Media & Shows
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Media & Shows
McBlog: JD Vance makes no apology for his faith
US Vice President JD Vance spoke to the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) last week, and he addressed his faith, his pro-life views and ...
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Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – 25th February 2025
Here’s Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – for Tuesday 25th February 2025. Simon discusses the issues of the day and answers your questions.
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StraightTalk – 24 February 2025
Here's StraightTalk for 24 February 2025. We cut through the spin and discuss the current issues related to family and society. This episode discusses Trump ...
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McBlog: Trust in media tanks to new low
There’s more bad news for the legacy news media which is already suffering a terminal distrust prognosis. A new survey suggests that trust in the ...
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Family Matters – Andrew Cooper and the work of CPAC
Founder of CPAC in Australia, Andrew Cooper, talks to Simon O'Connor from Family First about what CPAC is and why it is a leading organisation ...
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McBlog: Drag Queens try to cancel critics (Aust)
Lyle Shelton from Australia who spoke at our Forum on the Family last year has spent the past five years defending a blog where he ...
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McBlog: A case study in wokeness – Kiwibank
What does a woke DEI company look like, and what are they obsessed with? It’s definitely not focused on the customer. The staff will be ...
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Political Playback – 12th February 2025
Here’s “Political Playback” for 12th February 2025. Simon O’Connor and Bob McCoskrie look back at the week in politics, and there’s always much to discuss. ...
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Family Matters – Melissa Ohden on abortion survival and pro life developments in the USA
Abortion survivor, Melissa Ohden, joins Family First's Simon O'Connor to talk about all the recent developments in the pro life space in the United States. ...
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Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – 11th February 2025
Here’s Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – for Tuesday 11th February 2025. Simon discusses the issues of the day and answers your questions.
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McBlog: Boycotting ‘pride’ is okay – for some
If you’re a sportsperson, when can you opt out of the celebration of LGBT genders & sexualities and not have to wear and virtue-signal with ...
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McBlog: Off-White & 7 Pronouns – Um, Pass
Here's the latest developments with a classic Disney movie that is likely to be destroyed by wokesters when it’s finally released in a month or ...
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McBlog: RSE is still in some schools – check yours!
The Ministry of Education, Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa (formerly Family Planning) & InsideOut are ignoring the government and still pushing their indoctrination in some schools. Are ...
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Political Playback – 5th February 2025
Here’s “Political Playback” for 5th February 2025. Simon O’Connor and Bob McCoskrie look back at the week in politics, and there’s always much to discuss.
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McBlog: A media masterclass from Pierre Poilievre
The likely next Canadian PM is a master at showing how to deal with news media who aren't interested in asking questions on behalf of ...
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Family Matters – Dr David Cumin on events in the Middle East and closer to home
With all the events happening in the Middle East, Family First's Simon O'Connor sits down to discuss events - including the ceasefire - with Dr ...
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McBlog: Bye bye Joe, Justin and ‘fact’ checkers
Over the break, there were a number of farewells, resignations & sackings. And they were all excellent. January was not just a "good day" but ...
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McBlog: DEI is (thankfully) DIE-ing
DEI has been about simply ramming down and enforcing left-wing viewpoints and ideologies rather than delivering good services and products and rewarding effort and excellence. ...
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McBlog: Growing up (traumatised) in NZ?
According to the NZ Herald, "nine in 10 Kiwi kids endure trauma by age 8 - new research". But the media’s hysterical coverage of the ...
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Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – 28th January 2025
Here’s Solid Ground with Simon O’Connor – for Tuesday 28th January 2025. Simon discusses the issues of the day and answers your questions.
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McBlog: The media’s inauguration meltdown
We all knew that the media would really struggle on the 20th January 2025 to remain impartial and report the facts around the Inauguration of ...
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