The Weekly Hoon: Jim Bolger, Methane, Climate Adaptation, Gaza, Gold & trust in money

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale talking with regular guests Cathrine Dyer and Robert Patman about the global economy, local and international politics and climate change.

This week’s special guests were independent climate change policy expert Christina Hood and former NZPA foreign correspondent and Evening Post Business and Economics editor Bruce Kohn.

We talked about:

* Jim Bolger’s legacy;

* The debasement trade, the price of gold and trust in the idea of money;

* The future of the Gaza ceasefire and the latest in Ukraine war;

* The Government halving of our methane emissions reduction target (Christina Hood’s LinkedIn post summarising the news);

* The Government’s non-decision yesterday on climate adaptation (Newsroom);

* Treasury’s decision to again leave our Paris climate liability out of the Crown Accounts (Page 25)

The Hoon’s podcast version above was recorded on Thursday night during a live webinar for over 200 paying subscribers and was produced and edited by Simon Josey.

The Hoon won the silver award for best current affairs podcast in this year’s New Zealand Podcast awards.

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Ngā mihi nui.

Bernard

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