Weekly Wrap: What Taylor Swift did next, Trump peace plan for Gaza, and the Kidman-Urban split
Taylor Swift's new album ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ is out, and, like everything she does, it's smashing records. It’s a big talking point, so we’ll get you across the scale of it. Then we get into US President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, Australia’s new defence treaty with PNG, and Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s split. In what's coming up, we're heading into a massive weekend of sport, the start of daylight saving, federal parliament resumes, and Daniel Day-Lewis returns to acting.
Links
The BBC’s obituary for Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall talks about how she became interested in animals
Listen to our Shortcuts series on the business of Taylor Swift, Part 1 and Part 2
Claire’s recommendation: The New Yorker long-read ‘Carol Burnett Plays On’
Larissa’s recommendation: Hamnet, by Maggie O’Farrell
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Hosts: Claire Kimball & Larissa Moore
Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton
Researcher: Nicoletta Hay
Chapters
00:00 - Taylor Swift’s new album
12:23 - Gaza peace plan
14:55 - PNG defence treaty
17:27 - Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban call it quits
21:23 - What’s coming up in the week ahead
26:44 - Squiz Recommends
29:00 - Squiz Press
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Snoop Dogg, space travel, and secret Styles: The Squiz Quiz of the Week
On this episode of the Squiz Quiz, we're testing your knowledge of everything that happened this week with Squiz Founder Claire Kimball and Shortcuts Host Larissa Moore. Can you best our in-studio guests?
Here's a quick scoring guide if you're playing along at home:
The quiz has 8 questions.
Each question is worth 1 point (for a total of 8).
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Weekly Wrap: What went down at the UN, what’s driving Optus’s woes, and why Tylenol was in the news
A lot of headlines came out of the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, so we pulled out the major themes to make sense of it all. Then, we'll get you across the latest troubles for Optus, the AFR’s Power List, and why US President Donald Trump had Tylenol in his sights this week. In what's coming up, the AFL Grand Final, the Women's Rugby World Cup Final and PM Albanese is in London.
Links
Claire’s recommendation: ABC TV’s Australian Story episode on Kate Reid
Jodie’s recommendation: ‘Three Identical Strangers’ on Netflix
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Hosts: Claire Kimball & Jodie Speers
Producer & Audio Editor: Ryan Pemberton
Video editor: Charlie Devenport
Researcher: Nicoletta Hay
Chapters
00:00 - Wrap-up of the UN General Assembly
9:40 - Optus troubles
13:49 - Trump takes on Tylenol
17:27 - The AFR’s Power List
27:09 - What’s coming up in the week ahead
35:31 - Squiz Recommends
36:40 - Squiz Press
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Weekly Wrap: A new emissions target, ANZ’s record-breaking fine, and Fat Bear Week returns
There was a lot of climate policy news to get across this week, first with the release of the National Climate Risk Assessment, and then the government setting a 2035 emissions reduction target. We'll pull that together and make sense of it for you. Then, we'll go through a wrap up of what's happened in Gaza this week, ASIC's record-breaking fine against ANZ, and remembering Hollywood star Robert Redford. In what's coming up, the NRLW finals are on, UN Leaders Week begins, and Fat Bear Week is back.
Links
Claire’s recommendation - Sydney 2000 Olympic Opening Ceremony
Andrew’s recommendation - Task on HBO Max
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Hosts: Claire Kimball & Andrew Williams
Producer & Audio Editor: Ryan Pemberton
Video editor: Charlie Devenport
Researcher: Nicoletta Hay
Chapters
00:00 - Australia’s 2035 emissions target
12:51 - Israel’s ground offensive into Gaza City
16:33 - ANZ’s $240 billion fine
22:18 - Remembering Robert Redford
27:09 - What’s coming up in the week ahead
35:31 - Squiz Recommends
36:40 - Squiz Press
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Weekly Wrap: Charlie Kirk's assassination, tension in the Liberal Party, and Canberra gets its flowers
The US is on edge following the fatal shooting of US conservative activist Charlie Kirk - we'll explain who Kirk was, why he was significant, and what the political fallout has been as the search for his killer continues. We'll also cover Israel's strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar and Qatar's importance in the Middle East, the ongoing Jacinta Nampijinpa Price drama in the Liberal Party, and the resolved drama in the Murdoch family...
In what's coming up, it's a feast of sport, Canberra's Floriade festival brings back memories, and arrr, it's Talk Like a Pirate Day....
Links
Claire’s recommendations - This (paywalled) article on James Murdoch from The Atlantic and AKA Charlie Sheen
Jodie’s recommendation - QV Dermcare Sting-Free Ointment with Ceramides
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Also in our News Club show - ‘The Big Threat’ looks at how other democracies are equipping their populations to recognise and resist mis- and disinformation, and what Australia can learn from them.
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Hosts: Claire Kimball & Jodie Speers
Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton
Researcher: Nicoletta Hay
Chapters
01:00 - Charlie Kirk
09:00 - Israel and Qatar
13:54 - Jacinta Price
18:34 - Murdoch succession decided
22:40 - What’s coming up in the week ahead
29:35 - Squiz Recommends
32:00 - Squiz Press
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