Join Craig Hutchison and Damian Barrett for S6 Ep 23.

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Don’t Shoot the Messenger and The Sounding Board ‘MASH UP’

Date: Thursday 22nd July

Venue: The Astor Theatre, 1 Chapel St, St Kilda

Times: 5pm arrival, 6pm Live Podcast

Cost: $35 per person, includes a pre-drink upon arrival.

Proceeds donated to Breast Cancer Network Australia.

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0.00 – Was Damo one of the chosen ones at the highly controlled Hawthorn press conference? Discussion of the succession plan and how communicating it was handled by the club.

16.00 – Steve Hocking’s departure from the AFL. Is the position of general manager of football operations at AFL now too big or stressful for one person?

19.20 – How does Clarkson’s decision influence things at Collingwood?

23.00 – According to Popular Wisdom added to our list of sources. And the ‘secret list manager’ gets a by-line in the Herald Sun.

27.30 – Mic time and who gets what percentage of air-time during a game call.

35.30 - Is the beat reporter or ‘touring reporter’ a think of the past?

38.30 – Question of the Week for Drinkwise.

Nick Morelli asks “Do you guys get nervous at all before live tv ,radio or hosting gigs after all your experience?”

Xavier Roberts asks “How do journalists get their question heard during a busy press conference? Is it simply a case of the last person talking?”

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