We’re back. Sorry. Aotearoa New Zealand’s politics, posting and pop culture podcast is back because everything is going very wrong. We last ran from 2021 to 2023, and then took a hiatus. We’re back. Sorry for that.
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This week it's just me, talking to you. This month has seen a moral panic be stoked by nefarious right-wing forces, intent on taking down members of the Green Party. In this episode, I put all the pieces together. A right-wing echo chamber, the Deputy Prime Minister, a moral panic, and what happens next and what to do next. It's shorter than usual,…
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PostingCast #19: Season Two Premiere - So, it's barbarism then?
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1:23:48I'm joined by Kyle, Jennifer and Stephanie to discuss what the hell has happened in the two years since we went off-air. In short, not a lot of good stuff - a lot of bad stuff. We take the usual dismal view of the United States, look to the absolute state of the NZ Government and the rising dirty politics tactics against the left as a response, but…
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PostingCast #6: For Zoom The Bell Tolls
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1:16:00We don't talk a lot on this one. Instead, we invited Zoomer correspondents Artemis, August and Jack to talk about being a Zoomer, the pandemic, social-media, representation, that gay shit and what it's like being a Zoomer (and what Millennials, Gen X and Boomers gets wrong about zoomers, it's a lot) This is the best podcast we've done. You should l…
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PostingCast #18: Education Fundamental(ist)s w/ Adam, Hannah and Nick
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1:13:00This week I asked Adam, Hannah and Nick on to talk about what safeguarding actually looks like in schools, what the Christian and anti-trans right wing are saying about the Relationships and Sexuality Curriculum guidance, and how teachers are responding to gross accusations and conspiracies about them. Transcript of the show available here: https:/…
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PostingCast #17: Free (Energy) Nelson Mandela w/ Stephanie and Francisco
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1:25:00A movie episode! I brought prospective parliamentary candidates for the NZ Greens Steph Rodgers and Fran Hernandez on, and we watched Keanu Reeves flick Chain Reaction from 1996. It's about the discovery of free energy (Yay!) and how the CIA are bad (Yay!) but also the FBI are good (Huh?) and, yeah, overall there are some baffling choices in this f…
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PostingCast #16: About Last Weekend w/ Artie, Cassie, Fin and Hannah
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47:00Kellie-Jane Keen-Minshull came to Aotearoa and had a BAD TIME. John has asked three trans folks and a cis woman to talk about attending the protest in Tamaki-makau-rau, the trans rights rally in Pōneke and Ōtautahi, and their views on this issue. These voices are not often heard in NZ media, so we'll do it instead. Our theme music is New Opportunit…
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PostingCast #15: The Crimes Of Screenwriting w/ Cass and Charlie
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1:38:00We had Cassie and Charlie on a month or so ago and promised we'd get them back for a fun episode. So, we fucked that up. We all watched Fantastic Beasts 2: The Crimes Of Grindelwald and had a Bad Time watching a Bad Movie from a Bad Writer. You want a cruel and brutally awful world? Yeah? With magic? Yeah! How about some children being murdered. Co…
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PostingCast #13: Left Media w/ Kyle Church
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1:20:00We got 1 of 200's Kyle Church on to talk about the media in Aotearoa, and the role that independent left wing media has in providing a breadth of ideas, especially at a time when it seems like the horizons are somewhat narrowed by what is and isn't deemed politically viable. We chat some shit about other stuff too.…
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PostingCast #12: Whose History? Adam and Luke
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1:12:00With the release of the Aotearoa New Zealand History Curriculum, we've gone Full Dad History Podcast. So we brought Adam Weir and Luke Tipoki on to discuss how history has been taught in Aotearoa, how it might be taught now, and why some people are very upset about this.By postingcast
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PostingCast #11: Zoomers In The Age Of Omicron
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51:00We get Artie, Ashley, and August to talk about what the Omicron wave has been like for Zoomers. Spoiler alert: not great. This isn't as doom-laden a pod as we've done recently though, and it's important to hear these voices explain exactly why they're really, really pissed off right now.By postingcast
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PostingCast #10: It’s All Right w/ Byron Clark
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1:11:00We have one of Aotearoa's foremost observers of the far-right on. It's been a Busy Week, so we thought we'd talk about Occupy Christchurch in 2011, protesting in the 21st century and the organisation of the right and far right in Aotearoa. We enjoyed this one, we hope you do too!By postingcast
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PostingCast #9: Everything’s Fine Actually
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45:00Just us on this weeks episode, and we recorded this the day Aotearoa hit 6,000+ COVID-19 cases for the first time ever, the anti-vaccine camp was designated a COVID hotspot, Texas decided trans kids are illegal and there's something going off in Europe.By postingcast
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PostingCast #8: The Incurious PolProf
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1:12:00Two eps in a week I bet you think that's pretty clever, don't you boy. We are joined by Charlie @casuallycharlie and Cassie @shortcasserole because SHIT IS GETTING WORSE OUT THERE. We talk about Wellington, COVID, incurious political professors and the horrible feeling that this is only the beginning of some very bad stuff. It's a cheerful episode …
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PostingCast #7: Homeopathic Fascism
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1:00:00We are BACK. PostingCast returns on a cold February to heat you with some warm-ish takes about the Convoy, the Parliament Protest and the establishment of right-wing institutions with suspiciously strong funding streams. It's good to be back, it's a shame the world sucks.By postingcast
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So yeah, it's 20 years since 9/11. Everyone's talking about it. We talk 9/11, 7/7, cultural shifts, the unimaginability of the future that wasn't, radicalisation between then and now. All that stuff. There's some jokes.By postingcast
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We talk being gay parents, raising a kid when you're not a heterosexual couple, why Peppa Pig and Paw Patrol suck and PostingDad gets far too into why Hey Duggee is a perfect thing to show your young ones.By postingcast
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PostingCast #2: The Curse of TERF Island
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1:03:00You voted for it, so we had to do it. We explore The Curse Of TERF Island. Why is Britain like that? Why are we like that? Why doesn't Aotearoa have to be like that. We revisit our teenage years, the horrors within, and also talk a bit about hope for the future.By postingcast
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We say kia ora and begin the podcast by trying to do an introduction but then get absolutely sidetracked by thoughts on gender, society and all that stuff.By postingcast
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