Podcast appearances and mentions of craig ranapia

First broadcast September 12, 2005: We’ll hear from Craig Ranapia of NZ Pundit about how next week’s New Zealand election will play out.

FOND FAREWELLS: Craig says thank you, and reminds us all to not only point out when the emperor is wearing no clothes, but to laugh and his small willy and pimply bottom.

Featuring 180 seconds with Craig Ranapia, Damian Christie in Afghanistan where he met Tony Woods from Timaru who was building a windfarm, and we celebrate our very own carnivorous sponge which made it into the Top 10 species list in 2010. Full interviews are here:Damian in Afghanistan: http://publicaddress.net/system/topic/1126Top 10 Sponge: http://publicaddress.net/system/topic/2529

THE WILDE PERPLEX. The only thing worse than being talked about was not being talked about? Try having nobody want to talk to you.

HARD LINES, SOFT HEADS Maori Party MP Te Ururoa Flavell called for a "hard line" on youth suicide. Craig Ranapia asked whether we should be taking one on callous, ill-informed MPs instead.

TAKING CHUTZPAH TOO FAR. Whatever your views on the Israeli spy scandal that probably isn't, this week Craig Ranapia found he was pro-Israel but not fond of the editorial board of the Jerusalem Post.

CRISIS, WHAT CRISIS? The Auckland District Health Board employs over ten thousand people. This week, Craig wonders if some of their managers should be among them.

PR 101. Last week, a private lobby group sacked an incompetent employee called Alasdair Thompson. Craig Ranapia wonders why various right-wing pundits forgot we like that kind of thing.