The NSW ICAC finds that former premier Gladys Berejikilian was found to have engaged in "serious corrupt conduct" but no criminal charges will be brought. Does the ICAC need to redefine what is and isn't corruption? 

The Australian government beefs up ACMA to fine platforms who publish misinfo.

The French hit the streets after the police shooting of a boy in the worst civil disruption in the country in 20 years.

The SCOTUS permits discrimination in one judgement but prohibits affirmative action in tertiary institutions.

And yes, we get to Johnny Bairstow's stumping. Not only was he out, he was guilty of stupidity. 

In breaking news, former NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has been found to have engaged in serious corrupt conduct by the ICAC but the anti-corruption body has stated she should not face criminal charges.

Vale Simon Crean, a great Labor man.

How long does Wagner Group's Yevgeny Progozhin have to live? The Two Jacks won't be selling him any life insurance.

Elections in Greece deliver Kyriakos Mitsotakis majority government while in Sierra Leone, Julius Bio wins re-election, one of Africa's great reformers.

In sport, the Two Jack's discuss the possibility of a mixed cricket Test with one listener providing his best eleven from the men's and women's Test sides. 

It has been a bloody huge week on the fringe.

Veteran journo Ross Coulthart of 60 minutes fame jumps on the UAP bandwagon. But are they aliens or is this just an elaborate psyop? If you're a listener, you probably already know the answer.

We look at a hot tip from friend of the podcast Guy who linked us to a guardian article about the ARC - Alliance for Responsible Citizenship. Sounds like newspeak huh. It's a weird brainfart of JBP and it sucks.

In cooker update we look at some recent 'died suddenly' nonsense including a ridiculous circular claim by an antivaxxer that Warnie died from the jab. Joel grew up with Shane Warne and Jack grew old with Shane Warne and we both want nothing to do with this shit. Stay the f**k away from Warnie!

And Pete ponders what great things will come from RFK Jr. spreading disinformation about vaccines. Probably as effective as your bubba yum yum broth mate.

Enjoy!

In domestic politics, the MP for Leichhardt Warren Entsch is enmeshed in a scandal where it's alleged he arranged a vaccine for a Russian property developer in Queensland and received a substantial political donation as a quid pro quo. Will Entsch be the first politician off the NACC rank?

As the Lehmann-Higgins saga continues, the 2 Jacks discuss possible legal reforms for victims of sexual assault.

In the US, some in the GOP are turning on Trump.

In the UK, BoJo is gone and for good this time.

South Africa's energy crisis turns to water shortages.

And in sport, the Ashes are alive but is Bazball all that it's cracked up to be?  

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Oh man this weeks premiums is LOOSE. We kick off with Thorpe calling out Van for being a handsy bitch but only being believed when Amanda 'white woman ex liberal senator' Stoker came out and said the same. What a fucking legend. Jack and I argue about bullshit there but at its core - Stoker is very brave to jump in bed with Thorpe and sink a colleague for the sake of justice and truth. Good on her. 

Oneegs is a fraud and a fuckwit and Guru is convicted ex-parte which will inevitably be 'the courts problem' because he isn't an adult and cannot handle being a real person. What a fuckwit. 

Good fun. Enjoy! 

This week we delve into Jack's specialty - true crime - and ask who killed Ray Locksley?

He was only a young lad when he was murdered and his life is often misrepresented by those who tell his story. So is his murder. Commonly known to be one of the many hits conducted by Chris 'rentakill' Flannery, that theory comes undone quickly when you shine a light on it.

So what the hell is a verbal? Well, policework was done differently back then and a cops word was as good as gold. But the cops were bigger crooks than the crooks. Many innocent people spent a long time behind bars on the back of a verbal. Things have changed a little since then.

Jack looks hard at the circumstances around Locksley's death and explores a criminal world where police and perps lived in parallel.

A botched attempt to stitch up the ideal fall guy is a perfect allegory for a time in Australia's history where criminals and cops worked in tandem and if you got in the way, you got shot.

Enjoy!

The Higgins-Lehrmann saga continues apace, putting political pressure on the Finance Minister, Katy Gallagher. Will it be a career ender? HK Jack says no, not at this stage but Gallagher is likely to lose a lot of skin.

Noel Pearson softens his approach on the Voice.

The Bunga Bunga Carnival is over as Silvio Berlusconi dies at 86. 

Bojo walks.

The Ukrainian counter offensive begins.

Trump could be toast after his first federal indictment and will the last person out of San Francisco please turn off the lights?

Meanwhile in sport, the International Test Championship delivers a breath of life into Test cricket but only if you win it. 

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Jack fleshes out the Kathy Folbigg pardon and explains why it happened, how it happened and how it was incredibly stupid. It's very interesting. 

Then we move on to what felt like a pivot but has truly become a serious issue in the hard right chud discourse. The trans pivot felt like a way for cookers to direct their bored anger and continue saving imaginary children but it looks like dark money and pilled lunatics are a match made in heaven to create violent unruly mobs that eventually bash people. 

We hoped this one would be a passing fad for our angry little friends but it seems like it's here to say. We also stick the boot into Elon Musk a bit because he sucks. 

Enjoy! 

The sudden resignation of WA Premier Mark McGowan has led to a burst of doubt and anxiety in the great state of WA with their political genius shuffling off stage left. Should Western Australians be sent off for counselling?

The Two Jacks review the Folbigg Pardon and conclude a serious miscarriage of justice occurred. How did our criminal justice system fail so badly?

Newspoll reveals a decline in support for the Voice. In the US, Mike Pence steps up while Trump stays stuck in the past.

In Sport, the AFL mercy kills its inquiry into the Hawthorn racism saga and Ange gets the job at Spurs. 

Ben Roberts-Smith is in deep shit. The yanks are unhappy and when the yanks are unhappy bad things happen. But they couldn't happen to a nicer bloke. Jack looks at BRS's bleak future and Joel looks at what the cookers have to say about him.

Mark McGowan has retired with a ridiculous record as one of the most popular state premiers in history. Did he leave because he was feeling tired or because Peter McCullough has bombshell evidence that destroying clives HCQ stash was a crime against humanity.

Probably tired.

In Cooker Update we have the one and only SOS in for a guest spot to talk about cooker conman Spiros who has recently had a bit of trouble due to a property development that made it on to ACA. Amanda Sheedy has called him out and it's a matter of time before he's expelled from the movement. But as a founder of MyPlace, he's not going out without a battle! But he's dodgy as shit.

In SovCits we explore the process of representing yourself in court. In Pete, he's piping up with some hot takes. They're quite shit. It's funny.

Enjoy!