The Listener

The true message of John Kerry’s Waitangi Day statement

Issue Listener Plus 6th Feb 2013

Hidden symbolism in the first official release from the new US Secretary of State.

Issue Listener Plus 3rd Feb 2013

How the White House petition site became home to "epic quantities of taxpayer-funded trolling".

Issue 3795 24th Jan 2013

Once you drive into heartland USA, the food options narrow considerably, but you can still eat well in the “culinary desert”.

Issue Listener Plus 17th Jan 2013

An editorial in state-run Global Times says US experience vindicates Chinese style of government.

Issue 3794 17th Jan 2013

Are New Zealand and the US allies again? America’s leading Asia policy official gives his view on the state of relations between the two countries.

Issue Listener Plus 15th Jan 2013

The man set to sign the US dollar bill has an extraordinary signature – and it has sent meme-lovers and graphologists spiralling in delight

Issue Listener Plus 10th Jan 2013

Video: Pro-gun angry man lets rip on Piers Morgan's CNN show.

Issue Listener Plus 7th Jan 2013

The obsession with this spooky sounding phenomenon is wildly overblown, says analyst.

Issue Listener Plus 3rd Jan 2013

The term "fiscal cliff" has quickly become adopted to describe anyone's budget woes.

Issue 3789 13th Dec 2012

He won the battle for the White House, but Obama’s fiscal war continues.