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#076 - Marc Hartzman 11/13/2025

#076 - Marc Hartzman

Marc Hartzman is one of America's leading connoisseurs of the bizarre. He is an author who has written about UFOs, ghosts, Mars, Oliver Cromwell's embalmed head, weird things on eBay, sideshow performers, unorthodox messages from God, and his latest.. To The Hilt: A Sword Swallower’s History of Sword Swallowing.

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#075 - Alia Bee 11/13/2025

#075 - Alia Bee

Alia Bee is the co-founder of RCR Radio. In this episode, Alia discusses how supression of opposing views to Covid-19 Pandemic led to starting an alternative media organisation that rapidly grew into a trusted radio station.

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#074 - Elliot Ikilei 11/13/2025

#074 - Elliot Ikilei

Elliot Ikilei is a member of Hobson’s Pledge, and have worked with at-risk young people and communities for 20 years, and have fought for equality in various contexts. Coming from a multicultural family with ancestors from Niue, England, Tonga, and Te Āti Awa, and now his kids share the Chinese heritage; Eliot is concerned about the downward spiral of race relations in New Zealand, and advocates for equality.

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#073 - Morgan Donoghue 11/13/2025

#073 - Morgan Donoghue

Morgan is a friend, founder of Ours Not Mines, and a Music Executive.

#072 - Thomas Newman 11/13/2025

#072 - Thomas Newman

Thomas Newman is a lawyer who believes in less government. In this episode, we explored the state of New Zealand, and why New Zealand is better off starting all over again, with institutional innovations such as getting rid of the Treaty of Waitangi, and replacing it with a constitution similar to the U.S.

#071 - Aly Cook 11/13/2025

#071 - Aly Cook

Aly Cook is a recording artist turned vaccine injury advocate after her son experienced sudden heart condition straight after taking the Covid-19 vaccine.

#070 - Nick Hanne 11/13/2025

#070 - Nick Hanne

Nick Hanne is the Education Partnerships Manager at Free Speech Union.

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#069 - Mike Ferriss 11/13/2025

#069 - Mike Ferriss

Mike Ferriss is the director of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights New Zealand. He joined me to unpack the care in abuse report from the Royal Commission of Inquiry.

This report took 6 years to produce, costing NZD $170 million. An estimated 200,000 children, young people, and adult were abused in stated and faith-based care, with 30,000 survivors today.

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#068 - Hayley Mary 11/13/2025

#068 - Hayley Mary

Hayley Mary is an artist, previously the lead singer of The Jezabels. Hayley experienced cancellation after challenging the Misinformation Bill in Australia, and for wearing the MAGA hat.

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#067 - The Slacks 11/13/2025

#067 - The Slacks

The Slacks is an indie group from New Plymouth, New Zealand. This is a 5-hour conversation inspired by their latest album, Information Ape.

#066 - Dieuwe De Boer 11/13/2025

#066 - Dieuwe De Boer

Dieuwe De Boer is a writer at Rightminds NZ and The Good Oil, host of The Dialogue at Reality Check Radio.

#065 - David Cumin 11/13/2025

#065 - David Cumin

Dr. David Cumin is an academic, a director of Israel Institute of New Zealand, and a council member of Free Speech Union.

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#064 - Cam Slater 11/13/2025

#064 - Cam Slater

Cam Slater is an award-winning blogger, the most feared political commentator in New Zealand, and the founder of the fastest-growing media organisation, The Good Oil.

#063 - Paul Moon 07/19/2025

#063 - Paul Moon

Paul Moon ONZM is a New Zealand historian, author, and professor. Paul specialises in Māori history, the Treaty of Waitangi and the early period of Crown rule in New Zealand.

#062 - Ricardo Capone 12/11/2024

#062 - Ricardo Capone

Ricardo Capone is CTO at Dr. Green. Dr. Green is revolutionizing the cannabis industry by offering the first globally accessible, fully regulated dropshipping platform through the use of NFTs and tokenized assets.

