The Leighton Smith Podcast

On this week's podcast: Lord Jonathan Sumption was appointed to the Supreme Court of the U.K. in 2012, following a career as a respected and highly regarded Q.C. and historian. In high demand as a Lecturer he has travelled the world enlightening audiences on various matters, ie; the law, constitutions, history and social matters. Described as “the Brain of Britain” this discussion displays Sumptions ability whether you agree or otherwise. And because Leighton and Mrs Producer have escaped to London, the interview is the podcast. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: Is the Indigenous Voice Australia's Treaty of Waitangi moment? There are differences. If the forthcoming referendum is successful, how will it affect government and life in Australia? The debate is splitting the country. If passed, the Voice will likely lead to separatism and bitterness, not reconciliation. From the Menzies Research Centre and The Australian, Nick Cater analyses the threats and any benefits there may be. Also, the Australian Communications and Media Authority, and the damage it could cause to freedom of speech in general. And The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: Every election in the last two or three decades has been "the most important ever.” I believe 2023 most certainly is. Democracy is under grave threat. Many talk of this being the last chance of redemption. Newstalk ZB Senior Political Correspondent Barry Soper guests, and shares some brutal but honest truths. We also comment on New Zealand’s woke Health system and why American Doctors are rejecting it. Is Australia surrendering freedom of speech? And we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: Ramesh Thakur, Emeritus Professor of the Crawford School of Public Policy. He has held academic appointments in Fiji, New Zealand (Otago), Canada and Australia. He has also worked at the U.N. We traverse covid, the U.S. 2024 election, the W.H.O., climate, and the assault on liberties, freedoms and human rights. We discuss the threat to the hippocratic oath via government manipulation in the health system, and we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: In January 2022, Judge Anthony Willy wrote a magnificent article called “Marxism - It Couldn’t Happen Here, Could It?” He guested in Podcast 142 on Feb 9, of last year. Eighteen months later, he returns to update his thoughts. His concern for NZ democracy has increased, and in the lead-up to what he calls “the most important event in our history” he expresses that concern without fear. At the back-end of 200, we draw your attention to a “Propaganda Masterpiece”, and we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: State education has been in a void in New Zealand for a number of years. After spending some time as a world leader, the education field has been ploughed with incompetence. In all but a few schools. NCEA has failed, and the restructuring currently being attempted will also fail. Rangitoto Principal, Patrick Gale, explains why the country's largest school is rejecting NCEA Level 1 and creating its own diploma. The number of schools considering the same is uncertain, but is on the increase. From the NZ Initiative think tank, Dr Michael Johnson deals to an incompetent Education Dept. “Not fit for purpose” is his emphatic opinion. And, of course, The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: He arrived in Australia from London, at age twelve with his parents. They were a poor family. But Maurice Newman graduated from the University of Sydney with a degree in Economics. He spent forty years in stockbroking and related areas. His list of positions included Chairmanships of Banks, a University, the Stock Exchange, and other political and charity achievements. We discussed New Zealand, he loves the place, but he is not happy with the way we are heading. We update matters relating to the WHO, and media coverage. And we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: In a world of lies, scepticism is your friend.David Bell is a Public Health Physician and biotech consultant in global health.What he has to say should be heard by every thinking person in this country, and every other “free” state on the planet.As the World Health Organisation meets to convince countries to endorse changes to it’s original purpose, Dr Bell warns that “the WHO has changed and now it is a threat”.In Podcast 197 we defer to commentary on the state of the country, in possibly the best opinion seen for a while.Is the Woke plague a forecast for the end of civilisation?And we make a visit to The Mailroom, with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: Patrick Basham, founder of The Democracy Institute in Washington DC, has been in Istanbul during the recent Turkish election.He spoke with us upon his return to Washington about the changes an Erdogan loss would bring to one of the worlds most pivotal countries.We talked about the 2024 race for the U.S. presidency; is Trumps second term inevitable?And, as Patrick is British, his view on the coronation and the future of the monarchy.We broach the subject of AI, and much more in conversation with one of Leighton’s favourite analysts.We have media commentary on Fox and Tucker Carlson. Who’s the loser? It isn’t Tucker.And we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: "Covid-19 was not merely an