# The Hoon

A podcast by Bernard Hickey. Bernard Hickey's discussions with Peter Bale and guests about the political economy in Aotearoa-NZ and in geo-politics, including issues around housing affordability, climate change inaction and child poverty reduction. thekaka.substack.com

Feed: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/102473/s/18499.rss

## Latest episodes

- [The Weekly Hoon: Luxon’s Opportunity and risk; Stories from the front line of NZ’s systemic health system collapse](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/2c2e42f4110e) (2026-10-22, 54 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/221666014/98a5c0764f03beda867b1cd553b1c4ab.mp3
- [The heavy sinking lids in Labour’s Budget plan](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/ee285a69009b) (2026-10-20, 13 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/221265691/01d9f0883b4ff27fb6759d2fffc24cc5.mp3
- [How NZ politicians are using Facebook in Election 2026](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/09683d917829) (2026-10-20, 25 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/221263682/4fe70346c0955c00c339e9f51cc3d420.mp3
- [KiwiStack Live with Bernard Hickey & Dr Rosie Gallen](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/24d17450f295) (2026-10-19, 13 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/221091022/4e2f33c6ca6e4a27a5f4947f066910e1.mp3
- [KiwiStack Live with Bernard Hickey & Huhana Hickey ahead of Election 2026](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/6b0844bee883) (2026-10-19, 11 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/221089354/f19bf092616130534e954231a19148da.mp3
- [KiwiStack Live with Bernard Hickey & Morgan Edwards on when our Govt 'ran out of money'](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/52f915f9afb9) (2026-10-16, 15 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/220644516/7582c88dc7ad195f1f82fe30f672da0b.mp3
- [KiwiStack Live with Bernard Hickey and Bryce Edwards on Cost of Living and Election 2026](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/b779352d2793) (2026-10-16, 15 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/220640539/0ca27d3bb1b8703a3c4ac8a019cae434.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: Election climate policies compared; Living costs & hospital collapses (should) dominate NZ election debates](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/12a67e3e6230) (2026-10-15, 56 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/220563435/d49b74147ffdd12cd63e0a42e0dbf01e.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: National & Labour budget tracks near identical; Climate distrust; Foreign aid cuts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/98313f73e41d) (2026-10-08, 55 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/219457028/7dd30c02fce0ec35f6034c3eee1922d1.mp3
- [KiwiStack Live Election Mini-Hoon with Elliot Crossan](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/784c2152d6d0) (2026-10-07, 35 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/219206513/2c9ca16204845128e8130b13451f5995.mp3
- [KiwiStack Live Election Chat with Michael Swanson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/394a2e4c8e4a) (2026-10-05, 15 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/218882045/a207a110c660c83f2b2be29d31a03a7d.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: The ‘find out’ stage of NZ’s climate + FTAs strategy; A roadtrip to focus on NZ’s health crises](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/5b194a601f87) (2026-10-01, 60 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/218367881/3032efb65c0ebfd228e86237904d6955.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: Nicky Hager’s book; OIA avoidance; Attacks on the UN; Cost of living & Election 2026](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/afa96be6fcbb) (2026-09-24, 57 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/217274099/781ba889a47304ebdc188065c849e219.mp3
- [Election Hoon: How should the supermarkets duopoly be broken up?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/8fa82e5214aa) (2026-09-22, 33 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/216975009/6d4ca07f19b8be772eaeb56aa78c85de.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: Climate mis/dis-info; Arabian nightmares; National gazumps Labour again](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/998756065e9f) (2026-09-18, 56 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/216261447/dba5c68ae8b048161bab4e99f3d279b9.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: Climate ‘Minsky Moments,’ the rise & rise of AFD; KiwiMart & perfect storms hit our hospitals](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/8ca85f1182f9) (2026-09-11, 59 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/215136654/9909d4138e4ce94a87f36a42865faa82.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: Passing 1.5 degrees, the rise of Q & the Mecca agreement](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/38329a8ebe5e) (2026-09-03, 47 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/214051331/4de6939c3379effff118065502add56f.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: El Nino, Iran’s D-Day and the author of ‘Why we think what we think’](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/4325b9dac419) (2026-08-30, 59 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/213017323/b6dcea821fae8cae70f058f1bed040dc.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: A winter flu crisis & homeless deaths; Climate blame avoidance game; NZ’s shameful silence over the US attacking the ICC](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/0fdc3a4011b8) (2026-08-22, 56 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212034621/2dfff15344b5728d5b58111db5ac1df0.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: Luxon lives on; Iran is winning and the role of Jevons Paradox in climate change](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/8710714ecb87) (2026-08-13, 59 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211051118/71401941c6080634f2b54a953dbf47a7.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: Luxon's MMP musings; NZ's jobspocalypse; Big data centres & sovereignty](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/1e2457b35aaa) (2026-08-06, 56 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210117423/78c04887084a3fa8bbbe1af54d0bcd77.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: Helen Clark on why Winston Peters should be fired over his 'go home' comments, & on NZ's humiliation on a key UN vote](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/d45b49c03ff9) (2026-07-30, 57 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209147350/5948589e1498e09c8a469efd93434fb0.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: Climate gaslighting; Construction turnover & hazardous Houthis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/2490cf1c602c) (2026-07-23, 59 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208232863/e675f84f9a8e143e271b6e2c10d5bd6a.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: Luxon's (un)popularity; Middle Powers debate; Another Climate funding fudge](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/9490e083a297) (2026-07-16, 59 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207319239/89adaef116e609f138fa7cd946799be6.