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Alice Snedden's Bad News Why do we still judge fat people?
Season 3 , Episode 2Why do we still have such a problem with fat people? Alice speaks to Andrew Little, endocrinologist Robyn Toomath and academic Ashlea Gillon about the stigma of being fat and why BMI is bullshit. -
Alice Snedden's Bad News Te Reo
Season 1 , Episode 7Should we make Te Reo Maori compulsory in NZ schools? Alice investigates in today's episode. -
Alice Snedden's Bad News Treaty Partnership
Season 2 , Episode 8In this episode Alice is joined by co-host Kura Forrester they examine just how racist New Zealand is and why it is that Pākehā just cannot get their shit together and honor the Treaty. -
Alice Snedden's Bad News TERFS
Season 2 , Episode 2What is a TERF and why are they ruining feminism? In this episode Alice heads to Wellington to find out. -
Alice Snedden's Bad News Healthcare Inequity
Season 2 , Episode 3Why do Māori live 7 years less than Pākehā? Alice delves into the health system and asks if more money should be spent on Māori health and less on her digestive system. -
Alice Snedden's Bad News Euthanasia
Season 2 , Episode 6Should we have the right to choose the circumstances of our death, or is it just too complicated to sort out? Alice confronts her fear of death and admits she may not be immortal after all. -
Alice Snedden's Bad News Churches and Charity
Season 2 , Episode 4Should God pay tax? Alice asks this and many more hard hitting questions as she attempts to finally separate church and state once and for all. -
Alice Snedden's Bad News Gender Pay Gap
Season 1 , Episode 8Series Final. Why do we still have a gender pay gap? Alice attempts to get to the bottom of the problem in today's episode. -
Alice Snedden's Bad News Prisoner Voting Rights
Season 2 , Episode 7In this episode Alice explores why there still isn’t universal suffrage for people in prison and why a charity single isn’t always the answer. -
Alice Snedden's Bad News What can we do to shrink the wealth gap?
Season 3 , Episode 1What does the cost of living even mean and how do we close the wealth gap? Alice speaks to Grant Robertson, Bernard Hickey, Ngarimu Blair and Bubbah about why there hasn’t been a revolution… yet. -
Alice Snedden's Bad News Refugees
Season 1 , Episode 6Alice asks whether New Zealand is doing enough to help refugees, and investigates why some people are so opposed to increasing the refugee quota. -
Alice Snedden's Bad News Women's Bodies
Season 2 , Episode 5Docu-comedy series that wrestles with some of the most confusing and contentious political and social issues confronting Aotearoa in 2020. Made possible by the RNZ/NZ On Air Innovation Fund. [RNZ, 2020] -
Alice Snedden's Bad News Gay Blood
Season 1 , Episode 3In this episode, Alice investigates why gay men can't give blood in NZ. -
Alice Snedden's Bad News Tax Evasion
Season 1 , Episode 4In this episode, Alice explores the issue of tax evasion. -
Alice Snedden's Bad News Migrant Sex Workers
Season 2 , Episode 1Sex work is decriminalised in New Zealand, unless you’re a migrant worker. In this episode Alice visits a brothel for business and pleasure and asks why this discriminatory law hasn't been changed. -
Alice Snedden's Bad News Child Poverty
Season 1 , Episode 5In this episode, Alice examines the issue of child poverty in New Zealand. -
Alice Snedden's Bad News Abortion
Season 1 , Episode 2In this episode, Alice explores the issues around abortion. -
Alice Snedden's Bad News How is it legal to get paid $2 an hour?
Season 3 , Episode 5Did you know that some New Zealanders work for $2 an hour? Alice Snedden explores the complexities of the minimum wage exemption, and speaks to advocates, politicians and bosses arguing for (and against) reform. -
Alice Snedden's Bad News Who are prisons actually helping?
Season 3 , Episode 3We’ve been throwing baddies behind bars in Aotearoa since around 1840 – but what if there was a better alternative? Alice speaks to a prison boss, a prison abolitionist and a former inmate about what needs to change. -
Alice Snedden's Bad News What are the morals of meat-eating?
Season 3 , Episode 4Is it OK to love your pet while still eating other animals? Comedian Tom Sainsbury, Lord of the Fries’ Bruce Craig and animal welfare scientist Craig Johnson help Alice swallow some hard truths about meat. -
Alice Snedden's Bad News Is New Zealand's rugby culture still toxic?
Season 3 , Episode 6What is rugby actually doing to be better? Alice meets with bosses, players and experts and encounters a culture of silence that nearly shuts the episode down entirely. -
Alice Snedden's Bad News Policing Marijuana
Season 1 , Episode 1Kiwi comedian Alice Snedden takes on the topical (and sometimes controversial) civic aspects of NZ life. In this episode, Alice explores the issues around policing marijuana.