epidemiological crisis; it was an economic, social and moral crisis that required multidisciplinary expertise to assess and address different facets throughout the pandemic.” Auckland University Professor Ananish Chaudhuri assesses what happened, and how we can be better prepared for the inevitable next pandemic. We are in receipt of another submission from ‘a former National MP’ on the least trustworthy, incompetent government in living memory. And we take a visit to The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: Deception of the unaware is a great partnership in the hands of the dishonest. Think AI and modern technology. Executive Director of the Maxim Institute, Tim Wilson, analyses the ability of AI to both entertain and deceive. “With a general election imminent, we need to think seriously about the effects of AI and digital manipulation in New Zealand. Democracy, to operate well, requires accurate information." We have comment from lawyer Donald Dobson on government maladministration and stupidity. And we go to The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: Long time educationalist, Alwyn Poole, pulls no punches discussing the downside of New Zealand education.While wanting New Zealand youth to experience the pinnacle of standards, he recognises the challenges and impediments confronting that achievement.This is an interview that all New Zealand parents should hear, share it wide.Where did every new education and social fad begin? America, pretty much.We share a George Friedman commentary on the tumultuous state of that country. It will get worse before it gets better.And, as always, The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: Science is in trouble.Facts have taken a back seat to ideology, and political activism masquerades as scholarship. We live in an age of increasing unreason. Can science be saved?John Staddon, Professor of Biology and Psychology and “battle-scarred” by decades of experience, urges scientists to resist the demands for their unconditional surrender.We take a look at the Biden "Ten Step Plan to Create Global Chaos”. It is maybe the only area he’s actually succeeding in.It’s been three weeks since the last podcast, and we explain why.And we look into The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: AUKUS - the joint project by the US, the UK and Australia, to provide nuclear powered submarines to the Australian navy.Undersea security is increasingly important, think Nordstream.Alessio Patalano, Professor of War and Strategy in East Asia, Kings College, London, guests with personal insight, and we begin with what’s in it for New Zealand.And, of course, The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: New Zealand is confronted with numerous serious issues; economic, financial, social, governance, and more. From the New Zealand Initiative, Executive Director Oliver Hartwich analyses what’s wrong and what needs to be done. Starting with the Public Service and Education. We make comment on woke banking stupidity, and brainwashing versus critical thinking. And we take you to The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: An independent writer, statistician, scientist, consultant and author of EVERYTHING YOU BELIEVE IS WRONG. A PhD in Mathematical Statistics: now an Uncertainty Philosopher, Epistemologist, Probability Puzzler, and Unmasker of Over-Certainty. An MS in Atmospheric Physics, and Bachelors in Meteorology & Maths. Meet William M Briggs, who spent time with me discussing things that matter; climate, coronavirus, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and much more. We make comment on 15 minute cities and the Net Zero nonsense. And we sift through your correspondence in The Mailroom. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: “The last three years has been a wonderful time, because it has brought everything into perspective”. Rodney Hide in todays podcast. That statement has a very broad perspective, and we target some of the most important issues confronting New Zealand today. We have a response to a letter in last weeks Mailroom from the former National Party MP, as requested. Ian Wishart queries NIWA's missing storm data and its impact on extreme climate claims. And we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: "Dystopian artificial intelligence is not near, it is already here. "In November 2022, the release of an artificial intelligence on-line chatting programme, named ChatGPT, shocked the world." In 2014 Elon Musk warned that with AI "we are summoning the demon". Expat Kiwi Jonathan Robinson, PHD, has been at the coal face of AI and ML for many years. We talk with him about the relevance of AI. We also discuss education, and the ETS. And we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: AGAINST THE GREAT RESET; 18 THESES CONTRA THE NEW WORLD ORDER… In one of the most informative and enjoyable interviews, we talk with editor and contributor Michael Walsh.He and sixteen eminent writers contributed a total of eighteen chapters on the World Economic Forum.Each author wrote on a different aspect; for example, the socialist history of woke capitalism, big tech and government censorship, and the WEF’s ideas for a fourth industrial revolution with Chinas commitment to being a leader of a post western world.We do an analysis on the impossibility of long range weather predictions, and