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The Salient Unedited SessionELECTION COVERAGE - Chris Hipkins - LabourWe met the Prime Minister at his office in the Beehive — Chippy was 15 minutes late, largely due to a tray of sausage rolls being wheeled into his office (Fair enough).“Hi, I’m Chris,” the PM introduced himself, chipper if not a bit clammy, fresh from National’s tax policy announcement (and Labour’s worst polling results since 2017, dipping into the 20s). We took a seat on one of the sofas in his Beehive office and wasted no time getting stuck in. Website: salient.org.nzMagazine Instagram: @salientgramPodc...2023-10-0115 min
The Salient Unedited SessionELECTION COVERAGE - Nicola Willis - NationalNicola Willis says she was never “a Young Nat or anything” during her time at Victoria University of Wellington. It's been a huge turn around for the MP vying to be New Zealand’s next Finance Minister, who says she “wasn’t even into politics” while studying a BA in English Literature in the early 2000s. The National Party Deputy Leader was, however, a champion debater while studying, and admits that the debating society is the “dorky” way she met her now-husband.“He was the third speaker, I was the second speaker. We went to various international national tournamen...2023-10-0134 min
The Salient Unedited SessionELECTION COVERAGE - Winston Peters - NZ First*CW: Transphobic Comments.*Winston Peters (Ngāti Wai) is a political warhorse: the 78-year-old has been in and out of Parliament since 1978 and held positions such as Treasurer, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Deputy Prime Minister. But after NZ First failed to make it back into Parliament in 2020, Peters has hitched his wagon to inflammatory culture war issues, flirting with climate change denial, vaccine skepticism, and anti co-governance rhetoric. Winston kindly came along to the Salient office for a robust and hostile 30-minute chat peppered with personal insults, including calling me ignorant, a hy...2023-10-0131 min
The Salient Unedited SessionELECTION COVERAGE - Debbie Ngarewa-Packer - Te Pāti MāoriWhen it comes to Te Pāti Māori’s political ideology, co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer says it’s complicated. While the party was formerly “comfortable with National”, she says they now “lean left” in the “Western-centric sense”. But Ngarewa-Packer thinks they’re best described as simply “indigenous”.“We are an indigenous movement. [...] We are the only party that believes in Māori.”It was a hectic day when we visited Te Pāti Māori. Ngarewa-Packer’s co-leader, Rawiri Waititi, was suspended from Parliament for allegedly breaching a court suppression order while speaking in the house, leaving her to pick up all...2023-10-0128 min
The Salient Unedited SessionELECTION COVERAGE - James Shaw and Marama Davidson - The Green PartyThe Green Party have hit the ground running this election, being the first party to release their full suite of policies, which they say are unapologetically student focused. The Party’s policies include a free universal student allowance, reforming student accommodation, and working towards a student debt write-off. Salient went along to Parliament to sit down with the Green Party co-leaders, Marama Davidson and James Shaw, who managed to squeeze in a hectic and fast-paced 20-minute chat about their top priorities this election.Website: salient.org.nzMagazine Instagram: @salientgramPodcast Ins...2023-10-0119 min
The Salient Unedited Session22 - WAN SOLWARAIt's the Wan Solwara issue of Salient!Fran and Maia are joined by Porita Fruean, this week's guest editor, to talk about the guest edited issue that celebrates the Pacific Islands and those who hail from them! Website: salient.org.nzMagazine Instagram: @salientgramPodcast Instagram: @salient_podcastsThis podcast is a Salient Podcasts Production. Produced by Alex Marinkovich-Josey2023-09-2721 minThe Salient Unedited Session21 - ARTWelcome back to Salient!This week, Salient designer Bella (they/them) takes over as editor and joins the podcast to chat about this week's massive ART issue! Website: salient.org.nzMagazine Instagram: @salientgramPodcast Instagram: @salient_podcastsThis podcast is a Salient Podcasts Production. Produced by Alex Marinkovich-Josey2023-09-1825 min
The Salient Unedited SessionELECTION COVERAGE - Karunā Muthu - RongotaiKarunā Muthu describes himself as a “political animal”. He's not lying; rocking up to our interview in his royal blue National Party branded jacket, he jokes that he’s going to be the Prime Minister of New Zealand. The National Candidate for Rongotai is optimistic he’s able to turn Rongotai blue, despite it being a safe Labour seat since 1996. “I'm the underdog, and I don't mind being the underdog. I didn't get to where I am today by being the front runner,” he said.The lawyer and investor has lived in the Rongotai elect...2023-09-1724 min
