Betoota Talks

Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota thanks to our friends at Woodstock! 18+ Drink Responsibly

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Joining Clancy and Errol this week is one of Australia's most successful businessmen, Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest. Currently the 7th richest person in the nation, Twiggy has broken from the herd of most other billionaires through his championing of net zero, his opposition to government fuel initiatives and his fight against modern slavery. We sat down with him to find out what motivates these actions, and why he doesn't just fund right-wing minor parties to promote his visions instead?

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Clancy Overell and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota thanks to our friends at Woodstock! 18+ Drink Responsibly

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Famed Australian TV star, comic and improv icon, Shaun Micallef joins BETOOTA TALKS to discuss his new book - 'De'Ath Takes a Holiday'. He also discusses his career thus far, and how a young insurance lawyer from Adelaide rose to become Australia's most long-running TV presenter. He also talks about how fucked the Australian gambling industry is, using much more astute language than us. He covers this insatiable Australian addiction in his new TV show 'Going For Broke' now screening on the ABCTV and ABC Iview

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Clancy Overell and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota thanks to our friends at Woodstock! 18+ Drink Responsibly

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Fresh off the back of the most talked about budget in a decade, the Treasurer swings through Betoota to face the music. CGT, Negative Gearing, Gas Tax, NDIS, the whole lot. Have a listen.

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Clancy Overell, Wendell Hussey and Errol Parker wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota thanks to our friends at Dan Murphy's!

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Ed Coper’s new book Angertainment is the starting point for this week’s conversation about algorithms, outrage media and what it’s all doing to society. The book makes a straightforward case: social media doesn’t just reflect our worst impulses, it monetises them. Algorithms reward anger because anger drives engagement. That creates an ecosystem where rage-bait thrives and serious journalism struggles to compete.

Outlets like The Betoota Advocate sit comfortably in that ecosystem. Their "conservative rural news" that looks like a duck and quanks, is often circulated by people who don’t always check before they share. Funny, maybe. Harmless, no. When "conservative rural news" content spreads at the same velocity as real reporting, public trust in the whole media landscape takes the hit.

The deeper issue is what this does to how people relate to each other. When your information diet is curated by an algorithm optimised for outrage, your perception of the world, and the people in it, gets distorted. That has consequences for communities, for political discourse, and for democracy.

We talk through Coper’s framework and ask what, if anything, can actually be done about it. He then puts us in our box.

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Wendell Hussey and Errol Parker wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota thanks to our friends at Dan Murphy's!

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Benny and Alex join BETOOTA TALKS to discuss their 5th and final album - what many critics are describing as a modern pub rock masterpiece, Ultra Dundee.  After 15 years of gruelling tours, BAD//DREEMS have always been praised by the rest of Australia's long-suffering rock music scene for never mixing their words about the raw deal that artists receive from labels, streamers and venues. In this interview, the boys explain why they've kept at it. And how, while juggling families and real jobs, it has all been worth it when they pull together an album like this.

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