Stuff Explained

By: Stuff Audio
  • Summary

  • Stuff Explained is a podcast seeking to demystify complicated topics and make news more accessible, more relatable and more understandable.
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Episodes
  • Newsable; Do political polls even matter?
    Jul 17 2023
    They'll be everywhere in the next couple of months - polls trying to predict what our next government might look like. But how do people who aren't statisticians read polls, and get some useful data out of them? Join the Newsable team and a panel of experts for this special episode explaining polls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    27 mins
  • Newsable: How to celebrate Matariki, and why it's still controversial for some
    Jul 13 2023
    Welcome to this Newsable / Stuff Explained crossover episode, talking Matariki. It's our country's newest public holiday so do we really know what it's about? Stuff Pou Tiaki Matua Carmen Parahi joined us to discuss all things celebrating the event, and discuss some of the reactions to it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    16 mins
  • Valentine's Day: Why the cupids and anonymous messages?
    Feb 12 2023
    Was there ever a Saint Valentine or is Valentine's Day really based on a fertility festival? Who made the day so popular and why so we send anonymous messages, chocolates and flowers? Stuff Explained digs into the history and traditions of Valentine's Day with AUT's Professor Lorna Piatti-Farnell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    12 mins

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