At The Drive Thru

At The Drive (formerly known as The Egonomist); your premier source for rants, raves and arguments on topics from Politics to News to Social Trends, with a focus on New Zealand but with an eye to the world. Each week Dan and Dave will bring you new episodes. Sometimes deep and philosophical, sometimes filth and vitriol, we aim to be a voice of informed malcontent.

Season 4 Episode 42: Gossferatu 01/12/2025

Season 4 Episode 42: Gossferatu Hello, We talk schisms in the right, the legacy of Jimmy Carter's legacy, Trump's territorial ambitions, and other vampires. Bumper music! Doechii - Denial is a River The Dare - Girls Sabrina Carpenter - Taste Chat Pile - The New World /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/34821905

Season 4 Episode 41: Carols by Scandallight 12/28/2024

Season 4 Episode 41: Carols by Scandallight Hi, sorry for the wait. We're back with a normal amount of things to discuss; the USA election, the treaty principles bill, New Jersey UFOs, the Pyramids, and not Syria. Merry Christmas one and all. Bumper music: JPEGMAFIA - don't rely on other men Elbow - Lovers' Leap Pile - Scaling Walls Loney Dear - Animal /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/34637080

Season 4 Episode 20: Public Spooking 10/30/2024

Season 4 Episode 20: Public Spooking Hi, We deep dive investigate the Andrew Bailey sweary allegations. Prog music beach party, Lanewayses to come, band tees, and the like. Plus the latest to befall and befoul local body politics. Bumper music; Charli xcx - 365 feat Shygirl Sasami - Slugger Tool - Jimmy Christopher Owens - Beautiful Horses /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/33680912

Season 4 Episode 19: Broasis 09/28/2024

Season 4 Episode 19: Broasis Hello! The second part recorded (first) on September 7th, due to somebody going on holiday. Music! It's all here and it's loud. From the surprise reunification of Oasis to several stunning local shows, music is a happening thing. We are the first people in history to ask "How can a city be dying but its music scene be so good?" Works I think we cited and if we didn't we should have: Bumper music; Oasis - The Shock of the Lightning Lucy Patané - LAS DUDAS Y LAS DEUDAS /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/33051467

Season 4 Episode 18: Method in the Madness 09/14/2024

Season 4 Episode 18: Method in the Madness Hello! Part one of a two-part session recorded September 7th. The DNC has wrapped and now we watch the polls. The part played in art by the unsexy drugs. Auckland's true crime phenomenon. And the dark Russian interference money flooding the podcast world. Bumper music: Cave In - Waiting on Love Mark Lanegan Band - Methamphetamine Blues Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - Lawman Living Legends, Del the Funky Homosapien & Statik Selektah - The Return (feat. Aesop Rock, Blu, Chino XL, Kool Savas, Planet Asia, Twigy, Vast Aire & 2Mex) [Remix] /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/33051142

Season 4 Episode 17: Bullet with Shutterstock Wings 08/20/2024

Season 4 Episode 17: Bullet with Shutterstock Wings Hi! We're back to discuss everything; drug lollies, the Olympics, riots in the UK, and everything that's happened stateside since our last episode from the Trump missassination to Kamala fever. Technical note; you may have had difficulty reaching our beautiful website recently, These problems should be over thanks to minds far more advanced than our own. Bumper music; Charly Bliss - Tragic Ben Gerrans & EV - English Lad (Midnight Dance Party Remix) Tom Waits - Chicago HEALTH - ASHAMED (feat. Lauren Mayberry) /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/32664747

Season 4 Episode 16: Chunnel Vision 07/10/2024

Season 4 Episode 16: Chunnel Vision Hello, Snap Election Szn in Wztn Europe leads to one highly predictable result and one quelle surprise. Glastonbury occurs and nobody seems too pleased. Luxon visits the USA. The Greens' latest debacle. David Seymour's make him at best a total weirdo worthy of scorn. And in bonus celebrity news the Mazda Demio stuns in new . Bumper music; MonoNeon - Full Circle (feat. Mavis Staples) Alain Johannes - Not On This Earth Elbow - things I’ve been telling myself for years Dua Lipa - Levitating Eiko Ishibashi - Drive My Car /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/32078592

