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Copy of – I listened to Magic Talk for 12 hours straight and I think my brain melted

Copy of – I listened to Magic Talk for 12 hours straight and I think my brain melted

What happens when you spend a day tuned in to the country's most controversial talkback station?
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By Alex Casey | 7th March, 2025
Contributing writer
I listened to Magic Talk for 12 hours straight and I think my brain melted

I listened to Magic Talk for 12 hours straight and I think my brain melted

What happens when you spend a day tuned in to the country's most controversial talkback station?
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By Alex Casey | 24th February, 2021
Contributing writer
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The staredown is over: Facebook to restore news in Australia

Less than a week after its shock decision to ban news, Facebook and the Australian government have the shape of an agreement to restore it.
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By Duncan Greive | 23rd February, 2021
Managing Editor
Photo: Bloomberg via Getty

Facebook is running an uncontrolled news experiment on a whole country. Let’s hope it doesn’t work out

The Australian legislation is crumby, but the response from Zuckerberg is something else.
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By Hal Crawford | 19th February, 2021
Contributing writer
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A note to readers of The Spinoff in Australia

If you're across the ditch, you can no longer access our content via Facebook. Here's how to ensure you don't miss anything.
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By The Spinoff | 18th February, 2021
Staff writers
Media explosion in Australia: Facebook just blocked all news

Media explosion in Australia: Facebook just blocked all news

A truly shocking development in the global pushback against big tech: here's what it means.
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By Duncan Greive | 18th February, 2021
Managing Editor
The Spinoff newsroom watches that Jami-Lee Ross press conference in 2018 (Photo: Duncan Greive)

A user’s guide to The Spinoff

Founder and managing editor Duncan Greive explains what The Spinoff is, and how best to use it.
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By Duncan Greive | 16th February, 2021
Managing Editor
(Image: Alice Webb-Liddall)

The Fold: Substack’s Hamish McKenzie on a new era of publishing

Duncan Greive is joined by Hamish McKenzie, co-founder of Substack to talk about how publishing has changed.
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By Duncan Greive | 15th February, 2021
Managing Editor
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, November 30, 2016.  (Photo: JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)
Opinion

Microsoft just landed a knockout blow in Australia’s great digital media battle

The veteran tech giant has waded into the war between Facebook, Google and the Australian government – and may emerge the ultimate victor.
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By Hal Crawford | 10th February, 2021
Contributing writer
Roseanne Liang photographed at her Herne Bay bolt hole by Edith Amituanai

Roseanne Liang has the magic touch

The latest big-budget American action thriller to hit our screens was made by a New Zealander, and critics are taking notice.
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By Michelle Langstone | 10th February, 2021
Contributing writer
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The Fold: Ali Mau on #MeTooNZ, talkback radio and pay equity

Stuff senior journalist Ali Mau joins Duncan Greive to talk through her work with MeTooNZ and her decades-long career in TV, radio and print journalism.
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By Duncan Greive | 9th February, 2021
Managing Editor
Māni Dunlop in the RNZ studio (Photo: RNZ)

On air and on fire: Māni Dunlop on reo, racists and taking on the old guard

At just 29, RNZ's Māori news director is at the top of her game.
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By Michelle Langstone | 6th February, 2021
Contributing writer
Papercuts: A New Zealand books bonanza

Papercuts: A New Zealand books bonanza

The podcast all about books is back to discuss the best new titles to add to your 2021 reading pile.
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By Papercuts Podcast | 4th February, 2021
Guest writer
Image: Tina Tiller

The Fold: Media, money and the government, with Bernard Hickey

Summer reissue: Journalist Bernard Hickey on the challenges faced by New Zealand media and why he’s launched a new subscription-only daily email.
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By Duncan Greive | 29th January, 2021
Managing Editor
Photo: Getty Images
Opinion

In defence of talkback radio

Since the latest round of open racism on talkback radio, is it time the format was completely written off?
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By Alex Braae | 29th January, 2021
Staff Writer
John Banks. (Photo: Hannah Peters/Getty Images)
Opinion

John Banks is the symptom, not the problem

John Banks’ comments weren’t an accident – they were the fruit of a deliberate radio strategy.
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By Duncan Greive | 28th January, 2021
Managing Editor
A short history of New Zealand talkback hosts disgracing themselves

A short history of New Zealand talkback hosts disgracing themselves

John Banks’ racist exchange with a Magic Talk listener on Tuesday was the latest in nearly 50 years of talkback scandals.
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By Donna Chisholm | 28th January, 2021
Guest writer
John Banks (Photo: Getty Images)

John Banks axed over Māori ‘stone age culture’ comments on Magic Talk

Vodafone and Kiwibank have suspended advertising on the radio station as talkback host John Banks is taken off air after yet another racist outburst.
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By Alex Braae | 27th January, 2021
Staff Writer
Sinead Boucher, Stuff owner and CEO (Photo: RNZ/Supplied)

The Fold: Stuff owner Sinead Boucher on how she bought the company for $1

Summer reissue: The Fold's very first guest is back to tell Duncan Greive how she pulled off the media deal of the year.
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By Duncan Greive | 22nd January, 2021
Managing Editor
John Daniell, left, and Glenn McConnell host Stuff’s new podcast about modern masculinity, He’ll Be Right. (Photo: Lawrence Smith)

Review: He’ll Be Right deftly challenges what it means to be a modern man

How Stuff's latest podcast shines a much-needed light on Aotearoa's complex relationship with masculinity.
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By Trevor McKewen | 21st January, 2021
Contributing writer

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