Hack

It's Shakeup Week. Today's target: the best of 2024. 

From illnesses being eliminated to billionaires paying off students' debts and a Top End teen catching a million dollar fish, these are the better moments that made 2024.

Host Dave Marchese is joined by comedian Anthony Locascio and model and presenter, Christian Wilkins. 

It's Shakeup Week. Today's target: international news.

From the hottest year on record, to the return of Donald Trump, and the conflicts that impact us all, these are the international news stories that dominated our feeds in 2024. 

Host Dave Marchese is joined by editor of The Daily Aus Emma Gillespie and Guardian reporter Rafqa Touma. 

When we spoke to Housing Minister Clare O'Neil last month, we asked her if she wanted to see house prices come down. She didn't.

So why aren't house prices going to get cheaper in Australia? And what does that mean for someone trying to crack into the market?

Today we ask an expert.

Guest:

• Ian Verrender, chief business correspondent, ABC

It's Shakeup Week, and today's a big one: we're doing sport. 

From the most Googled athlete of the year, to a green-and-gold wave at the Olympics, drug scandals, and Aussies dominating internationally, these are the ups and downs of sport in 2024.

Host Dave Marchese is joined by sports journalists and podcasters Marlee Silva and Josh Garlepp.

The escalating anti-Semitism in Australia over the past few months has been really scary. 

Police have called an arson attack at a Melbourne synagogue a terrorist attack, while cars have also been set on fire in Sydney and graffiti sprayed on homes. 

It's left many Jewish Australians feeling anxious and unsafe.

In this episode of hack, we hear from them.

Guest:

• Zac Morris, vice president, Australasian Union of Jewish Students

It's Shakeup Week. Today's target: pop culture. 

From the baby animals that dominated our feeds, to the space we held (and did not hold) for Defying Gravity and the Brat femininomenon, these are the pop culture moments that made 2024. 

Host Dave Marchese is joined by PEDESTRIAN TV's Issy Philips and comedian Billy D'Arcy. 

It's Shakeup Week. Today's target: Auspol. 

From some choice jewellery, to political protests, to the policies that took forever to get off the ground, this is the year in Australian politics. 

Host Dave Marchese is joined by former WA Liberal leader Zak Kirkup and author, influencer and former NSW Labor party staffer Alisha Aitken-Radburn.

Syrians are celebrating all over the world, after rebel forces seized control of the capital Damascus, and ousted the longtime dictator, Bashar al-Assad.

But what does the future of Syria look like? 

Will the millions who left the country now return? 

Is Syria about to become a democracy? 

Guest:

• Mouaz Moustafa, executive director, Syrian Emergency Task Force

Was it just us, or was Spotify Wrapped just a bit sh*t this year?

And the Hunter Biden pardon: fair or fraud? 

Plus, the biggest backflips and an NRL coach's war on the six-pack. 

Host Dave Marchese is joined by journalists Sarah Ison and Marty Smiley. 

We're always hearing that Australians are turning away from churches in big numbers. But there's one group going the other way: Gen Z men. 

So what's behind this?

Plus, Australia has changed its position at the UN to demand Israel end its occupation of the Palestinian Territories. 

And women say their real issues have been ignored by GPs because of weight stigma. 

Guests:

• Dr Andrew Thomas, lecturer in international relations and Middle East studies, Deakin University
• Father Nathan Webb, priest, Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba
• Dr Kathleen McPhillips, sociologist researching women and religion, University of Newcastle