162 episodes
- This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald unpick an eventful afternoon at the Reserve Bank of Australia and pull out our most surprising tidbits from reporting season’s first big week.
This podcast is sponsored by Workday
To ask a question, email chanticleer@afr.com
Further reading:
KPMG is radioactive. But probe also exposes clubby corporate Australia
Matt Comyn just turned the housing crash story on its head
Think house price falls are bad? The next shock could be far worse
Cleanaway board throws out the $9.4b baby with the bin water
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Prices up, jobs down in great Aussie squeeze, ASX’s strange high & coal comeback
07/08/2026 | 36 mins.This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald explain what job cuts and Jetstar cabin baggage fees tell us about the great Australian squeeze, they look at how the ASX hit a record high – and ask why no one seems to be celebrating, and they unpick America’s strange mission to save the land of the rising sun.
This podcast is sponsored by Workday
To ask a question, email chanticleer@afr.com.
Further reading:
Why boards are playing it safe and buying high instead of investing
Glencore bets that Australia’s woke anti-coal era is over, for now
House prices will decide where the ASX goes next
This hasn’t happened in markets in 28 years. It could mark a new era
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Why the Victorian premier’s fall matters to business, Inflation vs house prices & AI hedge fund implosion
31/07/2026 | 38 mins.This week senior Chanticleer columnist James Thomson and Australian Financial Review editor in chief James Chessell unpack the national implications from the coup that brought down the Victorian premier, they examine the RBA’s big interest rate dilemma between sticky inflation and falling house prices and try and unpick a week where it all got a bit strange in the AI boom.
This podcast is sponsored by Workday
To ask a question, email chanticleer@afr.com.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Big shoes to fill at Macquarie, good news on jobs is bad news on rates & China’s AI shock
24/07/2026 | 37 mins.This week Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald say farewell to one of the leading lights of corporate Australia, ask why good news on jobs may ultimately be bad news for the economy, and explain why China just sent a shot across the bows of America’s tech giants.
This podcast is sponsored by Elston
To ask a question, email chanticleer@afr.com.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Australia's most prestigious business column is now a podcast. Chanticleer is a weekly news breakdown of all things business, finance and markets. Every Friday, Australian Financial Review columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald go behind the doors of corporate Australia to give you their unvarnished analysis.
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