Spin Cycle

On this week's episode of Spin Cycle, Jess and Charlie return and talk about Q+A's controversial panel inclusions, racism in the AFL, the UK's budget struggles and billionaires buying newspapers for their children.

This week on Spin Cycle, Jess and Charlie talk to Jess Ho, food writer and former food/drink editor of Time Out Melbourne. She is also the author of Raised By Wolves, a coming-of-age tale adventuring in the world of food and hospitality. The team discusses the entertainment provided by press releases and negative reviews, as well as discussing whether politicians practise what they preach.

It's Radiothon time at Triple R and the entire Spin Cycle team has reunited to help spread the word about the importance of community and listener funded media.  They're joined by special guest Patricia Karvelas ( the host of ABC's RN Breakfast) who shares her own personal experiences with community media.

Radiothon is on now until October 5, 2022.  If you want to join in and help support Spin Cycle you can subscribe to Triple R here by October 5 2022 to go in the running to win a heap of prizes. (T&Cs here).

Jess and Charlie chat through the news stories of the week, the biggest involving Charlie's employer, Crikey, in the week that Lachlan Murdoch filed proceedings for defamation against the independent news site. They also discuss the fallout from Lena Wilson's New York Times review of Bodies, Bodies, Bodies and ponder what level of dancing is acceptable to the media for an international leader.

This week on a guest-free Spin Cycle, Jess and Charlie get into the details of Scott Morrison's many secret ministries, what senior journalists knew and when, and the ethics of holding back a big scoop for more than a year. Plus, when should former Prime Ministers be forced to vacate the public square and what important stories got lost in the noise around Morrison this week?

Saffron Howden is a journalist providing editorial training to regional publications across the country with ACM (Australian Community Media). Charlie and Jess talk to her about the series, Young & Regional, encouraging young journalists to draw their own experiences in reporting on the housing crisis.

This week, the Spin Cycle team welcome award-winning journalist Michael Miller who has the spent the last year covering Australia as a foreign correspondent for The Washington Post. He talks through the daunting task of embedding in a new country, finding the right stories for an American audience, and his reflections on the Australian accent. 

With presenters Jess Lilley, Najma Sambul and Charlie Lewis.

This week, the Spin Cycle team is joined by Tom Ravlic, a journalist and author to discuss his new book Crown: Playing in the Shadows. Ravlic delves into how Crown was able to get away with "illegal, dishonest, unethical and exploitative" conduct for so many years, and the role whistleblowers and the media play in bringing these kinds of scandals to light. Plus our favourite confected media outrage of the week (it involves sending grizzled army vets into high schools to stop kids vaping) and Charlie gets a shout out in Jess's favourite podcast.

With presenters Jess Lilley and Charlie Lewis.

Charlie and Jess are joined by Iraq War whistleblower and independent MP, Andrew Wilkie, in this raw and fascinating discussion about the price whistleblowers pay and the urgent need for better protection.

The far reaching conversation covers Wilkie's own harrowing experience, as well as Julian Assange, Bernard Collaery, Witness K, Richard Boyle and more.

with presenters Jess Lilley and Charlie Lewis

This week, The Spin Cycle team are joined by The Age's Education Editor Adam Carey, for a longform conversation about all things education reporting. Learn about what its like to work on the ground reporting on education issues, the schooling system and more during a global pandemic. 

With presenters Jess Lilley, Najma Sambul and Charlie Lewis.