Best TONY ROBERTSON Podcasts (2025)

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Chris Hipkins: Labour Leader on Takuta Ferris, poll results, capital gains tax 7:19

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Another warning from Labour for its potential coalition partner Te Pāti Māori. MP Takuta Ferris has twice attacked ethnic Labour party volunteers who sign-waved in the Tamaki Makaurau by-election, claiming they were taking a Māori seat away from Māori. Party president John Tamihere echoed Ferris' comments yesterday, despite the party previously apo…

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Neurodivergent Love: The Power of Autistic-Autistic Relationships-Daniel Jones-The Aspie World 28:41

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If you would like to learn more about the resources Mona has available you can check out the links below: Buy the ⁠Neurodiverse Love Conversation Cards or Workbook⁠ ⁠Newsletter⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ ____________________________________________________________ During this session from the 2025 Neurodiverse Love Conference, Daniel M.…

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John MacDonald: Don't let the fun police spoil the dance party 4:19

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Get a grip. That’s my advice today to the people complaining about the music festival planned for the area near Bottle Lake Forest, in Christchurch, over the new year period. Because I think the organisers are treating you very well and going above and beyond. The Rolling Meadows festival is normally held at Waipara, north of the city, but the orga…

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John MacDonald: E-scooters need to be classified as vehicles 4:39

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If the amount of money spent on ACC claims over the past five years for e-scooter injuries doesn’t convince you that tighter laws are needed, I don’t know what will. And if the amount of money spent on ACC claims over the past five years for e-scooter injuries doesn’t convince you that NZTA made a big mistake deciding not to make e-scooters subject…

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The House Party. Featuring: Irv 'Zeus' Hyppolite' 1:07:50

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Tony Vidal & Kyle Jones sit down with nationally recognized master trainer Irv “Zeus” Hyppolite, founder of The House of Zeus and The Inner U Bootcamp, ahead of his coming festival: The House Party Wellness Festival. In this episode, Irv shares: the vision behind “House Party Wellness” — where fitness, music, and community collide at the Brooklyn N…

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You Can't Be Bigger Than The Space You’re Creating. Featuring: Joe Robertson 1:40:36

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Tony Vidal & KR Jones sit down with Joe Robertson of the Century Plus Crew—a movement cyclist, community organizer, and founder of rides like the Women Lead Century Ride and Big Borough Bike Tour. In this episode, we go deep: We talk about Joe’s cycling initiatives, how becoming a father in his 20s reshaped his purpose and perspective, and what fue…

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Episode 1266: Lecrae 1:16:02

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Today we're joined by Christian hip-hop icon Lecrae. He just released his 10th album, Reconstruction, and we talk about legacy, impact and the future of Christian hip-hop. Plus, Derek tells us all about his new album that's releasing next week — and took 6 years to make. In RELEVANT Buzz, we dive into the crazy 1st concert being hosted at the Vatic…

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Politics Friday with Matt Doocey and Reuben Davidson: Shoplifting laws, Tom Phillips, Christ Church Cathedral 20:29

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Today on Politics Friday, John MacDonald was joined by Labour’s Reuben Davidson and National’s Matt Doocey to delve into the biggest topics of the week. On today’s agenda: the manhunt for Tom Phillips and his children has come to an end, but the coverage has only just begun. There’s a fresh plan to restore the Christ Church Cathedral, and the Gover…

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John MacDonald: Guilt until innocence proven would be a slippery slope 4:56

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I’m no apologist for shoplifters. I think it is appalling that retail crime costs retailers $2.6 billion a year. And that more than half of them not only have to deal with shoplifters coming in and helping themselves to stuff, close to 60% of retailers also have to put up with threatening behaviour from these thugs. But I’m not sold on this plan by…

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John MacDonald: How important is it that Tom Phillips' enablers are found? 5:59

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I’ve really surprised myself. Because, even though I think it’s totally shameful that people have been helping Tom Phillips keep his kids in hiding for nearly four years, I’m torn when it comes to how important it is that these people face consequences for their actions. To the point where I’ve realised that it’s not as important to me as I thought…

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The Common Stages of Change in ND Partnership Work-Jill Corvelli 52:16

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To learn more about the services and resources Mona has available through Neurodiverse Love, check out the links below: Buy the ⁠Neurodiverse Love Conversation Cards or Workbook⁠ ⁠Newsletter⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ _________________________________________________________ During this session from the 2025 Neurodiverse Love Conference…

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John MacDonald: I was wrong and the police were right 4:58

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I was wrong and the police were right. After yesterday’s events, I’ll admit that I was wrong when I said over the last few years that the police were pussy-footing around with Tom Phillips. That instead of waiting for him to come out of hiding with his three kids, they should've been more gung-ho on it and gone after him. Yesterday changed all that…

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Fear, Anger, and the Plans They Hide: Angus Fletcher on the Science of Primal Intelligence 1:04:19