Season 4 Episode 15: Shake Shake Shake 06/07/2024

Season 4 Episode 15: Shake Shake Shake Hi, How about a few drinks? NZ Police and their alcohol policy goals. UK politics gets milky. Killer whales at the party. We've had a budget. Our bright collective future. And Trump guilty. Bumper music; Sasami - Honeycrash The Kunts - Rishi Sunak is a Rat-Faced C**t D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better Olivia Rodrigo - bad idea right? /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/31658242

Season 4 Episode 14: A New Cope 05/12/2024

Season 4 Episode 14: A New Cope Hi, The Green Party faces fresh scandal and the polling boost to boot. The Atlas Network apparently controls NZ elections. Taylor Swift has a new record out. Drake vs Kendrick. The campus protests and Macklemore. And dating advice. Bumper music; Justice - Generator Tallah - The Hard Reset Lesbiandrama - Muchacha Desquiciada Macklemore - Hind's Hall /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/31247812

Season 4 Episode 13: Eggs 04/01/2024

Season 4 Episode 13: Eggs Hi, Long weekend; long episode. The rolling atrocity and spiritual debt of the Gaza genocide. Chocolate eggs made it through the Red Sea after all. Sydney Sweeney as the mysterious lightning rod of all discourse. And the government embarks on brutal mathematics to enact the methods they were elected on, even though the purposes may have slipped out of reach. Bumper music; The Afghan Whigs - The Temple Hello Mary - Rabbit Ty Segall - Eggman Alain Johannes Trio - Making a Cross (live) The Dandy Warhols - Hard On For Jesus /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/30632898

Season 4 Episode 12: Cheque Yourself Before You Rent Yourself 03/03/2024

Season 4 Episode 12: Cheque Yourself Before You Rent Yourself Hi! Prime Minister Chris Luxon gets in hot water by smashing the Free Money button in his office, and has since promised not to do it again. Charging the country to rent his own apartment off himself is prima facie obscene, but could just be the least corrupting things about having multi-millionaire landlord rule makers. Meanwhile the in order to get their daily bread. And the imminent demise of Newshub looks set to change the New Zealand news media landscape forevs. There's some movies out, some music out, and something in Glasgow that is as yet uncategorisable... Bumper music; Elbow - Balu Liam Gallagher & John Squire - Just Another Rainbow Primus - Pure Imagination /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/30210288

Season 4 Episode 11: Buraeudivergent 02/06/2024

Season 4 Episode 11: Buraeudivergent Hello there, Recording Waitangi Day Eve 2024. Ardern is married, Invercargil sex toy thief identified, Wānaka burger options in the balance. Dave goes to the Foo Fighters, people pick on the public service, and the fallout from Golriz Ghahraman's shoplifting allegations. Bumper music; Lustra - Scotty Doesn’t Know Electric Six - Down At McDonnelzz Manga Saint Hilare, MoreNight, P Money & Jme - Alarm Bells Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/29831343

Season 4 Episode 10: Trespassed and Present 01/07/2024

Season 4 Episode 10: Trespassed and Present Hello, Chaos as hip hop and municipal sanitation issues collide in Lower Hutt. The grand tradition of New Years Eve munted rambling collides with the Prime Minister. Dumbass racists collide with the official status of languages. We both collide with Saltburn. One year collides with another, cheer and goodwill collide with all. Bumper music; HEALTH - DEMIGODS Peter Gabriel - I/O Issey Cross - Bittersweet Goodbye Skepta - Love Me Not (feat. Cheb Rabi & B Live) /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/29371323

Season 4 Episode 9: Nactpoleon 11/28/2023

Season 4 Episode 9: Nactpoleon Hi, The National-ACT-NZ First coalition agreement(s?) are signed and New Zealand has a government. These foundational documents may promise things the parties have no intention of providing, contain contradictory wording, not add up, but what's new. We went and saw Napoleon in the theatres. To some it's a drama, to others a comedy, and to horses a horror. And a ceasefire-of-sorts in Gaza in even parts celebrated and lamented. Technical note, there's a weird thing going on with the RSS update frequency if using . instead pulls episodes as soon as they're available. Bumper music: Micky Dolenz - Shiny Happy People Chase & Status & Hedex - Liquor & Cigarettes (feat. ArrDee) The Afghan Whigs - The Getaway The Beaches - Cigarette /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/28833168