we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: Former Finance Minister, now business consultant Steven Joyce, considers the current state of NZ politics and the run-up to the October election. What does National need to do to capture the treasury benches, and what are Labour’s chances of repelling them? We talk the state of the economy in both NZ and Australia, and the temperature of democracy. We compare the reportage on Jacinda Ardern’s resignation. And we start the New Year Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2022. "One of the most damaging statements of a world leader was from Jacinda Ardern, that there will only be a single source of truth. We need to rediscover the virtues that brought about the effloresces of scientific discoveries which have made the world infinitely wealthier, healthier, better educated and better fed." So says Emeritus Professor Ramesh Thakur. Outstanding commentary from a great thinker. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2022. He Puapua, the report commissioned by the Ardern government, was completed in 2019 and secreted from the public.Its existence was revealed after the 2021 election. There is belief that Labour would have suffered badly if it had been made public.Constitutional Law Professor James Allan has written an analysis of He Puapua, and the reading of it is not pretty. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2022. New Zealand scientist Dr Kelvin Duncan dismembers the predictions of the IPCC. His new book ,“Global Warming, a Counter-blaste to the Man-made Global Warming Hypothesis”, provides counter-arguments to the many areas of official misinformation. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2022. Marxism could not happen here... could it? After decades on the bench, covering four different courts, retired Judge Anthony Willy expresses his concern for the future of democracy in NZ. The most recent developments since that interview indicate he’s on target. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2022. Double Header: "The New York Times is reputed to be the world’s most powerful news outlet. Powerful enough to influence wars, foment revolutions, shape economies and change cultures. It doesn’t just cover the news, it creates it." Ashley Rindsberg, author of “The Gray Lady Winked”, talks about what happens when truth is abandoned in favour of interest and ideology. Then, who is Alexander Dugin? And what is Eurasianism? A brilliant analysis from Associate Professor Salvatore Babones, University of Sydney, on the Russian Intellectual Dugin. Is he "Putin’s brain” and does he really want to destroy America? File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2022. Professor Elizabeth Rata has been much requested. She is worth the wait. Overall it’s a ‘Defence of Democracy’ discussion. That’s if it is not already too late... File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2022. Every day the media utilises the term “experts”. Experts say, experts warn, experts criticise... Dr Michael Tomlinson is a Higher Education Governance and Quality consultant. He suggests that the age of deference to experts is over. He adds a much needed perspective to scientific ponderance. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2022. In this unfiltered insider account, Dr Scott Atlas (author of A PLAGUE UPON OUR HOUSE: MY FIGHT AT THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE TO STOP COVID FROM DESTROYING AMERICA) gives us a full account of the key COVID-19 players in the White House during the pandemic. We cover the lies, distortions, and the truth about science, politicised academia, Big Business and Big Tech. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: Six months ago Bruce Cotterill talked about what is wrong with NZ, and how we might fix it.At years end he returns to discuss what has changed; for better or worse.We talk politics and the current mood of the electorate with Barry Soper. He is full and frank in commenting on the Prime Minister.“Government Maladministration and Stupidity” is the title of an essay from a retired lawyer.And we visit The Mailroom for the final time this year with Mrs Producer.Have a wonderful holiday break, and thank you so much for listening. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: Three Waters… many lies.Frank Newman says Three Waters is too good to be true, and democracy is the loser.New Zealand’s Supreme Court is playing a foolish game of politics, according to a British law professor.And we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: Things are changing in the world of climate alarmism. On the basis of recent science, the U.N. has halved to only 2.5C its prediction of global temperatures for year 2100. Dr Judith Curry says so, as does The Wall Street Journal, and David Wallace-Wells of the New York Times. Noted climate scientist Dr Judith Curry says “the policy implications of all this is enormous”. Former NZ Under-Secretary of Science, Energy and Technology Barry Brill says this changes everything. He takes no prisoners in Podcast 182. And we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: We speak to Muriel Newman, from the NZ Centre for Political Research, on why New Zealanders need to make their voices heard.We talk separatist government, the water debate (that shouldn’t even be happening), He Puapua (whatever that means), farming, and other damage