April 12, 2026 • 11 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 3 (00:24):
Hello, my beautiful beanies, and welcome to the bean First
with yesterday's news. This is the weeking edition. I am
Glen Hart and we're looking back at Sunday and Saturday.
That's when most of the week in editions happen. So
the atomist too thing we had time in the news cycle.
Isn't it for something like that to happen anyway? So
(00:46):
some new tooks he'd be hosts. We're into it. The
National Party is going to fix their their sort of
their public image by hiring Rachel Small we to sort
out their comms apparently. And Freddy Krueger pops in? Do
you want pretty? Do you ever really want Freddy Kruger
to pop in? I don't know that you do, but
you did before any of that though. The Warriors they
(01:08):
open this drought against the Melbourne storm and in Waite
some style.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
What pleased you the most? Was it the result or
the manner in which it was done?
Speaker 4 (01:19):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (01:20):
But of both? Actually, obviously it has been spoken about
during the week, you know, with the drought that had happened,
and obviously Melbourne also being in a bit of a
slub with three losses in a row, so certainly knew
what we were coming up against. But yeah, it was
(01:40):
very pleasing both sides that we were able to put
together a very good performance but also performance you know
that would come so close over so many times and
you haven't got the points, But very pleasing.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
How do you deal with that stays during the week.
I mean, there's no getting away from it. You know,
it's a long time since you'd beaten this particular opponent.
Is there any sense that you want to forget about
history or do you use it as motivation to be
you guys can be the ones to make a bit
of history.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (02:09):
Look, it was probably the first time that we're spoken
about it so many times, you know that we really
sat had boards. We're a little bit over this because
if we played for the Michael Trophy and because they
said Michael Moore was the football manager for Melbourne Storm
twenty six years ago when he passed away tragically in
Auckland and we played for the Michael Moore Trophy and
(02:32):
you know, no disrespect to Melbourne, but it means a
lot to them. You know that the trophy doesn't mean
as much to us, but it's certainly something that that
we play for him, and you get the trophy after
the game, and you know, we said, this is their trophy,
let's let's go and take it off.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Then yeah, let's just take things in perspective. I mean,
don't get me wrong, great that we've beaten the storm.
We haven't managed to do that for a long time.
They are thirteenth on the table, the Warriors in our
third so which and to be fair, what we've seen
in the parts of the Warriors oft and lose to
(03:06):
the teams that they're supposed to beat, and beat the
teams that nobody thinks they will. So that's just the
way it looks. So they come upgainst the Panthers, That's
what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
News talk ze been.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
Okay, who needs to keep it real?
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Though?
Speaker 3 (03:20):
In the in the space age we're living in, is
this sort of the second space age? Can you have
more than one space age?
Speaker 6 (03:27):
But how do they My answer was, well, maths, maths,
that's how they do it. I can only imagine what
the Apollo missions must have been like to follow from Earth.
It just must have been insane, just extraordinary. And maybe
the difference this time around is the technology. The photos
(03:50):
sent from the crew are beamed back to Earth and
almost immediately shared by NASA. The interactive tools online let
you plot the capsules route, and you don't have to
be a nine year old to feel the wonder. You
don't have to be four hundred thousand kilometers from home
to hold your hand and thumb up in the air
and have a little sense of what those crew members
(04:12):
must feel when they look back at our planet as
a distant sphere in the epic vastness of space. It
just must make all of our quibbles, all of our disputes,
all of our conflicts, seem so petty and trivial, simultaneously
(04:33):
humbling and profound.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
It's been an interesting watching reaction to the whole artomist
thing because it's quite it's surprisingly polarizing, actually, because a
lot of people see it the exact opposite way around
that they think that the atomist thing is petty and
significant compared.
Speaker 7 (04:55):
To what's going on in the world you talk side.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
Should we find out which way around Francesca sees it. Yeah,
I mean, I've got a couple of minutes to felt.
