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Latest episodes

  • Vet Your Waikato Candidates

    October 27, 2026 · 8 min

    The sitting MPwho spouts the company lines no matter how wrong they are, the Act Candidate who psuhed for the dangerous citizens arrest laws and an NZ First candidate who reckons you should just bin the Treaty so he can pollute the river…

  • Vetting Taranaki King Country Candidates

    October 26, 2026 · 8 min

    An MP who abused her position to send personal attacks on MPI staff to try and get her family off horrific animal abuse charges, a conspiracy theory pusher angry Jacinda took her guns after people were murdered by an extremist who fell…

  • Let's Get F-KING VOTING PEOPLE!

    October 25, 2026 · 6 min

    Early voting is open and yeah, it’s easy to feel like everything is negative and s****y, but let me show you what happened behind the scenes when Green MPs celebrated Pop Culture… It shows there are people who want to vote for positive…

  • The Radicalisation Pipeline: Coffee & Context

    October 25, 2026 · 1 hr 22 min

    As a Nation, we have seen first hand the impacts of extremist radicalisation in the most tragic way possible And our media had a role to play in that - so have we taken the lessons of march 15 and improved things? Sadly, it looks like the…

  • PLEASE CHECK YOUR ENROLMENT DETAILS AGAIN TODAY

    October 24, 2026 · 5 min

    It's a mess, it's voter suppression, it's a deliberate ploy to stop people voting - and it sucks but you won't fix the system if you're not enrolled by the end of today. Don't forget to vote for 'Paul... The Other One' for Listeners Choice…

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  • Sentiment Tracking show us the National Messaging Isn't Landing

    October 22, 2026 · 8 min

    Sentiment tracking helps us see what messages are landing, or in the case of National, tanking with audiences - and there's a really clear reason why - voters are sick of being lied to. Don't forget to vote for 'Paul... The Other One' for…

  • Debate 3: The Debatening

    October 20, 2026 · 12 min

    The third and final Chrises debate followed a common theme - Christopher Luxon spoke and incorrect things fell out of his mouth. Don't forget to vote for 'Paul... The Other One' for Listeners Choice at this year's Listeners Choice category…

  • Campaign Kōrero: 20 October, 2026

    October 20, 2026 · 30 min

    The latest updates from around the campaign as cut off for enrolment looms, and I catch up with Arena Williams to learn more about Labours Right to Repair for cars policy she recently announced.Don't forget to vote for 'Paul... The Other…

  • A Monday Podcast Update

    October 18, 2026 · 15 min

    It's been a busy weekend - I've been visiting locations as diverse as Lancre in the Ramptops to learn the magic of words, to the local Hospital to hear about the horrors of a health system under the squeeze. Don't forget to nominate this…

  • How Much BS did National Try and Spin After losing the Second Leader's Debate?

    October 15, 2026 · 8 min

    From scary pictures of brown faces to cherry picking economic data, the post Second Chrises leaders debate Facebook follow up from national was just as full of BS as their debate claims. Often they were the same thing. To Vote for…

  • Chrises Debate 2 Fact Check

    October 14, 2026 · 12 min

    The Second Chris Debate didn’t have as many misleading statements as the first, maybe it was because the host kept interrupting, on at least one occasion helping th PM to think of the right word and trying to talk over Chris Hipkins…

  • The Cost Of Luxon Crisis

    October 13, 2026 · 11 min

    There’s a myth National has spent longer than Wynston Peters has been alive trying to perpetuate - that they’re good with the economy. But with unvetted financial plans, claims of controlling financial levers they do not have and the…

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About the show

Independent Political & Media Commentary from Aotearoa New Zealand. Hosted by Paul Barlow—former political commentator with a background in media studies and pop culture—Paul... The Other One cuts through news bias, media framing, and political spin. Catch sharp daily breakdowns, deep-dive political analysis, and unfiltered takes on current affairs shaping NZ. 📩 Weekly Newsletter & Links: linktr.ee/paul_barlownz 🗳️ Election Tools: election2026.co.nz ☕ Support the Show: buymeacoffee.com/paul.theotherone