The Leighton Smith Podcast

On this week's podcast: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.We comment on the J6 committee hearings, and the parlous state of the economy. And we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.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:Bruce Cotterill is a “transformation leader” with experience in real estate, media, financial services, technology, and retail. A CEO in both Australia and New Zealand, he’s a highly regarded business communicator. We dig into what is not right with NZ, and what we need to do to fix it. After listening, you’ll want to know why he’s not running the country. We make comment on Roe v Wade, and we take a visit 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.

Natasha Poole, writer, educator, athlete and Oxford graduate, displays the advantages of a great education and an independent mind. We discuss China, the WHO, the U.N. and the left’s approach to education. And we speak with Owen Jennings, farmer, politician and campaigner. We talk about government stupidity around the methane tax; an assault on farmers and the economy in general.And we visit the Mailroom with Mrs Producer.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.

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. Kim Dotcom reveals that he has written his most important ever twitter thread, we take a look at that.and we venture into The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.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: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.We make comment on the World Economic Forum, and we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.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: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.We make comment on the World Economic Forum, and we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.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:Britain has a minister for Loneliness. So has Japan.Coincidentally, the government this week released a report on the big increase in child and teenage mental distress.A world of artificial intelligence, biotechnology, robotics and nanotechnology is creating an environment of loneliness. The author of "When We Become Strangers", Maggie Hamilton, provides answers to many questions.We comment on the connection between the Biden administration, Victor Davis Hanson and the Ardern Cabinet.And we dip into The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.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:The Australian Election; the rich voted left and caused political chaos. Is it as bad as some suggest or is there an upside? We analyse the result with Nick Cater, who has advice for those seeking to escape.We ask whether there is a lesson for the NZ National Party.And we take note on corporate groupthink and the absurd influence of wokeism.And, of course, The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.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:We discuss the government’s Climate Change Plan with ACT Leader David Seymour. Spoiler alert — he is not impressed. We also garner his thoughts on the increasingly serious matter of defence, education, democracy, and the state of the country. Bryan Leyland, a power supply engineer, offers little hope for success of the “great plan”. We comment on the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and why it should be gone. And we peruse the mail with Mrs Producer.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:“Evil doesn’t really exist at all, it’s just something man imagines because of his limited view of the world.” Is this the reality?An illustrative discussion with retired American lawyer Mark Pulliam convinces us otherwise. It’s an eye-opening journey of how one man discovered evil is real.We comment on the inadequacy of the Ardern administration and a Covid report from Dr Martin Kulldorff on natural immunity.And, 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:We contend that the Australian election is as important to us as our own. If you question that, talk to the 500,000 Kiwis in Australia, and those threatening to make the move.Nick Cater, Executive Director of the Menzies Research Centre, and columnist for The Australian, discusses how vicious, vacuous and scary this election is.We comment on the U.S. Supreme Court leak, the “War against the West” and the complacency of the NZ electorate.And, as always, 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:NET ZERO 2050.Any idea what it involves? A supposed thirty year project, we take a look at its goal, its cost, and its dramatic affect on your life.Professor Emeritus Michael Kelly, from Cambridge University and a NZ citizen, has produced a discussion paper; the first of its kind.It will assist in understanding what has been foisted upon us, and possibly scare the heck out of you.We also have comment on extradition to China by the NZ government… and a tribute to EarthDay (spoiler alert - not really a tribute!).And, as always, The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.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:“Welcome to the new Dark Ages” was the title to a column that caught our eye. Written by independent journalist Christopher Akehurst, it is a timely summary of where we’re at. Our discussion continued from there.We also make comment on ‘memory’ and ‘How the Media Colonises Your Mind’.We visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.Finally, we conclude with the first segment of our Anzac Centenary Tribute, from 2015, which was awarded a silver medal at the NY Radio Awards. We reckon it was gold!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: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” guests, and talks on what happens when truth is abandoned in favour of interest and ideology.We comment on the current China lockdown and more.And, of course, we visit 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:Patrick Basham, Director of The Democracy Institute, makes a return appearance this week. It proved to be an information filled interview, including the Institute’s first survey for the congressional elections in November. It has produced some very interesting results.Hunter Biden’s laptop gets a mention, along with who might be pulling Joe’s strings.We have some comments on the latest climate hysteria.And, once again, we return to The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.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: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.And, as always, 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:General Sir Richard Shirreff: his last seven years in uniform were spent in two senior NATO command posts. He was Commander of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Europe. He was also the most senior British general in the Alliance.It is a riveting insiders view. Is this the start of World War Three, how does it end, and is Putin mad?We demonstrate the rewards of scepticism. And the frustration of being denied a trip to Odessa.As always we go into The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.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:Michael Schmidt left New Zealand after gaining a BSc and MSc in molecular biology, virology and immunology from Otago. He returned in 2019 after 35 years in Australia, Hong Kong, China and other places.He now has a Doctorate on Supply and Demand Theory and various other qualifications. He is a nexialist, and one of the most interesting people we’ve interviewed.We have commentary on the ugliness of so-called keyboard warriors and we take a look into the Mailroom with Mrs Producer.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:Steven Joyce, the best Finance Minister in the last 6 years, discusses Ukraine, Putin, inflation and its effects.We also talk currency, the governments failings (of which there are many) and other vital matters important to the future of New Zealand.We touch on why most academics went silent during covid-19.We voice a plea from an immigrant for all New Zealanders to wake up.And we go to the Mailroom with Mrs Producer.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:Agnosis is the neoclassical Greek word for ignorance. Agnotology describes the intentional production of ignorance.Professor Thomas Harrington, in "The Conscious Cultivation of Ignorance", talks about how politically and economically powerful groups fabricated ignorance under the banner of science. He stresses the need to protect people from the influence of misinformation.It’s a fascinating discussion in today’s conspiratorial environment.We also have some commentary on Russia and Ukraine.And, 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:Have the protestors won? If so, how and why? Ex-ACT party leader Rodney Hide says yes and gives his reasons. But he doesn’t think it’s over by a long shot.It’s a long and interesting discussion, perfect for a podcast.We also take a look at the shifting crisis in Ukraine, and we go into the Mailroom with Mrs Producer and your commentary.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:There has been much NZ interest in the Ukraine standoff between the White House and the Kremlin. Headlines have ratcheted up daily. But headlines need to be backed up with good analysis.So who better than geopoliticist George Friedman from Geopolitical Futures. You’ll get a different perspective from the mainstream.We have an update on the Durham investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. And, as usual, we dip into 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: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.We make comment on the truckies in Canada and here in New Zealand.And we go into the Mailroom with Mrs Producer.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: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 Covid key 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. Sixty two min of revelations with Leighton.And, the first Mailroom of the year with Mrs Producer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Martin Gurri, retired CIA analyst, writer and author of “The Revolt of the Public”. This book has been recognised as prophetic by critics of all political persuasions.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.