Speaker 8 (05:04):
With the success of both Atamis one and two, the
vision of building a base on the Moon has become
that much more realistic. Not since nineteen seventeen Apollo thirteen
have humans ventured this far from Earth, and that's ap
pause longer than my lifetime. After the Apollo era, of course,
NASA's priorities shifted to programs such as the Space Shushle
(05:26):
and International Space Station, which were focused on the low
Earth orbit. But the focus now is on testing and
advancing new exploration systems that will allow humans to live
in space imagine it. Through the Artemis program, scientists have
learned valuable lessons about deep space radiation and orient spacecraft,
(05:49):
and the life support and propulsion systems, and the re
entry heat protection. The benefits of the Artemis term mission
extend beyond NASA as well. Private companies such as SpaceX
and other aerospace contractors gain opportunities to develop new technologies
and expand the commercial space industry. Governments and international partners
also benefit by strengthening diplomatic relations and shared science. Over
(06:12):
the years, there's been a lot of discussion about whether
humans should return to the Moon, at what cost and
for what purpose. But this mission has reignited something in
many of us. There is something captivating about pushing the
boundaries of what is possible, of laying the groundwork for
future discoveries that could benefit life on Earth and expand
our presence into space. I may not understand the physics
(06:37):
required to make all this happen, and I have no
idea how far things will get in my lifetime, but
the knowledge we're on our way is inspiring.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
So of course we had our own issues that didn'teem
in significant here in New Zealand over the weekend, didn't
we we're the wives, and a lot of people's travel
plans were certainly disrupted. People in my family who had
seem to be traveling around yet or trying to yesterday
and it wasn't going that well. Upon it's on the
(07:06):
family care I thought, my mum's some things up by nicely.
You can give anything in perspectives. I'll just quote her
here from the family chat. Forget about going to the moon.
All what you want to do is get from a
to be as planned.
Speaker 7 (07:21):
Anyway.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
Let me see which camp she's in there? Right? So yeah,
straight talking from my mum. Could we get some straight
talking from the National Party.
Speaker 6 (07:36):
Is that what is that?
Speaker 3 (07:37):
What we're missing? Too much management speak, known enough telling
people what they want to hear spe and as Rachel
Smallly the person disort all that out, it seems like
they tired herder do just that.
Speaker 9 (07:50):
What was your response when you saw the story that
Rachel Small had been brought in to help the troops?
Speaker 7 (07:56):
Well, I wasn't really surprised, But I think it's long
overdue because the problems have come to light, particularly some
of the Prime Minister's recent communication issues. But I think
it's much deeper seated. I just don't think that the
National Part he generally has been very good at getting
its message across in a way that connects with voters,
either in Auckland or across the country. So this is
(08:16):
an overdue move, but a sensible one, is it just?
Speaker 9 (08:20):
I mean, look, I'll be honest, I just assumed it's
to help lux in it now Christopher Luxon out.
Speaker 4 (08:28):
Or is he?
Speaker 7 (08:29):
I think it's a bit of both. I mean, clearly
that the problems come to a head because of some
of the Prime Minister's recent performances in the sense that
he's just not getting the message out. There's not even
quite sure what the message he should be getting out is,
but I think it's a bit more widespread. Some of
the issues that they've dealt with over the last three
years have suffered a little bit from the same thing.
Be that as it may. The challenge for them now
(08:51):
is to get this sorted quickly, and once a strategy
is being developed, the most important thing, a floor all
will be for them to keep to it.
Speaker 3 (08:59):
It's the oddest thing watching this unravel because I mean,
there's really no opposition, is there. It's not from what
I've seen and what Labour's offering, and so it's almost
like Nashal's become its own opposition. They filled the vacuum
(09:19):
with themselves. So weird what's going on there?
Speaker 4 (09:25):
News talk?
Speaker 5 (09:25):
Has it been?
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Okay?
Speaker 3 (09:27):
So from a nightmare on Elm Street to a nightmare
on Deck Thames Show, I think you should really be
inviting Freddy Kruger, and to do it's a terrible mistake.
Speaker 6 (09:42):
Freddy Krueger got his star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame on the thirty first of October.
Speaker 4 (09:46):
How was that? Well, you know, I sort of managed
that a little bit when I was notified that I
was going to be honored. I figured I was told
the other honorees for the year, and one of them
was John Carpenter, the great director John Carpenter, And I figured, well,
naturally John Carpenter will take the Halloween date, you know,
(10:11):
because of the Halloween franchise. Well he didn't. He opted
to get his star in the spring. So I said, please, sir,
you know more Porridge, I'd be happy, happy to be
honored on Halloween because it would dovetail with thematically, with
me being a horror actor. And also, we have a
(10:33):
tradition on Hollywood Boulevard and the adjacent West Hollywood, there's
a huge Halloween parade and there's huge costume cosplay, as
we call it here in the States. People dress up
and they sort of take over the streets in that
part of town. So I knew that that festival always
(10:55):
goes on for Halloween. I figured it would be great
to kind of bleed no pun, intended into that with
my ceremony.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
Quite a distinctive voice, isn't it. Even when he's talking
about having fun and doing those stuff, it's almost sense
of shiver down your spine. Maybe it's just me. I
am a clear at heart that has been News Talks
have been the weekend edition. I hope you have nice,
pleasant dreams between now and when I see you again.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
The morn used talking talking has it been?
Speaker 7 (11:31):
For more from News Talk st B.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
Listen live on air or online, and keep our shows
with you wherever you go with our podcasts on iHeartRadio
You're listening to a podcast from News Talk Said B.
