Before and after: Can teens go without phones for 21 days?

With the harmful impacts of social media on our young people increasingly well-documented (and brutally illustrated in shows like Adolescence), Paddy meets two teens before, during and after 21 days of total smartphone deprivation. Will they survive?

Twelve New Zealanders are walking around with a potentially life-saving chip implanted in their brains. These 'Cyborg Kiwis' are testing a homegrown invention that could help millions around the world with a brain-swelling disease. Paddy meets one and scans her brain. (Spoiler alert: she survives this.)

Amanda Luxon - the Prime Minister’s wife - has offered one of the best takes on the polarisation of politics that Paddy has heard, revealing her to be down-to-earth, grounded, principled and thoughtful.

The wonderful stories your parents have about their lives will be lost forever when they die. That’s the warning being sounded by Seamus Marten and Steven Holloway, the hosts of Between Two Beers. They tell Paddy about their solution to save those stories.

The F#$%ing News flips the script on the news - short, upbeat, inspirational and f#$%ing good fun journalism with the nation’s favourite everyman reporter, Paddy Gower. TFN sees Paddy talking to Kiwis who are the good, the great and the brains of our nation.
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This podcast is hosted by Paddy Gower and executive produced by Jon Bridges. It's made in partnership between Stuff and Believer Media.

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• Latest episode: 2025-04-16
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