🇦🇺 "Look… back then women didn't have penises" - Tim Wilms from The Unshackled

Tim Wilms discusses the cartoon that highlighted a growing argument over whether the consequences of past legislative changes were properly considered at the time.

More than a decade later, the debate is not just about what was written into law, but whether the warnings raised beforehand were taken seriously.

Who actually believes that explanation?

🎥 Watch here: https://rcr.media/episodes/the-wilms-report-with-tim-wilms-has-albanese-lost-control-of-the-narrative

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"So Palantir came along in 2016... and sued, successfully sued the US government to open up the bidding process... And they won, and won that contract." - James Corbett, Award-Winning Investigative Journalist

James Corbett explains how Palantir's successful legal challenge marked a major step in expanding from intelligence work into military contracts.

Should governments be more transparent about the technology companies they partner with and the data those companies can access?

🎥 Watch here: https://rcr.media/episodes/james-corbett-award-winning-investigative-journalist-the-palantir-manifesto-the-vision-for-a-technocratic-future

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"I mean, the media absolutely can't stand him. But by doing and saying some of these things, which I believe a great number of New Zealanders actually feel that frustration that he holds, that he is actually bringing some of these issues out." - Maree Buscke

Should controversial voices be encouraged if they help spark wider public debate?

Maree Buscke and Marty Gibson are back with Media Matters.

🎥 Watch here: https://rcr.media/episodes/media-matters-is-new-zealand-sleepwalking-into-the-wrong-government

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"The judge will have to make his findings based on what existed back six years ago." - Michael Connett, Fluoride Litigation Attorney

Michael Connett argues the case has been sent back with instructions that prevent the court from considering research published since the original trial.

Do you think judges should be able to consider the most up-to-date evidence available when making decisions?

🎥 Watch here: https://rcr.media/episodes/michael-connett-fluoride-litigation-attorney-fluoride-back-in-court

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"Have they all of a sudden ceded a property right to somebody else?" - Don Nicolson, Biodiversity Advocate

Biodiversity credits promise new funding for conservation, but Don Nicolson raises a bigger question: when money enters the picture, what happens to the rights of the people who own and care for the land?

Where should the line be drawn between rewarding conservation and protecting private property rights?

🎥 Watch here: https://rcr.media/episodes/greenwashed-biodiversity-credits-putting-a-price-on-nature

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🔥🎥 RCR: This Week’s Must-Watch Picks

From the Zero Spike conference in Japan, to AI’s rapid rise, and growing debates over public health, WHO reform, fluoride, free speech and digital ID - these are the must-watch conversations this week.

🎥 Watch them all here: https://RCR.Media

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🦭 Blossom the Sea Elephant and Neil the Seal

What changed between Blossom, Wellington's famous sea elephant of the late 1960s, and Tasmania's cone-smashing Neil the Seal?

In this week's Brennan Barometer, Paul Brennan reflects on a time when common sense prevailed, before leaving Neil with a wry warning about the modern world.

🎥 Watch here: https://rcr.media/episodes/the-brennan-barometer-blossom-the-sea-elephant-and-neil-the-seal/

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"They don't care how they make their money. They just want a contagion." - Rachel Stewart

Rachel Stewart argues pharmaceutical companies have strong financial incentives to expand lifelong medication use, drawing comparisons with the opioid crisis in the United States.

Do you think commercial incentives have too much influence over modern healthcare?

Rachel Stewart and Maree Buscke discuss on this episode of Both Barrels.

🎥 Watch here: https://rcr.media/episodes/both-barrels-with-maree-buscke-rachel-stewart-who-profits-from-depression

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🇦🇺 "It's time we took the steps to live our manhood out the way it's meant to be lived out. And everyone benefits." - Graham Hood, Former Qantas Pilot and Club Grubbery Founder 🇦🇺

This isn’t just about men - it’s about families, relationships, and the next generation learning healthier patterns of connection and responsibility.

What do you think needs to change first for healthier models of manhood to actually take root in society?

🎥 Watch here: https://rcr.media/episodes/under-the-hood-with-graham-hoody-hood-manhood-in-the-perfect-world

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"We can say definitively over the last few hundred years, the mortality from pandemics is rapidly declining." - Dr David Bell, Former WHO Scientist and Health Commentator @brownstoneinst

Dr David Bell argues that while pandemics still occur, advances in medicine, sanitation and nutrition have dramatically reduced their impact over time.

Do you think we've become better at managing pandemics, or simply more fearful of them?

🎥 Watch here: https://rcr.media/episodes/david-bell-former-who-scientist-and-health-commentator-who-reform-overstated-bird-flu-risk

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"They knew that possibly this election they may not have the numbers to carry on passing it. So they've decided that they're going to put all these new words and tier structure meanings which are undefined into what we call regulation." - Claire Bleakley, GE Free NZ President

How important is parliamentary scrutiny when changing rules that could affect New Zealand’s food, environment and future technologies?

