Best Lucy Hagan Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 30: Waiting for COVID by Lucy O’Hagan 1:37:26

2M ago1:37:26

1:37:26

How well do you remember those early days of the COVID-19 pandemic when New Zealand watched in apprehension as overseas the virus spread uncontrolled in Italy, health workers died on the job, and morgues ran out of room for the bodies of the dead. Specialist GP and writer Lucy O’Hagan remembers. In Waiting for COVID, Dr O’Hagan takes a personal jou…

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Episode 30: Educate Long Read: Hand-arm vibration 10:59

2M ago10:59

10:59

Hand–arm vibration syndrome develops in stages and prevention is critical; when function deteriorates, it is necessary to consider it lost, unless a lot of hard work is put into rehabilitation, professor in occupational and environmental medicine David McBride explains. He reminds listeners of the usual occupational health algorithm: identify the h…

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Episode 30: Educate Long Read: Full-body vibration 10:57

2M ago10:57

10:57

Exposure to high levels of whole-body vibration, such as that caused by driving forklifts and other forms of material handling equipment, can and does cause intervertebral disc degeneration. Professor in occupational and environmental medicine David McBride explains

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Episode 29: System Fix: Episode 26 - Unwinding health reforms 38:01

4M ago38:01

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It's a cracker episode with panellists and health policy experts Gabrielle Baker and Tim Tenbensel joining me, Barbara Fountain, to catch up on the latest in health reforms. The panel convened in the middle of a week that started with the Parliamentary debate on the disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora. You’ll hear about: The impact of the closure o…

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Episode 28: System Fix: Episode 25 - From Little to Reti in 2023 45:55

5M ago45:55

45:55

The year 2023 is quickly becoming a distant memory as the great Kiwi summer does an excellent job of wiping the neural slate clean. System Fix host Barbara Fountain takes the opportunity of an unexpected convalescence, to refresh her memory by looking back at her editorials in 2023. The heart of New Zealand Doctor Rata Aoteraroa is in primary care …

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Episode 27: Educate Long Read: The Arms Act - an explainer for healthcare professionals 12:28

9M ago12:28

12:28

Recent changes to the Arms Act 1983 and the launch of Te Tari Pūreke are intended to support the safe and responsible use of firearms in Aotearoa, making our communities safer. This article by Kendra Hill and Cathy Stephenson answers some common questions about the implications of these changes for health practitioners…

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Episode 26: Long Read: Episode 2 - The Bourne Identity: GP to CMO (Joe Bourne) 15:39

11M ago15:39

15:39

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa journalist Fiona Cassie talks to Joe Bourne, the first GP to hold the role of chief medical officer at the Ministry of Health

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Episode 25: Long Read: Episode 1 - Winners are grinners: Lloyd McCann 13:08

12M ago13:08

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New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa journalist Alan Perrott's profiles Tāmaki Health chief executive Lloyd McCann in the first of our Long Read series

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Episode 24: System Fix: Episode 24 - Chatting with Abbe Anderson 46:24

1y ago46:24

46:24

Abbe Anderson is Te Whatu Ora national director commissioning. The buck stops with her for any items relating to funding and planning in primary care and community health. System Fix host and New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain recently caught up with Abbe via Zoom. They chatted about her passion to see a reform built on knowin…

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Episode 23: System Fix: Episode 23 - It looked okay on a whiteboard - hearing from Rob Campbell 38:29

1y ago38:29

38:29

Five weeks after he was sacked as chair of the board of Te Whatu Ora, Rob Campbell reflected on what was going so wrong with the health reforms and what might be done to make it right. He was speaking to a meeting of the Fabian Society in Wellington. System Fix host and New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain says that speech and M…

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The War in Our Stars Ch 11-12: What's For Dessert? A BLAST! 48:11

1+ y ago48:11

48:11

Lucy and Zac rank the Star Wars films, and Zac has a gift for Lucy. Luke and friends return to the Gungun world while Fireeyes participates in a Tourney to become The Vade's apprentice. Don't forget to give us 5 stars and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. Credit to travisskywalker58 for this excellent fic. You can read it in full on FanFiction.n…

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The War in Our Stars Ch 9-10: After They Found the Lorde 46:50

1+ y ago46:50

46:50

A profound lesson from today's episode: because you sleep naked you will fight naked, because who you are is who you will do a fight with. Any questions? Don't forget to give us 5 stars and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. Credit to travisskywalker58 for this excellent fic. You can read it in full on FanFiction.net. Our fabulous theme music is …

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The War in Our Stars Ch 6-8: The Cuban Missile Crisis But More in Space 43:59

1+ y ago43:59

43:59

In this three-chapter bumper episode: Fireeyes trains with the muscular, experienced Vader under Kan's watchful eye. We meet Mace Window and his Earthling boyfriend, Seemore, and missiles are fired just like in the Cuban missile crisis, but more in space. Like, Hab, Jar Jar the Gun, R2, C-Three-Pee and Chewie search for the precious emerald. Leia h…

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The War in Our Stars Ch 4-5: That is Storytelling 50:52

