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At The Drive (formerly known as The Egonomist); your premier source for rants, raves and arguments on topics from Politics to News to Social Trends, with a focus on New Zealand but with an eye to the world. Each week Dan and Dave will bring you new episodes. Sometimes deep and philosophical, sometimes filth and vitriol, we aim to be a voice of informed malcontent.
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Jun 12, 2015

Download | iTunes Hey! Intergenerational warfare erupts as the case for Gen X/Y to have somewhere to live gets put to the people who own everything.  Nick Smith helps alleviate the situation by stealing land, and Robin Grieve has reckons about how we might all yet live.

Jun 8, 2015

Download | iTunes Meat is rotting, seals are invading, James Shaw won the Greens co-leadership and the Queen is not dead.  It’s all go here, mates. In other, other news – Dan guested on equally amazing podcast the Year of Reading Massively.  Check out his episode here or the iTunes link is this link here.

Jun 5, 2015

Download | iTunes Hey!  How’s it going?  Thanks for coming to our party!  See you next year. In the news: the news!  Campbell Live went off the air to emotional scenes.  What does the demise of all that’s holy at 7pm mean for the future of journalism? Also; are you a car dealer who can’t find … Continue reading Episode 457: Campbell In The Wind

May 19, 2015

Download | iTunes Hey, how’s it going?  PUMPED FOR OUR PARTY?  Saturday 23 May at the Irish Society – see Facies for deets.  Pick your own toons on our collaborative spotify playlist! To business: Students & Technology! Kanye & the Kardashians! The UK Election! State housing! A Walkway!  It’s a works burger of garbage tonight.

May 15, 2015

Download | iTunes Hey!  Should we change the flag?  Make up your damn mind! Also, Wellington has had some weather.  And Wellington might have to decide whether or not to allow smoking on the waterfront. How are we expected to make decisions when the stakes are so low?

May 9, 2015

Download | iTunes Hey! Old news now, but we’re running at a kind of deficit: A burger dude flipped out. Are there lessons to be learned from the infamous Ekim Burgers Facebook rant? Should you have to sit a license exam before dining out?  You must be this snide to ride? Mentioned within this episode is this … Continue reading Episode 454: Battle of the Burg

May 5, 2015

Download | iTunes Hi! Bill English is about to unveil his new budget, with all the flourish of a magician who’s realised he’s stuffed up the trick and hopes you’ve forgotten what your card was.  Meanwhile Key is still talked about as a hairpulling asshole – how has this new title affected his recent business overseas? As always; … Continue reading Episode 453: The Never Spending Tory

Apr 27, 2015

Download | iTunes Hey! It’s Monday 27th, and so today we commemorate ANZAC day just as Labour intended.  The centenary of the Gallipoli landings has seen the most publicised and popular commemoration in years, but are we still soberly reflecting on the horrors and waste of war, or is this a party? Also, Facebook users … Continue reading Episode 452: ANZAC

Apr 24, 2015

Download | iTunes First of all: COME TO OUR PARTY!  May 23rd, Wellington. Check it the hell out. In the news, only really one thing to talk about really, so let’s get on with it.

Apr 12, 2015

Download | iTunes Hi! Dave’s been to Australia, and the UK are getting ready to vote, as evidenced below.

Apr 9, 2015

Download | iTunes Hi! We’re both back.  Not like zero hour contracts at Restaurant Brands – those are gone. Campbell Live has an existential threat.  It’s not a home improvement show, so this was in the post.  What does NZ look like without this current affairs show which has weaved its way into the machinery … Continue reading Episode 449: The Power Of Christ Campbells You

Mar 29, 2015

Download | iTunes Coley is still sitting in for Dan, who is in gaol for mattress fraud. Today we talk about more sombre subjects, particularly about male-on-female abuse and sexual assault.  There’s the automatic cultural rehabilitation of abusive male artists, the IPCA’s recent report into the Police’s mishandling of the Roasbusters case, and the dismissal and … Continue reading Episode 448: Gold In Them Hills

Mar 27, 2015

Download | iTunes Hey! Coley is sitting in for Dan who is taking a week off to get back to the real him. Northland votes for a new MP tomorrow after their last one punched their way out of office.  Who will win?  Not you, no matter which way you slice it. Speaking of biffo: Jeremy Clarkson … Continue reading Episode 447: Northern Exposure

Mar 20, 2015

Download | iTunes Hey! It’s Poops, Spooks and Cultural Whoops as the Egonomist tackles the issues of the day. Splash Palace pool in Invercargill had, at time of recording, suffered 5 “code browns” in sequential Friday evenings.  That’s now 6, with the serial mystery pooper striking again just prior to this episode being released.  The … Continue reading Episode 446: Dancing With The Yas

Mar 17, 2015

Download | iTunes Hi, sorry it’s been a while, we had a thing. A British Airways flight had trouble with passengers airways as somebody tragedy-of-the-commonsed their toilet, and had to turn around.  In other surprises: The Nats have to pull finger in Northland in the form of chinos and bribes.  And the X Factor goes … Continue reading Episode 445: Mile High Thud

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