Podcasts about government's covid

Years on from the absolute peak of COVID-19 in Australia, it turns out the federal government actually were behind censorship on social media.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There was a big, and welcome, Covid win for the unvaccinated carers who took the Government to court, with the court deciding the Government erred. It's not the first time the Government has lost or has been found to err in court over Covid. But this one seemed particularly egregious to me. This, in a way, goes back to the Matt Hancock scandal in Britain where his astonishing series of WhatsApp messages, as well as email and text communications, during Covid showed just what a mess the whole Government approach was. I asked at the time what sort of picture would be painted if we had the local versions available to us. The court cases that have been taken, to a very small degree, give us an insight. The family carers had their funding stopped and they were threatened with fines. The judge has found that the mandate was invalid because it was not a decision that was available to the minister on the basis of the information that was before him at the time. They hadn't originally been included in the mandates but the minister was advised to amend the order. The key was no public advice was given in the briefing to the minister as to why the amendments should be made. There was not enough information before him to make the amendment - and yet he did. Oh, by the way, the minister we refer to? Chris Hipkins. It was clearly driven by the Government's one stop shop approach. They wanted a vaccinated work force and there was no room for exceptions or subtlety. So, with a stroke of a pen the carers were out, the money was stopped and they were alienated for a year. I'm not sure whether this victory puts it right for them. They want an apology, which I would have thought was a forgone conclusion, and the Government is looking to cough the money they stopped. But it is another insight into what clearly was a frantic mess behind the scenes, where anything was accepted and they took a “we will explain later approach”. There were two broad approaches that Governments could have taken to Covid. Either lead by example and clarity and take the people with you, or bludgeon them with fear and dictate. They chose the 'Pulpit of Truth', it cost a Prime Minister her job - and they ended up in court and, on this example, lost. With the benefit of hindsight, and SME legal action, it's becoming more and more clear they made the wrong choice.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two days ago, DPM Lawrence Wong released the COVID-19 White Paper as Singapore's report card on how it handled the pandemic. Was this report just a case of “ownself check ownself”, or was it actually more objective? Also, a new species of cockroach was discovered in Singapore, and it's officially been named after a Pokemon. Is this Singaporean cockroach someone we can be proud of? Find us here! YLB Subreddit  YLB TikTok  YLB IG YLB YouTube Folklory If you're looking for a meaningful gift, we'd love to help you create a personal podcast for a loved one. Get started at Folklory.com! Surprises in COVID-19 White Paper The gist: Tackling ‘crisis within a crisis' and other Covid-19 lessons for future pandemics Covid-19 White Paper: 'Overly elaborate' safe distancing rules, supporting the vulnerable — hits and misses of S'pore's pandemic response COVID-19 White Paper: U-turn on masks, confusing measures among areas Singapore says it could have done better Analysis: Government's Covid-19 White Paper 'fair, candid, self-critical', S'poreans will be the best judge Download the full White Paper here Review of Government's COVID-19 response led by former civil service head Peter Ho, focuses on 'first phase' of pandemic [2022] Pokemon Cockroach Discovered in Singapore New Cockroach Species Found in Singapore Named After a Pokemon One Shiok Comment Comment by georgesin1981 Comment by iced_milo One Shiok Thing We Cause Scenes (Full Length Improv Everywhere Documentary Film) "I Can Identify As A Black Lesbian!" Piers Morgan On Gender Identity Edited and mixed by Tristen Yeak

Never before in human history has questioning our own perceptions been more necessary. We need to question everything to know anything for certain. In this episode...A shadowy Army unit secretly spied on British citizens who criticised the Government's Covid lockdown policies, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. from documents obtained by the civil liberties group Big Brother Watch, and shared exclusively with this newspaper.Fury at 'out-of-touch' London Mayor Sadiq Khan and the ULEZ (Ultra Low Emissions Zone) scheme. The 15-minute cities are coming to a city near you...CNN Medical Analyst, Leana Wen, says wearing a mask to protect from 'Covid' stunted her toddler's language developmentAnd more...

