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Formed as a service to the public in 2019, the Products of Public School is a show where 2 life-long friends sift through the garbage of the internet so you don't have to... as much. Every episode we discuss the weirdest, wildest and outright stupidest news, surveys, lists and whatever else we can find that deserves discussion. Subscribe and Enjoy... or don't enjoy, but either way, Subscribe. New episode every Friday.
 
Unlock the next level of your life and the true lifestyle freedom that is possible through tapping into the power of entrepreneurship, digital media, and the connected economy. Miles Beckler is an entrepreneur on a mission to help people to escape the rat race and unlock the abundance and lifestyle freedom possible through internet marketing and entrepreneurship. Being an entrepreneur can feel overwhelming and confusing at times... Whether you're just embarking on your journey as a digital m ...
 
Disgraceland is the award winning music podcast hosted by Jake Brennan that explores the alleged true crime antics and criminal connections of musicians we love like Jerry Lee Lewis, the Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift, David Bowie, Cardi B, the Grateful Dead, Amy Winehouse, Bob Marley, and more. Disgraceland is a scripted, single voice narrative storytelling podcast that melds true crime, music history, mystery, and misadventure. Disgraceland is not a journalistic podcast. It is an entertainme ...
 
Compelling tales from the world of public relations, marketing and branding, told by the well-meaning communications professionals who lived them. On Lead Balloon, professional communicators share tales of the do-or-die situations that defined their creative careers—how they planned for the unexpected, how they navigated high-profile crises, and what they learned in the process. With immersive storytelling and a wry sense of humor, host Dusty Weis revisits epic PR disasters, intense communic ...
 
Marty Smith & Wes Blankenship of Outsider interview some of the biggest personalities in country music, sports, entertainment and pop culture, sharing their stories. Marty and Wes also discuss the latest things in sports, entertainment and life as a husband and father. Outsider is a media and lifestyle company that celebrates American culture through the entertainment, sports and news we cover and the authentic goods we create. Outsider reaches more than 22 million monthly users and has over ...
 
Equipped with a lexicon not suitable for the ears of kids *and* adults alike, Host Jen Danczak sits down with guests for judgement-free, profanity-filled discussions of real life stories- from relationships, sex, and other taboo topics to current events, living life in Los Angeles, and yes- even the deep stuff. An open mind and dirty mouth are always encouraged, and all stereotypes are put aside during the all-inclusive conversations where no question is off the table, and no burp (or fart) ...
 
Open your mind to the world with New Zealand’s number one breakfast radio show. Without question, as New Zealand’s number one talk host, Mike Hosking sets the day’s agenda. The sharpest voice and mind in the business, Mike drives strong opinion, delivers the best talent, and always leaves you wanting more. The Mike Hosking Breakfast always cuts through and delivers the best daily on Newstalk ZB.
 
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It doesn't get much bigger for an artist than a global tour. Kiwi pop star Mitch James has announced his, which culminates in a 13 date New Zealand tour as well. He released his new album patience last year and will be touring with new music. Mitch James joined the Mike Hosking Breakfast in studio and performed a version of his song japan. LISTEN A…
 
"Based on their previous expression of opinion or ideas." That’s the key line from the immigration folks as they announced they are not stopping ol' Posie Parker from lobbing up and having a word about transgender issues. Section 16 of the Immigration Act is a high bar. High enough that a few "controversial" views and a lot of hand ringing control …
 
Living costs are expected to grow for everyone, but some may feel the pain more than others. Stats NZ will release its latest annual statistics on household incomes, housing costs and child poverty rates today. ASB Bank predicts high consumer prices and interest rates will push up household budgets about $150 per week this year. But senior economis…
 
Zane Robertson's absence has not made Athletics New Zealand's heart grow fonder now he has been caught doping. The 33-year-old has copped a four-year ban for using EPO - plus an additional four years for providing false documents in his defence. He has been based in Kenya or Ethiopia since leaving New Zealand at the age of 17. Chief executive Pete …
 