1+ y ago50:52

50:52

Zac refuses to watch the Star Wars shows on Disney+, and Lucy is way too nice about this very wrong take!!!!! Lucy makes an impassioned argument about the cyclical nature of storytelling in Star Wars, then we remember that this is a comedy podcast. In the most confusing action scene we've ever come across, Fireeyes and Dart Vadue take over the Ente…

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Episode 22: System Fix: Episode 22 - New Year, new minister, and more 34:41

1+ y ago34:41

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System Fix host and New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain is joined by regular panelists independent health policy consultant Gabrielle Baker (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kuri) and Auckland University health policy professor Tim Tenbensel for the first episode of 2023. You name it, we cover it - a new health minister, the end of the transitio…

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The War in Our Stars Ch 1-3: He Luked in the Mirror and Saw His Face 58:48

1+ y ago58:48

58:48

We're baaaaack! We've moved into an entirely new canon with this season's fic, and it feels so good to engage with something we actually like. We read the first THREE chapters of "The War in our Stars" by travisskywalker86 (bonus chapter for ep 1!) and cannot wait to read more. Topics we cover: our journeys with Star Wars, the best Star War, the fa…

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We Wish You A Goffik Christmas 46:32

1+ y ago46:32

46:32

We searched high and low for the worst Christmas fanfic to brighten your holiday period! What is going on??? Is this even a Christmas story? Is this even... a story at all? We didn't know what at all what we were getting into, as usual. We had... fun, question mark? Happy holidays beloved listeners, and thank you for making the first year of Fangfi…

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Expanding the My Immortal Universe Miniseries 4: The Fangfic 54:10

1+ y ago54:10

54:10

We conclude our miniseries by reading the prologue and the first chapter of our listener Jamie's fanfic rebooting My Immortal. Jamie is on the socials @my_agricultural_romance. On Archive of Our Own he is CryptidCatKid, where he is planning to do some similar worldbuilding and rewriting with the Supernatural finale in November. You can follow us on…

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Expanding the My Immortal Universe Miniseries 3: Character and World Building 1:08:05

1+ y ago1:08:05

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We have some Big Chat about creative practice and writer's block, before diving into Jamie's very thorough worldbuilding and character profiling for his reboot fic of My Immortal. Jamie is on the socials @my_agricultural_romance. On Archive of Our Own he is CryptidCatKid, where he is planning to do some similar worldbuilding and rewriting with the …

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Expanding the My Immortal Universe Miniseries 2: Walk Within the Gruy 42:43

1+ y ago42:43

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We're back (finally) to finish looking at our brilliant listener Jamie's thesis exploring the connections between vampiric folklore and Harry Potter. Zac and Lucy are in more thoughtful and serious moods than usual, and we enjoy delving a little deeper into characterisation and worldbuilding than usual. But we're still Fangfiction, so we still go o…

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Expanding the My Immortal Universe Miniseries: Vampire Potter Confirmed??? with Christina from The Restricted Section 1:13:38

1+ y ago1:13:38

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We're doing some new and different things! This is the first episode of our mini series to see out the end of the year, using content from a listener to expand the MIU and lead into a reboot of My Immortal. Today we are joined by a special guest for the very first time! Christina, host of The Restricted Section, joins us to read through some listen…

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The Temptation of Edward Cullen Ch 9: Finale 1:01:07

1+ y ago1:01:07

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2 of our horniest little donkeys (+ Zac) have written Forbiden Fruit fangfic! We couldn't let things end like that, so we called on our listeners to send us their version of the long lost Chapter 9. And boy did they come through! We read 3 alternate endings for Forbiden Fruit, and feel a lot of joy at the possible futures for our girl Tiaa. Thank y…

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The Temptation of Edward Cullen Ch 8: Pablo Nightmare 46:57

2y ago46:57

46:57

We incorrectly thought this was the penultimate episode! We are both completely exhausted, but are enlivened by this absolute BANGER of a chapter, before being supremely let down when we realise that this is in fact the FINAL CHAPTER of Forbiden Fruit! Zac makes a throwaway joke about burning bookstores that we then labour the point over until we r…

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Rekindling Gaelic Grieving Practices 1:23:25

2y ago1:23:25

1:23:25

As we approach Samhain our thoughts turn to the darker half of the year. What are we going into the dark with? What unanswerable questions? What insurmountable grief? What irreconcilable polarities are we bringing into the dark? Samhain is a time to ritualize this aspect of our spiritual journeys. In this episode Rue and Mica discuss the history an…

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Episode 21: System Fix: Episode 21 - Talking about Iwi Māori Partnership Boards 41:02

2y ago41:02

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Iwi Māori partnership boards are a crucial element of the new health sector landscape. The boards are the Treaty partners in a system which has as a key priority achieving equity in health outcomes for Māori. System Fix host and New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain is joined by regular panelist Gabrielle Baker and guest Simon Ro…

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The Temptation of Edward Cullen Ch 7: Lavender Man-fruit Thing 52:15