A shadowy Army unit secretly spied on British citizens who criticized the Government's Covid lockdown policies. Military operatives in the UK's 'information warfare' brigade were part of a sinister operation that targeted politicians and high-profile journalists who raised doubts about the official pandemic response. Papers show the outfits were tasked with countering 'disinformation' and 'harmful narratives... from purported experts', with civil servants and artificial intelligence deployed to 'scrape' social media for conversations against the COVID narrative. Rick Wiles, Doc Burkhart. Airdate 1/30/23

2022 was a tough year for many reasons and covid was still a big part of that.  Last year - three years into the pandemic - covid was responsible for around 12,000 deaths. Now the government is saying to truly reach the other side of the pandemic we must focus on immunity – meaning more vaccines and already having the virus will protect us.   But is this the case? Dr Sophie Calabretto talks to Cosmos Magazine journalist Ellen Phiddian to find out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The speed and accessibility of the Covid-19 test and vaccine roll-out will be investigated in an independent review. The Prime Minister has announced a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Government's Covid-19 response. It will cover the period from February 2020 and October this year, and be chaired by Melbourne-based epidemiologist Tony Blakely. Covid Response Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall says the availability of RAT tests and jabs will be looked at, as well as the speed of the roll-out. "We want a really broad review because we want to learn the lessons from the Covid-19 response to make sure we're better prepared for a pandemic in the future." LISTEN ABOVE    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on The Huddle, Phil O'Reilly from Iron Duke Partners and Mike Munroe, former Labour chief of staff and current director at Mike Munroe Communications joined in for a discussion about the following issues of the day:  One roundabout in Nelson is experiencing a problem with out-of-control weeds growing all over it, to the point where mayor Nick Smith had to step in. Is this a significant safety issue? According to Jacinda Ardern, RNZ could collapse without the TVNZ-RNZ merger going through. How necessary is this merger?  The controversial Three Waters entrenchment clause has been removed from the legislation and Chris Hipkins has labelled it as a 'mistake'. How much did Jacinda Ardern know about this? The Government has recently announced a Royal Commission of Inquiry into their Covid-19 response. Does it sound like the scope will be big enough, considering the people on it? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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A large development including more than 700 new homes near Queenstown will be fast tracked for consenting. The Te Putahi project at Lake Hayes has been approved under the Government's Covid-19 recovery act, one of three projects to be allowed to skip some of the usual RMA hoops you have to jump through. 748 houses will be built along with a park-and-ride public transport area and potentially a school. New Queenstown Lakes mayor Glyn Lewers joined Kate Hawkesby. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A large development including more than 700 new homes near Queenstown will be fast tracked for consenting. The Te Putahi project at Lake Hayes has been approved under the Government's Covid-19 recovery act, one of three projects to be allowed to skip some of the usual RMA hoops you have to jump through. 748 houses will be built along with a park-and-ride public transport area and potentially a school. New Queenstown Lakes mayor Glyn Lewers joined Kate Hawkesby. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Mitch Shulman can be heard every weekday morning at 7:50 on The Andrew Carter Morning Show.​

Labour MP for the Hutt South Ginny Andersen and National deputy leader Nicola Willis join Nick Mills for Politics Monday. This week on the panel they debate the cost of living payment, calls for an inquiry into the Government's Covid-19 economic response, reviewing the Official Information Act process and the Samoan cross-party delegation. LISTEN ABOVE     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Wellington Airport chair Tim Brown and Wellington City councillor Iona Pannett sit down with Nick Mills to Faceoff on a Friday. The pair clash over Steve Hansen's recent All Black comments, calls for an inquiry into the Government's Covid spend, Ashley Bloomfield, absentee rates, James Shaw's leadership struggle and what they both intend to do in the next local body election. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We end the week with a couple of unresolved issues. First, the Green Party leadership. What a complete and utter bust that has been. If you were looking to make a dick of yourself, you could not have done it better than the Greens have this week. They vote to open nominations for co-leader because James Shaw isn't what they like. And what happens next? A media that looks desperate to fill the space with speculation as to who might run. And slowly but surely two names that could be, might be running, don't. Chlöe Swarbrick, who may or may not be a political talent, doesn't want it. That's probably wise. And Elizabeth Kerekere, who is only known by anyone outside the party because she famously as Covid spokesperson got on a plane as a household contact, thus, showing us she didn't have the slightest idea about the Government's Covid rules. So here we are with crickets chirping. Shaw will hold his job, as he should because he is the best thing about the Greens, but they are too thick to work that out. Then the other unresolved issue, what, if anything, the Government do about donations to political parties. They have legislation in the Parliament already, but that doesn't deal with what some lawyers are calling the loophole that has been unearthed by the New Zealand First case. A case the two involved were found not guilty of, thus alarming those who know about these legal matters. Whether there is a hole or not I don't know. What I do know is whatever you do, short of publicly funding political parties, you will have trouble. Whether you call them loopholes and whether any of them pass a legal test if tried in court doesn't really matter. If you insist that the public in some way shape or form should be allowed to fund political parties, someone, somewhere, like tax law, is going to find a way to be tricky. We do, of course, want voters funding parties because that is part of democracy. And if we merely funded it out of state coffers it would cost a fortune we don't have. And it wouldn't allow those who are good at fundraising and appeal to large numbers of punters to reap the rewards of their policy settings. Whether they can even attempt to tidy all this up by this time next year is highly debatable. But what I suspect is what we have currently doesn't work all that well. But what they change it to won't work all that well either.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Lindsey Baden is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. Ashish Jha is the White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin and Others. Audio Interview: A Look at the U.S. Government's Covid-19 Strategy. N Engl J Med 2022;387:e11.

