7AFL Podcasts

It's the last episode of The Agenda Setters and we have a blockbuster extended edition on trade deadline day.
Our very own Mitch Cleary is on the ground at AFL House and Tom Mitchell grades your club's trade period.
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The Breakers are back for an extended Trade Week edition, going behind the headlines, breaking down the biggest deals and revealing what really happens inside AFL newsrooms.
Tom's Top 3 AFL Media Managers?!

The latest on Dan Houston, Justin Leppitsch's comments and why Trade Radio speculation can quickly become headlines

Xander on the mega trade, why print journalists are struggling

The boys go inside the difficult media decisions facing North Melbourne over Nick Blakey and Carlton's latest off-field headlines

The biggest difference between cricket journos and AFL journos

Plus, Kim Kardashian's awkward F1 interviews, the fallout from Tom's AFLW comments and are journalists paying others to post their stories on social media?!

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2:01 Howie's hilarious “Australian man” commentary
4:51 Tom's Top 3 AFL media managers...
7:30 Tom reveals his AFL Media Manager of the Year
16:02 The biggest stories remaining in Trade Week
16:39 Leppitsch responds to Dan Houston speculation
20:38 Xander on the mega trade and whether fans really care
23:08 Why print journalists are struggling during Trade Period
24:44 Are clubs missing opportunities to promote their big trades?
26:56 When clubs deny a story you know is true
27:41 How the Bulldogs nailed the Zac Butters announcement
29:17 North Melbourne's media dilemma over Nick Blakey
32:47 Inside Carlton's latest off-field headlines
39:49 The ethics of journalists turning up at players' homes
44:12 Cricket vs AFL – the difference between covering the two sports
47:56 Kim Kardashian's awkward F1 interviews
49:56 Media Performer of the Week
51:53 The fallout from Tom's AFLW comments
57:10 Tom Papley's Instagram story featuring Nick Blakey
59:43 Are AFL journalists paying others to post their stories?
1:01:24 The Breakers sign off for 2026
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Tonight on The Agenda Setters, we have the latest on Chris Fagan’s future heading into 2027. What’s next for the former Brisbane Lions coach?
Mitch Cleary joins the show with an update on Zac Williams, while Liam Pickering weighs in on Gryan Miers’ future and what could be next for the Geelong star.
All that, plus plenty of footy news, debate and your favourite segments on The Agenda Setters.
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Tonight on The Agenda Setters, there’s just seven days to go in AFL free agency, and the player movement action is heating up.
We have the latest on Geelong star Gryan Miers’ future, while Zane Duursma’s movements come under the microscope.
Plus, Brisbane begin their search for a new coach, with the panel discussing who could be in the mix to take over at the Lions.
All that, plus plenty of footy news, debate and your favourite segments on The Agenda Setters.
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The Breakers take you inside Trade Week, revealing how deals get broken, stories get hedged and what really happens behind the scenes in AFL newsrooms.
Billy Brownless somehow beat Mitch to breaking the Zach Merrett deal...

Tom reveals the language to listen for during Trade Week and how clubs avoid actually saying a player is staying

Xander takes us inside the awkward logistics of TV news, from triple crosses to two-shots and staged handshakes

The boys explain the art of “hedging” when you know something is happening but can’t quite report it

Plus, the mysterious “Staff Writer”, a potential twilight Grand Final and the six phrases banned in AFL newsrooms

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New episodes every week.
0:50 The role of AFL media managers
2:58 The awkward logistics of a triple cross
5:20 Should Rowan Marshall have gone to the St Kilda B&F?
7:35 Inside the very different AFL club B&Fs
10:57 Who fronts a coaching sacking vs an appointment?
12:56 The mystery of the “Staff Writer”
15:20 Zach Merrett and Andrew Welsh’s dramatic change in position
16:55 Billy Brownless breaks the Merrett deal
19:15 Butters, Chris Scott and the Cats
20:35 Jarryd Roughead’s first Trade Period as Adelaide list boss
23:05 Gubby Allen’s infamous press conference
23:25 Trade Period clichés
24:05 The language to listen for during Trade Week
25:15 Is a twilight Grand Final coming in 2028?
29:35 How the Bobby Hill exclusive came together
30:35 Two-shots, handshakes and the tricks behind TV news
36:25 How promoting an exclusive can tip off rival journalists
37:50 Charlie Curnow rewind: “We were enemies at the time”
39:00 The art of hedging a story
40:55 Mitch on "shitting himself" over the Merrett deal
42:05 What AFLW media is missing
43:40 Why Tom wasn’t invited to the Copeland Trophy?!
45:15 The six phrases banned in AFL newsrooms
46:40 Injury carnage, the big dance and the worst kept secret
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