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PostingCastPostingCast #22: Honouring Te Tiriti w/ Dr DaniThis week I asked the wonderful Dr Dani @noflightfairy.bsky.com to talk about their PhD Thesis "Settlers against colonialism? Education, organising and the Tiriti workers' movement" which you can find here: https://openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz/articles/thesis/Settlers_against_colonialism_Education_organising_and_the_Tiriti_workers_movement/28039256?file=51224948
We discuss the history of the Tiriti workers movement, and how the Treaty Principles Bill and Regulatory Standards Bill both threaten Te Tiriti - but the response has activated and energised a broad swathe of Aotearoa society.
Where does that go? What's next for the 300,000+...2025-05-271h 15PostingCastPostingCast #21: Creativity, Art and Free SpeechI'm joined by Hugh Dingwall of the mighty Manawatu People's Radio to discuss art, creativity and free speech. He's the host of the excellent Reserved Recommendations show.
This one's a free-wheeler where we talk about Iain Banks, difficult movies, how interpretation of art is contextual. There's a lot about Zardoz, and more about how important it is to create, and share, and be ready for the thing you didn't expect to go off like a bottle rocket.
2025-05-151h 28PostingCastPostingCast #20: A Moral PanicThis week it's just me, talking to you.
This month has seen a moral panic be stoked by nefarious right-wing forces, intent on taking down members of the Green Party.
In this episode, I put all the pieces together. A right-wing echo chamber, the Deputy Prime Minister, a moral panic, and what happens next and what to do next.
It's shorter than usual, and there's only one joke - at the end - but it was important to have this one out there.
Our theme music this season is Virginia Liston's "...2025-04-2132 minPostingCastPostingCast #19: Season Two Premiere - So, it's barbarism then?I'm joined by Kyle, Jennifer and Stephanie to discuss what the hell has happened in the two years since we went off-air. In short, not a lot of good stuff - a lot of bad stuff.
We take the usual dismal view of the United States, look to the absolute state of the NZ Government and the rising dirty politics tactics against the left as a response, but we do try to finish on a positive note - because there's a lot left to fight for!
You can find Kyle's media platform here: https://www.1...2025-04-081h 23PostingCastPostingCast #6: For Zoom The Bell TollsWe don't talk a lot on this one. Instead, we invited Zoomer correspondents Artemis, August and Jack to talk about being a Zoomer, the pandemic, social-media, representation, that gay shit and what it's like being a Zoomer (and what Millennials, Gen X and Boomers gets wrong about zoomers, it's a lot)
This is the best podcast we've done. You should listen to it.
2025-04-021h 16PostingCastPostingCast #18: Education Fundamental(ist)s w/ Adam, Hannah and NickThis week I asked Adam, Hannah and Nick on to talk about what safeguarding actually looks like in schools, what the Christian and anti-trans right wing are saying about the Relationships and Sexuality Curriculum guidance, and how teachers are responding to gross accusations and conspiracies about them.
Transcript of the show available here: https://postingdad.medium.com/postingcast-18-transcript-ba22ad82a7e8
2025-04-021h 13PostingCastPostingCast #17: Free (Energy) Nelson Mandela w/ Stephanie and FranciscoA movie episode! I brought prospective parliamentary candidates for the NZ Greens Steph Rodgers and Fran Hernandez on, and we watched Keanu Reeves flick Chain Reaction from 1996. It's about the discovery of free energy (Yay!) and how the CIA are bad (Yay!) but also the FBI are good (Huh?) and, yeah, overall there are some baffling choices in this film. Brian Cox is in it too, boy does he have an accent.
2025-04-021h 25PostingCastPostingCast #16: About Last Weekend w/ Artie, Cassie, Fin and HannahKellie-Jane Keen-Minshull came to Aotearoa and had a BAD TIME. John has asked three trans folks and a cis woman to talk about attending the protest in Tamaki-makau-rau, the trans rights rally in Pōneke and Ōtautahi, and their views on this issue. These voices are not often heard in NZ media, so we'll do it instead.
Our theme music is New Opportunities by Motion Productions.
2025-04-0247 minPostingCastPostingCast #15: The Crimes Of Screenwriting w/ Cass and CharlieWe had Cassie and Charlie on a month or so ago and promised we'd get them back for a fun episode. So, we fucked that up. We all watched Fantastic Beasts 2: The Crimes Of Grindelwald and had a Bad Time watching a Bad Movie from a Bad Writer. You want a cruel and brutally awful world? Yeah? With magic? Yeah! How about some children being murdered. Cool. This movie is for you. We hated it.
