{"id":15719,"date":"2021-03-23T22:35:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T02:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=15719"},"modified":"2021-03-23T22:42:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T02:42:43","slug":"zesty-interview-with-leighton-smith-top-podcast-in-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/23\/zesty-interview-with-leighton-smith-top-podcast-in-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"Zesty Interview with Leighton Smith, Top Podcast in New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/leighton-smith-podcast.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-15721\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/leighton-smith-podcast.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/leighton-smith-podcast.png 635w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/leighton-smith-podcast-150x93.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leighton_Smith_(radio_host)\">Leighton Smith<\/a><\/strong>, a legendary radio host who now does the top podcast in <strong>New Zealand,<\/strong> interviewed me last Sunday.\u00a0 Leighton describes himself as a libertarian conservative and he has long followed political battles both in his country and in the U.S.\u00a0 I was amazed at how thoroughly Leighton prepped; he pulled up lines that I had forgotten about long ago.\u00a0 Some of his questions were better than some of my answers. I appreciate that he pushed my thinking and perhaps highlighted some area where I need to ruminate more. <span data-offset-key=\"8l0pj-2-0\">Hopefully this show provides some good laughs in these dire times<\/span>. You can listen to the @ hour long NewstalkZB interview by clicking below &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.newstalkzb.co.nz\/podcasts\/the-leighton-smith-podcast\/leighton-smith-podcast-episode-103-march-24th-2021\/<\/p>\n<p>Here is the link to the <strong>Apple Podcast<\/strong> &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/nz\/podcast\/leighton-smith-podcast-episode-103-march-24th-2021\/id1445358795?i=1000514138903<\/p>\n<p>Here is the link for the <strong>iHeart Radio<\/strong> version:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"The Leighton Smith Podcast\" height=\"300\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/1049-the-leighton-smith-podcas-30246213\/?embed=true&#038;cid=oembed&#038;keyid%5B0%5D=The%20Leighton%20Smith%20Podcast&#038;sc=podcast_widget#?secret=ASXdH0eGTL\" data-secret=\"ASXdH0eGTL\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leighton Smith, a legendary radio host who now does the top podcast in New Zealand, interviewed me last Sunday.\u00a0 Leighton describes himself as a libertarian conservative and he has long followed political battles both in his country and in the U.S.\u00a0 I was amazed at how thoroughly Leighton prepped; he pulled up lines that I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[52,2751,164,159,2099,123,2002],"class_list":["post-15719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-democracy","tag-leighton-smith","tag-leviathan","tag-liberty","tag-new-zealand","tag-public-policy-hooligan","tag-sheep"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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