March 10: One Country, Two Weather Systems — Floods, Festivals, and Fuel Fears in Australia
Australia’s split right down the middle this week — half underwater, half celebrating. In the north, floodwaters are rising fast in the Northern Territory and Queensland, with the Katherine River peak...
17 Mar 16min
March 3: Albo & Trump & Iran; Canada's Carney flies in for middle-power meetings; massive AI-powered mortgage scam revealed
This week's episode begins with discussion of the some of the reasons Melbourne has so many magnificent bands with amazing brass sections - and some chit-chat about one of those bands, Jazzparty, who ...
4 Mar 17min
Feb 24: Albo asks to downgrade the ex-Prince; Upscrolled the new Aussie social platform; Trump on the Gold Coast?
The big low over the big red heartAustralia is bracing for its biggest rains in decades as a massive monsoonal low over central Australia threatens to dump up to 30 centimetres of rain across the coun...
4 Mar 16min
February 10: Herzog human rights horror ; Australia's solar era is here; nevermind gold, we have silver fever
Australia starts the week in that rarest of states in February — not on fire that much. The major bushfires in Victoria are mostly out, with only a stubborn blaze in the Otways left smouldering. Elsew...
10 Feb 16min
January 27: actual Australian Day dates; Rob Hurst R.I.P
It (was) January 26 in Australia — that complicated national holiday where the nation commemorates a "national tradition" begun in 1994 by an elderly culture warrior Prime Minister with a black-armban...
10 Feb 15min
January 20: cars floating off the Great Ocean Road; Sydney sewer sharks and tennis
In Australia, January decided subtlety was overrated. Along the Great Ocean Road, tents, caravans, and the nation’s collective sense of normal weather were swept to sea by a “freak storm” — which, giv...
10 Feb 17min
Australia's empathy for Hong Kong; Hong Kong's influence on the energy transition and Melbourne's MTR-style expansion
This episode swerves from tragedy and solidarity to weddings, wind farms and wickets..Australia’s response to the Tai Po fires: messages of condolence from the prime minister and 51,000 Victorian volu...
2 Des 202516min
AC/DC and Amy: the burning torch of Aussie rocknroll handed down at the MCG
Melbourne shook again as AC/DC rattled the MCG at a skull‑cracking 127dB, but the real story starts with a cancelled punk gig, 35,000 dollars’ worth of apology beers, and the greatest PR move since “f...
2 Des 202517min
