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New Zealand · Apple Podcasts · January 2, 2026

Jan 2, 2026

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#			Podcast	Artist
1	—		The Leighton Smith Podcast	Newstalk ZB
2	1		The New Yorker Radio Hour	WNYC Studios and The New Yorker
3	1		Duncan Garner - Editor In Chief	rova
4	2		Pivot	New York Magazine
5	1		The Tucker Carlson Show	Tucker Carlson Network
6	3		The Megyn Kelly Show	SiriusXM
7	1	B	Battle Lines	The Telegraph
8	1	T	The Conversation Weekly	The Conversation
9	4	T	The Fold	The Spinoff
10	1		The Ben Shapiro Show	The Daily Wire
11	3	T	The Inquiry	BBC World Service
12	1		The Rubin Report	Dave Rubin
13	—		Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words	Victor Davis Hanson \| The Daily Signal
14	4		Legal AF by MeidasTouch	MeidasTouch Network
15	5		The David Frum Show	The Atlantic
15	3		The Long Game with Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer	Vox Media Podcast Network
16	5	#	#BHN Big Hairy News	Big Hairy Network
17	7	F	From Our Own Correspondent	BBC Radio 4
18	25		Judging Freedom	Judge Napolitano
20	1	B	Best of the Spectator	The Spectator
21	6		The Charlie Kirk Show	Charlie Kirk
22	12		Embedded	NPR
23	13	T	The Making of an Autocrat	The Conversation
24	4	K	Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast	Newstalk ZB
25	4		The Matt Walsh Show	The Daily Wire
26	14	T	The Hoon	Bernard Hickey
27	18		Call Me Back - with Dan Senor	Ark Media, Ilan Benatar
28	5		The Iran Breakdown with Mark Dubowitz	FDD
29	19		Real Coffee with Scott Adams	Scott Adams
30	—	D	Don’t You Know Who She Is \| Virginia Giuffre Survived Epstein — But Australia Failed Her	The Survivor List Epstein True Crime
30	6		Stew Peters LIVE	Stew Peters
30	—	J	Justice For Ellen Greenberg	Hidden Killers Podcast
31	2	D	Daniel Davis Deep Dive	Daniel Davis
32	14	I	Investigating the Post Office Scandal	Investigating the Post Office Scandal
33	150	D	De Dag	NPO Luister / NOS
35	—		Ask Dr. Drew	Dr. Drew
36	11	S	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies
36	—	方	方偉時間	方偉
37	19		Plain English with Derek Thompson	The Ringer
38	17	Y	Yeah... Nah!	NZ Skeptics
39	16		On the Media	WNYC Studios
40	13		The Michael Knowles Show	The Daily Wire
41	37	T	The Edition	The Spectator
42	21		UNCOVERED	MeidasTouch Network
43	21	M	Matt Heath & Tyler Adams Afternoons	Newstalk ZB
45	15	B	Brownstone Journal	Brownstone Institute
46	11	R	Reality Check with Ross Coulthart	Ross Coulthart & Studio71
46	1	G	Gold Goats 'n Guns Podcast	Tom Luongo
48	—		Question Everything	Brian Reed
49	22	I	In Moscow's Shadows	Mark Galeotti
50	23	I	In the Loop	NZME
50	16	T	The Sunday Paper Podcast	The Sunday Paper Podcast
51	26	T	The Dennis Michael Lynch Show	TeamDML
52	26	I	In The News This Week (the Have I Got News For You podcast)	In The News This Week (the Have I Got News For You podcast)
53	32	F	Foreign Policy Live	Foreign Policy
54	18	T	The John Lovell Podcast	John Lovell
55	18	ک	کنج‌کاو	رادیوفردا
56	23		Meet the Press	NBC News
57	28		Political Beatdown with Michael Cohen	Michael Cohen
58	17	S	Slate News	Slate Podcasts
60	25	P	Power Lines with Oliver Darcy and Jon Passantino	Status
61	11	T	The Erin Molan Show	The Erin Molan Show
62	32	W	We Used to be Journos	Ette Media
63	23	R	Rufo & Lomez	Blaze Podcast Network
63	9	S	Sensemaker	The Observer
64	33		Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick \| Law, justice, and the courts	Slate Podcasts
66	10	U	Ukrainecast	BBC News
67	26		Reasonably Optimistic	The Washington Post
68	9		The Adam Mockler Show	MeidasTouch Network
70	32	T	The Grayzone podcast with Max Blumenthal	Max Blumenthal
70	24	T	Turbulence	Turbulence
71	8		Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner	Crossover Media Group
72	4	A	ASB Rural Insights Succession Series	NZ Farm Life Media
73	26		3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary	Jim Geraghty & Greg Corombos – Political Humor Commentary
73	20	J	Jeffrey Epstein: The Coverup Chronicles	Bobby Capucci
74	—		The Glenn Beck Program	Mercury Radio Arts
74	41	U	Unholy: Two Jews on the News	Unholy Media
75	19	斐	斐姨所思	范琪斐
76	10	T	The Lance Wallnau Show	Dr. Lance Wallnau
77	33	T	The Explanation	BBC World Service
78	33	P	Pod Save The King - Royal family news, interviews and fashion	Reach Podcasts
79	28		The Andrew Klavan Show	The Daily Wire
79	25		The Tonight Show	Virgin Media Originals
80	25		Mark Levin Podcast	Cumulus Podcast Network
82	20	P	Press Club	Mediaite
84	40	T	The Tea with Myriam Francois	The Tea
86	14	C	Canary Cry News Talk	Basil & Gonz
87	10	M	Mixed Signals from Semafor Media	Semafor Podcasts
88	35	T	The Charlie Kirk Show	Charlie Kirk
89	18		The Dan Bongino Show	Cumulus Podcast Network \| Dan Bongino
91	38	T	The Bret Baier Podcast	FOX News Podcasts
92	5	T	The Idaho Murders \| The Case Against Bryan Kohberger	True Crime Today
92	30	K	Knights of the Storm	Knights of the Storm
93	64	K	Kids' News - キッズニュース	Rina Arai / あらいりな
93	56		To The Contrary with Charlie Sykes	Charlie Sykes
94	16	T	True Crime Today \| Daily True Crime News & Interviews	Real Story Media
95	67	T	The Civilization Cycle Podcast	David DuByne \| The Civilization Cycle Podcast \| ADAPT 2030
95	—		SONDHI TALK	sondhitalk
96	21	B	Badlands Media	Badlands Media
97	33	T	The Shawn Bolz Show	Shawn Bolz