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The Fold: How a new history of NZ pop music reveals media's revolutions
The Fold: How a new history of NZ pop music reveals media's revolutions

The Spinoff

time7 days ago

  • Entertainment
  • The Spinoff

The Fold: How a new history of NZ pop music reveals media's revolutions

Gareth Shute joins The Fold to discuss his new book, Songs From the Shaky Isles. Gareth Shute is a historian of New Zealand music, who realised that there had never been a high level overview of the artists who shaped our pop charts. He's just published Songs From the Shaky Isles, a book which flies through a century of recorded pop music on these shores. He joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to discuss it, with particular reference to the way the rise of mediums like television, commercial radio and streaming impacted what was made and who got to hear it.

The Fold: What happened when advertising decided it could save the world?
The Fold: What happened when advertising decided it could save the world?

The Spinoff

time28-07-2025

  • Business
  • The Spinoff

The Fold: What happened when advertising decided it could save the world?

Brand strategy consultant Eugene Healy joins The Fold ahead of his talk at Media Spotlight 2025, to discuss the risks for brands who flirt with social activism. Eugene Healey is an academic and brand strategist based in Melbourne, and a sharp critic of clumsy attempts from brands to play social justice activists. He's traveling back to New Zealand to speak at the Comms Council's Media Spotlight event, and joins Duncan Greive on The Fold to discuss the unintended consequences of advertising's 'woke' years, and explain why brands should only show up for a community if they're truly committed to the bit.

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