2025-04-021h 38PostingCastPostingCast #13: Left Media w/ Kyle ChurchWe got 1 of 200's Kyle Church on to talk about the media in Aotearoa, and the role that independent left wing media has in providing a breadth of ideas, especially at a time when it seems like the horizons are somewhat narrowed by what is and isn't deemed politically viable. We chat some shit about other stuff too.
2025-04-021h 20PostingCastPostingCast #12: Whose History? Adam and LukeWith the release of the Aotearoa New Zealand History Curriculum, we've gone Full Dad History Podcast. So we brought Adam Weir and Luke Tipoki on to discuss how history has been taught in Aotearoa, how it might be taught now, and why some people are very upset about this.
2025-04-021h 12PostingCastPostingCast #11: Zoomers In The Age Of OmicronWe get Artie, Ashley, and August to talk about what the Omicron wave has been like for Zoomers. Spoiler alert: not great. This isn't as doom-laden a pod as we've done recently though, and it's important to hear these voices explain exactly why they're really, really pissed off right now.
2025-04-0251 minPostingCastPostingCast #10: It’s All Right w/ Byron ClarkWe have one of Aotearoa's foremost observers of the far-right on. It's been a Busy Week, so we thought we'd talk about Occupy Christchurch in 2011, protesting in the 21st century and the organisation of the right and far right in Aotearoa. We enjoyed this one, we hope you do too!
2025-04-021h 11PostingCastPostingCast #9: Everything’s Fine Actually
Just us on this weeks episode, and we recorded this the day Aotearoa hit 6,000+ COVID-19 cases for the first time ever, the anti-vaccine camp was designated a COVID hotspot, Texas decided trans kids are illegal and there's something going off in Europe.
2025-04-0245 minPostingCastPostingCast #8: The Incurious PolProfTwo eps in a week I bet you think that's pretty clever, don't you boy.
We are joined by Charlie @casuallycharlie and Cassie @shortcasserole because SHIT IS GETTING WORSE OUT THERE. We talk about Wellington, COVID, incurious political professors and the horrible feeling that this is only the beginning of some very bad stuff.
It's a cheerful episode then, enjoy!
2025-04-021h 12PostingCastPostingCast #7: Homeopathic Fascism
We are BACK. PostingCast returns on a cold February to heat you with some warm-ish takes about the Convoy, the Parliament Protest and the establishment of right-wing institutions with suspiciously strong funding streams. It's good to be back, it's a shame the world sucks.
2025-04-0200 minPostingCastPostingCast #4: 11/9/01 - PresentSo yeah, it's 20 years since 9/11. Everyone's talking about it. We talk 9/11, 7/7, cultural shifts, the unimaginability of the future that wasn't, radicalisation between then and now. All that stuff. There's some jokes.
2025-04-021h 11PostingCastPostingCast #3: Parenting Whilst GayWe talk being gay parents, raising a kid when you're not a heterosexual couple, why Peppa Pig and Paw Patrol suck and PostingDad gets far too into why Hey Duggee is a perfect thing to show your young ones.
2025-04-0255 minPostingCastPostingCast #2: The Curse of TERF Island
You voted for it, so we had to do it. We explore The Curse Of TERF Island. Why is Britain like that? Why are we like that? Why doesn't Aotearoa have to be like that. We revisit our teenage years, the horrors within, and also talk a bit about hope for the future.
2025-04-021h 03PostingCastPostingCast #1: Has it come to this?
We say kia ora and begin the podcast by trying to do an introduction but then get absolutely sidetracked by thoughts on gender, society and all that stuff.
