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Listen back to features and interviews from 95bFM's daily news and current affairs show. Jessica Hopkins, Castor Chacko, Nicholas Lindstrom, and Caeden Tipler focus on the issues of Tāmaki Makaurau and elsewhere in independent-thinking bFM style. Monday-Thursday 12-1pm on 95bFM.
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Your weekly music culture podcast. Host Mikey Cahill is joined by fellow seasoned music writers Marcus Teague, Sose Fuamoli, Milo Eastwood and Andy Hazel to talk all things music culture. Trends, buzz, hype and the juiciest goss with a special correspondent each week. Find a new friend in Hit Different! More information here - Hit Different on Mushroom.com Credits Producer - Courtney Carthy, Mushroom Group Theme Music - Mark D'Angelo, The Backlot Studios Artwork and web design - Mushroom Cre ...
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For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party Wire Host Caeden speaks to Labour’s Carmel Sepuloni about the government’s new benefit sanctions and the New Plymouth Mayor’s call for Labour to continue oil and gas exploration until 2050. For States of the States Caeden speaks to Andre Fa'aoso on candidates joining, or potentially joining, livestreams…
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Amnesty International UK has released a new report that links a government failure to address institutional racism to the far-right violence that has erupted in UK streets. The UK’s failure to address racism is also a failure to address international human rights obligations on race. The report lists concerns over legislation introduced by the prev…
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The Government has announced new sanctions for beneficiaries who do not meet their obligations. These include putting half a person’s benefit on a payment card and community work experience. Social Development Minister Louise Upston said this is to move people into work and provide tougher consequences for those who repeatedly fail to meet benefit …
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This week in States of the States, Presidential candidate Donald Trump joins a livestream on the streaming app with internet personality Adin Ross. Ross is known for his sometimes controversial videos of livestreaming apps “twitch” and “kick”. Another celebrity streamer, Kai Cenat, has also claimed the Harris campaign reached out to him for the pai…
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This week the government announced it is moving forward on overhauling restrictions on the use of gene editing and other genetic technologies in New Zealand - establishing a dedicated gene tech regulator before 2026. The law will be based on similar legislation in Australia - the Australian Gene Technology Act 2000 - while taking a ‘hybrid approach…
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Catherine Bell is a successful entrepreneur, business leader, and best-selling author. She is the CEO and founder of The Awakened Company, which focuses on helping organizations foster healthy work cultures through the awakening of the self, relationships, and team dynamics. Her book of the same name is a response to the world-wide crisis of financ…
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For their regular catch-up, Oto speak to the Green Party’s Ricardo Menéndez March about the government’s new traffic light sanctions for beneficiaries, as well as cuts at the Environmental Protection Agency and the party’s petition to roll back speed limit reversals. He spoke to Maude Loutsch from the University of Auckland about the impacts of Cyc…
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In the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle, there was widespread damage to homes across affected areas in the North Island, with the housing market across the whole country facing massive subsequent reductions. Around 170 homes were deemed unsafe to enter, with almost 5000 others facing other infrastructural damages. Oto spoke to Maude Loutsch, a lectur…
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The government recently announced that they would be introducing a “traffic light” sanction system for people on the jobseeker support benefit who did not fulfil their obligations as beneficiaries. This includes a green level for compliant beneficiaries and an orange and red level for beneficiaries who haven’t met their obligations and who may face…
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The government also announced increased visa application fees, some of them now more than double the previous cost. The government says this change will make Immigration NZ entirely self-sufficient, no longer at any cost to the taxpayer. However, the projected gain from this fee increase is four times as much as Immigration NZ currently spends annu…
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The New Zealand Police Association yesterday released an open letter to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon discussing firearms legislation reform. In the letter, the association called out the government for their exclusion from the policy making process, as the Police Association has been a key group calling for the introduction and continuation of …
