Episodes

  • Episode 56: Inside the White House press pool - flooding the zone

    Episode 56: Inside the White House press pool - flooding the zone
    Apr 17 2025
    In this episode we're interviewing Thomson Reuters White House and economics correspondent, Andrea Shalal. We discuss the Trump administration's strategy of "flooding the zone", travelling with the President to Mar a Lago and Daytona, and what it was like in the Rose Garden on Liberation Day.

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    57 mins
  • Episode 55: Liberation Day

    Episode 55: Liberation Day
    Apr 6 2025
    In this episode, we're discussing the fallout from Trump's historic "Liberation Day" tariff impositions with renowned New Zealand trade expert, Stephen Jacobi.

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    44 mins
  • Episode 54: John Bolton - Trump's not playing a game of 3D chess

    Episode 54: John Bolton - Trump's not playing a game of 3D chess
    Mar 19 2025
    In this episode, we're interviewing legendary political figure John Bolton. Former US Ambassador to the UN, Trump National Security Advisor, and author of the best-selling memoir, "The Room Where it Happened." We talk Ukraine, Putin, China, and Trump's plan for it all (or lack thereof).

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    35 mins
  • Episode 53: A view from Canada

    Episode 53: A view from Canada
    Mar 16 2025
    In this episode, we chat with our friend Armand all the way from Gimli, Manitoba. We find out what Canadians think of Trump's tariffs, plans for annexation, and the ban on US booze in Manitoba.

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    57 mins
  • Episode 52: Professor Robert Patman - alarm and hope

    Episode 52: Professor Robert Patman - alarm and hope
    Mar 7 2025
    In this episode, we welcome back Professor Robert Patman, with whom we discuss the unprecedented meeting between Presidents Trump and Zelensky, the likely fallout, and what it might mean for Aotearoa New Zealand.

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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Episode 51: The Supreme Court - "America's beyond a constitutional crisis"

    Episode 51: The Supreme Court - "America's beyond a constitutional crisis"
    Feb 27 2025
    In this episode, we're chatting with Michael, co-host of the podcast 5-4, about the US Supreme Court - its form, function, and the role it will play in the Trump administration.

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Episode 50: Trump likes to needle his allies (and may be a cheap date!)

    Episode 50: Trump likes to needle his allies (and may be a cheap date!)
    Feb 18 2025
    Welcome to our 50th episode! This week, we're talking with award-winning author Associate Professor Kyle Lascurettes, from Lewis and Clark College in Oregon. We discuss the Trump Administration's approach to global norms, institutions, and the rules-based system. You can find out more about Professor Lascurettes at his website: https://kylelascurettes.weebly.com/. His book, Orders of Exclusion, is available on Amazon.

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    51 mins
  • Episode 49: Make Trade Policy Boring Again

    Episode 49: Make Trade Policy Boring Again
    Feb 9 2025
    In this episode, we're talking to top trade negotiator and advisor, Charles Finny, about Trump's tariffs and what they might mean for New Zealand and the world.

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    52 mins