🎥 Watch here: https://rcr.media/episodes/claire-bleakley-president-of-ge-free-nz-inside-ge-free-nzs-gene-technology-bill-hearing

🔗 Say no to the Gene Tech Bill: https://realitycheck.radio/gene-tech/

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"The more that we keep these viruses out and we act in this way, the lower the genetic diversity will be, the more susceptible they will become to viruses." - Dr David Bell, Former WHO Scientist and Health Commentator @brownstoneinst

Dr David Bell argues that the way we manage bird flu outbreaks could have unintended long-term consequences for poultry health, particularly when it comes to genetic resilience.

Do you think current bird flu policies are focused too much on the immediate threat and not enough on the long-term consequences?

🎥 Watch here: https://rcr.media/episodes/david-bell-former-who-scientist-and-health-commentator-who-reform-overstated-bird-flu-risk

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Michael Arbon asks a question that's as old as democracy itself. Where should the line be drawn between protecting the public and preserving individual liberty?

Watch his latest commentary on ASIO's compulsory questioning powers and why oversight matters.

🎥 Watch here: https://rcr.media/episodes/michael-arbon-when-extraordinary-powers-become-ordinary/

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🇦🇺 "If a man can claim that he's a woman just by wearing women's clothes, ticking all these 'woman boxes’… then let's draw this out." - Lisa Jane Spencer, Australian Comedian & Satirist @LisaJaneSpencer 🇦🇺

Lisa Jane Spencer explains the thinking behind her controversial comedy, saying the sketch was designed to use satire and "reduction to absurdity" to challenge where people draw lines around identity.

Can comedy still ask uncomfortable questions, or have we become too afraid to explore ideas through humour?

🎥 Watch here: https://rcr.media/episodes/lisa-jane-simpson-australian-comedian-satirist-can-comedy-still-cross-the-line

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🦆 Riding Shotgun: Melancholy and Ducks

Rachel Stewart revisits The Sopranos and explores why she considers it the greatest TV series ever made.

From Tony Soprano’s panic attacks after losing his beloved ducks, to AJ’s struggle with depression, nihilism and the state of the world, Rachel examines what the show reveals about humanity, power, guilt and despair.

🎥 Watch here: https://rcr.media/episodes/riding-shotgun-with-rachel-stewart-melancholy-and-ducks/

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"Have they all of a sudden ceded a property right to somebody else?" - Don Nicolson, Biodiversity Advocate

Biodiversity credits promise new funding for conservation, but Don Nicolson raises a bigger question: when money enters the picture, what happens to the rights of the people who own and care for the land?

Where should the line be drawn between rewarding conservation and protecting private property rights?

🎥 Watch here: https://rcr.media/episodes/greenwashed-biodiversity-credits-putting-a-price-on-nature

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"The public deserves to have someone come in that doesn't have an ideological axe to grind." - Michael Connett, Fluoride Litigation Attorney

Michael Connett argues that any major review of water fluoridation should be led by independent researchers without a history of advocating for the policy.

How important is it for scientific reviews to be led by people with no publicly stated position on the issue they're investigating?

🎥 Watch here: https://rcr.media/episodes/michael-connett-fluoride-litigation-attorney-fluoride-back-in-court

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"I'll take it with a pinch of salt until I can see tangible results and declare official declaration from Hamas." - Freddie Ponton, Global Affairs Associate Editor 21st Century Wire

When breaking international news emerges, how much verification do you need before believing it?

🎥 Watch here: https://rcr.media/episodes/freddie-ponton-associate-editor-21st-century-wire-gaza-board-of-peace-lacks-legal-standing

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"The IRD doesn't care. You're left with a problem, right?" - Joel Robinson, Radical Investment

Joel Robinson warns that some crypto investors have been blindsided by Inland Revenue's interpretation of crypto tax rules, with penalties and historic tax debts adding to the pain.

Have New Zealand's crypto tax rules been communicated clearly enough to the public?

🎥 Watch here: https://rcr.media/episodes/money-talks-with-joel-robinson-the-crypto-tax-trap-catching-thousands

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🇦🇺 "Looking like a man is a protected characteristic of being a trans woman. And then trans women are women. I mean, this is madness. This is like the ramblings of insanity." — Sall Grover, Giggle App Founder 🇦🇺

Sall Grover says the next chapter of the Giggle v Tickle legal battle will now move to Australia's High Court, where the focus will be on the interpretation of the law itself.

She argues the case raises fundamental questions about how sex, identity and discrimination protections are defined in legislation.

Where should the line be drawn between recognising identity and maintaining clear legal definitions?

🎥 Watch here: https://rcr.media/episodes/sall-grover-giggle-app-founder-taking-the-fight-to-the-highest-court

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