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Dr. Stephen Aizenstat has devoted his life to understanding the profound wisdom and healing power that exists within our dreams and imaginations. “Dream tending” is a process he developed that can help us work with our own dreams and the dreams of the world around us to see the consciousness that exists in all things, and to utilize them as a sourc…
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Raised in Karachi, Pakistan, fahad punjwani is a strategist, designer, poet, and uncle who now calls Houston home. Their work is rooted in creativity, beauty, and empathy. He is the founder of Suchee Studios, a collective that helps mission-driven leaders and organizations use design thinking to foster capacity for connection in order to tackle the…
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Next in our Throwback Thursday series is a fresh look at this ever-relevant conversation with Nina Simons, the co-founder and Chief Relationship Strategist of Bioneers. For over 30 years, this organization has focused on helping the human species reach a place of true racial and gender justice for all, while also rekindling our sacred relationship …
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How does science fiction have the potential to shape our understanding of human nature, reality, and the universe? It’s a topic that Damien Walter — writer, video essayist, and lifelong enthusiast of science fiction — is continuously exploring. If you take a look at his popular YouTube channel (aptly titled “Science Fiction”) you’ll see a wealth of…
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In this new series, we revisit past episodes of The Wonder Dome that continue to resonate powerfully today. First published in October of 2021, this conversation with the incomparable Lawrence Barriner II surrounding the complexities of grief, the transformative power of understanding one’s own story, and the untapped potential that lies in the col…
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Bonnitta Roy is an author, award-winning teacher, and insight guide who helps individuals and groups break away from limiting patterns of thought so that they can grow into their full potential. Bonnie works across many levels of abstraction while remaining grounded in the important questions: Who are we? How do we want to be in the world, with our…
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Founder of the Mindful Living Revolution, Deborah Eden Tull is an author, Zen mindfulness/meditation teacher, and EcoDharma educator. Her latest book, “Luminous Darkness: An Engaged Buddhist Approach to Embracing the Unknown” serves as a compass to our conversation today as we navigate the realm of shadows, the unspoken, and the rich mysteries to b…
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We have yet another wonderful return guest this week with Paul Zonneveld. Last time, I had an opportunity to connect with Paul and his colleague Mieke Jacobs to discuss their book Emergent, which is an exploration of systemic intelligence, and how every system, whether naturally occurring or human made, exhibits certain qualities and patterns that …
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This week we welcome back Amy Fox, CEO and co-founder of Mobius Executive Leadership. Amy is a beacon of transformational leadership and a steward of spaces where healing and growth flourish. She joined us recently for a conversation about trauma-informed leadership, and what makes today’s episode special is that this conversation was recorded almo…
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Robin Alfred is an executive coach, educator, and trainer in leadership development — as well as a dear friend and mentor. He has a unique capacity to facilitate depth work, which is the work of understanding ourselves fully across all levels of awareness, where we can allow thoughts, feelings, and possibilities to arise organically through our rel…
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Miles Borrero is a self-described spirit and body geek. He is a trans-masculine, gender-fluid Latinx yoga teacher, writer, and body therapist based in New York City. His recent memoir, Beautiful Monster: A Becoming is the heart-wrenching story of Miles’ journey of breaching bounds of gender, cultures, and borders to become the person he truly is. M…
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Ken Liu is a multi-award winning speculative fiction author and third-time guest of The Wonder Dome. Even if you haven't read one of his dozens of stories, it’s likely you’ve seen work he’s contributed to on places like Netflix and AMC. His writing has reached a tremendous influence in the zeitgeist when we think about questions of humanity; identi…
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How do we help ourselves live healthily in a system that conspires to keep us sick? Noëlle Janka, dear friend and author of Rebel Healing: Transforming Ourselves and the Systems That Make Us Sick, seeks to answer that question. Often in the world of healthcare and wellness, there’s a red herring debate between Western or “acute” medicine, and what …