National has revealed it will overhaul what's taught in primary and intermediate school, to prepare students for high school. The party is releasing its election-year education policy at 12pm. It's promising to "rewrite the school curriculum" if it wins the election, with a focus on basic skills in reading, writing, maths and science. Education Spo…
 
From RNZ The housing market has gone quiet, triggering the biggest sales slump in nearly 40 years. CoreLogic NZ’s new Housing Chart Pack indicated 60,859 properties were sold in the year to February, which was the lowest 12-month total since October 1983. There were about 4100 sales in February, which was the lowest number for that month since 1981…
 
Claims the Immigration Minister had more of a say in a controversial decision than he's letting on. Anti-transgender speaker Posie Parker is being allowed in the country, and isn't deemed a threat. Michael Wood says he would prefer if she never set foot in New Zealand, and called her views repugnant. He says her case does not meet the threshold for…
 
Madonna always knew her life would be art. She rose through the late 70s New York scene reinventing pop iconography and feminism alike. But whether it was Toronto police threatening her for indecency, her short-fuse husband, Hollywood bros exploiting her charisma, or far worse, Madonna learned quick: the world doesn’t know what to do with a truly f…
 
Iggy Pop pushed rock further than anyone before him, committing to live acts of sex, sickness, and rumored suicide on stage. From his cocaine fueled bromance with David Bowie, to his search for inspiration in the voodoo rituals of Haiti, Iggy Pop never just crossed the line between art and madness. He bled all over it, and danced on the stains. Lea…
 
Security's being ramped up in major US cities - ahead of Donald Trump's potential arrest. The former US President expects to be arrested today, over his hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. Trump's used social media to call for protests ahead of his arrest, leading to fears of similar scenes to the Capitol Hill riot. But US correspondent…
 
Claims the process to appoint Ginny Andersen as Police Minister makes a mockery of the crime situation. Andersen is into her second day of the job after replacing Stuart Nash. She says more frontline officers is one way to keep New Zealand safe. National's Mark Mitchell told Mike Hosking the Prime Minister has appointed a junior minister, at a time…
 
The problem with Michael Wood is his arrogance - and his arrogance prevents him from seeing the simple truth. None of his goals around getting us out of cars is going to get us out of cars. He talks of giving us choices but fails to understand that if you are not going to use those choices, they are not really choices. Or even if you would use thos…
 
Optimism the new Local Government Minister has a firm grasp of the issues surrounding the controversial Three Waters policy. Kieran McAnulty sat down with the mayors opposing the reform yesterday in Wellington. Central Hawke's Bay Mayor Alex Walker told Mike Hosking McAnulty is open-minded and pragmatic, but there are still questions over what his …
 
There's hope the Government will take note of a report warning a move from natural gas too early could be costly. A report by major energy and gas players says changing too quickly could cost households and businesses $7 billion. Chief executive of Energy Resources Aotearoa John Carnegie told Mike Hosking the independent report is about informing d…
 
The new Police Minister says there are complex factors at play when it comes to youth offending. The latest Ministry of Justice data shows 32 percent of charges laid against young people last year resulted in a sentence. Ginny Andersen says Police are doing a good job with repeat offenders, but it depends on the individual case. She told Mike Hoski…
 
A denial from New Zealand Rugby that Scott Robertson's appointment as All Blacks coach has come three years too late. Robertson lost out to Ian Foster for the role after the 2019 World Cup, and since then the team's lost nine and drawn two of its 34 matches. In those three years, Robertson led the Crusaders to another trio of Super Rugby titles, an…
 
A welfare commenter claims the government shouldn't be taking credit for declining Jobseeker levels. Data from Social Development, comparing June 2020 to June 2022, shows almost 25,000 fewer people are relying on Jobseeker. But researcher Lindsay Mitchell says benefit levels spiked during the pandemic, and the numbers reflect a move away from COVID…
 