the Arden government is inflicting on New Zealand.And Patrick Basham, from the Democracy Institute, explains how the American midterm election results deserve a different perspective.As requested, a list of climate books that tell a different story.And, finally, we go to The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: A champion of free speech guests on this week's podcast. Jacob Mchangama, Danish lawyer and founder of Copenhagen think tank Justitia, talks hate speech, free speech and freedom. Coincidentally, we have been paying some attention to Twitter these past couple of weeks. The reason is obvious, free speech is the bedrock of democracy. We report on Patrick Basham’s final research for the mid-term U.S. elections, and we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: "The Dictatorship of Woke Capital” is the story of how political correctness captured Big Business. Steve Soukup details the connection of European Marxism/Socialism to American progressivism and the development of the Administrative State.We comment on the moves to derail democracy in New Zealand and how that is leading to the increase in independent journalism critiques and opposition groups.And we visit The Mailroom. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: Two weeks out from the all important mid-term elections, we discuss the likely outcome and its repercussions with Patrick Basham from Democracy Institute. In these exciting times, Democracy Institute, in conjunction with the London Express, has been doing noticeably good research on American politics. And following the success of his novel "Agenda 2060”, author A.I. Fabler is back with “The Seed of Corruption”. The parallels with actual recent events are stunning, more so because he wrote it mostly before we had even heard of Covid-19. The interview is a must listen. And we go to The Mailroom, with your much appreciated communication. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: Michael Every is a Global Strategist at Rabobank. He analyses major developments, contributes to the bank’s publications and is very active in the media. We hit on the future of money, the meta crisis we’re living with, and all that it means. Michael is not a conformist economist and his take on crypto, geopolitics, and missing leadership is compulsive listening. Tony Grey is an author and businessman who was born into Shakespeare. His email to me began “I am shocked. Once again the woke cabal has rung the bell of ignorance”. Find out which world leaders relate to which of Shakespeare’s characters. Just one example of the bard’s counted relevance. And, of course, The Mailroom. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: The Social Compact is an implicit understanding between the government and the people.Statistician and author Guy Hatchard suggests that the Social Compact has been broken. We discuss the distortion of public information, increasing control or influence over the media, the age of social engineering, and the lessons to be absorbed from poorly-scienced public health ideas.And is the next pandemic “Anxiety over Life Itself?”We comment on the Government versus farmers and farming in NZ, and we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: For years, New Zealand productivity has been shortchanging the economy and therefore the country.Why is New Zealand outstripped by the rest of the first world countries, in particular Australia?The New Zealand Initiative’s Chief Economist, Dr Eric Crampton gives reasons and suggests solutions.Then, who is Alexander Dugin? And what is Eurasianism? A brilliant analysis from Associate Professor Salvatore Babones, University of Sydney, on the Russian Intellectual Dugin.Is he "Putin’s brain” and does he really want to destroy America?And finally, The Mailroom with your commentary. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: Semi-retired Investment Banker Jonathan Urlich discusses his thoughts on the financial world, both in NZ and globally. Jonathan first rang my radio program in 2007, commenting on what was developing. His analysis proved correct during the GFC.We look at George Friedman’s commentary on the Italian election, and high profile Law Professor Jonathan Turley on Jacinda’s call for a global attack on free speech.And we go to The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: This week we see the return of Michael Rectenwald PhD, Professor of Liberal Studies and Global Liberal Studies at New York University 2008 to 2019.We recount again his departure from NYU and his transition from a Marxist/Communist to Libertarian.Michael is the author of numerous books, and co-founder of American Scholars. Much of our discussion is about NZ. But we also cover Totalitarianism, Ukraine, Biden v Trump, and the challenging times ahead.And, of course, we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: Professor Elizabeth Rata has been much requested. She is worth the wait. Overall it’s a ‘Defence of Democracy’ discussion. That’s if it is not already too late. We revisit the Rolf Harris case (podcast 171) with some additional information. We comment on the changes at Buckingham Palace, and we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leighton is off this week with COVID.This week's podcast is a "Best Of" edition featuring David Round from Podcast 149 on March 20th 2022. Forty five years a law lecturer, David Round is renowned for his frankness. His unrestrained discussion covers many contentious matters confronting New Zealand today. From moral and political corruption to activist judges and the "meaningless piece of pious liberal posturing of the Bill of Rights”. And as for co-governance...We make comment on the P.M, and the authoritarian Auckland Transport. Leighton will be back next week. