Conspiracy
The Week in Detail: Supie, 15-minute cities, and gang crackdowns
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
Convenient cities become conspiracy targets
How did a vision to make cities more liveable become twisted into a totalitarian dystopia? Audio
Episode 03: Fire in the Hull!
Could an insurance-fuelled switch-a-roo really be at the heart of Titanic's downfall?
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Epstein's crimes "loom large" in Maxwell trial
Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of the late paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, is about to go on trial in Manhattan for sex trafficking charges after 15 months on remand. Prosecutors… Audio
Veteran tech reporter warns against tech titans' overreach
Rory Cellan-Jones is a former BBC technology correspondent and author of 'Always On: Hope and Fear in the Social Smartphone Era.' The 63-year-old recently left the BBC after a 40-year association with… Audio
David Farrier: examining conspiracy culture in New Zealand
Thousands of protesters marched on Parliament earlier this week with a mixture of motives on display. Journalist and filmmaker David Farrier has spent the last few years diving down conspiracy theory… Audio
The psychologist who predicted how the pandemic would play out
Clinical psychologist and health anxiety expert Dr Steven Taylor's latest book, The Psychology of Pandemics, is a groundbreaking treatise on the subject, but it was a book that many thought would… Audio
The thriller writer who called the Covid-19 pandemic
British thriller writer Adam Hamdy's new novel Red Wolves has seen the writer go deep behind the scenes in the name of research. He joins the show to discuss Red Wolves and how his own life… Audio
New Zealand Today, Nobody, Seaspiracy, Them
Film and TV reviewer Chris Schulz joins Kathryn to look at the new season of Guy Williams' New Zealand Today, American action thriller Nobody, fishing documentary Seaspiracy and horror/thriller set in… Audio
Hamilton conspiracy meeting shut down
A conspiracy theorist has had a planned meeting in Hamilton cancelled, after a local venue axed their booking. The Panel speaks to Hamilton City Councillor Dave Macpherson who raised concerns about… Audio
US correspondent on Trump's 'stolen' election
As expected, outgoing US president Donald Trump is refusing to leave the White House without a fight, claiming his election loss to president-elect Joe Biden is the "worst scam in the history of US… Audio
Why voters didn't back a conspiracy theorist
Dr M Dentith, a philosopher who specialises in the analysis of conspiracy, joins The Panel for his analysis. Audio
Covid-19 truth and lies - can New Zealanders tell the difference?
The latest Research New Zealand survey set out to establish to what extent New Zealanders believe various facts and alternative (or conspiracy) theories around Covid-19. Emanuel Kalafatelis joins the… Audio
Mark O'Connell: Notes From An Apocalypse
Author and 'veteran worrier' Mark O'Connell has criss-crossed the globe to meet people preparing for the end of the world. Audio
Marc Wilson: Understanding moon landing conspiracists
On the anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Victoria University psychology professor Marc Wilson explains why some people continue to insist the whole thing was a fraud. Audio
Ellen Nakashima: Julian Assange's extradition case could take several years
Ellen Nakashima, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and National Security Correspondent for The Washington Post joins the show discuss Assange's arrest and what next. Audio
Swipe right for conspiracy
What do you do when when you're looking for love but but most people don't share your views on the world and society?
Up This Way's Shaun D Wilson spoke to truther Jenny and writer Florence Wilkinson… Audio
Counterpoint for 30 November 2014
Every time that a strange new disease surfaces, there are almost inevitable conspiracy theories linking it to biological weapons, which are seriously difficult to identify and are apparently still… Audio
Philosopher Matthew Dentith on why we love conspiracy theories
Philosopher Matthew Dentith wrote a PhD thesis titled, "In defence of conspiracy theorists", which he has turned into a forthcoming book, "The Philosophy of Conspiracy Theories". In it, he explores… Audio
Charles Pigden : conspiracies and cockups
Associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy, University of Otago, who has published on a number of topics including conspiracy theories. Audio