The Salient Unedited SessionELECTION COVERAGE - Fleur Fitzsimons - RongotaiFleur Fitzsimons is the picture-perfect Labour Party candidate—black blazer, red scarf, and all—with The Spinoff crediting her look to a Labour MP ‘laboratory’. Fitzsimons has been a Wellingtonian for 26 years, ever since she first moved to study Politics and Law at VUW. She joined the VUWSA executive, alongside the current Prime Minister, then VUWSA President, Chris Hipkins. Fitzsimons succeeded Hipkins' presidency in 2002. “I was Vice President when [he] was student President here,” she admits, “and we did call him Chippy.”She stepped up to the Rongotai seat after the departure of current MP Paul Eagle, as sh...2023-09-1741 minThe Salient Unedited Session20 - TE AO MĀRAMAIt's the annual Te Ao Mārama issue! Fran and Maia are joined by guest editor Huy to talk about this monumental issue and the production process behind prodcuing the issue in both English and te reo māori! Website: salient.org.nzMagazine Instagram: @salientgramPodcast Instagram: @salient_podcastsThis podcast is a Salient Podcasts Production. Produced by Alex Marinkovich-Josey2023-09-1120 min
The Salient Unedited SessionPADDY GOWER - Be a GCPaddy Gower pulled up to the Student Union building in his old, red family wagon, greeting us with a firm handshake and a chipper smile. The NZ media heavyweight kindly squeezed in an hour of his day to come along to the Salient office, the place where it all began for Gower, and chat about media, politics, and how he got to where he is.A conversation with one of the biggest news personalities in Aotearoa, and a former writer at Salient!Website: salient.org.nzMagazine Instagram: @salientgramPodcast Instagram...2023-09-0434 min
The Salient Unedited SessionELECTION COVERAGE - Julie Ann Genter - RongotaiJulie-Anne Genter regularly braves the cold for a swim in the South Coast’s marine reserve, Taputeranga. “It’s really magic,” she says. So it was an easy choice to film a campaign video there—until a whale visited Island Bay the day of their filming, disrupting their plans. Genter wasn’t disappointed. What a better sign, she thought, for a Green campaign than a whale visiting. She posted on Twitter: “This is basically an endorsement, right?” A Green Party MP since 2011, this is the first time Genter has put her name forward for the Rongotai electorate where...2023-09-0354 minThe Salient Unedited Session19 - INFLUENCE AND MEDIAWelcome back to The Salient Unedited Session!Co-Editor Maia is joined by Podcast Manager Alex to discuss the INFLUENCE AND MEDIA issue of Salient!They talk about the editorial photoshoot, the week's media moments, and the fantastic articles in this week's issue! Check it out in stands and online now!Website: salient.org.nzMagazine Instagram: @salientgramPodcast Instagram: @salient_podcastsThis podcast is a Salient Podcasts Production. Produced by Alex Marinkovich-Josey2023-09-0318 min
The Salient Unedited SessionELECTION COVERAGE - Scott Sheeran - Welly CentralDr Scott Sheeran has lived many lives before throwing his hat in the ring for Wellington Central. He went from being “famous for not turning up at school”, and sporting dreadlocks while in a university band, to becoming a published author on human rights law and working multiple stints at the UN. Most recently, Sheeran has been in Abu Dhabi, working as senior legal counsel to the United Arab Emirates Government. Last month, he packed up and moved back to Wellington with his family to try his luck at politics.Despite running for a seat that...2023-08-131h 07
The Salient Unedited SessionELECTION COVERAGE - Ibrahim Omer - Welly CentralDuring his three years at Victoria University, Ibrahim Omer had a strict ritual every Friday afternoon: getting a coffee from Vic Books and a packet of sushi from MakiMono. Omer looks back at this time with fondness, and expressed immediate concern at the lack of students on campus before we even stepped foot into the Salient studio - “it's so quiet!”Originally from Eritrea, Omer arrived in Aotearoa as a refugee in 2008, graduated from VUW in 2016, graduated from VUW in 2016, and in 2020 was elected to Parliament as a Labour list MP. His work has previously focused on advo...2023-08-1352 minThe Salient Unedited Session17 - ACADEMICWelcome back to Salient!This week on the Unedited Session, it's the death of academia. News-Coeditor Zoë Mills (they/she) joins the show to talk about the student action to support the university and stand against the widespread cuts. Website: salient.org.nzMagazine Instagram: @salientgramPodcast Instagram: @salient_podcastsThis podcast is a Salient Podcasts Production. Produced by Alex Marinkovich-Josey2023-08-0825 min
