It's the final episode of 2023 and Hutchy and Damo have got themselves suited up and are ready to hand out this year's crop of prestigious Soundies awards, plus they discuss Mitchell Johnson's article on David Warner, Amazon Prime Video claiming the ICC broadcast rights for Australia, they argue the merits of the proposed senate inquiry into the Coles/Woolworths duopoly, and we have one last Craig's Carry-on for the year!

In this episode:

1:20 - The feedback to Craig's Carry-On

2:36 - Mitchell Johnson's piece on David Warner, and George Bailey's response referencing mental health

7:56 - Amazon Prime Video taking the Australian broadcast rights to ICC cricket tournaments

10:30 - The NFL's Black Friday broadcast integrated with interactive Amazon's online shopping

12:42 - The Kelce brothers' podcast – New Heights – recently highlighted athlete access in the USA

16:50 - Sky News getting a run on page 2 of the Herald Sun

19:07 - Rupert Murdoch sighted with a new female companion

20:23 - The Soundies

30:16 - Coles and Woolworth now set to face Senate inquiry

33:36 - Craig's Carry On

40:17 - Elon Musk's outburst at advertisers boycotting X

Hosts:

Craig Hutchison: twitter.com/craighutchy

Damian Barrett: twitter.com/barrettdamian

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Damo gives us a great summer recipe for barbecued prawns.

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Damo’s Dish is proudly supported by Cobram Estate, Australia’s most awarded extra virgin olive oil. Grown, harvested and first cold pressed in Northern Victoria.

Hutchy and Damo are given statements to agree or disagree with using a score out of 10.

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Hutchy and Damo answer your questions about the draft coverage, private ownership in AFL, the West Australian's coverage of Harley Reid, and CM Punk's return to the WWE.

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Hutchy and Damo hit all the heavy topics this week: the coverage of the Josh Giddey story, Netball Australia, Mark Cuban relinquishing his majority ownership of the Dallas Mavericks and Bruce Lehrmann. Plus, Craig's Carry On is back!

In this episode:

1:35 - Mainstream media finally caught on to the Uber/taxi truce

2:30 - The fallout after last week's episode

5:42 - The journalistic side of how the Josh Giddey story is being covered

14:54 - Why are Racing Victoria playing out the Jamie Kah incident as much as they have?

18:37 - Netball Australia's pay dispute

23:37 - Mark Cuban's move to sell his ownership of the Dallas Mavericks

26:02 - Bruce Lehrmann: why would he choose to sue Channel 10?

31:53 - Nick McKenzie's last few weeks: wins court case against Channel 7 to release emails, loses defamation case to Peter Schiff 

34:55 - The Manufacturer

37:14 - Kyle and Jackie O - will it work in the Melbourne market?

42:11 - Craig's Carry On

Hosts:

Craig Hutchison: twitter.com/craighutchy

Damian Barrett: twitter.com/barrettdamian

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Damo gives us a wonderful recipe for tasty peri-peri chicken.

Send us your recipe tips and suggestions or feedback to [email protected]

Damo’s Dish is proudly supported by Cobram Estate, Australia’s most awarded extra virgin olive oil. Grown, harvested and first cold pressed in Northern Victoria.

Hutchy and Damo are given statements to agree or disagree with using a score out of 10.

If you'd like to submit a statement for next week's Scorecard, message us here:

The Sounding Board is proudly supported by DrinkWise - if you're choosing to drink, choose to drink wise.

Hutchy and Damo answer your questions about the AFL Draft coverage, Mick Warner, the Las Vegas Grand Prix and the relationship between coaches and journalists at press conferences.

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Hutchy and Damo count the number of polo shirts at the AFL Draft, Hutchy requests a "please explain" as to how Damo got papped in Perth, they talk about the journalistic issues around Charissa Thompson's fabricated NFL reports, and Hutchy addresses the reporting of SEN from the past week.

In this episode:

0:36 - Please explain: Damo papped holding a beer in Perth!

2:32 - Polo shirt central at the Draft last night, and 29 selections

4:44 - Take Out The Trash: Coldplay 2024 tour announcement

6:00 - Channel 9 shift to the future as Peter Hitchener steps back

8:03 - When tongue-in-cheek is written as fact in the papers

9:52 - Josh Daicos' comments about AFL vs. EPL were meant to be light-hearted

11:42 - Hutchy addresses this week's reporting of the Sports Entertainment Group

30:29 - Let Dan Andrews play golf

32:25 - Charissa Thompson admits to making up NFL reports

Hosts:

Craig Hutchison: twitter.com/craighutchy

Damian Barrett: twitter.com/barrettdamian

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Inspired by Travis Kelce, Damo offers a recipe for a Kansas City Barbecue Sauce.

Send us your recipe tips and suggestions or feedback to [email protected]

Damo’s Dish is proudly supported by Cobram Estate, Australia’s most awarded extra virgin olive oil. Grown, harvested and first cold pressed in Northern Victoria.