The "Paul... The Other One" Podcasts. Letting the truth ruin a good story

A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow. The only evidence this government seems to need to pass laws on crime is that people like Family First’s Bob McCroskie saw a spooky ghost and got covered in ectoplasm in excitement at the term “tough on Crime” - especially when all the other evidence says a policy is bad and wont work. Don’t forget to Like, Share and Subscribe to get regular content when it comes out! This content is also available in video formats on Tik Tok, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram as well as audio versions where ever you get your Podcasts from - all linked in my bio, along with the free weekly Paul… The Other One Newsletter. If you want to support what I do, you can grab Paul… The Other One Merch at https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/158126510 or make a contribution via Linktree at https://linktr.ee/paul_barlownz

A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow. The coalition of chaos has set to slashing and burning government departments to pay for their tax cuts, after spending the morning blaming Labour for the technical recession we were in - which was not only engineered specifically but impacted by this governments policy to cancel major projects and refuels to actually deal with the cost of living crisis. Now thousands of civil servants are on the verge of being made unemployed, some of our most important ministries will be far less capable of doing what they do and landlords and the wealthy will get their tax cuts despite warnings from the IMF. This content is also available in video formats on Tik Tok, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram - all linked in my bio, along with the free weekly Paul… The Other One Newsletter. Oh, you can now buy limited Paul… The Other One Merch! Stickers, phone cases, shirts, mugs! Check it out at https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/158126510

A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow. Join me this Sunday for a huge Live Streamed event! This week marks 100 days since the coalition of National, Act and NZ First took the reigns of power in Parliament - and while 100 days is usually an arbitrary number made up by American politicians, this government set down 49 goals for their first 100 day period. We were promised a laser focus on the cost of living, no cuts to front line services, tax cuts and continued work towards environmentally sustainable outcomes. Instead we’ve had budget cuts, Te Rēo Māori reduction, threats against funding amateur sports groups because of trans women, lobby groups writing policy and massive bills put on the shoulders of local councils. So now is the time to look at what was promised and what was delivered in a 1 hour live Paul… The Other One Special. Join me and a panel of experts, Hamilton City Councillor Louise Hutt, education expert Dr Will Flavell, the Labour Party spokesperson for Auckland and Rainbow issues Shana Halbert, CEO of Community Waikato, Holly Snape and Big Hairy News host and media commentator Pat Brittendon as we look at NACTFIRST’s first 100 days in power. *EDIT* - You can now hear the full version of this special on this podcast platform or view the stream on my YouTube Channel This content is also available in video formats on Tik Tok, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram - all linked in my bio, along with the free weekly Paul… The Other One Newsletter. Oh, you can now buy limited Paul… The Other One Merch! Stickers, phone cases, shirts, mugs! Check it out at https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/158126510

A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow. Tomorrow is Budget Day - and commentators are telling us to prepare for a budget that seems particularly harsh towards Māori - and in response to this, a series of protests have been set up around the motu - which the PM has described as illegal… But what does that even mean in the context of a protest? Don’t forget to Like, Share and Subscribe to get regular content when it comes out! This content is also available in video formats on Tik Tok, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram as well as audio versions where ever you get your Podcasts from - all linked in my bio, along with the free weekly Paul… The Other One Newsletter. If you want to support what I do, you can grab Paul… The Other One Merch at https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/158126510 or make a contribution via Linktree at https://linktr.ee/paul_barlownz

A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow. “Just get a job” - words from Finance Minister Nicola Willis on what people should do if they get caught in the safety net we call the Benefit system that ignore the fact this is a system designed to help people, that she rigged to keep poor people trapped like dolphins and that she is making worse for them with her economic management.  Don’t forget to Like, Share and Subscribe to get regular content when it comes out! This content is also available in video formats on Tik Tok, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram as well as audio versions where ever you get your Podcasts from - all linked in my bio, along with the free weekly Paul… The Other One Newsletter. If you want to support what I do, you can grab Paul… The Other One Merch at https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/158126510 or make a contribution via Linktree at https://linktr.ee/paul_barlownz

A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow. Thursdays, am I right? What a long day it was this week - with an underwhelming budget made up of borrowing for things which totally aren’t tax cuts - look over there, it’s extra funding for education (that’ll probably be sunk into the uncoated elements of Charter Schools). And of course the epic Toitu te Tiriti activation as well.  Don’t forget to Like, Share and Subscribe to get regular content when it comes out! This content is also available in video formats on Tik Tok, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram as well as audio versions where ever you get your Podcasts from - all linked in my bio, along with the free weekly Paul… The Other One Newsletter. If you want to support what I do, you can grab Paul… The Other One Merch at https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/158126510 or make a contribution via Linktree at https://linktr.ee/paul_barlownz

