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Independent media and politics from Aotearoa https://www.1of200.nz/ https://open.spotify.com/show/4Lj8sdQt46AIF5VpdoM78Y?si=873df6b9d60f4edd https://www.patreon.com/1of200
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1/200 S2E122 - Destiny Church Terrorism We discuss the conditions that led to the Destiny Church terrorism last weekend and the need for a strong, ongoing response in the face of a political and media climate that, at best, isn’t interested. w/ @kyledchurch.bsky.social and Angela

1/200 S2E121 - ComPass It On We discuss the destruction of public services in Education & Health & the purely extractive nature of neoliberal privatisation. We then peer through time (at the current situation in the US). w/ @kyledchurch.bsky.social @eggsfordogs.com @mythros.bsky.social and Gigi

1/200 S2E120 - a = Δ v Δ t 🎧 Acceleration and decline in the US and how we can use what's happening there to analyse, predict and defend against the same things happening here in NZ (or other Western countries) w/ @kyledchurch.bsky.social @oriwa.bsky.social & Josephine

Anyway, if you want to help build a new kind of journalism and news consider helping some of us out Doesn't have to be us @1of200.bsky.social but if there's one thing you can definitely be sure of about our approach - we don't pull punches on the powerful

Crazy this was post-hoc analysis & has also ended up being wildly prescient in just 4 days since release. @krkelly.bsky.social has provided some of the BEST historical-->modern analysis out there on today's fascism. Please listen and share so that more people are able to grasp what's happening.

We Need to Talk About the Ceasefire: Part 2 – An Endless Nightmare of Torment And here it is! Second part on the Gaza "Ceasefire" You can find all our articles on Palestine at this link www.1of200.nz/articles/tag...

We Need to Talk About the Ceasefire: Part 1 – The Killing Hasn’t Stopped ✒️ Another fantastic piece of analysis by @krkelly.bsky.social about Palestine, the continuing genocide and the weaponisation of information and context by the US and Israel

1/200 S2E119 - Name and Shame 🎧 We talk education, issues with Labour, and the news about ex ACT Party President Tim Jago having name suppression lifted after 2.5 years, following his convictions for sexually abusing two teenage boys in the 1990s w/ @pmax.bsky.social @mythros.bsky.social & Philip

1/200 S2E118 - WestWatch 🎧 We discuss the current state of western politics, modern day fascism and its roots. w/ @kyledchurch.bsky.social and @krkelly.bsky.social

1/200 S2E117 - Under the Trump With Trump’s inauguration so close what did the Biden presidency offer the world and what impacts might we see under a president roundly labelled as an outright fascist? w/ @kyledchurch.bsky.social and Branko

The Monster Making Machine ✒️ New and important piece from @krkelly.bsky.social about the role of media in producing genocide.

Domination and Submissions ✒️ New article from @cannibality.bsky.social on the racist Treaty Principles Bill and the need to organise against capital.

A Concerning Merger of the University of Auckland Law and Business Faculties ✒️ New article from We Are the University raising concerns about the merger process undertaken by University of Auckland, particularly on the basis of poor consultation and lack of evidence.

1/200 S2E116 - Palestine Advocacy in 2025 We speak with Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab about the history of Palestine and the work of Palestinians and Palestine advocates in NZ over the last 18 months. w/ @kyledchurch.bsky.social

Gaza’s “Safe Zone” is a Concentration Camp ✒️ New piece syndicated from @krkelly.bsky.social

1/200 S2E115 - KayfAbe's Odyssey What are the early signs of discourse for 2025, and what might they signal in politics and culture for the year ahead? We talk Odyssey, Nosferatu and imperial boomerangs. w/ @kyledchurch.bsky.social @eggsfordogs.com @mythros.bsky.social

1/200 S2E114 - Military Industrial Momplex We managed ONE final ep for 2024! Will the rightwing implode in 2025 or is it all theatre? What’s on the cards for Western and NZ politics as we enter a new year? w/ @mythros.bsky.social @eggsfordogs.com @kyledchurch.bsky.social

1/200 S2E113 - Far-right Groundwork In the final(??) current events episode for the year we talk education, criminality, the alignment of capital with the far right, and try to think of some high points. w/ @eggsfordogs.com @mythros.bsky.social @kyledchurch.bsky.social

1/200 S2E112 - Wellington Airport Saga We discuss what processes & principles were at play, how the issue connects to local economy governance, and how best to treat these debates in your community. w/ Philip, Oliver Neas and Max Harris

1/200 PWR E7 - Hīkoi Reflections 🎧 @pmax.bsky.social's thoughts on students and teachers at the TPB hīkoi.