With a list of qualifications too long to include, Koonin served as Undersecretary for Science at the U.S. Dept of Energy, under President Obama.Professor of theoretical physics at Caltech, 200+ peer-reviewed papers in the fields of physics and astrophysics, scientific computation, energy technology and climate science (not that I believe peer-review counts for much any more).But those achievements counted for little when he published “Unsettled, what climate science tells us, what it doesn’t, and why it matters”. The climate ‘gangsters' took to him with a viciousness that has become common.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.

Des Gorman, Professor of Medicine at Auckland University. He was Head of the School of Medicine from 2005-2010.We had a wide ranging discussion on multiple matters; science, philosophy, education, intelligence, the shortcomings of governance and what binds us together.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.

Barry Brownstein was a find in 2021. Author of “the Inner-Work of Leadership” and Professor of Economics and Leadership, Barry proved himself worthy of a long form interview.He was amazed and impressed with the response his podcast drew.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.

Rodney Hide, ex-politician, independent thinker and the only scientifically qualified member of parliament in his day, is always a great conversationalist.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.

Martin Kulldorff, ten years Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard Medical School, has found controversy over his Covid data interpretations.Described by a Harvard colleague as a “world class superstar”, Kulldorff is not a group thinker. Just a brilliant scientist.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.

Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2021.First up is Paul Kengor, PHD, Professor of Political Science and bestselling author of almost twenty books on various subjects — well known for his assault on marxism.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:We talk to Barry Soper on the politics of 2021, as only Barry can do it.We examine the role of Christianity in New Zealand and the world today, with Pastor David Waldron. He has degrees in science, geophysics and theology.And we peruse what we think is the best commentary on the dangerous path New Zealand is travelling.Happy Christmas and New Year from us both on this last podcast of year.Episode 141 is due on 3rd of February 2022!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:Guesting, is Australian journalist Rebecca Weisser. She relates the detail of two doctors’ experiences with the ever encroaching power of authoritarian government.We outline the thoughts of a former National MP on the new leadership.And we dip into the Mailroom with Mrs Producer.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:The very clever Jeffrey A. Tucker of Brownstone Institute returns to pick up from where we left off in podcast 129. We talk Inflation and the threat it is, the damage it can and will inflict, and what the Central Banks can do about it (essentially nothing).Tucker also revisits the Covid plague, and discloses why Bill Gates is crazy.And we visit the Mailroom, with all your correspondence.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:Businessman Murray Bolton took the bureaucracy to the High Court and fought for his rights, and by default for our rights. We talk government, how to succeed if you are young, the Bill of Rights and more.We have a word with Muriel Newman from NZCPR. She has written a letter to the Prime Minister outlining why “we” don't love her anymore.And Ewen McQueen, author of “One Sun in the Sky: the Untold Story of Sovereignty and the Treaty of Waitangi”, on why New Zealand is in a dangerous place.Finally, The Mailroom with Mrs Producer and your commentary.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:Patrick Basham, Director of the Democracy Institute, has written the lead article in "Chronicles, A Magazine of American Culture” about the 2020 American election. We discuss the empirical evidence and historical data which has lead to an inescapable conclusion about the election.Not a conspiracy theory but solid analysis.Then, a picture of society 40 years from now, following decades of culture wars. Agenda 2060, The Future as it happens is described as “a work of political, dystopian fiction in the spirit of George Orwell". Satire is the author’s talent and there are surprises in the interview.And finally, your contribution in 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:For 28 years Martin Gurri was an analyst for the CIA. He specialised in foreign news media. He departed in 2010, just before the world changed in 2011. His book, “The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority" was published in 2018. It was a riveting discussion.We explore your comments in The Mailroom.And we comment on Bitcoin and Peter Thiel’s speech on “Centralised Information” and the Ministry of Truth.