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: Downplaying climate scenarios; China's sabre-rattling & Chris Bishop's RONS U-turn](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/494b3d2b6267) (2026-07-09, 61 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/206330005/90b0e343646159890078e0188a31f989.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: Homelessness, Foreign Policy, the Reality of Everything & the gutting of safety reforms](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/595c98e2e24e) (2026-07-02, 60 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204715647/575bf7f67d5c49dd4adf1517c8cf07c0.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: Climate, housing, Iran and the revival of the Alliance Party](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/eeb2826a53c9) (2026-06-25, 59 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/203621739/24089843ee10d023ee5b2dba9bdbf7f4.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: Calling for a new RONS' suspension; Golden Mile decision; Religion's role in the Ukraine war;](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/bce521f2d066) (2026-06-18, 60 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/202615261/9be25ec72fb5039df9ec71e40ed8f0bc.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: An amazing SpaceX IPO; NZ's $6.5b emissions credits bill; Auckland's de-intensification & Labour's fare cap policy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/0f632effe3f8) (2026-06-11, 62 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/201631498/32ae17e6d6ae70bb3fcf47893d3687de.mp3
- [Protest growing against Govt's disability cost-cutting bill](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/b59a85e4fb47) (2026-06-09, 16 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/201248362/3880771131f10f85fbb7c7cb6fdc80a2.mp3
- [Accepting 57,000 homeless mums with 33,000 homeless kids 'tells us who we are as a society'](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/35b279415138) (2026-06-08, 19 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/201095711/7369bbd148bb27f426bc50e4c344e13b.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: Johan Rockstrom's 'saturation point'; Data centre footprints; Trump vs Netanyahu; China vs four NZ MPs; Exports of forced labour](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/59bbb679ec47) (2026-06-04, 59 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/200650216/d4325c6d25412bc3485c1045e27cedce.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: Budget 2026, a climate scandal, Saudi Arabia & Iran & disinformation flooding NZ's political debates](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/76017a95d22f) (2026-05-28, 57 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/199630304/5b080fb18b3738278f05aa097e2c62d8.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: Govt housing & job cuts; Iran vs Trump; Competition & banking](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/a963ed075887) (2026-05-21, 58 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/198761205/369a17b38439c4b927f7deb7276f6b01.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: Trump in China & posting late at night; Luxon on migration & more climate laws rewritten](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/5aabe180b2fb) (2026-05-14, 60 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/197725013/5c9d19a95ffe68d2e456d4fbf6f60a50.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: The fuel & climate crises, plus deliberative democracy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/ef7f1f76d63e) (2026-05-07, 59 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/196803997/fa6e91ef255803adde9080b8c748c8b2.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: The Middle East fuel crisis & more](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/0ac684f55e17) (2026-04-30, 56 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/196013233/ef035bba0c83e656997fa9fb2653825e.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: The Middle East fuel crisis & more](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/4f4b5346e26f) (2026-04-23, 60 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/195246570/d882c6fe3f0edfb7dec3a1f5308bbae3.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: The Middle East fuel crisis & more](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/fba64eefa37b) (2026-04-16, 60 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/194432062/7cc9667bad299a1ad720e592b589f5f2.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: The Middle East fuel crisis & more](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/b5a60e7eaf06) (2026-04-09, 56 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/193715617/56b2e0147df2e99ae18cfdb6a71dc84e.mp3
- [Mini-Hoon with Bernard Hickey and Anna Fifield](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/856b25d1f71c) (2026-04-08, 27 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/193525181/ce9ba2074c9caa29655e73085826d6a5.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: The Middle East fuel crisis & more](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/f624ebe309ff) (2026-04-02, 57 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/192978314/c904f71828a6ad83e3d6eaf2eb08ecc0.mp3
- [Mini-Hoon Live with Bernard Hickey, Catherine Knight & Mike Joy on the Reality of Everything & Food](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/2ad48469c1d3) (2026-04-02, 30 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/191822061/fe0867c8d2574d2fd5f5a17d3fa72237.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: The escalating Middle East fuel crisis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/3c80accf7844) (2026-03-27, 60 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/192352376/abb5525c109ee781c01ff4e662cb3819.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: The Middle East fuel crisis & how NZ is handling it](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/973ab2e2b393) (2026-03-19, 55 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/191513733/520401fee8b917d49a3acb64120e0282.mp3
- [A Hoon on The Reality of Everything Symposium, interconnected crises & Climate Change](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/7f344816a3d8) (2026-03-18, 33 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/190689088/52f6b7d2b88c01e008a815ebb7cc5270.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: Middle East fuel crisis; accelerating climate warming & NZ's health system problems](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/4736e89ae6a6) (2026-03-12, 59 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/190745859/8625e06bde1649a761b8e41c633a2deb.mp3
- [A Mini-Hoon with Chloe Swarbrick about fossil fuels, housing and fiscal strategy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/91c1e097fb78) (2026-03-12, 24 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/190746038/e1fc2339bd8bfc7faf011d0daad5ac86.mp3
- [The Weekly Hoon: Middle East in crisis; NZ economy stagnant; Peters at odds with Luxon](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/68c4f4213e66) (2026-03-05, 52 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/189999965/074e3672ef2187c3b089c81e334420d4.mp3
- [A Hoon on The Reality of Everything Symposium, interconnected crises & Public Health](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1716108190/e25143eaefa0) (2026-03-03, 34 min): audio https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/189609100/2df096d2de487d0dbc8264a3cc4428f9.mp3

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