Season 4 Episode 8: Negotiation Nation 11/15/2023

Season 4 Episode 8: Negotiation Nation Hi The negotiations to create the next coalition of chaos are apparently underway. What hydra might emerge from it, and what referenda on foundational indigenous rights issues in NZ look like if certain folks get their way? UK politics remains unstable with the Home Secretary fired, and the familiar face of regretful Brexitdoer David Cameron reentering cabinet. Bumper music; Chat Pile - Why The Dandy Warhols - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Katie Kim - Day is Coming Supergroove - Scorpio Girls And the movies! Napoleon is getting a movie. Perhaps the Reading Cinema complex will rise to meet it. /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/28650373

Season 4 Episode 7: Solid Foundations 10/31/2023

Season 4 Episode 7: Solid Foundations HI hi, Bit of a long one so let's get right to the point; An election occurred but we still don't know precisely the outcome. Has an incoming government ever looked more like they're limping home? A crackdown on is coming. Dan went to a gig. And the war in Palestine and it's meta discussion online - both horrors to behold. Bumper music; Charly Bliss - I Need A New Boyfriend Happy Mondays - Step On Black Grape - Shake Your Money The Gutter Twins - We Have Met Before /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/28480673

Season 4 Episode 6: Chris Cross 10/12/2023

Season 4 Episode 6: Chris Cross Why hello, It's election time and another debate has befallen us. My, how the strategic winds have changed since our prior episode. How the slings, barbs, goofs and gaffs have brought us to this one of an unknown number of elections in our near future. Also; Israel. Bumper music; Arone Dyer & stargaze - Define Steve Lehman & Sélébéyone - Are You In Peace? Enigma - The Return to Innocence /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/28304102

Season 4 Episode 5: Deb8er Boi 09/20/2023

Season 4 Episode 5: Deb8er Boi This episode contains discussion of Russell Brand & sexual assault Hello, Chris v Chris in the 1st leaders' debate! Spa pools! Russell Brand & his allegations. Wishbone gone. Stuff! Bumper music; Jay Rock & Anderson .Paak - Too Fast (Pull Over) feat. Latto Pixey & Tayo Sound - Daisy Chain Ty Segall - Void Jeff Rosenstock - Rainbow /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/28089557

Season 4 Episode 4: The Supermarketplace of Ideas 08/23/2023

Season 4 Episode 4: The Supermarketplace of Ideas Hi, National's most applies for a medal for services to the grocery shop. All as both gender and vegetables form broad, misunderstood, contentious political footballs moving to centre stage this election. Politics occurs; both vote-based and nonvote-based varieties. Also Covid-19 - insomuch as it was a successful and powerful central government programme - is over. What about that eh. Bumper music; Pixey & Tayo Sound - Daisy Chain Speedy Ortiz - Scabs DJ Shadow - Rocket Fuel (feat. De La Soul) Mitski - Bug Like an Angel /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/27826830

Season 4 Episode 3: Hollywood Square 08/09/2023

Season 4 Episode 3: Hollywood Square Hi, Major industrial action in the city of stars. What does our entertainment and labour universe look like in the seasons to come? An election looms with the major parties nodding along or frowning seriously at the tone set by the minors. Retail politics is confusing. . Bumper music: Carly Rae Jepsen - Anything To Be With You Killer Mike - Spaheship Views Kyle Gordon - Planet of the Bass (feat. DJ Crazy Times & Ms Biljana Electronica) Big Thief - Vampire Empire /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/27700566

Season 4 Episode 2: Presidential Powder 07/11/2023

Season 4 Episode 2: Presidential Powder Hey we're right on time. Massive Attack's Mezzanine is 25 years old this year, and while at this age it is now eligible for lower car insurance premiums, at the time of its release things were much less predictable. Tory Whanau, who is Wellington's mayor, had a spot of bother on the fizz one evening, but whom amongst us has any ounce of grace? And they found cocaine in the White House, and we talk about Nutrigrain. Bumper music; Bodega - Doers Noizu - Summer 91 Chris Cornell - You Know My Name Massive Attack - Teardrop /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/27430839

