The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale talking with regular guests Robert Patman & Cathrine Dyer about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics.
This edition also included discussions with special guest:
Green MP for Wellington Bays and Green Transport Spokesperson Julie Anne Genter, talking about the Government’s RONS U-turn yesterday.
This week:
Bernard and Peter talked about America’s 250th anniversary. They referred to this FT-$ (gift) article by Simon Schama about the US Declaration of Independence.
Bernard, Peter and Cathrine then talked about Climate Minister Simon Watts’ letter to mayors saying they shouldn’t use ‘high impact emissions scenarios’ in their investment planning.
Then Bernard and Peter talked with Robert about China’s missile test in the Pacific.
Bernard and Peter then talked with Julie Anne Genter about the Government’s RONS U-turn yesterday.
The Hoon’s podcast version above was recorded on Thursday night during a live webinar for over 200 paying subscribers and was produced and edited by Simon Josey. Peter Bale will be back next week.
The Hoon won the silver award for best current affairs podcast in last year’s New Zealand Podcast awards.
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Ngā mihi nui.
Bernard