2y ago52:15

52:15

We're back!!! We took a little emergency break AGAIN, we're so sorry, but we're back!!! We start off talking about fan theories, then of course we are derailed by: The Road to El Dorado, hating the MCU in 2022, and the role of Amelie in the rise of the alt-right. We bumble through a recap before launching into Chapter 7: Surprises, and what surpris…

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The Temptation of Edward Cullen Ch 6: Throbbing Male Object 54:33

2y ago54:33

54:33

CONTENT WARNING: mentions of sexual assault. Normally we would skip all the Uncle Larry content, but in this chapter some of it is necessary for the flow of the story. We censor as much of it as we can, but if that's distressing for you then feel free to skip 32:44-33:00. News flash: Edward Cullen wears awful outfits!!!! Also, this is NOT the secon…

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The Temptation of Edward Cullen Ch 5: My Mom Died When I Was Bored, That's It 55:39

2y ago55:39

55:39

We're back from our surprise mid-season hiatus with Chapter 5: The Talent Contest! First, we discuss moments in the culture that made us realise that pop culture was for us. This is not a movie podcast, but of course we talk mostly about movies. And a little bit about music! And then a lot about Forbiden Fruit!!!!! All the drama is really starting …

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BONUS EPISODE: Fangfiction in Hollywood 16:44

2y ago16:44

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MORE FANGFICTION FANFICTION!!!! We're on our way to the homeland of all preps, LA!!!! Angel babe listener David has written a Fangfiction fanfiction! You do NOT want to miss this one!!!!1!1!!!12!!! No content warnings necessary for this episode (what a relief!) and as per David's request, we would like to take this opportunity to shout out LGBTQIA+…

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The Temptation of Edward Cullen Ch 4: Soddenly 51:41

2y ago51:41

51:41

Don't flame; there's no point!!!!1!!1! Tiaa is NOT a Mary Sue, CONFIRMED!!! She's really unhappy! Would you like her life???? Not at all! Now that that's been established, let's get on with the Chapter 4: La Push. After a status update on Thirds for Foster Parents, we dive straight into some chat. We discuss: what kind of vampire story we would wri…

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The Temptation of Edward Cullen Ch 3: Fring Off 50:46

2y ago50:46

50:46

CONTENT WARNING: This chapter contains descriptions of sexual assault. We do not read it out on mic but do stumble around it when it initially comes up. If you would like to skip this part it is from 45:00-46:00. We talk for far too long (always) about Lucy’s vampire baby before diving into creative practice, burnout, and why you shouldn’t FLAME yo…

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The Temptation of Edward Cullen Ch 2: His Man Carrot 40:01

2y ago40:01

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Chapter 2: Edward gives us our wettest and sexiest chapter yet. We expose (or potentially revisit) our problematic faves in respect of our formative problematic experiences with Twilight. Lucy dives into her dom/sub Kylo Ren fanfic, which is absolutely true information and not a lie that she can’t deny unless she actually reads the show notes. In C…

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The Temptation of Edward Cullen Ch 1: Horny Little Donkeys 55:39

2y ago55:39

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The official launch of Fangfiction Season Two!! Get ready to flame Forbiden Fruit: The Temptation of Edward Cullen. We're getting #twihard baby. We debate the physics and biology of vampires which, lucky for you, descends into some very wet and mouthy blood-sucking ASMR. Lucy prepares for her Hot Leech Summer before we dive into Chapter One: Atlant…

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Episode 20: System Fix: Episode 20 - Rob Campbell and 1 July 31:38

2y ago31:38

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System Fix host and New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain provides a quick rundown of events around the 1 July launch of New Zealand's new central health entities - Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand and Te Aka Whai Ora - Māori Health Authority, and then makes way for senior journalist Martin Johnston's interview with Te Whatu Ora…

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FANGFICTION #CANCELLED!! 9:12

2y ago9:12

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It’s all in the title. Are you #TeamLucy or #TeamZac? Season Two of Fangfiction is coming next week! Twihards assemble for Forbiden Fruit: The Temptation of Edward Cullen. You can follow us on Instagram and Twitter @FangfictionPod, or check out our website https://fangfiction.transistor.fm/ to listen to episodes or find links to subscribe to Fangfi…

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I'm Not Okay Ch 5: Sweatergate Uncovered 26:25

2y ago26:25

26:25

I'm Not Okay comes to its thrilling conclusion in Chapter 5: In The Shadows Lucy and Zac dive into hustle culture and how you always need to be hustling, even when you’re hustling #blessed. Fangfiction officially becomes the Only Content AND we get to find out what has become of ‘Zac?’ AND chat about nipples getting bit. After a very special surpri…

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I'm Not Okay Ch 4: Gigantic Black Unicorn 19:37

2y ago19:37

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Chapter 4: Bring Me To Life literally wakes Eternity up inside (can’t wake up). Thank goodness we get to talk about gold enemas, a welcome distraction as production on ‘Zac?’ comes to a halt due to Jared Leto’s ‘Morbius 2: More Bees’ commitments. FINALLY we get some incredible outfit descriptions, including pink stuff and pointed boots. Darren make…

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