Follow this and our wide range of podcasts now on iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Used Talk Said Talk.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Hello, my beautiful beanies, and welcome to the bean First
with yesterday's news. This is the weeking edition. I am
Glen Hart and we're looking back at Sunday and Saturday.
That's when most of the week in editions happen. So
the atomist too thing we had time in the news cycle.
Isn't it for something like that to happen anyway? So
(00:46):
some new tooks he'd be hosts. We're into it. The
National Party is going to fix their their sort of
their public image by hiring Rachel Small we to sort
out their comms apparently. And Freddy Krueger pops in? Do
you want pretty? Do you ever really want Freddy Kruger
to pop in? I don't know that you do, but
you did before any of that though. The Warriors they
(01:08):
open this drought against the Melbourne storm and in Waite
some style.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
What pleased you the most? Was it the result or
the manner in which it was done?
Speaker 4 (01:19):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (01:20):
But of both? Actually, obviously it has been spoken about
during the week, you know, with the drought that had happened,
and obviously Melbourne also being in a bit of a
slub with three losses in a row, so certainly knew
what we were coming up against. But yeah, it was
(01:40):
very pleasing both sides that we were able to put
together a very good performance but also performance you know
that would come so close over so many times and
you haven't got the points, But very pleasing.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
How do you deal with that stays during the week.
I mean, there's no getting away from it. You know,
it's a long time since you'd beaten this particular opponent.
Is there any sense that you want to forget about
history or do you use it as motivation to be
you guys can be the ones to make a bit
of history.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (02:09):
Look, it was probably the first time that we're spoken
about it so many times, you know that we really
sat had boards. We're a little bit over this because
if we played for the Michael Trophy and because they
said Michael Moore was the football manager for Melbourne Storm
twenty six years ago when he passed away tragically in
Auckland and we played for the Michael Moore Trophy and
(02:32):
you know, no disrespect to Melbourne, but it means a
lot to them. You know that the trophy doesn't mean
as much to us, but it's certainly something that that
we play for him, and you get the trophy after
the game, and you know, we said, this is their trophy,
let's let's go and take it off.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Then yeah, let's just take things in perspective. I mean,
don't get me wrong, great that we've beaten the storm.
We haven't managed to do that for a long time.
They are thirteenth on the table, the Warriors in our
third so which and to be fair, what we've seen
in the parts of the Warriors oft and lose to
(03:06):
the teams that they're supposed to beat, and beat the
teams that nobody thinks they will. So that's just the
way it looks. So they come upgainst the Panthers, That's
what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
News talk ze been.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
Okay, who needs to keep it real?
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Though?
Speaker 3 (03:20):
In the in the space age we're living in, is
this sort of the second space age? Can you have
more than one space age?
Speaker 6 (03:27):
But how do they My answer was, well, maths, maths,
that's how they do it. I can only imagine what
the Apollo missions must have been like to follow from Earth.
It just must have been insane, just extraordinary. And maybe
the difference this time around is the technology. The photos
(03:50):
sent from the crew are beamed back to Earth and
almost immediately shared by NASA. The interactive tools online let
you plot the capsules route, and you don't have to
be a nine year old to feel the wonder. You
don't have to be four hundred thousand kilometers from home
to hold your hand and thumb up in the air
and have a little sense of what those crew members
(04:12):
must feel when they look back at our planet as
a distant sphere in the epic vastness of space. It
just must make all of our quibbles, all of our disputes,
all of our conflicts, seem so petty and trivial, simultaneously
(04:33):
humbling and profound.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
It's been an interesting watching reaction to the whole artomist
thing because it's quite it's surprisingly polarizing, actually, because a
lot of people see it the exact opposite way around
that they think that the atomist thing is petty and
significant compared.
Speaker 7 (04:55):
To what's going on in the world you talk side.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
Should we find out which way around Francesca sees it. Yeah,
I mean, I've got a couple of minutes to felt.
