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Episode 3.08: Shark Week

Morgan — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:45:02 +0000

Shark Week is really something more like Shark Month, Masked Legal Avenger last week, Rick Shera this week, and Super Special Secret international mergers & acquisitions lawyer & startup mentor next week – or perhaps the week after as we might take a break next week, to allow for preparations for the v48hours film competition.

Guest

Rick Shera, partner at Lowndes Jordan, commercial lawyer with special interests in ICT, IP, & Media Law.

Show notes

Govt tax take down by $1.57 billion (NZ Herald)
Driving licence pass rates plummet (NZ Herald)
Asset sales ‘like a farmer eating his last chicken’ (NZ Herald)
Victim: Bert Potter’s death ensures no reoffending (NZ Herald)

Bert Potter dies (Kiwiblog)

Fourteen rounds fired in fatal police shooting (NZ Herald)
Tsunami survivor claims Harley-Davidson found in Canada (BBC)
Google Australia: ~$1bn in revenue, $74k in tax (Delimiter)
Bob Jones: Turn Chch CBD into a lake (Stuff)
Fyx

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Netflix Considering Reviving CBS Drama ‘Jericho’ (Report) (The Wrap)

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Episode 3.08: Overflow

Morgan — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:44:24 +0000

This is the almost entirely unedited Extra Large (XL) overflow from Episode 3.08, if you like short and sharp episodes, stick to Episode 3.08: Shark Week, if you like longer episodes listen to that, then listen to this.

Episode 3.07: Official Ơlymƿiʗ Podcast

Morgan — Wed, 02 May 2012 17:45:53 +0000

Congratulations to Anonymous Howard who won the free v48hours filmmaking comp entry for his team Monkeys with Alopecia.

Guest

The Masked Legal Avenger, who for now shall remain nameless.

Show notes

ASA: ‘Jesus heals cancer’ billboard crossed the line (Idealog)
Editorial: Banks must resign over gift scandal (NZ Herald)

“The highest ethical standards” (No Right Turn)

Peek-a-boo, I can’t recall seeing you (Public Address)

Mexican Immigration Rate Plummets (The Daily Beast)

Net Migration from Mexico Falls to Zero—and Perhaps Less (Pew)
Sri Lankan woman faces beheading on witchcraft charge (The Guardian)
Londoners’ fury at MoD plans to put Olympic missiles on roofs (The Independent)

London’s dystopian Olympics: criminal sanctions for violating the exclusivity of sponsors’ brands (Boing Boing)

Urban Dictionary Word of the Week

Soap Dodger

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Veep (IMDb)

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Episode 3.06: That Drinking Show

Morgan — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:45:33 +0000

We’ve managed to wangle a free entry (worth $195) to the v48hours short film competition. Just come up with the best team name (as judged by us) and you can win. BE QUICK we have really limited time on this one, get your entries in by midnight on Sunday the 29th of April.

Go to http://www.discourse.co.nz/talkback/ to enter.

Guest

Ant Timpson, Filmhead.

Show notes

500 animals find homes in pet sale (NZ Herald)
Don’t buy this stuff right now (The Wirecutter)
Breivik Testifies About Gaming, Press Ignores The Facts (RPS)
One of the first ‘third strike’ notices withdrawn (NBR)
Megaupload Trial May Never Happen, Judge Says (TorrentFreak)
Ruling aids Dotcom’s piracy defence (Stuff)
Problems with Florida’s Science FCAT Test?
At charter schools, more black teens drop out (Futurity)
Aviva sacks more than 1,300 workers by mistake (Telegraph)

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Girls (IMDb)

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Episode 3.06: Overflow

Morgan — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:44:41 +0000

This is the almost entirely unedited Extra Large (XL) overflow from Episode 3.06, if you like short and sharp episodes, stick to Episode 3.06: That Drinking Show, if you like longer episodes listen to that, then listen to this.

Episode 3.05: Murder-free Day

Morgan — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:45:49 +0000

In which Dylan upgrades his equipment.

Show notes

The Many Faces of the Internet User
Cyclist charged with assault ‘very apologetic’ (3 News)
No murders in El Salvador for first day in three years (The Independent)
Paramount Thinks That Louis CK Making $1 Million In 12 Days Means He’s Not Monetizing (TechDirt)
Former dean hails cardboard cathedral (3 News)
Under threat of arrest for exposing “miracle”
Iwi squandered millions on bad investments (3 News)
Orcon boosts Genius plans
‘Skynet’ law lands first alleged culprit (3 News)
‘Hollywood Accounting’ Losing In The Courts (TechDirt)
InstantFart.com
Report Shows MPAA ‘Experts’ Seriously Misrepresented The Uses Of Hotfile (TechDirt)

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Episode 3.05: Overflow

Morgan — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:44:51 +0000

This is the almost entirely unedited Extra Large (XL) overflow from Episode 3.05, if you like short and sharp episodes, stick to Episode 3.05: Murder-free Day, if you like longer episodes listen to that, then listen to this.

Episode 3.04: Three The Hard Way

Morgan — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:45:57 +0000

Great fun making the show this week.

When the show was being recorded we didn’t know what had happened with the earthquake off Indonesia, and whether it had generated a significant tsunami or not. Regardless of the lack of a tsunami, consider making a donation to the New Zealand Red Cross.

Show notes

Child sees dad crushed by train (NZ Herald)
Herbal ‘remedy’ may trigger widespread kidney failure (USA Today)
The Poor Quality of our State Highway Spending (TransportBlog)
NZ has the makings of a ‘massive renaissance’ (NZ Herald)

We make a lot of fun of the Herald’s stock photos, but this is actually a legit idea. Whether it’s an amazing insight or not I’m less sure of, we’ve discussed this exact idea on the show before – designing software and exporting bits & bytes is such an obviously better idea than exporting milk, wood, and meat.