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After 33 years behind the Newstalk ZB microphone, Leighton can’t give it up completely. There were so many requests to continue his opinionated commentary that the prospect of podcasting was born.
So, without restriction, Leighton continues to serve up on everything you want to hear about and some things you don’t. Stand by to be enlightened, educated and enraged!
So, without restriction, Leighton continues to serve up on everything you want to hear about and some things you don’t. Stand by to be enlightened, educated and enraged!
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Leighton is off this week, so we are highlighting one of his favourite guests from the podcast. Dr Tim Ball Part 2 on the politics behind the climate change alarmism. As I have said so often, there is new information almost every day, some of it vital. However, it rarely appears in the mainstream media. Two examples since I spoke with Dr Ball. On September 6, the Secretary General of the World Meteorological Society says he does not accept arguments of climate alarmists that the end of the world is at hand. Then with no connection to the above, Stanford University’s Dr Patrick Frank published a peer reviewed paper that demonstrates that climate models have no predictive value. Tim Ball is again the whole podcast. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sociologist Jodie Bruning has produced a paper, ‘Don’t Be Mislead - Judging the Risk From Central Bank Digital Currencies in Isolation is a Rookie Mistake’.
That paper is associated with a much bigger, ninety page production, regarding democratic risks that arise when Digital ID’s are coupled with CBDC's.
It’s an area where most of us are ill-informed, which if concerned about your personal sovereignty we should not be.
This is an important issue for all of us.
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The New York Times, the UK Daily Telegraph and the British Medical Journal are just some (if not the most prominent) publications to adjust their thinking and publication regarding the effect of Covid vaccinations.
Guy Hatchard of the Hatchard Report has been one step ahead. It’s a fascinating and informative interview, especially considering what is yet to come.
We reference David Bell’s “Bird Flu, Fear, and Perverse Incentives”, and we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.
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Oliver Hartwitch, from The New Zealand Initiative, discusses the 2024 Budget and why it might take fifteen years to get the New Zealand economy to where it should be.
We look at what Switzerland could teach us, the future of the Tory Party in England, and the Reserve Bank.
We make comment on Trump and “The Lost Generation” a 2009 article in which a psychologist predicted today’s issues.
And we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.
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Manisha Grazula is not just a primary school principal and teacher. She is extraordinary in that role.
The changes she has wrought in her school in Liverpool, Sydney make for an ideal model for almost any school in NZ.
And the return of NZ author A.I.Fabler after the one hour twenty mark, with talk on his book “AGENDA 2060 Book Two, AI and the View from Outer Space”.
This is the future as it happens, a world where Artificial Intelligence and space travel are about to change lives forever.
We make further comment on Digital ID’s, CBDC’s and the WHO.
And we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.
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Muriel Newman and her organisation NZCPR (New Zealand Centre for Political Research) have a long standing campaign to prevent a tribal takeover of NZ’s foreshore and seabed.
With Muriel, we cover the danger to the governance of NZ ie, the Marine & Coastal Area Act, a common electoral role, media, radicalisation and its growth and the danger of a return to the Dark Ages.
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A sceptical knowledge-seeking society will always welcome controversy, criticism and inquiry, even about ostensibly long-settled ideas.
And free expression plays an indispensable role in society, sorting truth from falsehood.
Jonathan Rauch is a journalist, and author of a number of books.
While a very pleasant interviewee, it will be interesting to see how many of you he will agitate.
We make comment on Pope Francis; again, he is wrong.
Two Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court issue warnings about the state of America.
And once again, we visit The Mailroom.
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We have an extensive interview with David Bell, on the expansion of the World Health Organisation’s powers and influence.
He has worked for twenty years in biotech and international public health in numerous capacities, with over 120 research publications.
David explains why New Zealand, and other countries, should stand their ground and refrain from signing on. It’s a very important discussion.
In Podcast 238 we take a look at crime, Modern Monetary Theory and Law School ridiculousness.
And visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.
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"Never before has New Zealand faced a constitutional contest like the one being played out right now.” The opening words to “Guns drawn as Waitangi Tribunal tangle whips up storm.”
So began a column from The Australian. We discuss this scenario with retired judge Anthony Willy, and venture that it’s time to ditch the Waitangi Tribunal. But there's more.
Also, separate comment on decline of the West, political and editorial bias in shaping climate science, and senility at the highest level!
Mrs Producer joins the mail-room.
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We received a record number of comments and questions after John Alcock’s discussion on Bitcoin in podcast 234.
So in Podcast 236 he makes a return for a question and answer session and we remind you that this is not a promotion, but an attempt to inform.
After the Wet and Forget sale, we reminisce and discover the benefits of hard work with Rod Jenden.
And we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.
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In 2007, Documentary maker Martin Durkin produced “The Great Global Warming Swindle”.
With 17 more years of predictions, Durkin has released “Climate: The Movie, The Cold Truth”.
