{"podcast":{"title":"The Hoon","slug":"the-hoon-6684157","podcast_index_feed_id":6684157,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/102473/s/18499.rss","website_url":"https://thekaka.substack.com/s/hoons","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/102473/s/18499/5a77ee184097a3059717adbfeb36cf87.jpg","author":"Bernard Hickey","episode_count":217,"summary":"Bernard Hickey's discussions about the political economy in Aotearoa-NZ and in geo-politics, including issues around housing affordability, climate change inaction and child poverty reduction.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T06:20:17.555092+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hoon-6684157"},"episode":{"title":"A Hoon on The Reality of Everything Symposium, interconnected crises & Public Health","slug":"a-hoon-on-the-reality-of-everything-symposium-interconnected-crises-public-health","published_at":"2026-03-03T03:45:18+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hoon-6684157/a-hoon-on-the-reality-of-everything-symposium-interconnected-crises-public-health","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hoon-6684157","url":"https://thekaka.substack.com/p/a-hoon-on-the-reality-of-everything","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/189609100/2df096d2de487d0dbc8264a3cc4428f9.mp3","summary":"This week I hosted a ‘Hoon’ on Substack Live previewing The Reality of Everything symposium to be held at Victoria University of Wellington on June 26, which will examine the interconnected crises of climate change, energy, water & food constraints, economic instability & public health. I was joined by regular Hoon guest Cathrine Dyer , substacker and symposium facilitator Catherine Knight , conference speaker and epidemiologist Professor Alistair Woodward from the University of Auckland, and fellow public health specialist Associate Professor Caroline Shaw from the University of Otago . We started by talking about the need for the Symposium and referring to the National Emergency Briefing held in the UK last year, including an address by Professor Hugh Montgomery , a Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at University College London . The video of his address is below via Youtube. We talked about the intersection of public health and climate change, emphasizing the urgent need for a comprehensive approach to public health in the face of climate, resource and economic crises. We talked about tobacco control as a precedent for health policy, the social determinants of health, and the benefits of e-bikes. The conversation concludes with recommendations for policymakers to prioritize health and well-being in climate action. Here’s Catherine’s substack post announcing the conference. And a follow-up post with the latest details. Here’s the chapters in the video above: 00:00 Introduction to the Reality of Everything Symposium 02:43 Understanding the Interconnected Crises 05:36 Climate Change and Health Risks 07:18 Tobacco Control as a Model for Climate Action 11:41 Social Determinants of Health and Climate Change 15:29 Transport, Health, and Climate Change Solutions 18:10 Re…","meta_description":"This week I hosted a ‘Hoon’ on Substack Live previewing The Reality of Everything symposium to be held at Victoria University of Wellington on June 26, wh…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2030,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-hoon-6684157/episodes/a-hoon-on-the-reality-of-everything-symposium-interconnected-crises-public-health/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hoon-6684157/a-hoon-on-the-reality-of-everything-symposium-interconnected-crises-public-health.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}