From the makers of Stuff’s smash hit The Commune, comes a new current affairs podcast series. Each episode, Eugene Bingham and Adam Dudding take their microphones on the road to bring you a true New Zealand story: sometimes quirky, sometimes serious – always surprising.
INTRODUCING Quarantine Nation Ep2
A lethal virus. A drastic lockdown. A nation turned upside down.
Listen to "Lockdown" – episode 2 of the new eight-part series revisiting the strange days of New Zealand's Covid-19 pandemic, from the makers of True Story.
Adam Dudding and Eugene Bingham delve into what really happened – and what it taught us about ourselves. Subscribe to "Quarantine Nation" wherever you get your podcasts. There's a bunch of links to pod players here: https://linktr.ee/quarantinenation.
Made with the support of NZ on Air for Stuff by Te Pūrongo Productions.
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3 Mar 2026
Introducing: QUARANTINE NATION Ep1
INTRODUCING Quarantine Nation.
A lethal virus. A drastic lockdown. A nation turned upside down.
Listen to episode 1 of the new eight-part series revisiting the strange days of New Zealand's Covid-19 pandemic, from the makers of True Story.
Adam Dudding and Eugene Bingham delve into what really happened – and what it taught us about ourselves. Subscribe to "Quarantine Nation" wherever you get your podcasts, or follow the links on this page: Quarantine Nation Player Links
Made with the support of NZ on Air for Stuff by Te Pūrongo Productions.
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17 Dec 2022
6: The Great Macron War
Adam and Eugene put on their war-historian hats to investigate one of the strangest cases from our nation’s internet past: the Great Macron War of 2018. Why did the normally genteel editors of Wikipedia’s New Zealand pages lose their cool – and why did some start to turn on each other?It’s a tale of online scuffles, cultural misunderstandings, robots … and a secret agent.
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9 Dec 2022
5: Cheryl Scott versus the people
When Ollie signed the lease for his flat, he also signed up to a bizarre and unforgettable challenge – life as a tenant of landlord Cheryl Scott. It’s a tale of rogue coat hangers, interminable phone calls and unpaid bills. Oh – and some toilet bowl photography.
This True Story is written and presented by guest host Ethan Te Ora.
For further coverage, see www.stuff.co.nz/national/130628181/vexatious-landlord-cheryl-scott-the-scion-of-a-property-empire-or-a-fantasist
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3 Dec 2022
4: Indefensible
After a nude art session goes embarrassingly wrong, a model finds himself in court on a serious charge. And it’s all downhill from there, when it turns out he’s hired precisely the wrong defence lawyer for the job. Eugene and Adam dig into an outrageous case of courtroom bumbling that some believe is just the tip of a miscarriage-of-justice iceberg.
Warning: This True Story refers to suicide and sexual offending and may upset some listeners.
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26 Nov 2022
3: Sweet as
Sugar. We can’t get enough because it tastes so damn good, right? Actually, there’s a bit more to it than that. Adam and Eugene delve into the fascinating science and make an intriguing discovery. They also learn what it would take for consumers to kick their sweet habit … and it isn’t what you might expect.
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19 Nov 2022
2: Bad seeds
When it comes to conservation is it as simple as native = good, exotic = bad? Adam and Eugene head for the hills, where they encounter real life-wallaby hunters and discover an unexpected pest threatening one of the most beautiful parts of the country. Plus, they investigate a heated debate about decolonising the environment centred on Auckland’s maunga.
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12 Nov 2022
1: My boss is a robot
Eugene and Adam meet workers of the modern gig economy: rideshare drivers whose every move is measured and controlled by an uber-automaton with no conscience and no soul. Hear the inside story of robo-firings, late-night stoushes, and helpdesk horrors.
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29 Oct 2022
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From the makers of Stuff’s smash hit The Commune, comes a new current affairs podcast series. Each episode, Eugene Bingham and Adam Dudding take their microphones on the road to bring you a true New Zealand story: sometimes quirky, sometimes serious – always surprising.
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