Full Show Podcast: 20 July 2026
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No fluff, just facts and fierce debate. The Mike Hosking Breakfast with Aveda Retirement Communities. Life your way. News Talks at B. Morning and welcome.
Today we're looking to get Ryan Fox on the program. Obviously the World Cup final kicks off later this morning. Winston's got a billion dollars to map some offshore bits that may or may not have oil or gas. The PM's back from holiday. Richard Arnold, Steve Price, they're in the mix as well.
What sports headlines open the show and set the morning agenda?
Welcome to the week, seven past six. So here's the next story in our most excellent Warriors adventure of 2026. Now, you may have noticed the Panthers, previously the unbeatable team, have been falling apart. The side that no one could best is being beaten. I don't know why. It doesn't really matter. What matters is the gap between them and us is back down to two points. We, of course, got our two points Saturday night against a Dragon side that was either better than many thought or a reminder that the NRL is so tight, even the ordinary playing the extraordinary can make a bit of a game of it all. Anyway... Back to the Panthers. Have a look at the clearies a couple of weeks back, post-game presser. Talk about surly and depressed and things haven't got any better late.
Broncos tipped them up last week and the misery rolls on, which means, now here's the thing, which means, think about this, we can be minor premiers. We can win the competition and the whole thing. Seven games to go. One of them is the mentally fragile Panthers, but apart from that, given we're a good second on the ladder, every other team is below us. There is a points differential issue with the Panthers if we end up tied, but... Is it not entirely possible that we can finish the year as we have travelled the year? With a good collection of victories, possibly one loss along the way, but with a minor premiership at the end of it. Now, 2002, we did that, remember? But that was the Bulldogs' year. So if we do it in 2026, it would be one for the record books.
We haven't, because we don't need to, talk about making the eight. We haven't, because we don't need to, talk about making the four. This is how good this year is, and we should never forget that part of it. And now, surely, the premiership... is not beyond us. And along with it, the benefits of the time off in the home playoff games. Every other year, for three decades, whenever we're playoff bound, we're hoping and praying and fingers crossed and wins and losses and mathematical calculations for other sides. This year, we are the dominant side. We are as good as it gets and we just keep winning. Imagine if we won it all. We won everything. Now that would be our year.
This is our year!
News of the world in 90 seconds.
Two wars front and center this Monday morning. Republicans reacting to the loss of troops and ongoing attacks on the Iranian military.
Every president has faced challenges from Iran. President Trump's the first president in recent memory that's taken them on. And we have to respond when we have a peace agreement that they break.
Meanwhile, Moscow's gone after Kyiv overnight, the biggest ballistic attack yet. The Ukrainians are trying to hit supply lines in Russia to cause chaos. But these attacks here in Kyiv are 40 ballistic missiles into civilian areas. It's basically to terrorise people. Boris Johnson popped up to give some Putin insight. Putin doesn't really know from the West... What we want. And we won't declare that we really, really want Ukraine as part of the Western Committee of Nations. And Trump popped up to give some Burnham advice on the North Sea oil.
Andy Burnham has stated he will be opening up all the way the invaluable North Sea oil and will make the United Kingdom from a poverty-stricken disaster to one of the richest countries anywhere in the world. the world.
On the subject of stuff the new British Prime Minister might be up to, there's the ongoing issue that is the mess that is Thames water.
Let's be honest, I think this is something that we can all see. The privatisation of water hasn't worked.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:23
2
What sports headlines open the show and set the morning agenda?
0:23–10:15
3
How did the World Cup final build up and what controversies surrounded the tournament?
10:15–20:04
4
What do the latest inflation and price index numbers mean for New Zealand households?
20:04–29:47
5
Which SkyCity property sale matters and how could it affect Auckland's CBD recovery?
29:47–46:05
6
How did Ryan Fox win the Open and what were the key moments of the final round?
46:05–1:33:28
Speakers
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