3d ago · Bonus

Inter-season special: Dame Juliet Gerrard interview

The countdown to new Long Story Short eps continues, but in the meantime Eugene and Adam caught up with Dame Juliet Gerrard, former chief science adviser to PM Jacinda Ardern (as well as two other PMs called Chris). We first met Dame Juliet when doing interviews for the podcast Quarantine Nation, about NZ’s experience of the Covid pandemic. She was a great interview subject back then, so when we heard she’d written a whole book about her time advising the government on matters scientific, we had to read it, and then after reading it we had to talk to her. Luckily, we hit record, so now you can listen to that conversation. Links to stuff in the episode - Dame Juliet’s book: https://aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/front-row-seat/ - Stuck: How Vaccine Rumours Start and Why They Don’t Go Away: global.oup.com/academic/product/stuck-9780190077242 - You Are Here: A Field Guide for Navigating Polarized Speech, Conspiracy Theories, and Our Polluted Media Landscape: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262361378/you-are-here/ Other Long Story Short Links Sign up for our free newsletter: https://lss-newsletter.netlify.app/ Follow us on Instagram: @lsspodcastnz Become a supporter: lsspodcast.com If you value this kind of storytelling and want to help us keep making it, you can become a Long Story Short supporter at LSSpodcast.com. You’ll get early, ad-free access to episodes, and we’ve got some subscriber-only bonus content in the pipeline as well. You can also sign up to our free newsletter so you’ll hear from us each time a new story drops. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 6 · Bonus

From the archives: a bonus ep from our 2022 podcast True Story

We’re busy making season two of Long Story Short, but in the meantime, check out this episode from a series we made a few years back when we were working at Stuff, called True Story. This episode was called The Great Macron War, and it’s a story about language, online feuds and dirty deeds done in the dead of the night. Thanks to Stuff for letting us showcase this from their amazing podcast archives, and if you want to hear more of the True Story series, go to https://www.stuff.co.nz/truestory. We have a couple more treats coming up on this feed, then in late October, Long Story Short’s Season Two begins! If you value this kind of storytelling and want to help us keep making it, you can become a Long Story Short supporter at LSSpodcast.com. You’ll get early, ad-free access to episodes, and we’ve got some subscriber-only bonus content in the pipeline as well. You can also sign up to our free newsletter so you’ll hear from us each time a new story drops. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 23 • Subscribers Only

Bonus: How Miscarriages of Justice Happen

How does an innocent person end up convicted of murder? And why can it take decades to put things right? After our two-part series on the Mikaere Oketopa case, Adam and Eugene speak with veteran investigative journalist Mike White, whose reporting helped bring renewed attention to one of New Zealand's most troubling murder convictions – one that the Criminal Cases Review Commission has determined to be a miscarriage of justice. Mike explains the warning signs he has seen time and again and the extraordinary determination it takes to overturn a conviction. He also talks about finally speaking to Mikaere Oketopa, why wrongful-conviction cases become lifelong obsessions, and why journalism still matters when the justice system gets it wrong.

Aug 23

Sounds Like Murder: The Scott Watson case (Part 2)

Scott Watson has spent more than two decades in prison for the murders of Olivia Hope and Ben Smart – crimes he has always denied committing. In part two of this series, Eugene Bingham and Adam Dudding investigate the holes in the case, the troubling circumstances surrounding key witness Guy Wallace, Eugene's encounter with a secret witness, and the long-running campaign to free Scott Watson. If you value this kind of storytelling and want to help us keep making it, you can become a Long Story Short supporter at LSSpodcast.com. You’ll get early, ad-free access to episodes, and we’ve got some subscriber-only bonus content in the pipeline as well. You can also sign up to our free newsletter so you’ll hear from us each time a new story drops. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 9 · Bonus • Subscribers Only

Bonus: The Spy Who Knew the Lermontov

The sinking of the Mikhail Lermontov wasn't just a maritime disaster. It was also a Cold War incident. In this bonus episode, Adam and Eugene sit down with former spy Dr Kit Bennetts to hear what happened behind the scenes after the sinking. Why were intelligence agencies suddenly interested in a cruise liner? What was so important they scrambled Navy divers? And what does Kit make of the enduring theory that Vladimir Putin came to New Zealand in the aftermath? It's a fascinating peek into the Cold War world that lurked just beneath the surface of one of New Zealand's most enduring maritime mysteries.

Aug 9

Sounds Like Murder: The Scott Watson case (Part 1)

The disappearance of Olivia Hope and Ben Smart from a party on New Year's Eve, 1997, sparked one of New Zealand's biggest and most controversial police investigations. Their bodies were never found, but detectives believe they found the killer: Scott Watson. In part one of this two-part series, Eugene Bingham and Adam Dudding examine the critical evidence – hairs from a tiger-print blanket, hotly disputed eyewitness accounts, and the hunt for a mysterious missing ketch. If you value this kind of storytelling and want to help us keep making it, you can become a Long Story Short supporter at LSSpodcast.com. You’ll get early, ad-free access to episodes, and we’ve got some subscriber-only bonus content in the pipeline as well. You can also sign up to our free newsletter so you’ll hear from us each time a new story drops. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 26