By utilising facts, statistics and some of the world’s leading scientists, Durkin shows why the science is still not settled. (Judge for yourself by searching the movie title free on line).
UN climate official warns only ’two years’ to save the world from environmental crisis... again.
Finally, we dip into The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.
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John Alcock has a BSC and MSc from Otago. He also has an LLB from Auckland Uni of Technology.
His time is presently devoted to matters crypto. He talks with us about Bitcoin, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC’s), and the progress by our own Reserve Bank.
What he has to say in podcast 234, needs to be heard by all who care about freedom.
There’s also comment on the approaching age of Neo Feudalism and the “take away” from the last four years.
And finally, The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.
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The Reserve Bank of New Zealand seems intent on establishing itself as WOKE Central, a centre of "diversity, equity and inclusion".
In other parts of the finance industry, there is growing realisation that this DEI is not a good investment.
Dr Mike Schmidt argues that DEI is an ideological program, and we see from numerous examples, both local and international, that the results are mixed and in most industries inappropriate.
It is an informative and enjoyable discussion, finished off with The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.
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Roger L Simon is a writer of books, both fiction and non-fiction.
He was the founding CEO of PJ Media, but he is also a screenwriter of standing, a political commentator and columnist with the Epoch Times.
We talked about his column, “What it Means That We are Not Reading Books”, but it became a wide ranging discussion.
We have commentary on Natan Sharansky and the murder of Alexei Navalny, and Covid: what we should never forget.
And finally, The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.
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The Jim Allan commentary on the NZ Supreme Court’s Smith v Fonterra decision (Podcast 229) encouraged considerable reaction from the 'court of the pen’.
Foremost was correspondence from Gary Judd KC, who not only communicated to us but published a corresponding article in The Law Association’s LawNews.
Gary Judd expands on his views in podcast 231. Even a legal novice will find interest in it.
Elsewhere we have commentary on “saving the planet”, and the New York Democrat endorsing Trump.
And we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.
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George Friedman, founder and chairman of Geopolitical Futures, is in the studio with us this week.
And there’s plenty to discuss; wars and rumours of more wars. Possible peace in Ukraine, Star Wars, politics and crises, and the part New Zealand has to play.
Also, George’s book “The Storm before the Calm” which predicted the 2020’s would be turmoil for America. Are his predictions on target?
And a new analysis of the death of John F Kennedy which, if correct, indicates collusion amongst America’s Agencies.
We have mail from a former MP, and much more in The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.
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The legal fraternity in this part of the world is delighted at the Supreme Court’s decision on Smith v Fonterra. But not everyone feels that way.
In his inevitable style, Professor James Allan critiques the decision and the direction a collection of un-elected ex-lawyers are “usurping power to themselves at the expense of the elected branches of government”.
As a specialist in constitutional law, Jim is in his element.
We also spend words on SCOTUS and Trump. An important and essential commentary.
Plus we visit the Mailroom with Mrs. Producer.
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Canadian Jonathan Roth, founder of Resource Wars, recently recorded an interview with the former Mossad Chief Efraim Halevy.
He did not get the answers he was expecting.
Roth maintains that "progress and wealth are impossible without resources. All empires rise and fall based upon access to resources.
He provides perspectives on investing, global politics, technology and the future.
We critique NZTA’s plans to restrict citizen's rights to free movement, while simultaneously hitting us in the pocket.
And we visit The Mailroom, with Mrs Producer.
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1Bitcoin trail blazed the interest and development of digital money.
As a result, the drive for a cashless society with fiat currency being replaced with CBDCs is being pursued by an increasing number of countries.
Currently, that count is a worrying 130. The ultimate goal is a one world currency.
We discuss all of this with Aaron Day, author of “The Final Countdown, the People’s Last Stand Against Tyranny by Central Bank Digital Currencies”.
We comment on Grant Robertson and his new home at the University of Otago, and how higher education wrecks freedom.
And we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.
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If, like me, you love venturing into unknown territory and investigating challenges that are essentially beyond us, then here’s a question..As we know, time goes forward, but can it go back?Physicist Tom Sheahen explains how to expand human thinking and step up to a higher plane of understanding.It is a challenging but most interesting interview.You may not agree with all he says, but, in the words of Albert Einstein, “I want to know God’s thoughts, the rest are details”.We ruminate over free speech and the Christchurch Call and democracy as our saviour.And we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.
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fantastic!
The bigger the rich prick , the bigger the Xmas break. And that was one hell of a long Xmas break
why does it jump when you get to defining Indigenous people? .... Dodgy! good work!
Hi Leighton, I appreciate your podcasts, I think that I have listened to them all. NZRB equates $4,500 in 1972 as equivalent to $57,000 in 2020. This would mean a similar service provided for $12,000 today would have efficiencies of four times or 400%. That would be extraordinarily good. Had Sir Roger already accounted for inflation? Regards Grant
What a rambling mess this podcast series is. I'm out.
Good to have him back! even better without adverts.
Price of subscription.?