Booking Overview
Metrics
Episodes: 125
Frequency: Every two weeks
Rating: 4.2/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000
Gender skew: Neutral
Listener location: New Zealand
YouTube: 220.0k subscribers
Instagram: 336.0k followers
Contact Information
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Host
Paula Bennett - New Zealand broadcaster and former National Party politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Social Development and Minister for State Services.
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Recent Guest Discussions
Brooke van Velden - Leaving Politics, Public Life, Leadership, Motherhood And The Experience Of Being A Young Woman In Parliament.
Mark Law - Rescue Operations, Risk, Resilience, Surviving Adversity And Staying Calm Under Pressure.
Charlotte Glennie - Journalism, Recovery After Serious Injury, Media Trust, Artificial Intelligence And The Importance Of Human-focused Reporting.
Paul Wood - Rehabilitation, Education, Changing Habits, Overcoming A Victim Mindset And Living With Purpose.
Sophie Pascoe - Life After Elite Sport, Motherhood With A Disability, Depression, Mental Health Support And Redefining Success.
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Episodes
Chris Hipkins on the conversation that changed everything
October 03, 2026
What makes Chris Hipkins tick away from the political spotlight? In the first of two conversations with the major party leaders, Paula Bennett asks Hipkins about his Lower Hutt childhood, his student protest days and the unexpected conversation that put him on the path to becoming prime minister. He also opens up about fatherhood, protecting his children’s privacy, his unplanned election-night relationship announcement and why sausage rolls are off the campaign menu. Then Hipkins turns ...
Brooke van Velden on leaving politics and what comes next
September 19, 2026
Brooke van Velden is preparing to leave Parliament after six years as an MP and three as a Cabinet minister. At just 33, she could have had decades of political life ahead of her. Instead, van Velden says she wants to find out what else is out there — as she also prepares for another major change, becoming a mother. She joins Paula Bennett for a candid conversation about growing up shy, finding her way into ACT almost by accident, life as a young woman in Parliament, the compromises tha...
Mark Law on the daring Whakaari rescue that saved lives
September 05, 2026
Former NZSAS soldier Mark Law has lived the kind of life that barely sounds real. He completed SAS selection at just 18, survived a terrifying parachuting accident, worked armed security around diamond operations in Angola, hunted deer from helicopters and nearly died from a flesh-eating disease. But he is best known for what happened on December 9, 2019. After Whakaari White Island erupted, Mark and his colleagues flew to the island and helped rescue 12 victims as authorities decided no offi...
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