Episodios

  • First home buying hacks: Derek Handley’s real estate reality check

    First home buying hacks: Derek Handley’s real estate reality check
    May 7 2025
    Paddy sits down with entrepreneur and systems thinker Derek Handley to uncover why so many New Zealanders have lost hope in homeownership - and why they shouldn’t. Doctors said she’d never walk again after a motocross accident. Casey Brady said, “Watch me.” Hers is a remarkable story of resilience, recovery, and how hope - backed by action - is transforming her future. Hear her message for every Kiwi facing the impossible. And how good is David Seymour’s call to take the axe to what he calls our bloated number of MPs? So good!
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    23 m
  • Trim the fat: Why Seymour’s call to cut ministers is so good

    Trim the fat: Why Seymour’s call to cut ministers is so good
    May 6 2025
    How good is David Seymour’s call to cut what he describes as a bloated number of MPs pocketing easy money as highly paid ministers? So good. There is so much waste at the top of government, and it's an insult to ordinary, hard-working Kiwis.
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    3 m
  • Cecilia Robinson reveals why she's leading call for social media ban for kids

    Cecilia Robinson reveals why she's leading call for social media ban for kids
    May 6 2025
    Launched today, B4-16 is a group of parents, experts and business leaders who want a ban on social media for under-16s. Mum and entrepreneur Cecilia Robinson tells Paddy why the ban is vital - and delivers a blunt message to social media bosses like Meta's Mark Zuckerberg.
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    12 m
  • 'There were times I felt properly scared': The toll online abuse took on Kanoa Lloyd while hosting The Project

    'There were times I felt properly scared': The toll online abuse took on Kanoa Lloyd while hosting The Project
    Apr 30 2025
    When Paddy's friend and colleague Kanoa Lloyd lost her job fronting The Project on TV3, one thing she didn’t miss was the regular online abuse. She reflects on that frightening period in her life - and how realising she was a ‘mushroom’ led her down a new career path. This week’s Brainy Kiwi has been on Paddy's radar since last year, when the AI-powered ‘Pill Bot’ device he invented won the 2024 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow competition. Twelve-year-old Gabriel Anthony tells us what inspired him to come up with the potentially life-saving gadget. And Paddy has a message for Health Minister Simeon Brown on how he can - and why he should - help to ease the suffering of dying children.
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    29 m
  • Do the Tory Whanau haters actually realise what they have done?

    Do the Tory Whanau haters actually realise what they have done?
    Apr 29 2025
    Tory Whanau should be saluted for putting Wellington first and saving a no-doubt divisive and energy-sapping scrap for the mayoral race with Andrew Little.
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    3 m
  • Before and after: Can teens go without phones for 21 days?

    Before and after: Can teens go without phones for 21 days?
    Apr 16 2025
    With the harmful impacts of social media on our young people increasingly well-documented (and brutally illustrated in shows like Adolescence), Paddy meets two teens before, during and after 21 days of total smartphone deprivation. Will they survive? Twelve New Zealanders are walking around with a potentially life-saving chip implanted in their brains. These 'Cyborg Kiwis' are testing a homegrown invention that could help millions around the world with a brain-swelling disease. Paddy meets one and scans her brain. (Spoiler alert: she survives this.) Amanda Luxon - the Prime Minister’s wife - has offered one of the best takes on the polarisation of politics that Paddy has heard, revealing her to be down-to-earth, grounded, principled and thoughtful. The wonderful stories your parents have about their lives will be lost forever when they die. That’s the warning being sounded by Seamus Marten and Steven Holloway, the hosts of Between Two Beers. They tell Paddy about their solution to save those stories.
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    29 m
  • Amanda Luxon has the answers to our divided society - and our politicians could learn from her

    Amanda Luxon has the answers to our divided society - and our politicians could learn from her
    Apr 15 2025
    The Prime Minister’s wife has offered one of the best takes on the polarisation of politics that Paddy Gower has ever heard, revealing her to be incredibly down-to-earth, grounded, principled, and thoughtful.
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    4 m
  • British comedy legend Ben Elton on being the 'godfather of wokeness'

    British comedy legend Ben Elton on being the 'godfather of wokeness'
    Apr 9 2025
    He redefined British comedy with iconic TV shows like Blackadder and The Young Ones, has published 16 best-selling novels, and written smash-hit films and musicals. Now, Ben Elton is in New Zealand for a nationwide stand-up tour, and sat down for a chat with Paddy. The Pork Pie Charity Run isn’t just bringing noise and laughter to those taking part - it’s also just raised half a million dollars for KidsCan. How good is sucking up to Donald Trump? As much as he hates to admit it, Paddy says it’s actually working pretty well right now. This week’s Brainy Kiwi is Leighton Roberts from Sharesies. He says the economic chaos caused by Trump’s tariffs isn’t all bad news for New Zealanders. And finally, Paddy meets an outlaw driver who once broke the record for driving at illegal speeds across the United States.
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    36 m
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