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:Nick Cater, Executive Director of the Menzies Research Centre and columnist for The Australian, discusses Cop 26 and covid, Australian politics and the journalism war.We also take a look at Three Waters reform and the appalling decision to force it through.And finally, your thoughts in 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:Nick Cater, Executive Director of the Menzies Research Centre and columnist for The Australian, discusses Cop 26 and covid, Australian politics and the journalism war.We also take a look at Three Waters reform and the appalling decision to force it through.And finally, your thoughts in 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:Oliver Hartwich, Executive Director of The NZ Institute, guests on Podcast 133 and we cover a raft of important matters.We discuss the state of the economy and the Covid effect. We talk interest rates, the governments direction and the damage it’s doing around centralism, education and debt. We touch on supply chains, Germany and the Nobel Prize.We stop off at the Mailroom with your commentary and we finish with the controversy over Ivermectin.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:In early 2020, nearly every government in the world, in a multitude of ways, increased its direct control of people’s lives. "The Great Covid Panic” examines how the madness started, what kept it going and how it might end. Guesting is co-author Professor Gigi Foster from the School of Economics at the University of New South Wales. It's a lengthy expose.Finally, to the Mailroom, and a further submission from a former National MP who addresses political leadership in a brilliant manner.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:Leadership is on our mind. Alternatively, lack of leadership.It’s been suggested we need a present day Moses but the 40 years it took him to clear the desert is fractionally too long for us. Maybe the leadership needs to originate in us. Herd leadership maybe?Barry Brownstein, PhD, Professor emeritus of both Economics and Leadership addresses what’s missing and how it can be resolved.We ask whether the great New Zealand dream is dead. And we introduce you to speech “clamp”.And, finally, the Mailroom with Mrs Producer.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:We take a look at The AUKUS Alliance. New Zealand is excluded, but the introduction of nuclear powered subs into the Australian Navy has implications for us here, like it or not.Salvatore Babones, American Associate Professor at University of Sydney, examines the effects the alliance will have on this country.We turn our attention again to Wuhan.The subject of brainwashing gets our attention and, as always, we dive into 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:I’ve been reading Jeffrey Tucker’s work for the past couple of years. He is an economist by profession, but has had a career with a far greater scope. After some time at the American Institute of Economic Research, he has recently founded the Brownstone Institute. He provides some invaluable commentary on Covid 19 and the answer to “the single greatest danger facing humanity”.We indulge in some history, both ancient and modern, also, we go to the Mailroom for your invaluable contribution.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:If you have no political interest in Act leader David Seymour you may reappraise that opinion after you hear podcast 128. He’s not perfect, but he just might be the least imperfect politician in parliament.We make further comment on freedom of expression and Covid culture.And we look at your communication in 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:We ask whether you think democracy is under threat. Are Three Waters and He Puapua compatible with democracy? We don’t think so. But how much do you care?Muriel Newman takes a dive into the subject with us.We have commentary on education and Marxism, and sex versus progressive gender.And, of course, your missives in 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:It was a momentous week, as the United States withdrew from Afghanistan.We talk with Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Whitehead (ret) on the whole debacle, and the ensuing collapse of military integrity. He fervently expresses the widespread anger in the U.S. military.Then Patrick Basham, founding Director of the Democracy Institute, analyses the differences between the Biden and the Trump administrations. His commentary, as always, is not to be missed.And finally, the Mailroom with Mrs Producer. Thankyou as always for all your feedback.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.

This weeks interview is definitely not to be missed.Aaron David Miller, author of "The End Of Greatness; Why America Can’t Have (And Doesn’t Want) Another Great President", talks crises, Afghanistan, Presidents and New Zealand. You may or may not agree with him….We’ve had a great response to Sir John Key’s comments in the Mailroom this week.And experts…are they really experts?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:After three terms as Prime Minister, Sir John Key has been gone from politics for five years. Recently his opinion has been sought on the political landscape. We discuss Afghanistan, NZ politics, Covid, Auckland crime and plenty else.We talk with Bryan Leyland about power supply. He’s got plenty of advice for a floundering administration.Finally, the Mailroom with all your commentary.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:Rebekah Koffler talks to us about her new release, “Putin's Playbook: Russia’s Secret Plan to Defeat America”.Born and raised in Soviet Russia, and now an American mother, she worked as an analyst for the Defence Intelligence Agency. She is concerned with the growth of authoritarianism in the U.S.We talk with Jordan Williams on the enemies of freedom and the Free Speech Union’s forthcoming appeal before the Supreme Court.And we delve into The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.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.