Episode 134: How do you answer a 'gotcha' question?

About this episode

The episode discusses various topics including media segments, mining policy, and the ethics of greyhound racing.

This week we return back to our standard format of peaks/pits, hots/nots. We discuss how Tova O'Brien is two-for-two on her new weekly segment with Prime Minister Luxon, the mining royalties for regions policy proposal, and the moralaties around banning greyhound racing.

People in this episode

Hosts: Maddy Burgess-Smith, Jesse Corlett, Henry Levett

Topics covered

• politics
• media
• policy
• greyhound racing
• mining royalties

Keywords

• gotcha question
• Tova O'Brien
• Prime Minister Luxon
• mining royalties
• greyhound racing

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