2Political Podcast Arthur and Jason

This episode was delayed, yet again, because Arthur didn’t have enough time. Anyway, here we are—were?
Today’s chat was about the changes to New Zealand’s Covid-19 Alert Level (from 3 down to 2), and what that means. Things will change for us all. The differences in the way NZ and the USA handled the pandemic are huge, but New Zealand has no community transmission, which is very different all by itself. We talk about problems and potential effects of all this for both countries.
Let us know what you think! Everyone’s welcome to leave a comment, agree or disagree.
Jason’s Blog
Arthur’s blog, podcasts and videos can be accessed here.

This episode was recorded only two weeks ago! Editing was the holdup, as always.
Today’s chat was about all sorts f stuff, most of it around the current crisis. As before, Arthur offers some information about what’s happening in New Zealand.
Let us know what you think! Everyone’s welcome to leave a comment, agree or disagree.
Jason’s Blog
Arthur’s blog, podcasts and videos can be accessed here.

This episode was recorded early April, a week after Episode 129, but Arthur caught a cold and wasn’t able to do the editing. We decided to post this episode anyway, but a newer one will be posted in a day or two.
Jason starts off talking about applying for unemployment compensation, like millions of other Americans. That leads us to talk about whether the US can get through this, particularly political incompetence and malfeasance in the USA.
Arthur talks a bit about how New Zealand has faced the crisis very differently, including a very important statement from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Arthur comments the real importance of her statement.
Everyone’s welcome to leave a comment!
Jason’s Blog
Arthur’s blog, podcasts and videos can be accessed here.

This episode was recorded on the first of April (NZDT), but Arthur spent most of the next day fixing the 2Political website, which had “issues”. Oh, well.
We talk about the only real topic there is at the moment. We’re not exactly fans of the way that the current occupant of the White House has “handled” the crisis. Arthur offers some contrasts with what’s happening in New Zealand. Jason also shares one of the coping strategies in his area.
We need to work out what’s next—what will the economy look like after the pandemic is under control? What do we want it to be? Let us know what you think! Everyone’s welcome to leave a comment.
Jason’s Blog
Arthur’s blog, podcasts and videos can be accessed here.

This episode has a little bit of a rant. We’ve been provoked—as have we all, actually.
To begin, Arthur explains New Zealand’s lockdown, like what the rules are. So far, people are complying. Much annoyed discussion follows. We also talk about how we’re coping with all this. We even talk about modern TVs!
This is a replacement for an episode we recorded last week, but it was a bad week for me, so I couldn’t finish editing it and, well, it got too old.
Everyone’s welcome to leave a comment.
Jason’s Blog
Arthur’s blog, podcasts and videos can be accessed here.

We’re back! And so soon!
After some currents events and personal stuff, we go to the main topic: Caucuses. We both don’t like them because of how undemocratic they are, and think it’s time for reform. We also talk about some stuff about us at the end.
Everyone’s welcome to leave a comment.
Jason’s Blog
Arthur’s blog, podcasts and videos can be accessed here.