You'll likely know the name – and you'll definitely know the voice and the iconic songs. The Grammy and Oscar-nominated rock band Counting Crows are back in New Zealand for the first time since 2015 as part of their Butter Miracle Tour - named after their latest album. It all started in 1991 and has turned into seven studio albums, 20 million in re…
 
Wayne Brown has read the room right on this one. He now has Vector on board. They claim the road cone chaos costs them $30 million a year and, on top of that, their maintenance and restoration work is delayed and that affects everyone who wants to turn a light on. The support will grow. These are the very issues that make-or-break political careers…
 
Concerns among Credit Suisse shareholders in the wake of its purchase by main rival UBS. The $3.2-billion purchase has been driven by regulators, but normally shareholders would have a say in whether a takeover happens. Credit Suisse's largest shareholder, Saudi National Bank, has lost more than US$1 billion from the purchase. JMI Wealth Director A…
 
The world's first pay it forward Shopify app has just hit the market. The app connects with a business’ Shopify sites and at the point of checkout customers can make a donation that goes to the chosen charities. The app had been in the works since 2020 by the company GoGenerosity but has been launched three months earlier to help provide some relie…
 
A nervous day for European share markets ahead of the first day of trading since the purchase of Credit Suisse. Markets started the day sharply lower, but have recovered slightly, with the London Stock Exchange closing on around 0.9 percent. In Switzerland, Credit Suisse's new owner UBS also closed on 1.5 percent higher. Europe correspondent Cather…
 
Fresh questions for the Prime Minister over how much access lobbyists have to the halls of power. Official documents released to RNZ show Government departments are paying lobbyists hundreds of thousands of dollars for communications advice. Documents also show Chris Hipkins' Chief of Staff, Andrew Kirton, was previously working for liquor firms to…
 
Council advocates are warning public transport and cycleways can't come at the expense of New Zealand's roading network. Newstalk ZB has obtained exclusive Infometrics analysis revealing the share of transport funding going towards roads hit a decade-low of 70 percent in 2021. It comes as the distance travelled on roads jumped from 43 billion kilom…
 
Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta has to hold the balance between trade and politics with her Chinese counterpart today. It'll be the country's first diplomatic visit to Beijing in more than three years. The visit comes at the same time Chinese President Xi Jinping is in Russia for talks with Vladimir Putin. New Zealand China Council Executive Directo…
 
Ginny Andersen has already been in touch with the police union. The new Police Minister replaces Stuart Nash in the role, having only been sworn in as a Cabinet minister earlier this year. Andersen is a low ranking member of Cabinet, but has 10 years of experience working with Police. Police Association President Chris Cahill told Mike Hosking he's…
 
The old, hi-vis honeymoon of Hawke’s Bay and disaster politics for the Prime Minister is long gone, isn't it? There he was, flailing away on Friday lining up the decision on Stuart Nash for the weekend, looking to draw a line under it so by Monday —as in today— we've all moved on. Sorry Chris, we haven't. Among the many weaknesses of the previous P…
 
So, once again, in a Matt Hancock-type revelation we learn that during the Covid years the Government considered handing us all $5,000. $5,000 for everyone. It's like Oprah: "you get a car, you get a car, you get $5000". They considered cutting GST for a couple of weeks, like a GST sale. As we sit here in what almost certainly is a recession, given…
 
The latest SEEK Employment Report for February shows job ads rose 1 percent month-on-month, and are 15 percent higher compared to February 2019. Job ads decreased in Hawke's Bay, Manawatu, and Southland, remained steady in Auckland, Wellington and Waikato, and increased in all other regions. Country manager Rob Clark says candidate activity fell fo…
 
Donald Trump may become the first former US President to be indicted. In a post to his own media platform, Truth Social, Trump claimed he'll be arrested later this week in relation to a hush-money investigation involving payments to two women of around 450-thousand New Zealand dollars. US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking that this wou…
 
