The Leighton Smith Podcast

Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2025.
John Alcock updates us on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC’s) after the groundwork he laid down eighteen months ago on this podcast.
Within the last couple of weeks, two of the biggest NZ Banks have implemented mandatory behavioural and device-level surveillance as a condition of online and mobile banking.
The customer cannot opt out.
They justify it as fraud prevention but go far beyond what is proportionate.
And this is only the beginning.
We discuss where to after this, and much more.
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Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2025.
Ramesh Thakur has a world of history, literally, in international affairs.
He has taught at a number of Universities including Otago and the ANU, Canberra.
But his time spent at the United Nations, culminating as an Assistant Secretary General, provides a wealth of knowledge.
That makes his comments on Iran, Israel, and Donald Trump a must listen.
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Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2025.
Prior to Covid-19, Dr Pierre Kory was an internationally renowned pioneer in the field of critical care ultra-sonography; equally so in other areas of medicine.
In 2023 he published “The War on Ivermectin: The medicine that saved millions and could have ended the pandemic."
The challenges that were to confront him over the next few years changed his life.
He was confronted with deceit, corruption, threats and dismissal. Now, the tide has turned.
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Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2025.
In 2007, Documentary maker Martin Durkin produced “The Great Global Warming Swindle”.
With 17 more years of predictions, Durkin has released “Climate: The Movie, The Cold Truth”.
By utilising facts, statistics and some of the world’s leading scientists, Durkin shows why the science is still not settled. (Judge for yourself by searching the movie title free on line).
UN climate official warns only ’two years’ to save the world from environmental crisis... again.
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Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2025.
Romanians are still navigating the difficult path of building democratic institutions and a culture of transparency.
At the same time, widespread perceptions of corruption and cronyism have caused many Romanians to see little change from communist leadership.
Antonia Colibasanu, a lecturer on International Relations at the Romanian National University, backgrounds Romania’s position and future influence in Europe and analyses the difficulties the country is faced with.
She also summarises the country’s relationship between Russia, Ukraine, Poland and the rest of Europe.
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