The Shot Podcast

By Jo Dyer and Dave Milner

A weekly podcast about Australian politics, power and corruption. Each week Jo Dyer and Dave Milner probe the myths and half-truths pushed by those in power.

Sometimes profound, occasiona

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December 20, 2025 Celebrating the Quarterly Essay
With Dave and Jo enjoying a well-earned break, here is a recording of a great event that Jo chaired at Gleebooks on Sunday December 7 celebrating 100 editions of Black Inc's Quarterly Essays. She was joined on the panel by author of the most recent QE THE GOOD FIGHT Sean Kelly, friend of The Shot Jess Hill and the fabulous Benjamin Law.
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1h 5min
December 16, 2025 The Year That Was - Doug Cameron, Zoe Daniel, and many more!
David and Jo bring on former MPs Doug Cameron and Zoe Daniel to recap not only the news of the week, but the news of the year. We then look for highlights, lowlights and WTFs with an excellent crew: Ronni Salt, Emma Shortis, Thomas Mayo, Nasser Mashni, Jordan "Purple Pingers" van den Lamb, Grace Tame, Ketan Joshi, Joel Jenkins, Cheryl Kernot, Amy Remeikis and Konrad of Punter's Politics.

Support our journalism and this channel (while looking extremely attractive!) with our new Shot merch at this link - https://theshot.store/
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1h 25min
December 06, 2025 Time for Courage - Alice Grundy, Joel Jenkins and Michael Pascoe
War Crimes in Washington. Timidity in Canberra. Discounts at The Australia Institute. (Dave in a tent somewhere).

Sunday Shot viewers can get $5 off the Institute's wide-ranging new book, A TIME FOR BRAVERY using the promo code SHOT5:-

https://australiainstitute.org.au/store/
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1h 16min
November 29, 2025 Saving Country - Lorena Allam and Royce Kurmelovs
Royce is just off the plane from COP30 and joins Lorena Allam to talk about the planet's latest attempt to save itself. Plus an interview with Walkley Award-winning director Yaara Bou Melham on her film documenting the devastating legacy of asbestos mining on the Banjima people in WA, YURLU COUNTRY.

Details of YURLU COUNTRY screenings and how to donate to the legal fight: https://yurlucountry.com/take-action/
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1h 12min
November 22, 2025 The Sunday Shot - November 23
The Sunday Shot - November 23
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November 15, 2025 Editors Ahoy! - November 16 - Esther Anatolitis and Antoun Issa
Dave interrogates fellow editors @deepcut_news 's Antoun Issa and Meanjin's Esther Anatolitis about publishing in our contested times. Jo chimes in from the sidelines. Plus an interview on the Adolescent Man Box report on the state of our boys with Matt Tyler and Kate Fitz-Gibbons.
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1h 16min
November 08, 2025 Big Picture Politics - Marie Coleman and Daniel James
Two big moments in Australian politics: the 50th anniversary of the Dismissal and the passing of the first Treaty bill in Australia. Marie Coleman and Daniel James join us to discuss them.
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November 01, 2025 Nature Be Damned - Lucy Hamilton and Ketan Joshi
Dark Money expert Lucy Hamilton and Australia's best Climate Communicator Ketan Joshi outline the agendas and ideologies driving the global failure on Climate. Plus and interview with the Australian Conservation Foundation's Brendan Sydes on the EPBC Act reforms
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1h 5min
October 25, 2025 When Anthony Met Donald - Bob Carr, Nicole Chvastek and Bruce Wolpe
Jo and Dave are joined by TRUTH, LIES AND MEDIA co-host Nicole Chvastek and Bruce Wolpe to discuss THAT meeting, plus Bob Carr assesses Rudd, AUKUS and the Chinese perspective.

Bruce's essay: https://www.croakey.org/trumps-new-mccarthyism-and-what-it-means-for-australia/
Nicole's podcast: https://shows.acast.com/truth-lies-and-media
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October 20, 2025 Chris Hedges talks with Dave about journalism, censorship and empire
Pulitzer Prize winning war correspondent Chris Hedges sat down with Dave Milner for a lengthy discussion about his cancellation at the National Press Club of Australia, creeping fascism, ICE, and the betrayal of Palestine by Western journalists.

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