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Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

A fresh and intelligent start to your day - catch the very latest international and domestic news developments, sport, entertainment and business on Early Edition with Ryan Bridge, on Newstalk ZB.

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4,937 episodesEN-NZ

Show overview

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge has been publishing since 2021, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 4,937 episodes. That works out to roughly 500 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.

Episodes typically run under ten minutes — most land between 3 min and 4 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-NZ-language News show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 392 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 1205 episodes published. Published by NZME.

Episodes
4,937
Running
2021–2026 · 5y
Median length
3 min
Cadence
Near-daily

From the publisher

A fresh and intelligent start to your day - catch the very latest international and domestic news developments, sport, entertainment and business on Early Edition with Ryan Bridge, on Newstalk ZB.

Anna Fifield: Former Washington Post Asia-Pacific Editor on the meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping

May 14, 20262 min

Simeon Brown: Energy Minister on New Zealand's natural gas reserves reaching a two-decade low

May 14, 20265 min

Cath O'Brien: Board of Airline Representatives Executive Director on the state of Air New Zealand

May 14, 20263 min

Full Show Podcast: 15 May 2026

May 14, 202634 min

Ryan Bridge: We need more positivity

May 14, 20262 min

Chris Bullen: Health Coalition Aotearoa Spokesperson on the Talbot Mills survey into tobacco and nicotine regulation

May 13, 20263 min

Eric Crampton: NZ Initiative Senior Economist on Luxon's pre-Budget speech about immigration

May 13, 20264 min

Malcom Nance: Foreign Policy Analyst and Former US Navy Senior Chief on Trump's meeting with President Xi Jinping

May 13, 20262 min

Full Show Podcast: 14 May 2026

May 13, 202634 min

Ryan Bridge: Wellington's endless spending on pen-pushers and reviews

May 13, 20261 min

Kelly Eckhold: Westpac Chief Economist on Australia's new federal budget

May 13, 20263 min

Richard Dawkins: Federated Farmers Meat and Wool Chair on the expected US investigation into lamb imports

May 12, 20262 min

Full Show Podcast: 13 May 2026

May 12, 202634 min

Matt Ball: Property Investor Federation Manager on Cotality housing data

May 12, 20263 min

Ryan Bridge: Jim Chalmers' Budget is hardly a recipe for affordable housing

May 12, 20261 min

Enda Brady: UK Correspondent on the calls for Sir Keir Starmer to resign

May 11, 20263 min

Luke Somervell: Renters United President on the renters struggling to save for deposits, first-home buyers seeking financial assistance from family

May 11, 20264 min

Andrew Geddis: Otago University Law Professor on Mariameno Kapa Kingi's split from Te Pāti Māori

May 11, 20262 min

Full Show Podcast: 12 May 2026

May 11, 202634 min

Ryan Bridge: The real message in the Government's updated fuel plan

May 11, 20262 min
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