorff, ten years Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard Medical School, has found controversy over his Covid data interpretations. Described by a Harvard colleague as a “world class superstar”, Kulldorff is not a group thinker. Just a brilliant scientist. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide....

Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2021.First up is Paul Kengor, PHD, Professor of Political Science and bestselling author of almost twenty books on various subjects — well known for his assault on marxism. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Liste...

On this week's podcast: We talk to Barry Soper on the politics of 2021, as only Barry can do it. We examine the role of Christianity in New Zealand and the world today, with Pastor David Waldron. He has degrees in science, geophysics and theology. And we peruse what we think is the best commentary on the dangerous path New Zealand is travelling. Happy Christmas and New Year from us both on this la...

On this week's podcast: Guesting, is Australian journalist Rebecca Weisser. She relates the detail of two doctors’ experiences with the ever encroaching power of authoritarian government. We outline the thoughts of a former National MP on the new leadership. And we dip into the Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast...

On this week's podcast: The very clever Jeffrey A. Tucker of Brownstone Institute returns to pick up from where we left off in podcast 129. We talk Inflation and the threat it is, the damage it can and will inflict, and what the Central Banks can do about it (essentially nothing). Tucker also revisits the Covid plague, and discloses why Bill Gates is crazy. And we visit the Mailroom, with all your...

On this week's podcast: Businessman Murray Bolton took the bureaucracy to the High Court and fought for his rights, and by default  for our rights. We talk government, how to succeed if you are young, the Bill of Rights and more. We have a word with Muriel Newman from NZCPR. She has written a letter to the Prime Minister outlining why “we” don't love her anymore. And Ewen McQueen, author of “One S...

On this week's podcast: Patrick Basham, Director of the Democracy Institute, has written the lead article in "Chronicles, A Magazine of American Culture” about the 2020 American election. We discuss the empirical evidence and historical data which has lead to an inescapable conclusion about the election. Not a conspiracy theory but solid analysis. Then, a picture of society 40 years from now, foll...

On this week's podcast: For 28 years Martin Gurri was an analyst for the CIA. He specialised in foreign news media. He departed in 2010, just before the world changed in 2011. His book, “The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority" was published in 2018. It was a riveting discussion. We explore your comments in The Mailroom. And we comment on Bitcoin and Peter Thiel’s speech on “Centralis...

On this week's podcast: Nick Cater, Executive Director of the Menzies Research Centre and columnist for The Australian, discusses Cop 26 and covid, Australian politics and the journalism war. We also take a look at Three Waters reform and the appalling decision to force it through. And finally, your thoughts in the Mailroom. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't li...

On this week's podcast: Nick Cater, Executive Director of the Menzies Research Centre and columnist for The Australian, discusses Cop 26 and covid, Australian politics and the journalism war. We also take a look at Three Waters reform and the appalling decision to force it through. And finally, your thoughts in the Mailroom. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't li...

On this week's podcast: Oliver Hartwich, Executive Director of The NZ Institute, guests on Podcast 133 and we cover a raft of important matters. We discuss the state of the economy and the Covid effect. We talk interest rates, the governments direction and the damage it’s doing around centralism, education and debt. We touch on supply chains, Germany and the Nobel Prize. We stop off at the Mailroo...

On this week's podcast: In early 2020, nearly every government in the world, in a multitude of ways, increased its direct control of people’s lives. "The Great Covid Panic” examines how the madness started, what kept it going and how it might end. Guesting is co-author Professor Gigi Foster from the School of Economics at the University of New South Wales. It's a lengthy expose. Finally, to the Ma...

On this week's podcast: Leadership is on our mind. Alternatively, lack of leadership. It’s been suggested we need a present day Moses but the 40 years it took him to clear the desert is fractionally too long for us. Maybe the leadership needs to originate in us. Herd leadership maybe? Barry Brownstein, PhD, Professor emeritus of both Economics and Leadership addresses what’s missing and how it can...