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In a world increasingly dominated by AI and computational thinking, we've been taught that logic is the ultimate form of intelligence. But what if an over-reliance on pure reason is making us more fragile and less equipped to navigate uncertainty? Angus Fletcher is a professor at Ohio State's Project Narrative and the author of the best-selling boo…

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Take 147 - Special Episode. Martyn Robertson and Gordon Mackay. Make it to Munich. 39:59

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We talk to filmmaker Martyn Robertson and sports surgeon Gordon Mackay about the inspiring feature doc Make it to Munich. In a crossover episode we talk Hollywood and whisky, pioneering surgeries and telling stories with heart. They explain how the extraordinary story of a young man’s courage to overcome life-changing injuries has ended up at the C…

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Episode 1265: Issue 117 Revealed 1:02:34

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Today, instead of a guest interview, we give you the first look at the new digital issue of RELEVANT! It features a stacked line-up, and we can't wait for you to hear about it. Plus, we have RELEVANT Buzz, covering the bold faith of 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' star Gavin Casalegno, a new job that will pay you for scrolling social media all day, an…

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John MacDonald: What does kicking out overstayers actually achieve? 4:32

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What does kicking overstayers out of the country actually achieve? With just under 21,000 overstayers in New Zealand, the Government is planning a crackdown. But the Green Party wants an amnesty. Reason being that most people living here without visas are what the Greens describe as being “active in their communities”. Plus, they’ve got families he…

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Politics Friday with Matt Doocey and Megan Woods: Immigration and overstayers, justice system, housing intensification 20:10

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Today on Politics Friday, John MacDonald was joined by Megan Woods and Matt Doocey to delve into the biggest stories of the week. They discussed the tougher immigration policies the Government is introducing to tackle overstayers, the struggling and overworked justice system, and housing intensification in Christchurch. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.…

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Take 146 - Director, Producer, Writer Nick Verso, Boys in the Trees, Invisible Boys 42:37

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He was told he had no future in the entertainment business and yet Australian Nick Verso has gone on to have a stellar career. In this episode we talk about dealing with such raw rejection, how he found his place in the business and also the other early project that was turned down - and the apologies he has had about that since. We talk about why …

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John MacDonald: Do heavy court workloads justify crims getting off lightly? 5:01

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Sir Ron Young, who used to be a high court judge and used to be chair of the Parole Board, thinks shorter sentences could take the strain off the justice system. He says shorter sentences make people less likely to re-offend because they don’t spend as much time with other offenders and that would mean less people going through the courts. There ar…

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John MacDonald: We'd be mad to pull out of the Paris agreement 4:35

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We would be mad to pull out of the Paris Climate Change Agreement. ACT leader David Seymour thinks differently though, saying its emissions targets are "disconnected from science and blind to New Zealand's realities". He says net zero targets have been set with no regard for the real cost to firms, farms, and families, and he wants out. Out of 197 …

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Chris Hipkins: Labour leader on ACT's call to leave the Paris Agreement, Foreign buyers, ditching open-plan classrooms 8:33

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Labour and National appear to be aligned on the Paris Climate Agreement. Yesterday ACT called for New Zealand to leave unless the terms of the deal change, but the Prime Minister said no. Labour's Chris Hipkins echoed Christopher Luxon, telling John MacDonald leaving the deal would cause more harm than good. He says it would be a disaster for us – …

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Intimacy and Disability-Enhance the UK-Jennie Williams 45:06

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During this episode, Jennie Williams talks about her own neurodivergence and disabilities and how important it is to support the intimacy needs of disabled and neurodivergent folks. She shares information about why she started the charity Enhance the UK and the campaign they run called Undressing Disability. Some of the other topics addressed inclu…

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John MacDonald: Who isn't talking to who at Christchurch City Council? 5:02

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At one point after the earthquakes, I had the insurance company telling me that it wanted to replace the driveway before the sewer line that ran under it had been repaired. When I explained to them that, maybe, that wasn’t the most practical way of doing things —that it might make more sense to wait until the underground work had been done before p…

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John MacDonald: Do we really think the parties on the left would do better? 4:43

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You know a Government is in trouble when you see a major news organisation running an online poll asking people whether they think the Prime Minister has had a good week or not. Which I saw the other week. And you know a coalition is in trouble when you get one of its senior members telling a public meeting that the Prime Minister is hiding. Which …

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Episode 1264: Willie Robertson 56:48

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This week we're joined by reality TV star and CEO of Duck Commander, Willie Robertson! Plus, in Slices we tackle everything from the impact of TikTok on our brains to the ethically questionable thing the Chinese are now doing with robots. The guys of course discuss this week's big engagement news, we learn more about the important work of Sole Hope…

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John MacDonald: Who says we're drinking responsibly? 4:50

