For their weekly catchup w/ the Green Party, Oto spoke to Ricardo Menendez-March about the government’s stricter health screening requirements for disabled migrant children, as well as the petition from volunteer firefighters for ACC coverage and ACT party leader David Seymour’s move to get more ACT members on local councils in the upcoming October Elections.
For Green Desk, Producer Sara spoke to ‘Chronically Ellen’ for her upcoming events at EcoFest 2025 about developing skills around sustainable practices and building connections with others.
Oto also spoke to Craig Elliffe - A professor in Law at the University of Auckland, about Donald Trump’s protectionist policies and how they’ll impact international tax treaties.
New and Editorial Director, Joel, spoke to Sapna Samant - an activist with the Aotearoa Alliance of Progressive Indians, about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s accusations of ‘anti-India activities’ in Aotearoa, following a meeting in Delhi with Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon.
Last week United States Senator Cory Booker gave a marathon 25-hour speech, or “filibuster”, in the Senate.
Booker’s speech included a broad range of criticisms of President Donald Trump, including his widespread cuts with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and his threat to annex Greenland and Canada.
Booker had over 1,000 pages of prepared material, including stories from 200 Americans who had written to Booker about Trump’s actions.
Wire Host Caeden spoke to Charles Hunt from Boise State University in Idaho about Booker’s speech, its historical basis, and its impact on a growing anti-Trump movement in the United States.
They started by asking if he could explain what a filibuster is.
After months of allegedly anti-narcotic hostilities in the Caribbean around Venezuela, at the beginning of this year, The United States, under President Trump, struck the country directly, and kidnapped Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro.
The Incursion has been justified by the US on account of accusations of Narcoterrorism, with the US angling for Regime Change. As this comes to a head, however, discussions have re-emerged around the role that the US should play as a geopolitical power in South America, and the western hemisphere as a whole.
Monday Wire Producer Alex spoke to Professor Robert Patman, a senior lecturer in Political Science at the University of Otago, about the attack, and what this means for Trump’s plans in the area.
Blind Mango Chutney explores the polarising genre of easy listening in his Queasy Listening special with expert digger Alan Perrott - from pure kitsch and unlikely mashups to smooth prog and exotica, crooner to Kiwiana.
Another very special episode of U Up with Jack this week - listen as Jack dips the stations bow back into international waters and plays a selection of audible delights from around the world. @ me but don't @ me.
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