RE:Balance with Kamahl Santamaria

RE:Balance with Kamahl Santamaria

RE:Balance is hosted by former Al Jazeera and TVNZ presenter Kamahl Santamaria, who now knows a thing or two about 'being the story' and how the quest for clicks and eyeballs can result in a story that doesn't quite match the headline. For a more thoughtful approach to the news, without the controversy or the agenda, subscribe to RE:Balance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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December 23, 2023 17 mins

With things winding down for Christmas, Kamahl shares an update on the legal action he's taking against TVNZ at the Employment Relations Authority. The new year is going to be busy (and expensive!) but in this podcast, you'll hear why he's going to such lengths to set the record straight.


Included in this podcast is a portion of an interview Kamahl gave to Duncan Garner on his podcast Editor-in-Chief. They discuss mental healt...

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This is an audio version of the latest VIDCAST from The Balance, looking at the Israel-Hamas war. This week, we look at the issues of justification, proportionality, and collective punishment - and how, very simply, two wrongs don't make a right. We also pay tribute to the family of Al Jazeera journalist Wael Dahdouh, whose family members were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza.


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October 12, 2023 18 mins

This is an audio version of the latest VIDCAST from The Balance, looking at the Israel-Hamas war. In it we explore how terminology - particularly the word 'terrorist' - is being used politically, and the pressure being put on media to describe Hamas as 'terrorists'.





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July 15, 2023 38 mins

The story of an initially-unnamed BBC presenter - accused of paying a young person thousands of pounds for sexually explicit pictures - took on a life of its own this past week. It was equal parts shocking, unbalanced, engrossing, farcical, and unpleasant. And it raised a lot of questions about privacy, speculation, who knew what and when - and of course who the presenter actually was. This week on RE:Balance, Kamahl picks apart ...

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June 14, 2023 17 mins
The Balance has been online for 10 days, and what a busy 10 days it's been! There's been plenty of feedback - from the supportive to the mildly abusive to the revelatory - and in this mailbag episode Kamahl shares the good and the bad, and answers questions which readers and listeners have had.

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June 3, 2023 18 mins
On the first full episode of RE:Balance, Kamahl Santamaria reintroduces himself - a year after media reports of alleged 'inappropriate behaviour' ended his career. He talks about those allegations, the effect they had, and how the reporting of them has shaped his new venture, The Balance.

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May 2, 2023 1 min
Coming soon... RE:Balance, hosted by former Al Jazeera and TVNZ presenter Kamahl Santamaria.

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