TL;DR: The podcast above of the weekly ‘hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers last night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale talking about the Royal Commission Inquiry into Abuse in Care report released this week, and with:

* The Kākā’s climate correspondent Cathrine Dyer on a UN push to not recognise carbon offset markets and the rapid crumble of the Thwaites Glacier;

* University of Otago Foreign Relations Professor Robert Patman on the likely Democratic candidacy of Kamala Harris for US President and any implications for US foreign policy on Gaza, Ukraine, NATO and AUKUS;

* Special guest Green Transport spokeswoman Julie Anne Genter on Transport Minister Simeon Brown’s ‘Northern Expressway’ and speed limit increases in towns, around schools and on expressways, and Brown’s re-announcement of Labour’s plan for 18 new diesel-electric locomotives for Wairarapa and the Kapiti Coast, albeit less than National’s promise for 22 ‘tri-mode’ electric locomotives.

The Hoon’s podcast version above was recorded last night during a live webinar for over 120 paying subscribers and was produced by Simon Josey.

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Ngā mihi nui.

Bernard

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