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PostingCastPostingCast #15: The Crimes Of Screenwriting w/ @shortcasserole & @casuallycharlieWe had Cassie (@shortcasserole) and Charlie (@casuallycharlie) on a month or so ago and promised we'd get them back for a fun episode. So, we fucked that up. We all watched Fantastic Beasts 2: The Crimes Of Grindelwald and had a Bad Time watching a Bad Movie from a Bad Writer. You want a cruel and brutally awful world? Yeah? With magic? Yeah! How about some children being murdered. Cool. This movie is for you. We hated it.Music provided by Tunetank.com2022-04-221h 37PostingCastPostingCast #14: The 99 Call w/ @alicesoapboxThis week John and Ross got @alicesoapbox on to talk about her Sport/Cake Kids TV Show, Women In Rugby Aotearoa and dig into the history of the Womens World Cup. This podcast contains strong opinions about NZ Rugby and how women continue to be treated by the Blazer gang who run it.Music provided by Tunetank.com2022-04-071h 35PostingCastPostingCast #13: Left Media w/ @kyledchurchWe got 1 of 200's Kyle Church on to talk about the media in Aotearoa, and the role that independent left wing media has in providing a breadth of ideas, especially at a time when it seems like the horizons are somewhat narrowed by what is and isn't deemed politically viable. We chat some shit about other stuff too.2022-04-011h 20PostingCastPostingCast #12: Whose History? w/ @hellomotorbike and @ruralmaoriWith the release of the Aotearoa New Zealand History Curriculum, we've gone Full Dad History Podcast. So we brought Adam Weir (@hellomotorbike) and Luke Tipoki (@ruralmaori) on to discuss how history has been taught in Aotearoa, how it might be taught now, and why some people are very upset about this.2022-03-251h 11PostingCastPostingCast #11: Zoomers In The Age Of OmicronWe get Artie (@greeniememes), Ashley (@callotonin) and August (@augs1612) to talk about what the Omicron wave has been like for Zoomers. Spoiler alert: not great. This isn't as doom-laden a pod as we've done recently though, and it's important to hear these voices explain exactly why they're really, really pissed off right now.2022-03-1951 minPostingCastPostingCast #10: It’s All Right w/ Byron ClarkJ and @thatbikedad have one of Aotearoa's foremost observers of the far-right on. It's been a Busy Week, so we thought we'd talk about Occupy Christchurch in 2011, protesting in the 21st century and the organisation of the right and far right in Aotearoa. We enjoyed this one, we hope you do too!2022-03-041h 10PostingCastPostingCast #9: Everything’s Fine ActuallyJust John and Ross on this weeks episode, and we recorded this the day Aotearoa hit 6,000+ COVID-19 cases for the first time ever, the anti-vaccine camp was designated a COVID hotspot, Texas decided trans kids are illegal and there's something going off in Europe. 2022-02-2445 minPostingCastPostingCast #8: The Incurious PolProfTwo eps in a week I bet you think that's pretty clever, don't you boy.John and @thatbikedad are joined by Charlie @casuallycharlie and Cassie @shortcasserole because SHIT IS GETTING WORSE OUT THERE. We talk about Wellington, COVID, incurious political professors and the horrible feeling that this is only the beginning of some very bad stuff. It's a cheerful episode then, enjoy!2022-02-181h 11PostingCastPostingCast #7: Homeopathic FascismWe are BACK. PostingCast returns on a cold February to heat you with some warm-ish takes about the Convoy, the Parliament Protest and the establishment of right-wing institutions with suspiciously strong funding streams. It's good to be back, it's a shame the world sucks.2022-02-1359 minPostingCastPostingCast #6: For Zoom The Bell TollsWe don't talk a lot on this one. Instead, we invited Zoomer correspondents Artemis (@greeniememes), August (@augs1612) and Jack (@callotonin) to talk about being a Zoomer, the pandemic, social-media, representation, that gay shit and what it's like being a Zoomer (and what Millennials, Gen X and Boomers gets wrong about zoomers, it's a lot) This is the best podcast we've done. You should listen to it.2021-09-231h 16PostingCastPostingCast #4: 11/9/01 - PresentSo yeah, it's 20 years since 9/11. Everyone's talking about it. We talk 9/11, 7/7, cultural shifts, the unimaginability of the future that wasn't, radicalisation between then and now. All that stuff. There's some jokes.2021-09-101h 10PostingCastPostingCast #3: Parenting Whilst GayThatBikeDad and PostingDad talk being gay parents, raising a kid when you're not a heterosexual couple, why Peppa Pig and Paw Patrol suck and PostingDad gets far too into why Hey Duggee is a perfect thing to show your young ones. Here's a link to the victims fun for the New Lynn terror attack: https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/new-lynn-terrorist-attack 2021-09-0454 minPostingCastPostingCast #2: The Curse of TERF IslandYou voted for it, so we had to do it. @thatbikedad and @postingdad explore The Curse Of TERF Island. Why is Britain like that? Why are we like that? Why doesn't Aotearoa have to be like that. We revisit our teenage years, the horrors within, and also talk a bit about hope for the future. 2021-09-011h 03PostingCastPostingCast #1: Has It Come To This?PostingDad and ThatBikeDad say kia ora and begin the podcast by trying to do an introduction but then get absolutely sidetracked by thoughts on gender, society and all that stuff.2021-08-2838 min