Leighton Smith Podcast #326 - April 29th 2026 - Rodney Hide
I’ve known Rodney Hide for a long time; through his career in politics and beyond. I’ve seen changes in his life, both personal and professi...
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20 of 382 episodesLeighton Smith Podcast #325 - April 22nd 2026 - Guy Hatchard
"The science behind the risk of myocarditis following mRNA vaccination’, "A wake up call - The adverse health effects of forever genetic com...
Leighton Smith Podcast #324 - April 15th 2026 - Lars Schernikau
It is no exaggeration to say that New Zealand has a major energy crisis. Energy policy is at the base of everything. Energy is only about 6%...
Leighton Smith Podcast #323 - April 8th 2026 - George Friedman
George Friedman, from Geopolitical Futures guested on Podcast 318, five weeks ago. As the Iran war has developed into a longer and much more...
Leighton Smith Podcast #322 - April 1st 2026 - Louise Clegg
“The phrase ‘unintended consequences’ rarely passes the lips of our most senior lawyers, judges, or academics. Like many in the professional...
Leighton Smith Podcast #321 - March 25th 2026 - Ramesh Thakur
"The Right to Health Sovereignty concludes that the restoration of trust in international health governance depends on rediscovering the mor...
Leighton Smith Podcast #320 - March 18th 2026 - Patrick Basham
In the 13 years since I first interviewed Patrick Basham, Director of the Democracy Institute in Washington DC, he has shown himself to be a...
Leighton Smith Podcast #319 - March 11th 2026 - Robert MacCulloch
The recent announcement by the Reserve Bank focused on the availability of cash and ATM’s, and commercial bank branches. The Reserve Bank is...
Leighton Smith Podcast #318 - March 4th 2026 - George Friedman
Media around the world has been engrossed with reporting, speculating, and arguing the case over the war with Iran. While it may have been ‘...
Leighton Smith Podcast #317 - February 25th 2026 - Jim Allan
For some considerable time, in countries with judicial systems like New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the U.S., the senior courts have been...
Leighton Smith Podcast #316 - February 18th 2026 - Dr Mike Schmidt
There are numerous approaches to management: Legacy, Ideological, Corporate, and Political Management. These combine to produce a system tha...
Leighton Smith Podcast #315 - February 11th 2026 - Shane Jones
Having spent two weeks in Australia, post New Year, Leighton & Carolyn are pleased to be home. Sydney was sweltering as is the political sce...
Leighton Smith Podcast - Best Of: James Bovard - February 4th 2026
Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2025. James Bovard is a Libertarian Journalist and Aut...
Leighton Smith Podcast - Best Of: Dr Robert Clancy - January 28th 2026
Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2025. Emeritus Professor Robert Clancy is a leading Au...
Leighton Smith Podcast - Best Of: John Alcock - January 21st 2026
Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2025. John Alcock updates us on Central Bank Digital C...
Leighton Smith Podcast - Best Of: Ramesh Thakur - January 14th 2026
Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2025. Ramesh Thakur has a world of history, literally,...
Leighton Smith Podcast - Best Of: Dr Pierre Kory - January 7th 2026
Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2025. Prior to Covid-19, Dr Pierre Kory was an interna...
Leighton Smith Podcast - Best Of: Martin Durkin - December 31st 2025
Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2025. In 2007, Documentary maker Martin Durkin produce...
Leighton Smith Podcast - Best Of: Antonia Colibasanu - December 24th 2025
Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2025. Romanians are still navigating the difficult pat...
Leighton Smith Podcast - Best Of: James Allan - December 17th 2025
Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2025. The term “lawfare” is getting plenty of attentio...
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