PM Anthony Albanese’s meeting with US President Donald Trump was the news story that carried through the week - how it went diplomatically, the critical minerals/rare earth minerals deal, and China’s response. Then we get into the latest in the Russia/Ukraine ceasefire talks, the fallout from the release of Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, and the Louvre heist.

Looking to get ready for the week in news? What’s Coming Up is now its own episode - in your feeds every Sunday for your podcasting/organisational pleasure. 

Links

Bryce Corbett interviews Trent Dalton for our Call Sheet series

Squiz Shortcut… Digging into the Oz-US Minerals Deal

NYT’s The Daily’s episode on the Louvre heist. 

Larissa’s recommendation: One for the DIY enthusiasts or aspirants -  Geneva Vanderzeil’s instagram account. 

Jodie’s recommendation: Top points if you noticed Jodie match her shirt to her recco… get your reading schedule sorted with ABC Radio National’s Top 100 Books.

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Hosts: Larissa Moore & Jodie Speers

Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton

Video editor: Charlie Devenport

Researcher: Nicoletta Hay

Chapters

00:00 - Albanese-Trump meeting

10:54 - Virginia Giuffre’s memoir

13:51 - The Louvre heist

17:41 - Squiz Recommends

19:27 - Squiz Press

On this episode of the Squiz Quiz, we're testing your knowledge of everything that happened this week with Squiz Shortcuts host Larissa Moore and Squiz Content Manager Nicoletta Hay. Can you best our in-studio guests?

Here's a quick scoring guide if you're playing along at home:

The quiz has 8 questions.

Each question is worth 1 point (for a total of 8).

Here's a link to our Shortcut on Critical Minerals

Here's that song The Elements we were talking about

And here is a link to Daniel Radcliffe performing it

A bit on Wolf Hall and Hot Milk

And 'Australia's Top 100 Books of The 21st Century' list.

Our segment on What’s Coming Up for the week ahead is now its own episode. We get a lot of feedback from Squizers that one of the most helpful things we do is to get you across what’s going on in the day/week ahead. So we decided to create a bit more space for it with this new News Club episode. 

This week, we’ll spend a bit of time talking about PM Anthony Albanese’s long-awaited meeting with US President Donald Trump. There’s an upcoming hearing for a coronial inquest into domestic violence in Alice Springs. And we check in on how Indonesian President Probowo Subianto is faring after one year in office. 

And if you haven’t listened to the Weekly Wrap yet, just go one episode back and, coupled with this podcast, you’ll be caught up and ready to tackle the week ahead. 

Links

Children’s Week 

AusArt Day 2025 

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Hosts: Claire Kimball & Jodie Speers

Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton

Video editor: Charlie Devenport

Researcher: Nicoletta Hay

Chapters

00:00 - PM Anthony Albanese’s long-awaited meeting with US President Donald Trump.

05:29 - Coronial inquest into domestic violence

07:17 - The first anniversary of Probowo Subianto's presidency

09:52 - The run of the news for the week ahead

There was a lot of attention this week on the release of the hostages held in Gaza, and quite a bit to unpack on the implementation of the peace deal. There’s been a few shaky moments... Then we get into Treasurer Chalmers’ superannuation tax backflip, the renewed search for missing 4yo Gus Lamont, and the big reaction to Diane Keaton's death last weekend.

What’s Coming Up for the week ahead is now its own episode - it will be out tomorrow morning for your podcasting/organisational pleasure. 

Links

Ariane Titmus’s coach Dean Boxall going bananas

Squiz Shortcut - Why the super tax got a rethink

Claire’s recommendation: ‘English Teacher’ Soundtrack

Jodie’s recommendation: Season 2 of ‘I Was Actually There’ on ABC iview

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Hosts: Claire Kimball & Jodie Speers

Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton

Video editor: Charlie Devenport

Researcher: Nicoletta Hay

Chapters

00:00 - Implementation of the Gaza peace plan

10:18 - Superannuation tax plan changes

14:05 - Renewed search for Gus Lamont

17:29 - Diane Keaton’s death

20:00 - Squiz Recommends

22:13 - Squiz Press

On this episode of the Squiz Quiz, we're testing your knowledge of everything that happened this week with Squiz Founder Claire Kimball and CyberCX Chief Strategy Officer Alastair MacGibbon. Can you best our in-studio guests?

