The Weekly Hoon: The escalating Middle East fuel crisis

The Weekly Hoon: The escalating Middle East fuel crisis

Published: March 27, 2026

Duration: 59:12

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking with regular guest Cathrine Dyer about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics here, along with special guest Roger Dennis, an independent strategist.

This week:

* Bernard and Peter began with a chat about the rise of reactionary and nationalist political parties globally, including in New Zealand.

* Bernard and Cathrine talked about the latest WMO report on the climate in 2025 and why New Zealand’s oil consumption rose to a five-year high last year.<...