30 with Guyon Espiner

As demand for ADHD medication skyrockets, Guyon Espiner asks leading psychiatrist Dr Sam McBride why more people than ever before are being diagnosed with the condition - and to what degree unregulated online testing and Big Pharma are playing in the surge. Watch the video version of this episode hereGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Extreme storms and unbelievable heat. Climate science pioneer, Michael Oppenheimer, tells Guyon how weather events will change as the atmosphere heats up - and what we need to do to prepare ourselves. Plus, he tells us what he thinks about soup-throwing climate activists.Watch the video version of this ep hereGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

The Prime Minister admits he needs to cut back the corporate language after calling people, "customers". Plus, why he allowed the Treaty Principles Bill and his final word on a capital gains taxWatch the video version of this episode hereGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Elite SAS commander, Jamie Pennell, on the brutal tactics of the Taliban. Plus the crucial character trait needed to make it into the SAS and the moment he found out he lost a fellow soldierWatch the video version of this episode hereGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

The rugby great became the face of mental health in New Zealand, so why does he think he’s failed and what does he plan to do about it? Plus, he challenges Guyon to open up about his own health and asks if New Zealand’s macho culture has really changed. Watch the video version of the episode hereGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Labour's Barbara Edmonds talks to Guyon about the huge fiscal challenges ahead for NZ and whether it's time to lift the superannuation age. Plus, the heart-breaking backstory that motivated her to get into Politics. Watch the video version of this episode here.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Former White House staffer, John Bolton, on why a second term for Trump would be far worse than his first. Plus, he tells Guyon why it's time for New Zealand to rethink its nuclear-free policy.Watch the video version of this episode hereGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Author of “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck” Mark Manson, talks to Guyon about the potential upsides of AI therapy and the reasons so many Americans idolise Trump. Plus, he reveals how his life completely changed after visiting NZ.Watch the video version of the episode here.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

ANZ's Antonia Watson talks to Guyon about billion dollar bank profits, whether we're paying too much for our mortgages and why she thinks it's time for a Capital gains tax. Watch the video version of the episode here.You can read more about this episode hereGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Geopolitics expert Peter Zeihan tells Guyon what New Zealand needs to do right now if it wants to survive the end of globalisation, why China's days are numbered, and who's going to win the US election.Watch the video version of the episode here.A frightening future awaits for much of the world.That's the prediction of Peter Zeihan, a graduate of Otago University who has become a best selling author on geopolitics and international relations.His book The End of the World is Just the Beginning was a New York Times best seller in 2022.Guyon Espiner asked Peter Zeihan, two years on, with the possible return of Donald Trump to the White House, how does he see global tensions playing out and what might this mean for New Zealand?Your book came out in 2022. Have you cheered up at all since then?“No, because since the book came out, the Ukraine war has gotten hot and heavy, and we're seeing the beginnings of a very, very probably end of days-style trade dispute between the entire world and the Chinese.“There are definitely some specifics here and there that have been a little bit more optimistic than I thought, but the bare bones, the idea that the structures that brought us everything in the last 75 years, that they're dying, unfortunately, that's pretty baked in at this point.”One of the key planks that you write about is the end of globalisation. Why will that happen?“At the end of World War 2, the Americans found themselves looking across the plains of Europe at the red armies and realising this was not a fight we could win, we needed millions of people to not just stand up, but to stand between the US and the Soviet army.“And since the Europeans had just been through the most horrific war in human history, getting them to sign up for an open-ended conflict was going to require some severe inducement.“Globalisation was [the United States’] answer.“We would send our Navy out - the only Navy to survive the war - and patrol the open ocean so that anyone could send any cargo anywhere, import anything from anywhere, access any market anywhere, if in exchange, you would sign up for the Cold War.“And that gave us the world that we know.“But never ever, ever forget that it was always a byproduct of an American security plan that honestly has now been outdated for 30 years."[In addition,] as we all globalised, we also industrialised and urbanised."When you live on a farm, kids are free labour, but when you move into a condo in a city, kids are an expense…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details