Censors Gone Wild: The movie that broke the purity police's brain

In 1967, a film was released that was so shocking, so arousing, and so full of rude words that the NZ censor banned men and women from sitting together when watching it. Adam Dudding and Eugene Bingham get out the popcorn and investigate what happened when the movie of James Joyce’s high-art novel Ulysses arrived downunder. It's tale of pearl-clutching, patriarchy and a punch-up in a projector-room. (Content warning: there are, unavoidably, quite a few rude words) If you value this kind of storytelling and want to help us keep making it, you can become a Long Story Short supporter at LSSpodcast.com. You’ll get early, ad-free access to episodes, and we’ve got some subscriber-only bonus content in the pipeline as well. You can also sign up to our free newsletter so you’ll hear from us each time a new story drops. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 12

Troy Story: An obsessed Kiwi gamer's doomed kidnap mission

In June 2018, a man dressed in black was shot in the neck and left bleeding on a manicured lawn in the quiet town of Goochland, Virginia. His passport revealed he had travelled almost 18,000km from Auckland, New Zealand. Why did gamer Troy Skinner fly across the globe armed with a hunting knife, pepper spray, and duct tape? And what was he planning once he got there? Adam Dudding and Eugene Bingham unravel a bizarre tale of online obsession and legal loopholes. If you value this kind of storytelling and want to help us keep making it, you can become a Long Story Short supporter at LSSpodcast.com. You’ll get early, ad-free access to episodes, and we’ve got some subscriber-only bonus content in the pipeline as well. You can also sign up to our free newsletter so you’ll hear from us each time a new story drops. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 28

Mikaere Oketopa: The "killer" who was never there (Part 2)

Michael October, aka Mikaere Oketopa, has been in jail for years for a crime that he swears he didn't commit. Then one night, in a whirlwind of bomb threats, pizza deliveries and rioting skinheads, a group of inmates make demands that will change the trajectory of Oketopa's life. In part two of this two-part series, Adam Dudding and Eugene Bingham trace the long and frustrating campaign of Mikaere Oketopa and his supporters to prove his innocence. If you value this kind of storytelling and want to help us keep making it, you can become a Long Story Short supporter at LSSpodcast.com. You’ll get early, ad-free access to episodes, and we’ve got some subscriber-only bonus content in the pipeline as well. You can also sign up to our free newsletter so you’ll hear from us each time a new story drops. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 14

Mikaere Oketopa: The "killer" who was never there (Part 1)

After a 22-year-old woman is found murdered in the grounds of a school, police swiftly ID three key suspects. There’s just one problem: one of them says he was fast asleep on the other side of town at the time of the killing. And his co-accused swear they never met him. So why was Michael October (also known as Mikaere Oketopa) jailed all the same? In part one of this two-part series, Adam Dudding and Eugene Bingham kick the tyres of a baffling and disturbing murder investigation. If you value this kind of storytelling and want to help us keep making it, you can become a Long Story Short supporter at LSSpodcast.com. You’ll get early, ad-free access to episodes, and we’ve got some subscriber-only bonus content in the pipeline as well. You can also sign up to our free newsletter so you’ll hear from us each time a new story drops. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 31

This Is Not a Mayday: How a Russian ship sank in NZ waters

In 1986, the Russian cruise liner Mikhail Lermontov sank in the Marlborough Sounds. Decades later, questions still float around. Why was the ship sailing through dangerous waters? Why did the captain resist help to save it? And did Vladimir Putin really attend the inquiry? Adam Dudding and Eugene Bingham dive into a strange maritime mystery – a tale of tragedy, intrigue and Cold War paranoia. If you value this kind of storytelling and want to help us keep making it, you can become a Long Story Short supporter at LSSpodcast.com. You’ll get early, ad-free access to episodes, and we’ve got some subscriber-only bonus content in the pipeline as well. You can also sign up to our free newsletter so you’ll hear from us each time a new story drops. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Season 1 Trailer

Introducing: Long Story Short

Crimes and catastrophes, scandals and scammers, secrets and lies. Long Story Short is the latest project from multi-award-winning podcasters Eugene Bingham and Adam Dudding. In each episode, the two journalists take apart a sensational case – a crime, scandal, catastrophe or something just plain weird – then piece it back together again. Expect strange tales you’ve never heard before, surprising twists on stories you thought you knew, and deep dives into mysteries from New Zealand and beyond. If you value this kind of storytelling and want to help us keep making it, you can become a Long Story Short supporter at LSSpodcast.com. You’ll get early, ad-free access to episodes, and we’ve got some subscriber-only bonus content in the pipeline as well. You can also sign up to our free newsletter so you’ll hear from us each time a new story drops. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Inter-season special: Dame Juliet Gerrard interview

From the archives: a bonus ep from our 2022 podcast True Story

Bonus: How Miscarriages of Justice Happen

Sounds Like Murder: The Scott Watson case (Part 2)

Bonus: The Spy Who Knew the Lermontov

Sounds Like Murder: The Scott Watson case (Part 1)

Censors Gone Wild: The movie that broke the purity police's brain

Troy Story: An obsessed Kiwi gamer's doomed kidnap mission

Mikaere Oketopa: The "killer" who was never there (Part 2)

Mikaere Oketopa: The "killer" who was never there (Part 1)

This Is Not a Mayday: How a Russian ship sank in NZ waters

Introducing: Long Story Short

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Introducing: Long Story Short

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