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Newsable is all about what everyone’s talking about. Highbrow, lowbrow, exclusives, analysis and hot takes - it’s a fresh way to get up to speed on the day’s big stories, delivered in a uniquely Stuff way.
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Host: Imogen Wells
Newsreader: Tom McKenzie
Senior Producer: Philippa Tolley
Senior Journalist / Producer: Aaron Dahmen
Audio Producers: Connor Scott & John Ropiha
Executive Producer: Chris Reed

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    • 4.7 • 102 Ratings

Newsable is all about what everyone’s talking about. Highbrow, lowbrow, exclusives, analysis and hot takes - it’s a fresh way to get up to speed on the day’s big stories, delivered in a uniquely Stuff way.
Follow us on Instagram and TikTok
Need more kick-ass podcasts in your ears? Find more Stuff podcasts here

GET IN TOUCH
Feedback? Got a topic you’d like us to cover? We’re listening! Email us at newsable@stuff.co.nz

Host: Imogen Wells
Newsreader: Tom McKenzie
Senior Producer: Philippa Tolley
Senior Journalist / Producer: Aaron Dahmen
Audio Producers: Connor Scott & John Ropiha
Executive Producer: Chris Reed

    Black Power life member on new anti gang measures, worms in the brain plus sleep positions and flatter faces

    Black Power life member on new anti gang measures, worms in the brain plus sleep positions and flatter faces

    A Black Power life member gives us his take on the government’s latest moves to crackdown on gangs
    Can a worm actually get in your brain and eat part of it as Robert F Kennedy Jnr claimed happened to him? We talk to expert. Graham Le Gros from the Malaghan Institute.
    A Kiwi designer finds a photo of himself in his own design on the online shopping market Temu, without his permission, plus how the way you sleep can affect your face.

    • 18 min
    Breaking - Specialised gang unit to be set up

    Breaking - Specialised gang unit to be set up

    A new National Gang Unit has been announced by Police Commissioner Andrew Coster.
    Gang disruption units will also be set up around the country , designed to disrupt and target offenders. 
    The news was announced at a media conference in Auckland also attended by the Police Minister, Mark Mitchell

    • 5 min
    "Don't try to save your stuff" -what you need to know to help prevent a fire at home, Auckland job applications skyrocketing plus a breakthrough in ending forever chemicals

    "Don't try to save your stuff" -what you need to know to help prevent a fire at home, Auckland job applications skyrocketing plus a breakthrough in ending forever chemicals

    How to protect yourself from the most common causes of house fires. We talk to insurance company AMI.
    There's been a surge in job applications in Auckland according to recruitment agency Walter Rogers - could the public service cuts be to blame?
    Researchers at Clarkson University in New York have made a break though in splitting the parts of the so-called forever chemical, PFAS
    And after the proposed legal cap on the price of kebabs in Germany, we track down some of the wackiest laws from around the world

    • 16 min
    "Every single child is traumatised - it's as bad as it gets": What you need to know from the ground in Gaza

    "Every single child is traumatised - it's as bad as it gets": What you need to know from the ground in Gaza

    Some 100,000 people - the same as the population of Dunedin - fled their homes in Rafah over the weekend as the humanitarian crisis deepens. We hear from the UN as Palestinians and aid workers alike face "sand, rubble, destruction and no safety". Plus: Pink sky at night ... power company fright - the dark side of the aurora explained. And why Germany's top politician is being skewered over kebab prices.

    • 23 min
    Back to the future with social investment - but what's it all about? Why do we love Netflix's Baby Reindeer? The Hurricanes take on the Blues, Eurovision finals

    Back to the future with social investment - but what's it all about? Why do we love Netflix's Baby Reindeer? The Hurricanes take on the Blues, Eurovision finals

    The Finance Minister, Nicola Willis, plans to return to a policy of the past and bring back social investment.. But how does it work?
    Netflix's Baby Reindeer is heading towards becoming one of its all time hits - why do we love it so much? Plus Jeff Wilson on top of the table clash between the Hurricanes and the Blues and it's the finals of Eurovision this weekend.

    • 22 min
    Baby Ru's mother talks to Stuff, forget working from home, the latest is working from holiday, pigs and kauri dieback

    Baby Ru's mother talks to Stuff, forget working from home, the latest is working from holiday, pigs and kauri dieback

    It is 6 month's since the death of baby Ru in Wellington and there have been no arrests. His mother, Storm Wall, talks to Stuff about her son and what she says is her desire for justice.
    Forget working from home, the latest is working from holiday. Do pigs really play a role in the fungal disease Kauri Dieback? And the latest from cicada-geddon in the US. We've had noise complaints, now the massive emergence of periodic cicadas is disrupting the food chain.

    • 18 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
102 Ratings

102 Ratings

Simon Drought ,

Simon drought

Great thumbnails of the news.

L3345 ,

Great podcast

I am loving this podcast. I doubt I am the intended demographic but I really enjoy the mix of information and entertainment. It has become a daily fix I look forward to. Well done to Imo & Emile!

bunningsboy20381 ,

Entertainment at its finest

Great show. I work weekends so it would be cool to see more pre-recorded episodes for the weekends. Sorry Emile, I can’t even start to imagine you playing football. Keep up the good work

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