Join Craig Hutchison and Damian Barrett for Ep 38.

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Time Codes

00.00 - Damo’s out of the hub. Celebrated a big birthday milestone in Brisbane.

3.00 – The Rhys Shaw Situation. Discussion about the media’s decision not to go with the story earlier than it did.

12.00 – Discussion of how North Melbourne handled the situation and the current state of the club.

16.00 – Which AFL clubs trip over their own nostalgia to their detriment? Why do players choose clubs and how do they morph into a destination club?

20.00 – Free agency

22.20 – Blame the Sub. Who’s responsible for accidently publishing the embargoed Dally M Medal winning details in the Daily Mail?

28.45 – Spin City – Hutchy is the editor of the Daily Mail who accidently published the story.

32.00 – Basil Zempalis is Lord Mayor of Perth!

34.00 – Hutchy and SEN is launching a station in Sydney 1170 SEN. For more info on the new station follow 1170 SEN on Twitter HERE.

35.30 – Kevin Rudd’s petition calling for a Royal Commission into News Corp’s domination of Australian media.

36.45 – Optics of Gladys Berejiklian doing an in-depth interview with the Daily Telegraph. Was it a risky move?

39.30 – Damo’s journalistic pin-up boy Nick McKenzie is collaborating with the New York Times now. Discussion of the obsession with getting a byline. Hutchy’s memories of a front page byline the day Fitzroy ‘died’.

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