The Weekly Hoon: The Middle East fuel crisis & more

The Weekly Hoon: The Middle East fuel crisis & more

From The Hoon by Bernard Hickey

April 9, 2026 · 56 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the Middle East fuel crisis, climate change, and features insights from various guests on geopolitics and renewable energy.

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking with regular guest Cathrine Dyer about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics . This edition also includes discussions with with special guests Rania Abouzeid , a New Zealand-born journalist calling in from Beirut, and BusinessDesk co-founder Pattrick Smellie, on his column about a big new renewable energy plan. This week: * Bernard and Peter began with a chat about the conflict in the Middle East and the fuel crisis. They mentioned this scoop (gift link) by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan in the New York Times yesterday. * Bernard, Peter and Cathrine then talked about new research on the increasing intensity and frequency of weather events in Aotearoa, before another intense weather event expected this weekend. They also talked about the effects of heatwaves on humans. * Bernard, Peter, Robert and Rania then talked about Israel’s strikes on Lebanon, which threaten to upend this week’s ceasefire and which are prolonging the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. * Bernard and Peter then talked with Pattrick about his column…

People in this episode

Hosts: Bernard Hickey, Peter Bale

Guests: Cathrine Dyer, Rania Abouzeid, Pattrick Smellie

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Organizations: New York Times, Sustainable Business Council

Places: Aotearoa, Beirut, Strait of Hormuz

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