The Weekly Hoon: Climate, housing, Iran and the revival of the Alliance Party
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The episode discusses climate change, housing policy, geopolitics, and features interviews with guests about the history of Iran and the Alliance Party.
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale talking with regular guest Robert Patman from Dunedin about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics. This edition also included discussions with special guests: * Author Jonathan Lyons, PhD , who publishes the Signal to Noise: History. Philosophy. Commentary. substack, about the history of Iran; and, * Alliance Party Leader Victor Billot on the party’s history, re-registration and policies. This week: * Bernard and Peter talked about the climate in Europe, social housing policy in New Zealand. * Then Bernard and Peter talked with Robert and Jonathan about the Iran conflict. * Bernard and Peter then talked with Victor about the Alliance Party. * Victor read a poem written especially for The Hoon at the end. The skateboarding dog story was about Larry the Cat from 10 Downing Street, who has outlived six British Prime Ministers. The Hoon’s podcast version above was recorded on Thursday night during a live webinar for over 200 paying subscribers and was produced and edited by Simon Josey. Peter Bal e will be back next week. The Hoon won…
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