Charges have been laid against people allegedly trying to defraud the Government's Covid-19 wage subsidy.The Ministry of Social Development has charged 16 people involving more than $680,000 worth of taxpayer money.Another five people are likely to be prosecuted.Canterbury University researcher Michael Gousmett told Mike Hosking the whole scheme was based on a trust model.He says there should have been more information demanded from businesses to demonstrate they'd had a cash decline of 30 or 40 per cent.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ashley Bloomfield was back Friday to spook you again, just like the good old days. The trouble for the Government's fear campaign is it's over. It's a bust.It's the evolution, or the anatomy, of a campaign that for a while was highly successful. A lot of us believed the fear and the predictions. A lot of us hung on every word of the epidemiologists as they became household names and seemed to have some idea of how the future worked.After a while reality dawned on an increasing number of us when we started asking how come little, if any, of what they said came to pass. The accuracy was astonishingly non-existent.What it really was, was a whole bunch of worst-case scenarios. None of them actually had anything to do with you or me.They had to do with a health system they had worked out wasn't up to much and not only wasn't it up to much, they hadn't done anything about fixing it. So they spooked us over death, disease, numbers, and bulging wards so they wouldn't have the embarrassment of having to explain why they hadn't sorted out the hospitals the way they should have.Essentially, we were doing them a massive favour.The whole game was up come booster time. Omicron, for most, was a cold and a couple of days off. That's why such a small number of us ended up getting a booster and to this day the percentage of the eligible population jabbed continues to slide backwards.So, when Bloomfield fronted up Friday, he entered an entirely different arena. It's the arena full of scepticism.His warnings of flu and new variants won't fly. Not that there aren't new variants and flu, but it will be a miracle if the booster rate rises and it'll be fascinating to see whether the flu jab gets the uptake he needs.Because, once again, it isn't about you or me. It's still about his inept, underfunded, and understaffed hospitals.They don't want them full, they don't want them overflowing, and they don't want the hassle or the embarrassment.What's changed, thank God, is this time we call the shots. We are making up our own minds, we have worked out in ever greater numbers for ourselves whether we are getting boosted or getting the flu shot. We have been spun one time too often to fall for it again.Essentially in the dark old days, they overplayed their hand. Too much fear and spin has led to today, a sceptical public who aren't quite seeing the snake oil in the same light.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Government's Covid-19 policies are being blamed for creating an international visa backlog. Over the past two years there's been a surge in overseas investors wanting to live here. However, Immigration New Zealand is struggling to keep up with the demand – seeing people withdraw from the wait-list. Malcolm Pacific Immigration Chief Executive David Cooper told Mike Hosking visa policies during the pandemic have caused big issues.He says the Government suspended visa processing for anyone who wasn't in New Zealand, which impacted overseas investors.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Government's Covid-19 policies are being blamed for creating an international visa backlog. Over the past two years there's been a surge in overseas investors wanting to live here. However, Immigration New Zealand is struggling to keep up with the demand – seeing people withdraw from the wait-list. Malcolm Pacific Immigration Chief Executive David Cooper told Mike Hosking visa policies during the pandemic have caused big issues.He says the Government suspended visa processing for anyone who wasn't in New Zealand, which impacted overseas investors.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Auditor-General's being commended for flagging issues with the transparency of the Government's Covid response fund.John Ryan has written to Treasury, saying MPs and the general public haven't been getting enough information about how the $74 billion fund is being spent.Treasury has now published details on how much funding has been set aside and how it has been allocated.But Ryan says it's still unclear how much is being spent on some initiatives.New Zealand Initiative Senior Fellow Bryce Wilkinson, a former Treasury director, told Mike Hosking the Auditor-General is right to raise concerns.He's very pleased to see John Ryan asking questions about the spending.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Auditor-General's being commended for flagging issues with the transparency of the Government's Covid response fund.John Ryan has written to Treasury, saying MPs and the general public haven't been getting enough information about how the $74 billion fund is being spent.Treasury has now published details on how much funding has been set aside and how it has been allocated.But Ryan says it's still unclear how much is being spent on some initiatives.New Zealand Initiative Senior Fellow Bryce Wilkinson, a former Treasury director, told Mike Hosking the Auditor-General is right to raise concerns.He's very pleased to see John Ryan asking questions about the spending.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Labour says the change in the Government's Covid strategy is reflected in the latest Newshub Reid Research poll.National has jumped 9.2 points to 40.5 percent support, surpassing Labour's 38.2 percent, falling 6.1 points.Act and the Greens have both dropped, while the Māori Party has nudged half a point up.Senior Cabinet Minister Chris Hipkins told Mike Hosking they have some work to do.“The transition from an elimination strategy to Covid-19 into living with Covid in the community has been pretty bumpy, but the reality is that has had an impact on public sentiment.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Government's Covid-19 response has taken a huge knock with a High Court ruling the MIQ system was unfair. Justice Mallon says it was inevitable the system would operate unjustly when demand exceeded supply. National Party Spokesperson for Covid-19 Chris Bishop spoke to Corin Dann.

