Spin Cycle

Jess and Rachel are joined by guest co-host Natalie Feliks. Together they unpack the government's plans to ban young people from social media.

Author, screenwriter and former political advisor Don Watson joins the team by phone to unravel this week's US election, the Republican landslide and the future of the country under a Trump administration.

Rachel Withers is joined by guest co-host Daniel James to speak with Professor William Parlett on his recent article for The Conversation exposing the the National Anti-Corruption Commission's failure to investigate the Robodebt scandal.

Rick Morton joins Jess, Rachel and Charlie to discuss his new book Mean Streak, a "corporate thriller" that uncovers the horror of Robodebt. Rick gets into how it happened, where it all went so wrong and why we need to learn from this.

The team also delve into Senator Lidia Thorpe’s protest during King Charles’ visit to Parliament House and the media storm that surrounded it, including the comments of Azealia Banks… and they cover Al Jazeera’s reports against the ‘unfounded’ claims of the IDF as well as Australian media’s recent coverage of Palestine.

Dr Prudence Flowers joins Charlie and Rachel to delve into the American presidential debate. Together they explore the various interpretations of who came out on top, and ask whether presidential debates still have any major influence over US elections? If not, what does?

The team also discuss the saga of texts between journalist Janet Albrechtsen and Walter Sofronoff surrounding the Bruce Lehrmann case, and the government's proposed social media age restrictions.

Jess and Rachel are joined by writer Jinghua Qian to discuss the effect Israel's war on Palestine is having on freedom of speech in the arts locally. From the State Library of Victoria to the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra to multiple literary and music festivals, the team discuss the trend of censorship of artists by cultural institutions and the surrounding media conversation. They ask why creatives’ expressions of their opinions are being stifled, and what role sponsors might play in these cancellations.

The team also discuss the government fumbling of proposed census questions around sexuality and gender.

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Jess, Charlie and guest host Natalie Feliks discuss the recent lacklustre in the media of political commentary, particularly at the ABC. The team are then joined by Ben Abbatangelo to discuss the recent election in the NT - what is the agenda of the CLP and what does it mean for the coalition and Labor at a national level?

It's Radiothon week! And who's better than one of Australia's most well-respected investigative journalists, Paul Barry - the host of ABC's MediaWatch, to express the need and importance for community radio.

The team chat to Paul about the dire future of journalism in Australia and what needs to be done to improve the landscape while also giving some shout-outs to subscribers renewing for Radiothon.

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Louise Milligan joins Jess, Rachel and Charlie to share some insights into the recent Four Corners investigation into Channel 7's workplace culture.

The team also discusses some recent news involving Algerian boxer Imane Khelif.

Jess, Rachel and Charlie are joined by writer, Natalie Feliks, to talk about the misinformation campaign online and in the media around Algerian Olympic boxer, Imane Khelif. They also turn their attention to the government's watered down approach to caps on gambling ads. Plus they ponder whether totally mild will be the winning formula in the US presidential election.

This week, Jess and Rachel chat to former editor of the 7AM podcast, Scott Mitchell, about the industrial action that hit 9 Papers just as they were gearing up to cover the Paris Olympics. Plus they go deep on Mormon trad wife influencer, Ballerina Farm, in light of a controversial Sunday Times profile. And Rachel addresses the problem with Ralph Babet.