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Wait, Roll That Again by Podcasts Hosted by Alex Marinkovich-Josey (T. Jones ~ It should be noted that Ben’s guess that Alex is “a new gamer” is basel...2023-08-0638 minThe Salient Unedited Session16 - TE TAIAOWelcome to the Unedited Session!This week at Salient, it's the Te Taiao article. Instead of doing one combined environment/climate issues, Salient splits the topic in two to discuss more about the environment beyond the impending climate crisis! Maia is joined by Tessa, feature author of Te Mana o Ngā Maunga, Te Mana o Ngā Kāhui. They disguss legal personhood of whenua like Maunga and Awa, and the complexities behind this settlement process. Additionally, they shine a spotlight on the rest of this fantastic issue! Find it in stands and online now. 2023-07-3021 min
The Salient Unedited SessionELECTION COVERAGE - Tamatha Paul - Welly CentralElection season has begun! Salient is going to be bringing you the interviews with Wellington's canditades, party leaders, and beyond! Kicking off this series of podcasts, we've got Green's candidate Tamatha Paul. Re-elected last year to Wellington City Council, the 26-year-old Green Party candidate says her time as a student, 2019 VUWSA President, and past four years on Council, allow her to be “a real vocal champion for the things that our city needs”.Listen on for more!Website: salient.org.nzMagazine Instagram: @salientgramPodcast Instagram: @salient_podcastsT...2023-07-3045 minThe Salient Unedited Session15 - HEALTH AND DISABILITYWelcome back to the Unedited Session!Editors Fran and Maia are joined by Salient's Chief Reporter Niamh to discuss her issue about ableist Immigration Policy in Aotearoa, and this fantastic issue as a whole! Find the Health and Disability issue in stands and online now! Website: salient.org.nzMagazine Instagram: @salientgramPodcast Instagram: @salient_podcastsThis podcast is a Salient Podcasts Production. Produced by Alex Marinkovich-Josey2023-07-2422 min
The Salient Unedited SessionSPECIAL EPISODE: home-bodyhome-body is a podcast centred around the experience of living with chronic and invisible illnesses and disabilities. home-body is a haven for the chronically ill and disabled bodies that are consistently bound to their blankets and bedrooms.home-body is for anyone who has ever suffered in silence. It will be a channel of voices to uplift the unheard, unseen narrative of living life played at a lower key. A podcast to promote self-care, love, and connection with the hopes of a world filled with transparency and balance. A space for us all to realise...2023-07-221h 00The Salient Unedited Session14 - QUEERLIENTWelcome back to the Unedited Session!This week, Maia (she/her) and Fran (she/they) are joined by Goose (she/they) and Zia (he/they), who were the guest editor and sub-editor of this year's Queerlient. They chat about the work behind this year's edition, their gay awakenings, the work of UniQ, and queer defiance in the face of opposition. Website: salient.org.nzMagazine Instagram: @salientgramPodcast Instagram: @salient_podcastsThis podcast is a Salient Podcasts Production. Produced by Alex Marinkovich-Josey2023-07-1721 min
The Salient Unedited SessionSPECIAL REPORT - Job Cuts at VicJOB CUTS PROPOSED AT TE HERENGA WAKA - VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTONSalient Co-Editor Maia Ingoe and News Co-Editor Ethan Manera bring you this special report that outlines how the university got to this place, and what the next steps are to save staff and the tertiary sector in Aotearoa. Thanks to Jessica Ye and Dougal McNeill for coming on to talk about the staff and student reaction to the distressing news. Website: salient.org.nzMagazine Instagram: @salientgramPodcast Instagram: @salient_podcastsThis podcast is a Sa...2023-06-0134 minThe Salient Unedited Session12 - COMEDYIt's the comedy issue! Maia brings on comedian Kura Turuwhenua to talk all things comedy, from running comedy shows and connecting with the audience, making comedy for specific groups, and the eternal nature of the dad joke. Make sure to check out the Comedy Issue, in stands and online now! Website: salient.org.nzMagazine Instagram: @salientgramPodcast Instagram: @salient_podcastsThis podcast is a Salient Podcasts Production. Produced by Alex Marinkovich-Josey2023-05-2830 minThe Salient Unedited Session11 - DIASPORAIts the Diaspora episode! After a week off, this episode follows the creation of Salient's first guest-edited issue, featuring the talented guest editors Joanna and Cileme! This issue has features that cover navigating complex identities, diving into one's past, and guides or family reunions! Available in stands now! Website: salient.org.nzMagazine Instagram: @salientgramPodcast Instagram: @salient_podcastsThis podcast is a Salient Podcasts Production. Produced by Alex