#061 - Paul Rangiwahia 12/09/2024

#061 - Paul Rangiwahia

Paul Rangiwahia shares his first-hand experience working with youth offenders in boot camps in New Zealand. Paul Rangiwahia is an artist who uses art to encourage conversations on mental health.

#60 - Lynda Wharton 12/06/2024

#60 - Lynda Wharton

Lynda Wharton of The Health Forum NZ describes supporting COVID Vaccine Injured New Zealanders.

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The MMA Show #001 - Luke Fraser 12/04/2024

The MMA Show #001 - Luke Fraser

Luke Fraser is the founder of BJJ Escapes that offers Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Travel Experiences.

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#058 - Simon Anderson 11/28/2024

#058 - Simon Anderson

Simon Anderson is a photojournalist and the host of Simon TV

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#057 - Aidan Gold 11/27/2024

#057 - Aidan Gold

Aidan Gold is an entrepreneur and investor with portfolios including Tesla, SpaceX, Anduril Industries, Palantir, and Redwood Materials.

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#056 - Steven Moore 11/24/2024

#056 - Steven Moore

Steven Moore is a researcher in the theory of relationalism, exploring new approaches to model time, matter, space, and motion.

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#055 - Jay Johnston 11/15/2024

#055 - Jay Johnston

Jay Johnston is the founder of Elite Tech Sales, helping sales professionals find the best roles in the tech industry.

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#054 - William McGimpsey 11/13/2024

#054 - William McGimpsey

Trump is assembling an incredible team after a landslide victory. William McGimpsey is a political commentator who joined me to discuss American politics. We also touched on New Zealand politics.

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#053 - Brian Cory Dobbs 11/05/2024

#053 - Brian Cory Dobbs

MARS WAS LIKE EARTH. What happened to it?

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#052 - Thomas Newman 11/03/2024

#052 - Thomas Newman

Thomas Newman is a lawyer at Steindle Williams and co-chair of the legal council for Free Speech Union. In Episode 52, we discuss the state of New Zealand from a legal standpoint. (00:00) Introduction (5:15) Current stat /episode/index/show/d14c536d-3a7d-42f2-87eb-14552037bc78/id/39031780

#051 - Ricardo Calvário 10/31/2024

#051 - Ricardo Calvário

Ricardo Calvário is a researcher at Institute for Natural Philosophy. In Episode 52, Ricardo reviews Graham Hancock's 'Ancient Apocalypse' Season 2 on Netflix.

Ricardo Calvário is a researcher at Institute for Natural Philosophy. In Episode 52, Ricardo reviews Graham Hancock's 'Ancient Apocalypse' Season 2 on Netflix. (00:00) Ancient Apocalypse Season 2 (6:50) Early humans in ancient civilisations(11:50) Losing ancient technology (32:45) Göbeklitepe (44:19) Graham /episode/index/show/d14c536d-3a7d-42f2-87eb-14552037bc78/id/39031785

#50 - Brian Eskow 10/18/2024

#50 - Brian Eskow

Brian is a podcaster, host of Searching for Political Identity @brianeskow 00:00 - Voting for Trump as an Independent 4:14 - Friends with Elon Musk 7:35 - The Brian Eskow Show 11:12 - Election Predictions 15:40 - First 90 days of Trump's presidency 20:50 - Ending wars and domestic threats 24:40 - The existence of Israel 40:17 - Israel is leading peace & prosperity in ME45:10 - Joe Rogan hosting Trump and Kamala.

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#049 - Fran Strajnar 10/17/2024

#049 - Fran Strajnar

Fran Strajnar is an entrepreneur in blockchain and cryptocurrency expert.

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#048 - Harry Fisher 10/17/2024

#048 - Harry Fisher

Harry Fisher is a paramedic, military veteran, and author of "Safe and Effective for Profit"

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#047 - Marc Girardot 10/17/2024

#047 - Marc Girardot

Marc Girardot @GirardotMarc is the author of "The Needle's Secret"

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