The Yeah… Nah! Podcast is giving you your regular skeptical fix. Special guest Alexander Maxwell, Associate Professor of History at Victoria University, is joining us to talk about the role of Russian propaganda in the War in the Ukraine. Craig muses on the abysmal quality of the nuremberg.nz website, Mark gets deep with David Farrier’s expose on Arise Church, and Bronwyn considers the failure of Mary Kay and Avon in the modern New Zealand market.

• Our guests:
  • Alexander Maxwell
• Articles we talk about:
  • Website hacking
  • War in Ukraine: the Dangers of Believing Your Own Propaganda
  • Mary Kay: The MLM that ditched New Zealand (and Australia, too)
  • Arise Church Prospering at interns' expense
• Check out our last two newsletters for details on these stories and more:
  • 2022-04-04
  • 2022-03-28
• Alexander Maxwell’s academic profile
• Toby Mahire: Inaction on NZ ‘Nuremberg’ site sparks calls for overhaul of system ‘not fit for purpose’
• David Farrier: Hillsong isn’t the only Abhorrent Megachurch
• Stephen Jay Gould: The Mismeasure of Man
• PinkTruth: Facts, opinions, and the real truth behind Mary Kay Cosmetics
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