Marinkovich-Josey2023-05-2230 minThe Salient Unedited Session09 - FLUXFran is joined by special guest and Salient designer Bella! They talk about this weeks issue all about gender. Both Fran and Bella have features in this week's issue, alongside features on Masculinity, Femininity, and Fashion. Don't forget to pick up this week's issue, in stands now!Website: salient.org.nzMagazine Instagram: @salientgramPodcast Instagram: @salient_podcastsThis podcast is a Salient Podcasts Production. Produced by Alex Marinkovich-Josey2023-05-0832 minThe Salient Unedited Session08 - CLIMATEMaia and Fran break down this week's climate-focused salient issue, and talk about responses to climate change and imagining a better, greener future. In this issue, we've got railway opinion pieces's, features on nihilism and climate adaptation, reporting on strange billboards, and more. Website: salient.org.nzMagazine Instagram: @salientgramPodcast Instagram: @salient_podcastsThis podcast is a Salient Podcasts Production. Produced by Alex Marinkovich-Josey2023-05-0124 minThe Salient Unedited Session07 - BRAINWelcome back to The Unedited Session! This week, Fran and Maia are joined by Salient's very own Social Media Manager, Seren, to talk about this week's BRAIN issue. They talk about this weeks feature from Seren, taking an ADHD test, and Fran's research journey that informed their article this week. Please note, there are some funky audio issues this week! Just a mixer playing up, hopefully it'll be fixed for next one! Website: salient.org.nzMagazine Instagram: @salientgramPodcast Instagram: @salient_podcastsThis podcast is a Sali...2023-04-2430 minThe Salient Unedited Session06 - SEXIts all about Sex on this week's Unedited Session. Fran and Maia talk about this week's issue of Salient, including features about sexploration, tinder tummy-aches, and more! Listen on to hear all about what made this amazing issue, and don't forget to pick it up in stalls!Website: salient.org.nzMagazine Instagram: @salientgramPodcast Instagram: @salient_podcastsThis podcast is a Salient Podcasts Production. Produced by Alex Marinkovich-Josey2023-04-0322 minThe Salient Unedited Session05 - HUSTLEThis week its all about Job culture - Fran and Maia chat about this weeks issue which bring you the latest about the fired-up stilettoes, the worst parts of hustle culture, the stresses of working at a gym, and more! The co-editors talk about Fran's new fringe, "capitalism, baby" and more. So listen on to this week's unedited session for all the secrets to spill from this week's Salient!Website: salient.org.nzMagazine Instagram: @salientgramPodcast Instagram: @salient_podcastsThis podcast is a Salient Podcasts Production. Produced by A...2023-03-2724 minThe Salient Unedited Session04 - HOMELets talk housing! Unfortunately, everyone's got a shitty landlord story, and Maia and Fran are keen to share theirs. So listen on, as our hosts share their tumultuous housing journeys as they talk about the HOME issue of Salient Magazine.Website: salient.org.nzMagazine Instagram: @salientgramPodcast Instagram: @salient_podcastsThis podcast is a Salient Podcasts Production. Produced by Alex Marinkovich-Josey2023-03-1919 minThe Salient Unedited Session03 - HIGH (with Chlöe Swarbrick)Greens MP Chlöe Swarbrick joins Maia and Fran to discuss the aftermath of the 2020 Cannabis referendum, the harm caused by alcohol, and the future of substance use in Aotearoa. ISSUE 3 Out in stands now! Website: salient.org.nzMagazine Instagram: @salientgramPodcast Instagram: @salient_podcastsThis podcast is a Salient Podcasts Production. Produced by Alex Marinkovich-Josey2023-03-1236 minThe Salient Unedited Session02 - ACTIVEThis week, Fran and Maia bring a fresh new take to the long-withstanding Salient 'sports' issue, celebrating all ways of keeping active!They talk about the issues contents, including an interview with new Vice Chancellor Nic Smith, reporting on the Yung Gravy concert, and much much more.So put on your headphones, get on that bicycle and keep moving with ACTIVE, Fran and Maia's second unedited session!Website: salient.org.nzMagazine Instagram: @salientgramPodcast Instagram: @salient_podcastsThis podcast is a Salient Podcasts Production. Produced by...2023-03-0522 minThe Salient Unedited Session01 - EXPRESSIONKia ora, and welcome to Salient 2023!The Unedited Sessions follow Co-Editors Maia and Fran as they chart their thoughts and feelings about each issue of the Salient Magazine, starting with Expression!They chat about fashion, finding yourself at Uni, and taking the time to appreciate where you are along your own personal journey of self expression. Catch you next week! Website: salient.org.nzMagazine Instagram: @salientgramPodcast Instagram: @salient_podcastsThis podcast is a Salient Podcasts Production. Produced by Al...2023-02-2626 min