A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow. It’s Budget Day! To get an idea of how the budget impacts people and the narrative around it, keep an eye around how the media portrays it. They have a strong influence in how it’s received by the public - after all it’s what happened in 1991 - and those were a very different set of economic and political times… Or where they? Don’t forget to Like, Share and Subscribe to get regular content when it comes out! This content is also available in video formats on Tik Tok, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram as well as audio versions where ever you get your Podcasts from - all linked in my bio, along with the free weekly Paul… The Other One Newsletter. If you want to support what I do, you can grab Paul… The Other One Merch at https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/158126510 or make a contribution via Linktree at https://linktr.ee/paul_barlownz

A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow. Have you submitted yet on the Bill to remove Maori wards? The Government, once again, has rushed through legislation that impacts Maori and local democracy and given the public only days to submit. So to help those wanting to submit, here’s a few pointers you can use to help craft your submission before Wednesday 29 May at 11:59pm Don’t forget to Like, Share and Subscribe to get regular content when it comes out! This content is also available in video formats on Tik Tok, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram as well as audio versions where ever you get your Podcasts from - all linked in my bio, along with the free weekly Paul… The Other One Newsletter. If you want to support what I do, you can grab Paul… The Other One Merch at https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/158126510 or make a contribution via Linktree at https://linktr.ee/paul_barlownz

A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow. Budget week is coming! But before then, how about a horror story involving VFF, NZ Loyal, Act, The Atlas Network, a former Party President referred to police and a three times bankrupted convicted fraudster and perjurer that are turning Hamilton’s elderly population into creatures from another dimension? https://open.substack.com/pub/paulbarlow/p/sad-strange-little-men?r=5d5a1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true Don’t forget to Like, Share and Subscribe to get regular content when it comes out! This content is also available in video formats on Tik Tok, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram as well as audio versions where ever you get your Podcasts from - all linked in my bio, along with the free weekly Paul… The Other One Newsletter. If you want to support what I do, you can grab Paul… The Other One Merch at https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/158126510 or make a contribution via Linktree at https://linktr.ee/paul_barlownz

A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow. Extra funding to help people of any age work through mental health issues is never a bad thing to see - and yesterday’s $24 Million Gumboot Friday announcement is no different. But it was, sadly, another sleight of hand budget trick from the government wanting you to ignore it’s gutting of mental health services elsewhere and adding to people’s mental health issues in other ways. Don’t forget to Like, Share and Subscribe to get regular content when it comes out! This content is also available in video formats on Tik Tok, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram as well as audio versions where ever you get your Podcasts from - all linked in my bio, along with the free weekly Paul… The Other One Newsletter. If you want to support what I do, you can grab Paul… The Other One Merch at https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/158126510 or make a contribution via Linktree at https://linktr.ee/paul_barlownz

A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow. It was a co-ordinated plan to make a specific government agency look bad enough it needs a massive overhaul - but the entire process was manufactured with the messaging controlled from the coalition - and it’s easy to see where it happened. Don’t forget to Like, Share and Subscribe to get regular content when it comes out! This content is also available in video formats on Tik Tok, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram as well as audio versions where ever you get your Podcasts from - all linked in my bio, along with the free weekly Paul… The Other One Newsletter. If you want to support what I do, you can grab Paul… The Other One Merch at https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/158126510 or make a contribution via Linktree at https://linktr.ee/paul_barlownz

A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow. Every government Pre-Budget announcement feels like what happened when The Phantom Menace was released - lots of exciting, crowd pleasing teasers with hints of what’s really about to be unleashed. Don’t forget to Like, Share and Subscribe to get regular content when it comes out! This content is also available in video formats on Tik Tok, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram as well as audio versions where ever you get your Podcasts from - all linked in my bio, along with the free weekly Paul… The Other One Newsletter. If you want to support what I do, you can grab Paul… The Other One Merch at https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/158126510 or make a contribution via Linktree at https://linktr.ee/paul_barlownz

A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow. An impending budget day with a week’s worth of special content, leaked emails and meeting minutes from Hamilton’s Sovereign Citizen group, the little train who wouldn’t say no, the Council who did say no and the Councillor and her husband trying to cry about free speech. There’s a lot going on! Don’t forget to Like, Share and Subscribe to get regular content when it comes out! This content is also available in video formats on Tik Tok, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram as well as audio versions where ever you get your Podcasts from - all linked in my bio, along with the free weekly Paul… The Other One Newsletter. If you want to support what I do, you can grab Paul… The Other One Merch at https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/158126510 or make a contribution via Linktree at https://linktr.ee/paul_barlownz

