47 Episodes

  1. When should a journalist tell their own story?

    Published: 3/7/2025
  2. If you sleuth hard enough, there are new answers to old questions

    Published: 2/28/2025
  3. Everyone’s got an opinion, here’s mine

    Published: 2/21/2025
  4. Live! Bryn & Ku’s Singles Club

    Published: 2/14/2025
  5. The Fold: How the media covers Waitangi

    Published: 2/7/2025
  6. The Spinoff enters the press gallery

    Published: 1/31/2025
  7. Summer reissue: Raygun and the meme Olympics

    Published: 1/10/2025
  8. Summer reissue: A turning point for Māori activism

    Published: 1/3/2025
  9. The Year in Review - Live in Auckland!

    Published: 12/27/2024
  10. Help Me Hera - Live in Wellington!

    Published: 12/20/2024
  11. Aotearoa and its love of movies

    Published: 12/13/2024
  12. The Year in Review - Live in Wellington!

    Published: 12/6/2024
  13. A special edition of The Fold: The future of The Spinoff

    Published: 11/27/2024
  14. Cover Story: My near decade of violent harassment by a man I barely know

    Published: 11/24/2024
  15. The apology and the hīkoi

    Published: 11/22/2024
  16. Cover Story: Inside the urgent race to solve homelessness in Aotearoa

    Published: 11/10/2024
  17. Homelessness in Aotearoa and how to solve it

    Published: 11/10/2024
  18. Elemeno P released a new song for the first time in 13 years, but is it real?

    Published: 11/8/2024
  19. Best TV Show Ever - Live!

    Published: 11/1/2024
  20. The top 100 NZ TV shows of the 21st century

    Published: 10/25/2024

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