In today's episode - we pay tribute to Dr James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family; a Canadian nurse is fined for backing women-only spaces; name suppression for possession of child p*rn images should be scrapped; violence against female MPs is condemned but not against male MPs?; research shows that more babies born at 22 weeks are surviving; President Trump talks about heaven but shows a basic misunderstanding; brothel plan rejected in Hastings thanks to the mayoral candidates; and we reveal the newest dumb term - "mankeeping"!

In this episode – more leadership pressure on Luxon, and is Nicola Willis manoeuvring for the job; Luxon skips a ‘coalition of the willing’ phone call – is this a terrible look?; David Seymour and Winston Peters separate themselves from Luxon’s comments about Benjamin Netanyahu; euthanasia’s process of killing under the spotlight; Helen Clark raises the abuse of female politicians – hasn’t she spoken to Andrea Vance; are MPs allowed to have naps; should former MPs become ambassadors; former Labour MP Richard Prebble says Labour should say nothing and they could win the next election; and is the alcohol industry influencing government policy.

In this episode of Solid Ground, Simon discusses the disturbing news that a New Zealander was likely euthanised without proper sedation, as reported in the media. He then highlights his most recent podcast with anaesthetist, Dr Sharon Quick, where she talks about the complex and often misconstrued realities of euthanasia – including how drugs are given to completely paralyse a patient, raising the real possibility that someone may be conscious but unable to communicate.

Simon also touches on Costco's decision in the U.S. to stop selling the abortion pill Mifepristone and criticises some local church leaders for being vocal on politically comfortable topics like climate change and indigenous rights but largely silent on ethical issues such as euthanasia and abortion.

In this episode: the scary notion of 'tradwife' earns a definition in the Cambridge dictionary; NZ's disturbing fertility rate; wealth keeps a pedophile's identity secret; Australia struggles with the definition of 'woman'; the UK wants to muzzle a pro-life grandmother; are the media campaigning for Nicola Willis to replace Luxon despite her struggles as Minister of Finance; alcohol consumption is dropping - yet the alcohol industry is still influencing public policy in NZ according to official documents; a patient being euthanised may not have been sedated properly - and what does 'sedation' actually even mean; Australian PM Anthony Albanese gets a serve from Netenyahu; and we destroy a super-dumb claim in a Radio NZ article about marriage.

In this episode of Solid Ground, Simon previews Kirralie Smith who is speaking at the upcoming Forum on the Family. He discusses her recent court case (which she lost) where she has been hauled over the coals for correctly identifying someone’s biological sex. According to the court, identifying a person’s sex is an act of violence. Simon draws attention to Kirralie’s own words that if society can change the meaning of the word ‘woman’, it can also change the meaning of the world ‘violence’. Staying with Australia, Simon discusses recent protests in Melbourne where women discussing their rights were assailed by far-left groups who sought to disrupt the gathering and attacked police – ironically, all in the name of tolerance. He also discusses the State of Victoria introducing school lessons for children as young as five about how they can be born in the wrong body, nothing how destructive such ideology is for young children.

In this episode of StraightTalk, we discuss: the Trump Putin summit in Alaska – success, failure, nothing to see here, or progress; more bad behaviour in Parliament – but is “spineless” really an insult – and haven’t the standards of our politicians’ behaviour already gone well below an insult like that; Ardern, Hipkins, Robertson & Verrall – the Four COVIDteers – don’t want to front up in public to the COVID inquiry – but would their appearance actually make any difference anyway?; should school uniforms be in or out – a Christchurch school is reintroducing them – we find out what the panelists think; when are crying babies okay – and when are they not – a young British woman’s tennis player has an opinion; and is the proposed road user charges on vehicles just a way for Big Government to monitor everytime Bob visits KFC.

In today’s episode – government proposes a ban on protesting outside homes; strong public support for the four Labour COVIDteers appearing at the COVID inquiry; Washington Post ‘fact-checker’ admits they were wrong on lab leak theory – what else were they wrong on; Forum speaker & Australian Kirralie Smith convicted of ‘violence’ for calling out dudes in women’s sports; Chloe Swarbrick finally argues that the unborn child should have human rights – hallelujah; 7k Christians killed in Nigeria just this year – when will the Greens be marching for that; over 200 faith groups & NGOs urge UN to stop enabling Hamas; Finnish doctor argues for science in teen gender dysphoria case; Pornhub traffic impacted by age verification laws in UK; & the problem with sperm donating…

In a disturbing example of political 'lawfare', New York attorney general Letitia James weaponised her office to target Jason McGuire who leads the New York Families Foundation - an organisation with similar values & voice to Family First NZ - because he dared to speak up against radical, pro-abortion policies. For more than three years, her office harassed his family, his staff, and his ministry—demanding donor lists, monitoring bank accounts, and even threatening his wife. Last month, he was sentenced to serve eight weekends in Livingston County Jail. We talk to Jason McGuire.