Just 4 more days until Ted takes the stage in Panama City and tonight's "Best Of" The Night Nuge has Dr. Oz back. As a medical doctor, he shares his take on how our government's COVID response was mishandled and what it means moving forward. The Nightly Nuge featuring Ted Nugent S01-E097 - Nuge and Dr. OZ on Government's COVID Response - 220426

Simon Eckermann, Professor of Health Economics at University of Wollongong says Morrison's claim of saving 40,000 lives is simply not true.   The post Simon Eckermann on the Government's COVID response appeared first on Saturday Magazine.

Christine Loscher, Professor of Immunology at DCU, talks to Eamon about the current status of Covid-19, the lifting of restrictions and what we need to do to prepare for the next phase.Recorded 1st April 2022. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy.

It seems a lot of people are in a bit of a flurry today – trying to make sense of what the Government's announcement yesterday – about the changes in the COVID rules – means for them. One of the things our family has got an eye on is what the removal of limits on the number of people who can gather outdoors means for the Maadi Cup rowing champs in Twizel next week. Our twin teenagers row for Cashmere High and they'll be there all next week. And there's a lot of work being done behind the scenes today to work out whether it's even going to be possible to allow spectators at this late stage – when all the planning and organising's been done on the assumption that no spectators will be allowed. There's also a lot of head-scratching in the hospitality sector which is, quite rightly, not too fussed about the fact that indoor limits are going up from 100 to 200 – but people still have to be seated and separated. Doesn't make much sense, does it? And then there are the genuine health concerns some people are talking about, saying the Government appears to have thrown in the towel – pretty much smack bang in the middle of the Omicron outbreak – and is doing away with a lot of the rules and telling us we're all part of the great big melting pot of vaccinated and unvaccinated again. This raises the question, is the Government making these changes because it's down in the polls? Or because it genuinely believes now is the perfect time? Well, what do you think? I think it's purely political because so much of it doesn't make sense. I thought Covid-19 Minister Chris Hipkins was quite revealing when he spoke to Mike this morning when he said: “The hospital system is very full. The hospitals are “relatively under strain.”  As I've said many times, according to the Government's traffic light system, the red setting means action is needed to protect the health system. So, by saying today that hospitals are very full and under strain, Chris Hipkins is making it very clear that what was announced yesterday was political – pure and simple – as so much of the Covid response has, and will probably continue to be.  Because if the hospitals are under strain, why is the Government throwing out most of the rules it brought in to protect the hospital system in the first place?  The answer to that is that the Government – like all governments and all politicians – wants to be popular. And that's why the Government is doing what it's doing. It's playing politics.  Nevertheless, that doesn't excuse the awful way some people have reacted to the Prime Minister's announcement yesterday. Which I think says a lot about where the country is at, at the moment.  I've got a theory as to why I think some people say such terrible things about Jacinda Ardern, and I'll get to that. Now don't think for a minute that I have no idea how the pandemic – or, in particular, the way the Government has handled the response to the pandemic – has impacted people's lives. Yes, I've got a job. I haven't lost a business. But it's impacted me and my family in other ways. An old friend was supposed to have a 50th birthday in Auckland last year – but the Government put us in lockdown and the party was cancelled. She died a few weeks ago. I am well aware of the impact the Government's Covid response has had. And I've been the first to call them a bunch of control freaks, at times. You've heard me say it. But never have you heard me say some of the terrible things that get said about the Prime Minister. And you never will – and not just Jacinda Ardern, any Prime Minister. Any person actually when it comes down to it. But some people feel so compelled to crucify her with words, and I try on a daily basis to work out why. Well, I think that, even though it's 2022, a fair amount of people in this country still can't cope with the fact that we have a young female Prime Minister. Emphasis on the young. Because I know we've had female prime ministers before – but neit...

