An operational pause is not peace
The guns have paused in the US-Iran conflict but Oliver Hartwich and John Howard argue New Zealand should take little comfort from that. All parties are struggling to find an off-ramp, damage to Qata...
24 Apr 31min
Thanked Once a Year: An Anzac Day Conversation with Bob Davies
Bob Davies joined the New Zealand Army at 16 and served 31 years, rising to Sergeant Major of the Army. He deployed to Vietnam in 1968, took shrapnel wounds, caught malaria twice, and was exposed to A...
23 Apr 30min
What New Zealand's 19th-century teachers knew but progressive educators forgot
In this episode, Michael speaks with Professor Elizabeth Rata about the history of New Zealand's school system. The conversation challenges the contemporary narrative of 19th-century schools as author...
22 Apr 41min
Why children can't learn unless they feel safe
In this episode, Michael talks to Lynda Knight, principal of Glenview School in Porirua, about how understanding the neuroscience of stress and trauma transformed her school's approach to dysregulated...
15 Apr 26min
Who runs the country?
In this episode, Michael speaks with Oliver Hartwich about his new research note "Who Runs the Country?", examining the friction between New Zealand's elected government and its permanent public servi...
8 Apr 35min
Why New Zealand can't assume the fuel will keep flowing
In this episode, Oliver speaks with retired Major General John Howard about the escalating Middle East conflict, unpacking the military realities behind the United States' shifting approach and the gr...
7 Apr 35min
Let prices do the job when fuel is scarce
In this episode, Eric talks with Andreas Heuser, partner at Heuser Whittington and lead economist on the government's fuel security study, about why the price system is New Zealand's best tool for man...
1 Apr 48min
Will the Planning Bill actually deliver housing affordability?
In this episode, Nick and Benno discuss whether New Zealand's proposed planning reforms can actually deliver housing affordability or fail to escape the gravitational pull of the status quo. They unpa...
26 Mars 47min
