Jun 25, 202525 min
A year ago this week, Tova talked to James Acton, co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. Amid wars in Europe and the Middle East, she wanted to...
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Tova
Hosted by Stuff Audio · news · EN
About this Podcast:
Tova O’Brien hosts Stuff’s political podcast holding the powerful to account and putting the concerns of real people front and centre. With regular guests Andrea Vance, picking the winners and losers of the week in Snakes and Leaders, and Luke Malpass, calling key moments for the coming week in Beehive Buzz. You can read analysis supporting this podcast on stuff.co.nz . Need more great podcasts? Check out Stuff's full catalogue here . GET IN TOUCH Email tova@stuff.co.nz. CREDITS Host and producer: Tova O'Brien. Sound design, audio editing and mixing: Connor Scott and John Ropiha. Executive producer: Chris Reed.
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What is Tova about?
Tova O’Brien hosts Stuff’s political podcast holding the powerful to account and putting the concerns of real people front and centre. With regular guests Andrea Vance, picking the winners and losers of the week in Snakes and Leaders, and Luke Malpass, calling key moments for the coming week in Beehive Buzz. Need more great podcasts?
Who hosts Tova?
Tova is hosted by Stuff Audio. The show has published 66 episodes to date.
What has Tova covered recently?
Recent episodes include "ICYMI: Going nuclear - ‘We are entering an era of a new global arms race’" (25 June 2025, 25 minutes), "Introducing: TFN - The F#$%ing News with Paddy Gower" (29 September 2024, 1 minute), and "Politicising the Police: an interview with “wokester” Police Commissioner Andrew Coster" (26 September 2024, 53 minutes).
How often does Tova publish?
Tova publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 51 minutes across 66 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Tova?
Booking probability for Tova is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Tova requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Tova's contact route on record: verified email.
Who should pitch Tova?
The strongest fits for Tova are Government & Politics. Tova has a news audience.
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Stuff Audio hosts Tova, a news podcast with 66 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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Sep 29, 20241 minThe F#$%ing News flips the script on the news - short, upbeat, inspirational and f%$#ing good fun journalism with the nation’s favourite everyman reporter, Paddy Gower. TFN sees Paddy talking to Kiwis who are the good...
Sep 26, 202453 minNational once called him the “wokester” commissioner, now they’ve secured him a plum new job heading up the government’s new social investment agency. Police Commissioner Andrew Coster is leaving the job of top cop...
Episode #45
Goldsmith on gangs
Sep 19, 202453 minAs the Government ramps up its war on crime, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith joins us to talk anti-gang laws and why the Attorney-General made no “specific statements” on whether late changes to them further breach...
Episode #44
Democratic or dangerous: What you need to know about developments with the Treaty Principles Bill
Sep 12, 20241h 12mACT’s push for a Treaty Principles Bill was a lightning rod throughout last year’s election campaign and has never been far from the headlines since. This week has seen significant developments - the principles released...
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- Sep 5, 20241h 15m
Chris Hipkins was our very first guest one year ago. He was Prime Minister then - a lot’s changed. After leading Labour to electoral defeat, he and the party have regrouped and started formulating the platform they hope...
- Aug 29, 202453 min
Retail spending is lower than during the GFC. Retailers are going to the wall more than any other business and Retail NZ’s latest survey shows 43% of businesses are unsure they’ll survive another year. In hospo, a...
- Aug 22, 202451 min
New Zealand First's de facto deputy is a self-proclaimed champion of the regions and unashamedly pro-mining, fishing and forestry. His hobbies include waging war on supermarkets, banks and - this week in particular...
- Aug 15, 20241h 5m
In an exclusive interview, perhaps the most famous health figure in Aotearoa takes aim at talk of a failing system and bloated bureaucracy - but doesn’t dispute that both staff and patients are at risk. He talks...
- Aug 8, 20241h 9m
After losing confidence in the leadership and financial acumen of Health New Zealand-Te Whatu Ora, the Government has parachuted in an all-powerful specialist to fix the broken service. Health Commissioner Lester Levy...
- Aug 1, 202453 min
The welfare of children, particularly the at-risk and vulnerable, is rarely far from the headlines. The Royal Commission report on abuse in care, the opening of the Government’s pilot youth justice facility (AKA...
- Jul 25, 20241h 11m
As the fallout from an acrimonious pay dispute continues, frontline cops told the Tova pod this week that the Government had “destroyed morale”. The minister responsible fronts to talk about rebuilding the relationship...
- Jul 25, 20243 min
Tova offers her thoughts on the outcome of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into abuse in care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Jul 18, 202445 min
Wow. They say a week is a long time in politics. In the United States, the last two have seen the political landscape change perhaps forever. Bullets, conventions and nominations on the Republican side; presidential...
- Jul 4, 202436 min
The first US presidential debate of 2024 was at once historic, agonising, painful and deeply troubling. Have your toes unfurled? Your stomach un-knotted? Your wince de-winced? Joe Biden and Donald Trump putting the fear...
Episode #34
An extended interview with Chloe Swarbrick
Jun 27, 202441 min2024 has been tough for the Greens. Multiple MPs - Golriz Ghahraman, Darleen Tana, Julie Anne Genter - have been making headlines for the wrong reasons and there have been heartbreaking challenges, including the death...
- Jun 20, 20241h 9m
The battle lines are being (re)drawn in the world of geopolitics: wars in Europe and the Middle East, tension over Taiwan, Putin visiting North Korea. So, more than three decades after the Cold War ended, what are the...
- Jun 13, 20241h 22m
No one knows exactly how much fraud costs New Zealand each year, but it runs into the billions. Yet significantly fewer people are being convicted than two decades ago. Why? And is the system - an alphabet soup of...
Episode #31
Big Budget Special
May 30, 202439 minHappy Budget Day! The Tova pod takes you behind the scenes at Parliament as Nicola Willis unveils the Government's first bash at the books. We bring you expert reaction from inside the lock-up, the zingers and stingers...
Episode #30
Bills, bills, bills and the Budget
May 23, 202457 minWith the cost of living crisis hitting hard, we assemble a panel of Kiwis doing it tough or feeling the pinch in what politicians love to call the squeezed middle. We ask how they're coping and what they're hoping for...
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