Jacinda Ardern's signalling when a decision on lifting Covid-19 mandates will be made. Vaccine mandates and passes continue to be a key part of the Government's Covid-19 response. That's despite high case numbers and hospitalisations. But the Prime Minister told Francesca Rudkin a decision on when they will be dropped isn't too far away. “So, we'll be making decisions over the next week, and signalling when we believe we can put them back in the toolbox and on the shelf for now.” LISTEN ABOVE

The disabled community is speaking out about distressing waits for personal care and navigating pandemic assistance as Covid adds to the chronic shortage of home carers. The Disability Rights Commissioner is so concerned about reports of people let down by not receiving timely care during Omicron, that she's launched an inquiry using powers under the Human Rights Act. One in 4 New Zealanders has a disability. Bernadette Ingham has a lived disability, her husband uses a wheelchair and she is extremely frustrated that the needs of disabled people are not being addressed in the pandemic response. Kathryn will also speak with Disabled Persons Assembly Chief Executive Prudence Walker, NZ Disability Support Network Chief Executive Peter Reynolds and to Marsha Marshall, the CEO of Manawanui, which is the country's leading provider of Individualised Funding services for people with disabilities.

Sadly, no detail on the Government's RNZ/TVNZ merger but let's start with the very brutal truth – it's going to be about as exciting as watching paint dry.  It's going to apparently ‘better reach those groups who aren't currently well served; such as our various ethnic communities and cultures,' Faafoi said, so in other words, kissing a mainstream audience goodbye. Here's the first problem – it's going to operate under a charter. That's been tried before – and failed – it was disastrous because it was invented by boffins all based on theory and PC BS, with no regard for the realities of the real world and what audiences actually want to see and hear.  On paper, some sneering academics may jot down their wish list of ‘Kiwi' content to ‘reflect us back to ourselves'.. but in all reality the only thing being reflected back is their own Twitterverse echo chamber. What they think we want to see, and what we actually want to see, are two very different things. Issue number two – it'll have a - quote unquote- trustworthy news as a core service.  Stating this shows just how far removed from reality the politicos have become. You want us to accept that a government run media entity, is going to have a ‘trustworthy' news service? Are you serious? Is it as trustworthy as the blinkered left leaning media currently in the Government's pocket?  This on the very day an OIA revealed the Government – donkey deep in image consultants, PR lackeys, spin doctors and focus groups, actually gave “special briefings” to commentators who'd likely be talking to media about the Government's Covid response. If you don't know what I'm talking about here, look up Kate McNamara's excellent piece in the Herald yesterday – it's part of a three-part series she's done on examples of government communication being bogged down in spin and murky disclosure. She's got all her info through Official Information Act requests; it makes for eye-watering reading.  Every time you saw media roll out Michael Baker or Sousxsie Wiles or Shaun Hendy, they and a bunch of others had all been ‘briefed ‘in advance by the Government, to give positive media coverage favourable to the Government's narrative. Basically, to flatter the Government's slow and clumsy Covid response, particularly around vaccine delays. So if you thought those commentators all sounded like Labour politicians when you heard them, you were right. They were part of the spin. So now this least open honest or transparent government ever, wants us to believe they're going to run a ‘trustworthy' news service? Put it on a Tui billboard, it's farcical. Here's the other insult – it'll be partly funded by us the taxpayer. So invented by government, designed by government, partly funded by government with our tax payer dollars, but allegedly with complete editorial independence. And then there's the fact they're 'targeting youth'. Anything that says it wants to 'target young people' is not going to. Young people don't want to be targeted, they want to curate their own media sources from a variety of places, and this won't be it, it never has been. So, no wonder TV3's lapping this announcement up and welcoming it, because although RNZ/TVNZ may be awash with government cash - winning the money that way, doesn't win you the audience. 