Here's a quick scoring guide if you're playing along at home:

The quiz has 8 questions.

Each question is worth 1 point (for a total of 8).

And here's the link to some Banana Ball highlights.

Our segment on What’s Coming Up for the week ahead is now its own episode. We get a lot of feedback from Squizers that one of the most helpful things we do is to get you across what’s going on in the day/week ahead. So we decided to create a bit more space for it with this new News Club episode. 

This week, we’ll spend a bit of time talking about the key timings for the newly inked ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. France’s loss of its fifth PM in 2 years and Japan’s vote on Wednesday could see both with new political leadership in the week ahead - we’ll get you across that. And with the first game in the 2025 Constellation Cup coming up, we check in with netball and their efforts to put the elite level of the sport back on track. 

And if you haven’t listened to the Weekly Wrap yet, just go one episode back and, coupled with this podcast, you’ll be caught up and ready to tackle the week ahead. 

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Hosts: Claire Kimball & Jodie Speers

Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton

Video editor: Charlie Devenport

Researcher: Nicoletta Hay

Chapters

00:00 - The implementation of the Gaza peace deal

3:50 - New political leadership for Japan and France

8:09 - Rivals face off in The Constellation Cup

18:20 - The run of the news for the week ahead

There was a big breakthrough this week with Israel and Hamas agreeing to phase one of a ceasefire deal in Gaza. There’s a lot to unfold from here so we get you across that and US President Donald Trump’s victory lap. Then we get into new details on the Optus triple-0 outage and what it means for the upcoming bushfire season, and efforts to save climbers around Mt Everest this week. We also check in with Valerie, the Kangaroo Island escape artist, and a Vanity Fair subscription offer worthy of your consideration. 

Our segment on What’s Coming Up for the week ahead is now its own episode - it will be out tomorrow morning for your podcasting/organisational pleasure. 

Links

Our shortcuts episode on the annual whale migration

Claire’s recommendation: $1 USD a month Vanity Fair subscription

Larissa’s recommendation: Valerie the dachshund on Australian Story - ABC iView

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Hosts: Claire Kimball & Jodie Speers

Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton

Video editor: Charlie Devenport

Researcher: Nicoletta Hay

Chapters

00:00 - Gaza ceasefire plan

9:33 - Optus outage update

15:03 - Mt Everest rescue

18:20 - Humpback whales bounce back

21:37- Squiz Recommends

24:31 - Squiz Press

On this episode of the Squiz Quiz, we're testing your knowledge of everything that happened this week with Shortcuts Host Larissa Moore and Content Manager Nicoletta Hay. Can you best our in-studio guests?

Here's a quick scoring guide if you're playing along at home:

The quiz has 8 questions.

Each question is worth 1 point (for a total of 8).

Taylor Swift's new album ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ is out, and, like everything she does, it's smashing records. It’s a big talking point, so we’ll get you across the scale of it. Then we get into US President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, Australia’s new defence treaty with PNG, and Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s split. In what's coming up, we're heading into a massive weekend of sport, the start of daylight saving, federal parliament resumes, and Daniel Day-Lewis returns to acting. 

Links

The BBC’s obituary for Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall talks about how she became interested in animals

Listen to our Shortcuts series on the business of Taylor Swift, Part 1 and Part 2

Claire’s recommendation: The New Yorker long-read ‘Carol Burnett Plays On’

Larissa’s recommendation: Hamnet, by Maggie O’Farrell

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Hosts: Claire Kimball & Larissa Moore

Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton

Researcher: Nicoletta Hay

Chapters

00:00 - Taylor Swift’s new album

12:23 - Gaza peace plan

14:55 - PNG defence treaty

17:27 - Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban call it quits

21:23 - What’s coming up in the week ahead

26:44 - Squiz Recommends

29:00 - Squiz Press

On this episode of the Squiz Quiz, we're testing your knowledge of everything that happened this week with Squiz Founder Claire Kimball and Shortcuts Host Larissa Moore. Can you best our in-studio guests?

Here's a quick scoring guide if you're playing along at home:

The quiz has 8 questions.

Each question is worth 1 point (for a total of 8).