1/200 S2E11 - PopuListomania Commerce Commission, surveillance state & 3 strikes. The alleged UHC shooter has been caught- what does it mean for populism? TPM’s vote share looks to be on the rise. & we're hitting 1.5degrees warming w/ @kyledchurch.bsky.social @mythros.bsky.social Finlay & Philip

1/200 S2E110 - Syria and Imperialism We host freelance reporter Glen Johnson and genocide researcher @krkelly.bsky.social to discuss the recent events in Syria and what it might mean for the region. w/ @kyledchurch.bsky.social and Philip

1/200 S2E109 - UHC You Later 🎧 UHC CEO, the concept of Social Murder, political issues in South Korea and France and the (willing) appropriation of legacy media as a propaganda network alongside Western government authoritarianism. w/ @kyledchurch.bsky.social @eggsfordogs.com @mythros.bsky.social

1/200 S2E109 - UHC You Later 🎧 UHC CEO, the concept of Social Murder, political issues in South Korea and France and the (willing) appropriation of legacy media as a propaganda network alongside Western government authoritarianism. w/ @kyledchurch.bsky.social @eggsfordogs.com @mythros.bsky.social

@bernardchickey.bsky.social @patbrittenden.bsky.social @1of200.bsky.social Spotify Unwrapped for woke dudes

This Machine F***s Your Wife We finally managed to get this one up on the RSS for everyone that didn't listen on YT Thanks @heavyeyed.bsky.social trying EVERYTHING to make this work! w/ @jathansadowski.com @narwhallibrarian.bsky.social @eggsfordogs.com @maetl.bsky.social @kyledchurch.bsky.social

"For some reason best known to themselves, however, TVNZ also decided to go in to bat for the actual veracity of the Ambassador’s opinions - a surprising move which IMHO directly undermined the broadcaster’s claims that it was ‘balanced’ and ‘fair’"

Why did Winnie call the hīkoi "a Māori Party astroturf"? ✒️ New syndicated piece from @johnnyfilmo.bsky.social ! Right-wing parties giving the game away again by referring to genuine grassroots movements as "astro-turfing".

Quelle surprise! NZ's Broadcasting Standards Authority Ruled in Favour of TVNZ ✒️ Another fantastic piece syndicated from Karyn Taylor-Moore about NZ media coverage of the genocide in Palestine.

1/200 S2E108 - What's in the Dox?! We talk proxy wars, the fascist turn, and the increasing propensity of “centre left” parties in the west to be the ones moving towards authoritarian policy. w/ @kyledchurch.bsky.social @eggsfordogs.com @mythros.bsky.social @pmax.bsky.social

So I uhhh Googled after this recording, on the advice of my long time husband, and I had NO CLUE that so many of you DO want a machine to uhhhh engage in martial relations with your wives.

We discuss AI as marketing hype and bureaucratic craze—technology that nobody actually wants; whether gen AI creates cover for abuses of administrative power like RoboDebt; whether winter is coming in the very near future.

1/200 S2E107 - This Machine F***s Your Wife 🎧 Squarespace upload is down for us so you're getting the YT first! We're joined by @jathansadowski.com to discuss ruthless AI critiques. w/ @kyledchurch.bsky.social @eggsfordogs.com @narwhallibrarian.bsky.social @maetl.bsky.social

This is an enormously important episode of @1of200.bsky.social on the AoNZ’s covert transphobic attempt to stop puberty blocker access. Please consider submitting to help drown out the anti-trans / TERF / GC noise

1/200 S2E106 - Puberty Blockers and Trans Healthcare We are joined by PATHA president @jennifilm.nz to discuss the recent government release about puberty blockers w/ @kyledchurch.bsky.social and @mythros.bsky.social

For those on here that don't know I edit 1/200, a podcast on local and international politics from the lens of the left

1/200 S2E105 - Uncertainty Principles We’re back with current events as we hurtle towards the end of 2024. Civil liberties, “libertarians”, hīkoi, haka and the ICC arrest warrants. w/ @kyledchurch.bsky.social, @eggsfordogs.com, Philip

Share it, share it, share it - particularly to those non-Māori who are getting all tangled up this manufactured, bad-faith debate

Screaming Into the Void ✒️ new syndicated article from Karen Taylor-Moore! www.1of200.nz/articles/scr...

We're back with a bang for @1of200.bsky.social this weekend, hopefully have multiple episodes coming your way as we return to our weekly current events show alongside interviews with some fucking fantastic guests. Keep an eye on that podcast app!

This should be read and shared widely.

"Meet David Seymour, current leader of the ACT Party. He's somehow even more off-putting in person." 😂😂😂 Atlas Network NZ ain't funny tho.

Why you should read this article especially if you are an American and think shit is only happening in America:- "They were instrumental in helping get Trump, Milei, Bolsonaro and others come to power, and essentially drafted Liz Truss' disastrous budget. They push for devastating cuts 1/2

If you think you need 1 more reason to distrust Seymour, this misrepresentation as a Canadian should do it

TOITŪ TE TIRITI: The Treaty Principles Bill and the Dark Money Behind It ✒️ New article from Smith K Stead collating their thread on twitter about the money and power behind ACT's policy decisions. #AoNZ #nzpol

1/200 PWR E6 - School Lunches 🎧 @pmax.bsky.social gives us the rundown on school lunch policies and realities.