The Weekly Hoon: Nicky Hager’s book; OIA avoidance; Attacks on the UN; Cost of living & Election 2026
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale talking about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics with regular guests Robert Patman and Cathrine Dyer, plus special guest:
* Former NZ Herald Editor Gavin Ellis, who talked about his article on the Official Information Act, the future of media and Nicky Hager’s new book Dirty Work.
During the show:
Bernard mentioned this chart on the recent collapse in visits to US mainstream news sites
Gavin mentioned this example of officials ‘lying in…
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