I sit again with Adam Nosal who was my first guest in season 3. I asked him to help me kick off the season and set the tone as we talked about ‘how to have nurturing, nourishing conversations' in what turned out to be the first two episodes of this season. Well, he's back and we chat about consensus and disagreement, with special reference to Joe Rogan's recent controversial Spotify podcast episodes and the ensuing backlash, with people like Neil Young and Brené Brown leaving the platform in protest. To recap, if you missed what happened: two Joe Rogan podcast episodes were flagged because the experts he interviewed aired views on COVID and the COVID vaccination that are currently considered controversial, based on our ever-changing and evolving understanding of this pandemic. So Spotify and others called it ‘misinformation' and censored it. Adam and I set up some ground rules for ourselves - including ‘not being overly careful out of fear' - before we dive into talking about how important language is, how information overload today can be overwhelming and how it's more important than ever to be able to navigate conversations in which we disagree over topics that trigger our deepest fears. Adam gives great quote, as usual, throughout the episode and our intention throughout is to give listeners something to pause and chew on. We talk about how phrases like "misinformation" are often not useful, as our understanding of “facts” is fluid, evolving, and changing over time. But once someone has taken a stand on something - calling it right or wrong - it can be very difficult to change their minds, because they're invested in a particular position. One of my favourite of Adam's lines here is “truth is becoming weaponized in some areas of our conversation, and the invitation for us to stand with each other in a time of huge complexity is not being accepted”. We discuss the need to be diligent, find balance, avoid being reactive, and judging the credibility of information we come across to prevent the spread of harmful information or narratives. We also need to recognize the importance of relationships and the damage that comes from mocking or taunting other people or groups. We propose that the best way to avoid the spread of misinformation is simply to pause and do nothing in the spur of the moment. Wait. Breathe. Process. Then maybe leave it. I throw in my usual dose of perspective on the necessity of exposing ourselves to discomfort and intentionally seeking out challenging conversations with ideas and people we know we probably won't agree with. Consensus is often NOT desirable. It's boring and makes our comfort zone smaller, our conservatism bigger, our potential for innovation and breakthroughs non-existent. Keep listening to the Discomfort Practice Podcast for more inspiring stories like these. Let me know your thoughts on Instagram or Twitter @thebetsyreed, and tag me. Follow my own journey through my discomfort practice and catch up on past episodes via the podcast microsite https://thediscomfortpractice.libsyn.com or find The Discomfort Practice on your favourite podcast platform. Key Points: Why consensus is not helpful (02:41) The issue of Joe Rogan Spotify episodes introduction (06:53) Dangerous misinformation (08:45) Importance of self-censorship (13:18) Government's COVID 19: Contrasting information (19:35) Information sources (22:20) Stick to your ideas, but yet respect others (27:35) Irrational misogyny of governments and lawmakers (35:08) Reflect, upon yourself – Have I taunted or mocked someone (36:00) Understand other's perspectives and face discomfort to get better (41:00) Pause between words (43:50) Have conversations with curious intent not with prejudice (49:57) Connect with Adam Nosal: Adam on Linkedin Adam on Twitter Adam on Facebook Connect with Betsy Reed: Betsy on Instagram Betsy on Twitter Betsy on Linkedin Betsy's Website Resources Mentioned: Louis Theroux Rate, Review, Learn and Share Thanks for tuning into The Discomfort Practice! If you enjoyed this episode, please drop us a five star and written review, follow and share how it has benefited you. Don't forget to tune into our other episodes and share your favourite ones on social media!

