The place to go for conversations about the news. Each Saturday, Claire Kimball and Kate Watson present the Weekly Wrap - the week in news and what's coming up....
Weekly Wrap: It's an election, top-secret group chats, and the new Olympics plan
The federal election for 2025 has officially been announced, and we cover what happened this week with the Budget. Plus, the story out of the US about a journalist being accidentally added to a top-secret chat group, and big news about the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.
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The Trump administration accidentally texted me war plans
Lemon and ricotta cake
The Studio on Apple TV+
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Hosts: Claire Kimball & Kate Watson
Producer: Annelise Taylor
Editor: Ryan Pemberton
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Newsmakers with Bryce Corbett
Bryce’s career spans many of Australia’s top media outlets, but these days, he is the Director of Squiz Kids, having started our daily news podcast for busy families back in 2020. Bryce just returned from a Churchill Fellowship trip, exploring how global efforts are tackling mis and disinformation. He talks about what he learnt and also shares his experience interviewing Belle Gibson in 2015, when she confessed to faking her cancer diagnosis.
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Newshounds, our media literacy program
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Weekly Wrap: ACCC's supermarket probe, ceasefires, and back down to Earth
Two astronauts caused a splash this week. We chat about that, plus the latest on the ceasefires between Israel-Gaza and Ukraine-Russia. We also talk about ACCC's recent findings from their supermarket inquiry and why the new Netflix series Adolescence has started some big conversations.
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Adolescence
The School of St Jude
Gwyneth Paltrow's interview with Vanity Fair
Newsmakers with Betoota Advocate
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Editor: Ryan Pemberton
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Newsmakers with The Betoota Advocate
For nearly 10 years, The Betoota Advocate has reigned as one of Australia’s most popular satirical news brands. In this chat, Charles Single (aka Errol Parker) and Zenon Kosmider (aka Wendell Hussey) share the backstory to The Betoota Advocate, their unique approach to news content, and how they’ve managed to engage us for almost a decade.
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Weekly Wrap: A wild weather wrap-up, Trump's tariffs, and a Snow White saga
In this Weekly Wrap we kick off with a look at the WA and Greenland election results before looking at the mop up from ex-TC Alfred and the drought in southern Oz. We also get across the latest on tariffs, why global share markets struggled this week, and former Aussie of the Year Richard Scolyer's update this week.
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Potato recipe (again...)
Pics of the beach erosion from ex-TC Alfred
The New York Times' visual story on former President Rodrigo Duterte's 'war on drugs' (warning: graphic images)
Variety's story - Rachel Zegler on Reinventing Snow White
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Hosts: Kate Watson & Claire Kimball
Editor: Ryan Pemberton
The place to go for conversations about the news. Each Saturday, Claire Kimball and Kate Watson present the Weekly Wrap - the week in news and what's coming up. Super handy if you're busy and want a recap of the week that was, a way to get ahead of next week and some helpful news recommendations on your way through...
Then there's our limited interview series, in which Kate sits down with journalists and experts to help give you an understanding of the news behind the headlines.
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