Season 4 Episode 1: Anti-Hero 06/28/2023

Season 4 Episode 1: Anti-Hero Hello once again. In the news this hour; where we've been like it's your business, the Russians are revolting a ha ha ha, big big Invercargil news, Kate Hawkesby vs a normal holiday, the National Party's AI dreams and the federation of Taylor Swift fans who have the power to end life as we know it. Bumper music; Charly Bliss - You Don't Even Know Me Any More Sting - Russians Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/27310152

Season 3 Episode 39: Techno Toilet 04/21/2023

Season 3 Episode 39: Techno Toilet Hi! Dave's back from Japan which is interesting. We talk assassination, trains, nuclear power and the mythic power of heavy industry conglomerates. Bullying in parliament, the 1975 show, lots more, surely. Bumper music; Hello Mary - Evicted Tower of Power - What Is Hip? Killer Mike - Don't Let The Devil The 1975 - Chocolate /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/26610699

Season 3 Episode 38: Bank Sank 03/16/2023

Season 3 Episode 38: Bank Sank hi! Richie Hardcore gets a form of Women's Day comeuppance but is he the real problem or is it the forces that engage him? Yes. Banks take a beating. Luxon's losing war of attrition. The Oscars, and more! Bumper music; Caroline Polachek - Blood and Butter Thievery Corporation - Sound the Alarm Spotlights - Sunset Burial Mitksi - Happy /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/26246559

Season 3 Episode 37: Balloonacy 02/25/2023

Season 3 Episode 37: Balloonacy Howdy. Literal tragedy with Cyclone Gabrielle causing death, damage and mayhem to much of the north island but not us. The curious cases of really-quite-identifiable-flying-objects getting exploded by the American Air Force. Trump's re-ascendancy. Jimmy Carter and the myth of a "good president". Plenty more! Bumper music; The C.I.A. - Inhale Exhale Feist - In Lightning boygenius - $20 Duke Garwood - Lion on Ice /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/26044173

Season 3 Episode 36: Red Head Resignation 01/23/2023

Season 3 Episode 36: Red Head Resignation Hi, Jacinda Ardern quits outright, rather than say doing a bit of prime ministering every other weekend for sporadic bursts of a handful of months at a time. Chippy Hipkins takes the mantle. And we're back to routine politics with no superstars on the court. And Dan's listened to all of Prince Harry's book, Spare, which we give our undivided attention. Bumper music; Peter Gabriel - Panopticom Sofía Naara - Las Torpezas 2nd Grade - W-2 /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/25695807

Season 3 Episode 35: Jingle Polls 12/06/2022

Season 3 Episode 35: Jingle Polls Hello, Polls polls polls abound as we head into an election-year-eve-christmas. Is our fiscal relationship to state power going to get a squeeze in the name of freedom? And the politics of being wealthy and dim, or insane, and how it shapes one's worldview, one assumes. Bumper music; The Bird And The Bee - Christmas Without The Queen Oasis - Whatever SSVU - Suzanne Ciani /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/25235826

Season 3 Episode 34: Check Please! 11/14/2022

Season 3 Episode 34: Check Please! Hello! The music and the TV of our 1990s looms large. Elon ushers in Twitter's Robert California era. KFC and hate crime, Dan hit by a car again, lions on the loose and the midterm elections! Bumper music (pun intended) Pile - Loops The Dodos - If Aimee Mann - You Could Have Been a Roosevelt No Joy - Happy Bleeding /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/24999147

Season 3 Episode 33: Life is Speechy 11/05/2022

Season 3 Episode 33: Life is Speechy Hey! So; hate speech legislation in NZ. The end of another UK PM and the semi Boris resurgence. Political violence. A few drinks, a nice time, a sneezing fit. Great audio! Bumper music: Wu-Lu - Times Sasami - Say It Julia Holter - Vasquez JME - 96 Of My Life /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/24913614

Season 3 Episode 32: At The Drive Thru Love Almost Everypun 10/17/2022

Season 3 Episode 32: At The Drive Thru Love Almost Everypun Hi, The results are in from the local body elections we said didn't matter. Liz Truss is just spectacular. Albums, movies, good times man. Bumper music; Alvvays - After the Earthquake The Afghan Whigs - Jyja Momma - Speeding 72 The Dandy Warhols - The Last High (Are Sound) /episode/index/show/theegonomist/id/24707760

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