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2014 Australian entertainer Rolf Harris was found guilty, on all counts, of charges brought by four women. Harris was but one of a number of public figures to be charged with sexual charges. But that is just the beginning. After the convictions ex-Auckland policeman William Merritt, now a specialist investigator, spent two years doing what Scotland Yard failed to achieve. In 171 Merritt relates a story of incompetence, lies, and injustice. It's a great study into human nature.The interview was recorded just prior to the podcast team succumbing to covid, so this podcast is restricted to the interview. And we will be taking a break next week so 172 will be on September 14.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this weeks podcast: Joel Kotkin, described according to THE NEW YORK TIMES, is America's uber-geographer. an internationally recognised authority on global, economic, political and social trends.We talk to him about what is now brewing in Silicon Valley, proposed in Toronto and implemented in China, that could be the role model for our future urban civilisation. The book, THE COMING OF NEO FEUDALISM, is a warning to the global middle class and the future of the working class.And we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

First, they came for CO2, then they came for methane.Because apparently methane makes an outsized contribution to global warming.Atmospheric physicists William Happer and William van Wijngaarden say otherwise. Together they published the results of their highly technical research. In podcast 169, van Wijngaarden explains, in understandable language, why there is no need for panic over methane.We have a follow up from last weeks interview with Ramesh Thakur on the state of Covid in NZ and we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: "One of the most damaging statements of a world leader was from Jacinda Ardern, that there will only be a single source of truth. We need to rediscover the virtues that brought about the effloresces of scientific discoveries which have made the world infinitely wealthier, healthier, better educated and better fed." So says Emeritus Professor Ramesh Thakur, guesting on Podcast 168. Outstanding commentary from a great thinker. We make comment on the antics at Mar-a-Lago, and we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: From the Democracy Institute in Washington DC, Patrick Basham explains his blacklisting by the Ukrainian Centre for Countering Disinformation. He is one of approximately 79 targeted by the Ukraine Government. Let’s ensure that sort of thing doesn’t happen here.We extensively cover a wide range of concerns; China, Trudeau, Ardern and Hunter Biden’s laptop.We also make comparison with Australia over the direction of both countries' governance. We finish up with a look at high fashion in the war zone.And, of course, The Mailroom. File your comments and complaints at [email protected] Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast: We talk again with Professor Aynsley Kellow, author of essay “The Madness of Net Zero” . He says he has become more sceptical with time of the worst reports of climate change.And that scepticism was exacerbated by his experience as an Expert Reviewer for the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report.He is also the author of "Negotiating Climate Change: A Forensic Analysis."We make commentary on Elizabeth Rata, and her recent speech on democracy.And we take a look into The Mailroom.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast:Democracy was invented in Ancient Greece. What would the great minds of Athens think of democracy in New Zealand today? Do we actually live in a democracy?James Kierstead, lecturer in Classics at Victoria University, is a specialist in Greek history and political philosophy.We talk democracy and government... then and now. We take a look at Sri Lanka, and the suffering the Tories will endure now that Boris Johnson has gone.And finally, of course, The Mailroom.File your comments and complaints at [email protected]'t listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide.Listen here on iHeartRadioLeighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click hereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast:Under the heading of “Democracy and the Free Market Economy”, retired judge Anthony Willy returns to the podcast to discuss the foundations of the free market, our complacency and threats to our way of life.We discuss communism, tribalism, co-governance and the consequences should the ‘progressive’ approach take hold.We comment on Boris Johnson, and why the Tories will miss him.And we return again to The Mailroom.File your comments and complaints at [email protected]'t listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide.Listen here on iHeartRadioLeighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click hereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.