The Greens say they'll put climate change at the top of their priority list at the negotiating table. In their annual State of the Planet speech, the party's given its predictions for the political landscape after Election Day on October 14. It says major parties will need a coalition partner, but in order for the Greens to agree, they want a commi…
 
The Early Childhood Council says the legal action against the Government over its Pay Parity policy is about taking a stand. Pay Parity aims to close the gap between teachers in education and care centres and those in kindergartens, but the council says it's making older, often female, teachers with more experience unaffordable, forcing providers t…
 
Uncertainty in Switzerland as the country's second largest bank hopes to secure its future. UBS —the country's largest— is offering to pay around 1.8-billion-New Zealand-dollars for full or partial control of Credit Suisse. Regulators have been racing to save the 167-year-old bank, hoping to secure a deal before the markets reopen tonight at 6pm NZ…
 
Wayne Brown is confident he can get Auckland Transport to change its approach to traffic management. The Auckland Mayor has been calling on council organisation Auckland Transport to reduce its 145-million dollar spend on road cones and traffic management to help fill the council's ballooning fiscal hole. He's describing the spending as unjustifiab…
 
At the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. Gary Lineker: 7/10 For reminding us that speaking your mind isn't a crime and having an opinion doesn’t mean you can't talk about football. Stuart Nash: 6/10 A big price to pay for being honest. Of course he broke the rules and, n…
 
Grab your mom's spaghetti and get ready, we're heading to the 313 to talk the 'not a biopic' biopic of Marshall Mathers, 8 Mile. This 2002 musical drama was heavily influenced by the rappers career and sees Eminem take the leading role. In an era that saw the rise in mainstream popularity of rap battles, 8 Mile was the forerunner. We breakdown its …
 
Stuart Nash's future in Cabinet remains far from certain. Newstalk ZB has revealed that Nash was given a warning for breaching the Cabinet manual in 2020 over a Newstalk ZB interview in which he advocated for police officer Matthew Hunt's killer to be imprisoned for a long time. Nash has already lost his job as Police Minister, after boasting on Ne…
 
Tiktok could be soon be having its final dance in the US after accusations that it’s a risk to national security. The Biden administration has demanded the popular Chinese-owned video sharing app be sold or risk being banned. Over a third of Americans have downloaded the app, totalling more than one hundred million people. US Correspondent Richard …
 
The international spotlight is on Lyttelton as competitors prepare for SailGP this weekend. Tickets have sold out for the New Zealand leg of the highly anticipated series, with thousands expected to descend on the port town. US skipper Jimmy Spithill told Mike Hosking that thanks to international TV audiences the competition has exceeded targets so…
 
The Government says it's obvious the economy has started slowing. GDP declined 0.6 percent for the four months to December, following three months of positive growth for the September quarter. We are still waiting on data for the current quarter however if that too is negative, then it's a technical recession. Finance Minister Grant Robertson says …
 
More money is likely to go down the drain as the Government ploughs ahead with the next stage of Otago's Lake Onslow project. It's confirmed it will develop a detailed business case for the hydro storage set-up, despite the estimated cost of the project leaping to 16-billion dollars - a huge jump from the initial four-billion. Manawa Energy Chairma…
 
There are concerns about the moves the Reserve Bank might have to make to deal with economic pressures later in the year. GDP declined by 0.6 percent in the three months to December, following a two percent rise in the September quarter. The country will be in a technical recession should we see another quarter of negative growth. JMI Wealth Direct…
 
Rocka Rolla Disgos. It's been a wild week. Jake is riding high off a win for the show at the Ambies in Vegas, a trip to Maine, and yes, your listener messages. Not to mention Mick Jagger assassination attempts, All Quiet's Oscar wins, and the greatness of 90s movies. Hit up 617-906-6638 to join the after party and hear from Jake yourself. Learn mor…
 
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