- 9,440
- Episodes
- 1
- Transcribed
- 22
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About Checkpoint
Checkpoint with Lisa Owen is RNZ’s weekday drive-time news programme, Our people, stories and breaking news and interviews from 4-6pm.
- Publisher
- RNZ
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 20 Sept 2023
- Latest episode
- 14 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
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Inside a recent episode
Iranian citizens hoping for regime change conflicted amid war
Published 26 Jun 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And now with the ceasefire many of them believe that this is the worst case scenario for many of them. Now this regime is wounded. This regime has been even though Pezashkyan, the president of the country is trying to show what happened that the ceasefire as a victory. Essentially they were hit. And as history has shown every time that Islamic Republic regime gets hit, they go out and they put their anger out on their people. They take revenge on them. So a lot of people inside Iran feel like this is the worst case scenario for them. And it's easy to see why. Since the war, the 11 war began, they executed three people at their charges of spying for Israel or collaborating with Israel. […]
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- Dana Johannsen
- Rachel Moore
- John Glover
- Craig McCulloch
- Brittany Goodwin
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 6 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.1 / 5
- 16 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 62 / 100
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- Quality
- 86
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 95
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Who hosts Checkpoint?
Lisa Owen host the show. Published by RNZ.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Checkpoint take guests?
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