A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow. In Kirikiriroa-Hamilton on Friday a group of dozens of angry conspiracy theorists protested rates increases because of speed bumps, chem trails, 5G, 20 minute cities and more. In the crowd was a former Act Party President and at least one person feeling emboldened enough to throw a Nazi salute… Don’t forget to Like, Share and Subscribe to get regular content when it comes out! This content is also available in video formats on Tik Tok, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram as well as audio versions where ever you get your Podcasts from - all linked in my bio, along with the free weekly Paul… The Other One Newsletter. If you want to support what I do, you can grab Paul… The Other One Merch at https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/158126510 or make a contribution via Linktree at https://linktr.ee/paul_barlownz

A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow. Kirikiriroa Hamilton - I am in you today because, well lots of reasons really! Oh and if you’re taking part in this years 48 Hours - good luck! Don’t forget to Like, Share and Subscribe to get regular content when it comes out! This content is also available in video formats on Tik Tok, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram as well as audio versions where ever you get your Podcasts from - all linked in my bio, along with the free weekly Paul… The Other One Newsletter. If you want to support what I do, you can grab Paul… The Other One Merch at https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/158126510 or make a contribution via Linktree at https://linktr.ee/paul_barlownz

A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow. A brain drain? Here? From Aotearoa New Zealand? Who would have seen that coming… Oh yeah - lots of people. Don’t forget to Like, Share and Subscribe to get regular content when it comes out! This content is also available in video formats on Tik Tok, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram as well as audio versions where ever you get your Podcasts from - all linked in my bio, along with the free weekly Paul… The Other One Newsletter. If you want to support what I do, you can grab Paul… The Other One Merch at https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/158126510 or make a contribution via Linktree at https://linktr.ee/paul_barlownz

A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow. Charter Schools have been making news this week with David Seymour announcing their return - but what exactly are they, what are the concerns about them and what are the factors that lead to their success and failures? Don’t forget to Like, Share and Subscribe to get regular content when it comes out! This content is also available in video formats on Tik Tok, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram as well as audio versions where ever you get your Podcasts from - all linked in my bio, along with the free weekly Paul… The Other One Newsletter. If you want to support what I do, you can grab Paul… The Other One Merch at https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/158126510 or make a contribution via Linktree at https://linktr.ee/paul_barlownz

A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow. It’s been a busy week when it comes to Karen Chhour’s Section 7AA repeal plans. The Court of Appeals, the Waitangi Tribunal and Act themselves have all had their say - and only one of them threw a tantrum and acted like a petulant child about it. Don’t forget to Like, Share and Subscribe to get regular content when it comes out! This content is also available in video formats on Tik Tok, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram as well as audio versions where ever you get your Podcasts from - all linked in my bio, along with the free weekly Paul… The Other One Newsletter. If you want to support what I do, you can grab Paul… The Other One Merch at https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/158126510 or make a contribution via Linktree at https://linktr.ee/paul_barlownz

A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow. These days a local election brings out the racists like a circus brings out the clowns - and Tauranga is next in the firing line. Already helpers of Julian Batchelor from the racist Stop Co-Governance roadshow are doing leaflet drops and there’s bound to be more on the way… Don’t forget to Like, Share and Subscribe to get regular content when it comes out! This content is also available in video formats on Tik Tok, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram as well as audio versions where ever you get your Podcasts from - all linked in my bio, along with the free weekly Paul… The Other One Newsletter. If you want to support what I do, you can grab Paul… The Other One Merch at https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/158126510 or make a contribution via Linktree at https://linktr.ee/paul_barlownz

A left leaning look at the world with Media and Political commentator, Paul… The Other One Barlow. Remember - seperate spaces in Uni are bad unless it’s bathrooms to segregate trans people. And feelings don’t matter when it comes to facts, unless it’s about how TERFs, cookers and conspiracy theorists feel when it comes to trans people using bathrooms. But none of it really matters unless Winston Peters gets his flagging polling numbers over 5% again - and his followers may be willing to see him burn the coalition in the process to make it happen. Also - today is the LAST DAY to sign the petition to tell the government to save funding for Whaikaha and those who need it most! Linked in my bio! Don’t forget to Like, Share and Subscribe to get regular content when it comes out! This content is also available in video formats on Tik Tok, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram as well as audio versions where ever you get your Podcasts from - all linked in my bio, along with the free weekly Paul… The Other One Newsletter. If you want to support what I do, you can grab Paul… The Other One Merch at https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/158126510 or make a contribution via Linktree at https://linktr.ee/paul_barlownz