As we move into phase three of the Government's Covid plan and learn to live with Covid in the community, I would have to wonder whether this government can continue to justify locking thousands of New Zealanders out of their own country.  Yesterday we had 6137 community cases recorded of Omicron in the country. There would be many, many more than that. There were 338 cases detected at the border.  So, given that, how on Earth can the Government justify keeping up these facilities? Even excluding the humanitarian concerns, I am absolutely certain that defence personnel and the police and the numerous bureaucrats involved in running MIQ  could be better deployed elsewhere.  Continuing with restrictions that simply don't make any sense will ultimately do more harm than the virus will ever do. LISTEN ABOVE

The National Party leader is accusing the Prime Minister of being "missing in action" as the anti-mandate protesters cap off two weeks occupying Parliament grounds. Christopher Luxon is blaming the protest on the Government's Covid strategy and is calling for Jacinda Ardern to spell out her de-escalation and Covid-19 exit plan. He spoke to RNZ reporter Hamish Cardwell.

Another cheque has been thrown in the Government's Covid coffers.  This time Damien O'Connor is handing out $400,000, for farmers who might get the virus. It's all part of a contingency plan and wrap around support for the sector should they get an outbreak. Federated Farmers vice president Andrew Hoggard joined Mike Hosking. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Another cheque has been thrown in the Government's Covid coffers.  This time Damien O'Connor is handing out $400,000, for farmers who might get the virus. It's all part of a contingency plan and wrap around support for the sector should they get an outbreak. Federated Farmers vice president Andrew Hoggard joined Mike Hosking. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The prime minister used his first major speech of 2022 to admit he hasn't got "everything right" in a nod to community frustrations towards challenges caused by the Omicron variant. - कोरोनाभाइरस महामारीको व्यवस्थापनबाट आफू “धेरै नै आशावादी” बनेको भन्दै प्रधानमन्त्री स्कट मोरिसनले माफी मागेका छन्।

The tide could be turning in National's favour.Chris Luxon has scored a net approval rating of 22 points in the latest 1 News Kantar poll while Jacinda Ardern has plummeted to 15 points.It comes as the National leader gathers with his MPs in Queenstown today, for the party's annual caucus retreat.Former National senior advisor Brigitte Morten told Tim Dower the poll result is a reflection of growing dissatisfaction with the Government's Covid response.“It is clear that the Government's actions over the last month/two months, particularly in their response to Omicron, has not gone well for them. People are less understanding of the Government now.”LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Analysis by a financial journalist has found the Government's Covid-19 policies have made the wealthy hundreds of billions of dollars richer, while the poor sunk $400 million further into debt to the Government itself. Bernard Hickey says the explosion in inequality has been driven by government and Reserve Bank interventions, including quantitative easing - effectively the printing of money - which has been blamed in part for fuelling the surge in house prices over the past two years. Bernard Hickey, formerly of interest.co.nz, now writing the political and economic blog The Kaka, says the Labour Government, supported by the Green Party, has presided over the biggest transfer of wealth from current and future renters, to asset owners, in the history of New Zealand. He goes through the numbers with Kathryn.

And so here we are; waking up in the glow of red lights across the whole country.What does this mean for most of us? Well affectively nothing really has changed apart from the inability to gather in mobs of more than 100 which will serve good purpose in trying to prevent the stupidity of the Brian Tamaki followers across the country's main centres and their messianistic treatment of a nobody and his attempt to be somebody.Other than that the only thing that I've seen change in the last day is again the ridiculous propensity for people to go apoplectic in the supermarket even though we are told we don't need to.The real concern I have is that we may well see the current Government moving further away from the recommendations of the science community as demonstrated in the comments by certain epidemiologists who say that the red light system is not enough to reduce the spread of the Omicron strain.The only great saviour for us all is the vaccination and the third shot, which at best is 75 per cent affective in the face of Omicron. It's the only thing that will enable us to get back to some form of normality while we wait for other countries to get to the same level.The other concern I have is the news we heard over the weekend that the Government's Covid-19 fund does not have the finances to purchase a fourth vaccine if it's required.The Government have told us they will find the money for it if that eventuates, but is this a way of bracing us for a further reduction in spending in the many other areas of need demonstrable across the country?Undoubtedly we can't take our focus of the pandemic; but what about everything else that's being overlooked in something of a convenient distraction for a government that seems bereft of ability to improve anything else other than our Covid response?We have to prepare for the eventuality that as soon as travel becomes easier, we are set to lose a great deal of skilled people to our cousins across the ditch and further afield.Getting anything done in New Zealand is about to get a whole lot harder.