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This week we welcome back Raj Sisodia, acclaimed author of books like The Healing Organization, Firms of Endearment and Conscious Capitalism. Today we're here to discuss his latest book, Awaken. Raj has been on a mission to bring caring, humanity and healing to business since he first began writing books in 2007. He's spent this time thinking and f…
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Miles Enriquez-Morales is a poet, athlete and student in Los Angeles. His boxing journey began in Longmont, Colorado where he eventually became a coach for youth classes. He also hosts a class called Trans Boxing which is specifically for trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming people in LA. He is a fellow student of past guest Tlotlo Tsamaase,…
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Our guest today is Rosi Greenberg: artist, author/illustrator, leadership development trainer, and a dear friend and colleague. Rosi is a master of the art of bringing people together to learn and grow. She recently released Everyone Has a Sam, an illustrated book about meeting your inner critic and re-writing the rules for motivation, accomplishme…
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Brandon Peele has built his profession around moving towards the most important and often triggering cultural and political topics. Brandon's willingness to look deeply and critically at the questions surrounding America's collective shadow and the horrors that shape our past and present comes through a lens of purpose. America e pluribus unum: out…
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Host of Mike's Search for Meaning, coach, and longtime supporter of the Wonder Dome, Mike Trugman has gone through a beautiful journey of growth and transformation of reorienting his career to include space for deep inner work for coaching, health and wellness, mindfulness, while coming from a background in accounting and finances. He skillfully st…
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Andy Cahill is a Leadership Development Consultant and an Associate Partner at KONU, an international boutique consultancy for leadership development and change management. As a transformative coach, he works with purpose-driven leaders and entrepreneurs to help them make a positive difference in the world. He is also the author of the critically a…
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It's a joy to be joined by my dear friend, the inspiring Edi Pasalis. Edi is a mindfulness teacher, a yoga teacher, and a leadership practitioner. Arguably, she is the person who gave me my first job in the world of leadership development that I inhabit pretty robustly now. By inviting me to join the leadership team with Kripalu's RISE program, Edi…
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Amy Elizabeth Fox is the CEO and co-founder of Mobius Executive Leadership. It's safe to say that the work I do in the world at KONU and my private coaching practice would not be as enriched and as robust if not for the work of Mobius. Mobius weaves together an incredibly rich and deep intellectual spiritual heritage for how change happens in indiv…
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Cheryl Ntumy is deeply committed to art as a vehicle for self-understanding and collective cultural growth. Her writing ranges widely, traversing everything from romance to speculative fiction. She speaks powerfully to writing as a journey into true empathy and understanding of yourself and others - across cultures, across identities, across time a…
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This wonderful and inspiring conversation with Ray Martin has been a long time coming - and I'm so excited to finally share it with you! Note that it was recorded several months ago, and does not reflect current crises in Israel/Gaza, Armenia, or Sudan. As always, The Wonder Dome stands for a world where humanity and its wonderful diversity of cult…
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Michael Koehler is the Founder and CEO of KONU, an international boutique consultancy for leadership development and change management. Michael also teaches leadership as an Adjunct Lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education and hosts the On The Balcony podcast, where he inspires change agents, executives, and others passionate about personal…
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The Wonder Dome is back after our summer hiatus! And we're kicking off the fall with Jee Chang - a leadership coach, creative director, designer, and professor who teaches at Parsons School of Design, The New School, and the Pratt Institute. She’s also the founder and leadership director of UME, an inside-out brand consultancy that works with radic…
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Laura Renner is the Founder and Managing Director of Freedom Makers, a virtual assistant agency supporting small businesses and entrepreneurs with admin support. Freedom Makers pairs companies with qualified, versatile, and experienced military spouses. Laura, a former Public Affairs Officer for the US Air Force, is passionate about connecting tale…
