The Iron Duke Podcast
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The Iron Duke Podcast
Catching you up on the weeks biggest politics and policy news
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Episode 119: Why can't we use PayWave on public transport?
Welcome back to another episode of the Iron Duke Podcast. Our peaks this week include the well-overdue announcement of who our new RBNZ Governor will...

Episode 118: Is daylight savings affecting your mental health?
This week on the Iron Duke Podcast we discuss our peaks, including the Government pouring in some more funding for bolstering major events in New Zeal...

Episode 117: Who let the dogs out?
Another big episode as a podcasting team of four. This week we take you through changes in animal safety, the big sell off of New Zealand dairy brands...

Episode 116 - Do you remember your first time?
This week we are delighted to have the newest voice of the Iron Duke Podcast with us, Ben Craven. His soothing voice and hot, sometimes justified, tak...

Episode 115: How do we save the baby trees?
This week on the Iron Duke Podcast we talk about the end of modern learning environments, some positive progress on NCEA results, the announcement of...

Episode 114: Should security guards be able to arrest thieves?
This week on the Iron Duke Podcast we discuss our peaks of the week, including the Government’s newly amended Family Boost for childcare policy, the r...

Episode 114: How many elephants worth of coal do we have?
Back after a little a post-Live Podcast hiatus. Our highs of the week are the new 24/7 telehealth service, Gensis energy looking to build another peak...

Episode 113: THE LIVE PODCAST
This week, we bring to you the live recording of the Iron Duke Podcast. Jesse, Maddy, and Henry dive into an interactive discussion with a live audien...

Episode 112: Who stole from the supermarket pick ‘n mix?
This week the team takes you through their peaks and pits of the week. This week we discuss Karen Chhour’s advocacy of safety measures for pets living...

Episode 111 – BUDGET DAY BABY
Did the Budget cut deep enough?
The Iron Duke Podcast takes you through Budget 2025. The goods, the bads and the uglies.

Episode 110: How did Albo win the Australian election?
This week on the Iron Duke Podcast we take you through our peaks including the Government’s new public EV charging infrastructure programme, the Austr...

Episode 109: What’s wrong with saying pregnant people?
This week the Iron Duke team take you through Luxon’s speech on free trade, the shopping list for New Zealand’s new defence spending, Andrew Little en...

Episode 108: Does Tamatha Paul have a point?
All three of your favourite podcasters are back in the studio this week. Making us smile this week are the (marginally) improved education attendance...

Episode 107: Would you retire in New Zealand?
Welcome back! This week the team discuss HealthNZ running their financials through a singular spreadsheet, the initial outcomes of Luxon’s Investment...

Episode 106: How bad are the school lunches?
After a patchy start to the year, the Iron Duke podcasters are back in the studio giving you a run down on the latest in the world of policy and polit...

Episode 105: Why is there so much happening at the moment?
After an unintended hiatus, Jesse and Henry are back with another episode of the Iron Duke Podcast. Given it seems like so much has happened in the la...

Episode 104: What even is a digital nomad?
Happy New Year listeners and welcome back to another season of the Iron Duke Podcast. It’s good to be back.
We kick the year off with a downlo...

Episode 103: A year in review - 2024
To wrap up the year, the Iron Duke Studios team unravel all that was the year of 2024.

Episode 102: Is the grass really greener across the ditch?
A Jesse and Henry special this week while Maddy is abroad. We discuss Luxon’s performance and the changing priorities as the Coalition Government pass...

Episode 101: THE SECOND ELECTION SPECIAL
Your Iron Duke trio are joined today by Jamie Miller, a former Executive Director and expert campaigner for the Republican Party in Florida. Jamie is...

Episode 100: Who cares about data privacy?
All three podcasters are back in Iron Duke Studios to discuss the latest in policy and politics from New Zealand and around the world. We discuss our...

Episode 99: Is America Great Again?
2024 US PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL – votes are still being counted, but we have a clear winner. President Donald Trump will become the first to win non-cons...

Episode 98: Do you slip, slop, slap?
Get ready to learn more about space than you ever thought you needed to know! Also on this week's episode, Henry has an alarming Ozempic hype segment,...

Episode 97: How cheap can you make a school lunch?
Another hefty week in policy and politics in New Zealand and around the world. The Iron Duke Studio trio peaks of the week include the end (hopefully)...

Episode 96: How oily are Samoan fish these days?
After an unintended hiatus, the Iron Duke trio is back in the studio to bring you your weekly recap of all things policy and politics. We discuss the...

Episode 95: Are you ready to come back to the office?
Jesse and Henry carry us through this week alone as Maddy tries out working from home, just as the luxury is being ripped from the hands of public ser...

Episode 94: How many expired gift cards do you have in your undie drawer?
This week the team at Iron Duke Studio’s take you through the pushbacks against the Government’s reversal of speed limit reductions, the US election d...

Episode 93: Were our US presidential debate picks correct?
Another week, another podcast in Iron Duke Studios. Our peaks this time round include the latest global developments in AI, capital gains tax being ba...

Episode 92: Would you let your kids go to an Aussie university?
The Iron Duke Studio’s trio take you through some of their ups and downs in New Zealand and around the world from the past week. Our peaks include the...

Episode 91: Was Luxon really that mean?
This week we take you through everything local government with the mystical Regional Deals and Luxon’s ‘mean’ speech, as well as some classic policy w...

Episode 90: Is it just me or is everything expensive?
Power bills, interest bills, grocery bills, they're all ramping up! This week we talk all things needed for a competative market. We also cover off th...

Episode 89: How hard is year 12 math?
The team at Iron Duke Studios runs you through some of their highs and lows from the last seven days in the world of policy and politics. Maddy goes b...

Episode 88: What's an Olympic medal worth?
Your favourite policy and politics podcast rounds out July with a sporting special in appreciation of the 2024 Paris Olympics kicking off. The team al...

Episode 87: Who will Kamala Harris pick as her running mate?
Your weekly policy and politics commentators are back in Iron Duke Studios. The team dive full noise into the IT sector with a debrief on what happene...

Episode 86: Has Trump just won the presidency?
Straight from Iron Duke Studios – Jesse, Maddy and Henry take you through the big news in the US with Trump being shot and his confident selection of...

Episode 85: Should the Government track us?
Another relentless week of policy and politics to recap on. The team first take you through their doom and glooms, including the Early Childcare Educa...

Episode 84: Can we surf our way to prosperity?
Iron Duke Studios is jam packed today with all three of your favourite podcasters covering a grand old week of policy and politics from around the wor...

Episode 83: Which birds should we save?
It’s just Jesse and Maddy this week as the colleague with the good hair takes some much needed R&R. They cover off the up coming presidential debate,...

Episode 82: Should we buy the government's plane?
A big week in politics but one hero seems to be making it into every story, king of the YIMBY's Chris Bishop. From granny flats and fast track consent...

Episode 81: Should we be paying an MP's mortgage?
Buckle up as the IDP trio take you through their ups and downs of this week’s policy and politics. We cover everything from it being the most agricult...