Today we're bringing you an episode of Anderson Cooper 360. A CNN exclusive reveals Facebook sold ads promoting anti-vaccine messages and comparing the U.S. government’s response to Covid-19 to Nazi Germany. Ads were also sold that casted doubt on the result of the 2020 election and pushed political violence. Facebook whistleblower and former Facebook executive Frances Haugen tells Anderson Cooper in an exclusive interview that Facebook knows the “biases in the algorithms give the most rage for the least amount of dollars” to extreme content. Plus, President Biden urged all Americans to get boosted as the U.S. joins a growing list of countries that have confirmed cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul revealed there are five confirmed cases of the variant in her state. Dr. Ashish Jha is the Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. He joins AC360 to discuss what we know and don’t know about the new Covid-19 variant. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Today we're bringing you an episode of Anderson Cooper 360. A CNN exclusive reveals Facebook sold ads promoting anti-vaccine messages and comparing the U.S. government's response to Covid-19 to Nazi Germany. Ads were also sold that casted doubt on the result of the 2020 election and pushed political violence. Facebook whistleblower and former Facebook executive Frances Haugen tells Anderson Cooper in an exclusive interview that Facebook knows the “biases in the algorithms give the most rage for the least amount of dollars” to extreme content.  Plus, President Biden urged all Americans to get boosted as the U.S. joins a growing list of countries that have confirmed cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul revealed there are five confirmed cases of the variant in her state. Dr. Ashish Jha is the Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. He joins AC360 to discuss what we know and don't know about the new Covid-19 variant.  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A CNN exclusive reveals Facebook sold ads promoting anti-vaccine messages and comparing the U.S. government's response to Covid-19 to Nazi Germany. Ads were also sold that casted doubt on the result of the 2020 election and pushed political violence. Facebook whistleblower and former Facebook executive Frances Haugen tells Anderson Cooper in an exclusive interview that Facebook knows the “biases in the algorithms give the most rage for the least amount of dollars” to extreme content.  Plus, President Biden urged all Americans to get boosted as the U.S. joins a growing list of countries that have confirmed cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul revealed there are five confirmed cases of the variant in her state. Dr. Ashish Jha is the Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. He joins AC360 to discuss what we know and don't know about the new Covid-19 variant.  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

In this week's episode, Rosie and Katie are joined by Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick in her first in-depth interview on her ADHD diagnosis and what other women need to know about the condition. Then they get stuck into the latest on the Government's Covid response - namely the MIQ shake-up and new vaccination targets for the country. And Facebook whistleblowers have exposed the company's secrets - we've got what you need to know about the growing controversy. Follow In the Loop on iHeartRadio, and to keep up to date during the week, head to nzherald.co.nz. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After butchering the American holiday calendar, our intrepid duo takes on the Government's Covid calendar. Such is the nervousness of the general population, the Delingpole family went to lunch and behaved so normally they got banned from the restaurant for life. James and Toby then take on why the media has become lapdogs for Number 10 on Covid policy. How is it that a Tory government is getting... Source

We are joined by Captain Brian Durant for a discussion on Leadership Lessons from the Federal Government's COVID-19 Response (formerly Operation Warp Speed).   Book Recommendations: The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Plague in History by John M. Barry Long Walk to Freedom (Autobiography) by Nelson Mandela Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness by Scott Jurek Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins   EDO Book Club  If you have not yet joined the Slack workspace, join by finding the invite link in the "Book Club Announcement" on EDO Main. ED LDF

Michael McDowell joins Niall on the line to discuss the Government's Covid strategy. As he question's himself in his Irish Times opinion piece - Is there a plan?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael McDowell joins Niall on the line to discuss the Government's Covid strategy. As he question's himself in his Irish Times opinion piece - Is there a plan? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.