The Hoon around the week to December 6

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking about the week’s news with:* Cathrine Dyer on Trade and Agriculture Minister Todd McClay saying New Zealand would not buy emissions credits overseas, effectively admitting we’ll renege on our Paris commitments. (RNZ)* Robert Patman on the Israel vs Gaza/Iran/Lebanon and Ukraine/Nato vs Russia/North Korea conflicts, Donald Trump’s transition and whether New Zealand joins AUKUS, including Labour’s pledge to pull out if National takes New Zealand in.* Special guest Troy Baisden, the Co-President of the NZ Association of Scientists, on the Government’s shock decision on Wednesday to completely stop funding pure science research in humanities and social sciences via the Marsden fund.The Hoon’s podcast version above was recorded on Thursday night during a live webinar for over 200 paying subscribers and was produced by Simon Josey. The Hoon won the silver award for best current affairs podcast in this year’s New Zealand Podcast awards.(This is a sampler for all free subscribers and anyone else who stumbles on it. Thanks to the support of paying subscribers here, we’re able to spread my public interest journalism here about housing affordability, climate change and poverty reduction other public venues. Join the community supporting and contributing to this work with your ideas, feedback and comments, and by subscribing in full.)Ngā mihi nui.Bernard This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thekaka.substack.com/subscribe