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Associate Health Minister Nicole McKee is talking nonsense when she says most of us who drink alcohol do it responsibly. If she really believes that, then she needs to get out more often. But I don’t think there’s much we can do about it because when it comes to alcohol, the horse has already bolted. She made the comment when she announced changes …

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John MacDonald: The not-so-super rescue plan for shoppers 4:50

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It’s just over four years since the Commerce Commission released its first report on the supermarket sector in New Zealand and, yesterday, the Government announced what it’s going to do. Which, in my view, will achieve nothing. To be fair, Nicola Willis wasn’t in Government four years ago and it was Labour that received that first report and went a…

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John MacDonald: The absurdity of our insurance market 4:29

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If this doesn’t convince you that the insurance system in this country is broken, nothing will. Consumer NZ has revealed that in the past 25 years, the cost of insurance has increased by 900%. The largest increase of anything in the Consumer Price Index. If you’ve bought insurance of any type in the past, maybe that won’t surprise you. Because insu…

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Healing Cassandra: A Compassionate Look at ASD-1 Partners-Stephen Robertson 35:36

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If you would like to learn more about the resources Mona offers you can check out the links below. Buy the ⁠Neurodiverse Love Conversation Cards or Workbook⁠ ⁠Newsletter⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ Mona also offers supports groups for neurodiverse couples and non-autistic/neurotypical partners. Learn more here. If you would like to buy l…

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John MacDonald: The KiwiSaver divide that needs sorting 5:30

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I think it would be very easy to push-back on Retirement Commissioner Jane Wrightson’s call for changes to the KiwiSaver scheme to make it easier for self-employed people to save for their retirement. But I’m not going to. She wants to see changes because people who work for themselves are contributing nowhere near as much as employees —partly beca…

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John MacDonald: Is user-pays being taken too far? 4:45

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We'll be chewing through the power in the south this week with the frosty weather. Which is the "ideal time" for Transpower to reveal that the budget for a major upgrade of electricity transmission lines in the South Island has increased again and that South Islanders will be paying for it. Which raises the question: Is this taking user-pays too fa…

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Episode 1263: Allison Eide 1:13:12

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Today we're joined by Allison Eide, an indie artist that's exploding right now. We talk about her viral hit, "IDK," how mental health has shaped her faith journey and a lot more. Plus, we have RELEVANT Buzz, covering SNL star Ego Nwodim opening up about how she labels her faith now, news that Americans are historically sober, and Jets QB Justin Fie…

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John MacDonald: Fix the Clean Slate law or get rid of it? 4:15

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How do you feel about people being allowed to hide their convictions? There are two ways of doing it. 1) Just don’t tell people about it. Or use the clean slate legislation, which wipes your record clean if you’ve had no convictions for seven years. If you’ve been to prison for your offences though, you don’t qualify. Concerns about the legislation…

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Politics Friday with Vanessa Weenink and Reuben Davidson: Homeless at Holy Trinity Church, ECAN pay increase, Clean Slate Act 19:13

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Questions have been raised about where a Christchurch homeless community being booted out of a church carpark will go next. City Council's issued an abatement notice requiring Avonside's Holy Trinity Church carpark to stop being used as a campground by 5pm. An extension is possible if a new resource consent, allowing camping, is obtained. Labour's …

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Edibles with Purpose: How FOY Gummies Blend Culture, Cannabis & Care. Featuring: Yon & Moose Haile 56:18

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Live from The Travel Agency Brooklyn, Tony Vidal & Kyle Jones sit down with FOY Gummies founders Yon & Moose Haile to talk cannabis, culture, and creating a Black-owned edible brand in NYC. From NFL recovery stories and adaptogen-powered gummies to lessons learned growing up in Louisiana and building a business as brothers, this episode shows how F…

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John MacDonald: Regional council's tone deaf $40k pay increase 4:23

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What would you say to a $40,000 pay rise? Yes please? If you’re the chief executive of Environment Canterbury regional council, you would. It’s been revealed that in the last financial year, Stefanie Rixecker’s pay increased by 9.3 %, upping her salary by $40,000 to just under $480,000, making her the highest-paid regional council boss in the count…

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Chris Hipkins: Labour Leader on the teachers strike, Erebus Memorial, Grant Robertson's memoir 8:21

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More than 20 thousand secondary teachers are walking off the job today to strike over the lowest pay increase offer in a generation. Post-Primary Teachers Association members will picket outside dozens of schools and MP offices after rejecting a 3% pay increase over three years. Opposition Leader Chris Hipkins told John MacDonald teachers deserve m…

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John MacDonald: Why is performance pay such a no-no for teachers? 4:32

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You won’t get me tooting for the striking high school teachers. Because I don’t think they’re reading the room at all. On the picket lines, unhappy that they've been offered a 3% increase over three years. And this is nothing to do with the kids not being able to go to school today, because high school kids don’t need babysitting. They can just sta…