Blaksiders

For our last episode of Blaksiders in our weekly show format, Pete and Gem look back at the news and current affairs highlights we've loved talking to you about over the past two years. Farewell for now!

This week, Peta and Gemma pick-up a conversation started by Canadian journalist Geoff Turner about Ozempic in his CBC podcast 'On Drugs'. Ozempic and similar brands (GLP-1s) are a pharamaceutical drug that have been described as the viagra of our generation. We disucss the implications of trying to medicate the population against stigma. This episode went to air Monday 24th November 2025.

This week, Gemma and Pete dabble in critic culture and give their hot take on Ryan Murphy's 'All's Fair'. This episode was broadcast on Monday 17 November 2025.

Pete and Gem disucss the news from the week involving the police. We're asking, when is a 'system error' more likely a systemic feature of modern policing? And who's job is it to fix it?

This week Peta and Gemma talk climate change and the Coalition's biggest challenge yet.

In this week's show, Gem and Pete reflect on the Cronulla Riots, which unfolded 20 years ago this December. This show went to air on Monday 27th October.

This week Pete and Gem are giddy to discuss Barney Joys' flirtation with One Nation as he struggles with relevancy deprivation. This show went to air on Monday 20th October.

This week Gem and Pete discuss the notion of 'social cohesion' and the misuse of the concept in attempts to silence dissent.

This week Gem and Pete check-in about the Greens and how they've travelling in the the 6 months since the federal election.

This week Peta and Gem draw upon their year 11 and 12 Modern History knowledge to try and read the week's events in International Relations. Is Albo our lifetime's Billy Hughes?