AmeriNZ 62 – Holiday Time

Episode 62 is now available, and it’s free no matter where you get it from. You can listen to it or download it through the player at the bottom of this post, or subscribe for free through iTunes here (you must have the free iTunes player installed). You can also listen to it for free through the player on my MySpace page.

This is my last podcast for the year, so I start today by describing what a New Zealand Christmas is like for us. Then, I’ll tell you a bit about my trip next week, and then after comments, I have a few special remarks.

It’s now summer in New Zealand, so Christmas is very different than what I grew up with in Illinois (no snow or cold). The Christmas we have isn’t necessarily the same as other Kiwis, but it’s not all that different from theirs, either.

I have all my arrangements sorted for my trip to Chicago next week.

After comments, I have some special remarks for this last podcast of the year.

I probably won’t have another episode until Tuesday, January 15, 2008. I’m hoping to be able to record some audio while I’m away, and maybe I’ll be able to post it before I get home to New Zealand, but don’t count on that.

Results for the poll question, “What’s your favourite Christmas/Holiday special?”: A Charlie Brown Christmas was chosen by 5 people, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by 2, Santa Claus is Coming to Town by 2 and None of these by 3.

Thanks for listening this year—I truly appreciate it! I’ll be back with more in the New Year.

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Mentioned this episode:

My blog post form 2006 talking about Pohutukawa

Related reading: The Holiday Time (a blog post about what this holiday time is like)

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AmeriNZ 61 – Election Time Begins

Episode 61 is now available, and it’s free no matter where you get it from. You can listen to it or download it through the player at the bottom of this post, or subscribe for free through iTunes here (you must have the free iTunes player installed). You can also listen to it for free through the player on my MySpace page.

This is the last chance I’ll have for a political podcast before my big trip, and that also means it’s the last chance to talk politics before the Iowa Caucuses or New Hampshire Primary. Jason joins me today as we talk about events in the campaigns, including Romney and Huckabee trying to out fundamentalist each other. Aren’t they promoting a religious test for public office? Huckabee gets a a good look today, both for his call for quarantine of people with HIV/AIDS and is “fair tax”, which we think is anything but. A look at opinion polls and we wrap up for the day. I have a couple comments, a replay of my pretend commercial, and that’s it. Friday will be a normal podcast, and will probably be my last until January.

Check out Jason’s blog.

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AmeriNZ 60 – Back again again

Episode 60 is now available, and it’s free no matter where you get it from. You can listen to it or download it through the player at the bottom of this post, or subscribe for free through iTunes here (you must have the free iTunes player installed). You can also listen to it for free through the player on my MySpace page.

My last episode was ten days ago. I start today to tell you why that is: I’ve been incredibly busy with work. I have a big trip coming up, and that will again mess up the podcast schedule. In the meantime, I’ll have another political episode next week. Today I give some advice to would-be expats.

Then I go over comments, the results of a recent poll on my blog and finally, I talk a bit about Australia’s new Prime Minister.

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AmeriNZ 59 – Politics here and there

Episode 59 is now available, and it’s free no matter where you get it from. You can listen to it or download it through the player at the bottom of this post, or subscribe for free through iTunes here (you must have the free iTunes player installed). You can also listen to it for free through the player on my MySpace page.

It’s now one month until the first real votes will be cast in the US Presidential candidate selection process, so I’m joined again today by Jason for a talk about all that. What’s up with Huckabee? Is his star rising at Romney’s expense? And does Romney stand for anything? On the Democratic side, the media should be more responsible in talking about falsehoods, especially those directed at Obama. Will Obama be hurt by such an early Iowa Caucus? Does the media shape what the campaign is about? In future episodes we’ll talk about candidates and the campaigns as events unfold. I recorded this early because I knew I’d be too busy to record this week.

Also, I’ll soon be attending a candidate selection meeting here in New Zealand for our elections, which are also next year. I’ll talk about that in an upcoming episode. Comments and the expat briefing will be on Friday.

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