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 Mars 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 Mars 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 Mars 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
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 Dec 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 Dec 202517min