Speaker 8 (05:04):
With the success of both Atamis one and two, the
vision of building a base on the Moon has become
that much more realistic. Not since nineteen seventeen Apollo thirteen
have humans ventured this far from Earth, and that's ap
pause longer than my lifetime. After the Apollo era, of course,
NASA's priorities shifted to programs such as the Space Shushle
(05:26):
and International Space Station, which were focused on the low
Earth orbit. But the focus now is on testing and
advancing new exploration systems that will allow humans to live
in space imagine it. Through the Artemis program, scientists have
learned valuable lessons about deep space radiation and orient spacecraft,
(05:49):
and the life support and propulsion systems, and the re
entry heat protection. The benefits of the Artemis term mission
extend beyond NASA as well. Private companies such as SpaceX
and other aerospace contractors gain opportunities to develop new technologies
and expand the commercial space industry. Governments and international partners
also benefit by strengthening diplomatic relations and shared science. Over
(06:12):
the years, there's been a lot of discussion about whether
humans should return to the Moon, at what cost and
for what purpose. But this mission has reignited something in
many of us. There is something captivating about pushing the
boundaries of what is possible, of laying the groundwork for
future discoveries that could benefit life on Earth and expand
our presence into space. I may not understand the physics
(06:37):
required to make all this happen, and I have no
idea how far things will get in my lifetime, but
the knowledge we're on our way is inspiring.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
So of course we had our own issues that didn'teem
in significant here in New Zealand over the weekend, didn't
we we're the wives, and a lot of people's travel
plans were certainly disrupted. People in my family who had
seem to be traveling around yet or trying to yesterday
and it wasn't going that well. Upon it's on the
(07:06):
family care I thought, my mum's some things up by nicely.
You can give anything in perspectives. I'll just quote her
here from the family chat. Forget about going to the moon.
All what you want to do is get from a
to be as planned.
Speaker 7 (07:21):
Anyway.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
Let me see which camp she's in there? Right? So yeah,
straight talking from my mum. Could we get some straight
talking from the National Party.
Speaker 6 (07:36):
Is that what is that?
Speaker 3 (07:37):
What we're missing? Too much management speak, known enough telling
people what they want to hear spe and as Rachel
Smallly the person disort all that out, it seems like
they tired herder do just that.
Speaker 9 (07:50):
What was your response when you saw the story that
Rachel Small had been brought in to help the troops?
Speaker 7 (07:56):
Well, I wasn't really surprised, But I think it's long
overdue because the problems have come to light, particularly some
of the Prime Minister's recent communication issues. But I think
it's much deeper seated. I just don't think that the
National Part he generally has been very good at getting
its message across in a way that connects with voters,
either in Auckland or across the country. So this is
(08:16):
an overdue move, but a sensible one, is it just?
Speaker 9 (08:20):
I mean, look, I'll be honest, I just assumed it's
to help lux in it now Christopher Luxon out.
Speaker 4 (08:28):
Or is he?
Speaker 7 (08:29):
I think it's a bit of both. I mean, clearly
that the problems come to a head because of some
of the Prime Minister's recent performances in the sense that
he's just not getting the message out. There's not even
quite sure what the message he should be getting out is,
but I think it's a bit more widespread. Some of
the issues that they've dealt with over the last three
years have suffered a little bit from the same thing.
Be that as it may. The challenge for them now
(08:51):
is to get this sorted quickly, and once a strategy
is being developed, the most important thing, a floor all
will be for them to keep to it.
Speaker 3 (08:59):
It's the oddest thing watching this unravel because I mean,
there's really no opposition, is there. It's not from what
I've seen and what Labour's offering, and so it's almost
like Nashal's become its own opposition. They filled the vacuum
(09:19):
with themselves. So weird what's going on there?
Speaker 4 (09:25):
News talk?
Speaker 5 (09:25):
Has it been?
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Okay?
Speaker 3 (09:27):
So from a nightmare on Elm Street to a nightmare
on Deck Thames Show, I think you should really be
inviting Freddy Kruger, and to do it's a terrible mistake.
Speaker 6 (09:42):
Freddy Krueger got his star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame on the thirty first of October.
Speaker 4 (09:46):
How was that? Well, you know, I sort of managed
that a little bit when I was notified that I
was going to be honored. I figured I was told
the other honorees for the year, and one of them
was John Carpenter, the great director John Carpenter, And I figured, well,
naturally John Carpenter will take the Halloween date, you know,
(10:11):
because of the Halloween franchise. Well he didn't. He opted
to get his star in the spring. So I said, please, sir,
you know more Porridge, I'd be happy, happy to be
honored on Halloween because it would dovetail with thematically, with
me being a horror actor. And also, we have a
(10:33):
tradition on Hollywood Boulevard and the adjacent West Hollywood, there's
a huge Halloween parade and there's huge costume cosplay, as
we call it here in the States. People dress up
and they sort of take over the streets in that
part of town. So I knew that that festival always
(10:55):
goes on for Halloween. I figured it would be great
to kind of bleed no pun, intended into that with
my ceremony.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
Quite a distinctive voice, isn't it. Even when he's talking
about having fun and doing those stuff, it's almost sense
of shiver down your spine. Maybe it's just me. I
am a clear at heart that has been News Talks
have been the weekend edition. I hope you have nice,
pleasant dreams between now and when I see you again.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
The morn used talking talking has it been?
Speaker 7 (11:31):
For more from News Talk st B.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
Listen live on air or online, and keep our shows
with you wherever you go with our podcasts on iHeartRadio
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