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Crystal Shanks is the CEO and Certified Business Coach at Run Right Business Consulting, where business and executive coaches help entrepreneurs and executives thrive through professional and personal development. Run Right’s coaching program is uniquely personalized for each person and focuses on core needs, including marketing, sales, operations,…
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Brad Stroh is the Co-founder and Co-CEO of Achieve, a digital personal finance company helping people plan for their future. Formerly known as Freedom Financial, Achieve offers innovative customized financial solutions including financial education, home equity loans, personal loans, and debt resolution. In this episode… Inflation makes it difficul…
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Patricia De Fonte is the Founder and Owner of De Fonte Law PC, an estate planning firm based out of San Francisco, California. Through her relationship-based approach, Patricia works with clients to create highly personalized value-based estate plans tailored to protect and provide for their loved ones. She is an Estate Planning Attorney highly reg…
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Dr. David Clarke, Matthew Illsley and Giles Stevens join me to discuss the latest on our investigation into the Calvine photo, specifically our search for Kevin Russell. Other areas of the investigation are still ongoing also. Scottish Daily Record article: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/sc... IF ANYONE HAS ANY INFORMATION ON THIS CASE PLEASE E…
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Ross joins Vinnie and Katie to talk about the latest UFO/UAP news and happenings. Ross Coulthart Twitter: https://twitter.com/rosscoulthart Ross Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosscoulthart/ Need to Know YouTube channel: / @brycezabel SPONSOR: 29 Degrees North - A novel by Dan Quinn A remote town on the southern edge of Colorado plays host to…
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Max Gladstone has a “galaxy brain” - he is deeply and widely read, he has thought deeply about many different dimensions of life and existence, and he has a remarkable gift for transmitting his insights in the form of wickedly smart stories that are equal parts devastatingly beautiful and laugh-out-loud funny. His recent novel Last Exit serves as t…
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O.B. Amaechi is a Nigerian-American author, entrepreneur, fashion designer, educator, and coach whose “purpose is soaked in beauty.” Our conversation delves deeply into the themes evoked by that phrase: Why does beauty move us so? And what does it have to do with our soul, our calling, our orientation in life? O.B. has walked the walk in many diffe…
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Shawn Flynn is a Principal at Global Capital Markets, a middle-market investment bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial restructuring, and valuation. As an investment banker, Shawn advises business owners on decisions involving M&A transactions and raising growth capital. He also hosts The Silicon Valley Podcast…
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Jeff Lieberman is the co-founder of Sleepawake Camp. A play on the “sleep away camp,” Sleepawake is a boot camp for the body, heart, and mind. The summer program is geared towards people ages 18 to 27 who are ready to learn all of the things that are never taught in school: conflict resolution, emotional regulation, mindful communication, and so mu…
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Sean Cahill is an investigative filmmaker and retired U.S. Navy Chief Master-at-Arms. He served on various vessels and duty stations abroad; most notably he was part of the bridge crew onboard the USS Princeton during the infamous Tic-Tac UAP incident with the USS Nimitz in 2004. Seans Twitter: https://twitter.com/mintyhyperspace Sean Instagram: ht…
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Chris Lehto is a retired F-16 pilot and currently writes books and makes YouTube videos. https://uapsociety.com/Chris Lehto Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrisotis78Chris Lehto Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/otis78/ https://www.youtube.com/c/ChrisLehtoF16 SPONSOR: 29 Degrees North - A novel by Dan Quinn A remote town on the southern edge of Co…
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Red Panda Koala is a UFO researcher and documentary filmmaker. His films cover a lot of historical cases and eras in the UFO subject. Red Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RedPandaKoala Red Twitter: https://twitter.com/RedPandaKoala SPONSOR: 29 Degrees North - A novel by Dan Quinn A remote town on the southern edge of Colorado plays host to…
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Paul Dunion has been working for decades to help people of all ages - especially men - step more fully into their maturity, their identity, and their potential. And to do so in a way that engages, integrates, and heals the shadow sides of our lives: the parts of ourselves that we don't want people to see. The parts that others may have told us is u…
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