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I'm David Farrier a new zealer who got accidentally marooned in America, and I want to figure

out what makes this country tick.

Now I've been saying that introductory line since May of 2021 when we started this podcast. I'd found myself stranded in America

when New Zealand closed its borders to keep COVID-19 out. I want to acknowledge

that in no time in New Zealand's history has a power like this been used.

Thanks to that strong response, thousands of lives were saved in New Zealand.

But it also meant my short trip to America suddenly saw me stranded here like Matt Damon stranded on that ice

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