Episodes
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: Pub Trivia, Cummins & Khawaja, Microsoft Outage & Fish Sauce Finished
Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.Click here for up to 45% off CLICK HERE TO WIN TICKETS TO BETOOTA'S AUDIBLE TRIVIA NIGHT AT THE PADDO RSL ON THE 18TH OF NOVEMBER Subscribe to…
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Hamish Blake on Discovering Hard Yakka
He’s had a multi-decade career at the steepest heights of the entertainment industry, with top rating radio, TV and streaming shows as well as a successful New York pub, but there’s still one thing Hamish Blake has never done: A proper day’s work. His new show Unskilled Adult seeks to change…
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: Alleged Horse Racing, US Midterms, Albo Treats Sportsbet, Price Gouging & Road Rage Ends
Clancy Overell and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.Click here for up to 45% off Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok
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Are We Witnessing Trump's Last Hurrah? (with Charles Croucher)
What the heck are the midterms? And how do they affect us down here? Former US correspondent for Nine, Charles Croucher, joins Betoota Talks to give us the run down on the many different political soap operas currently taking place across the United States. For the first time since the Obama era,...
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: Sleep Scores, New Sydney Airport & Ben Roberts Smith Catered Headlines
Clancy Overell and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.Click here for up to 45% off Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok
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Will Australia Bow Down To The A.I Oligarchs? (Featuring Anna Funder)
One of Australia's most decorated living authors, Anna Funder, joins Betoota Talks to discuss about how the current state of global politics and economics feels kind of familiar. A keen student of pre-war Europe and an on-the-ground observer of Easter Berlin after the wall came down, Funder talks...
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How To Defeat One Nation (Featuring Peter Beattie)
Former Queensland Premier Peter Beattie joins Betoota Talks to tell us how the world works. The first man to take on One Nation - and crush them - in the 1990s, Beattie explains how he tackled grievance politics head-on and let his opponents blow themselves up. He's never been above praising the...
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: One Nation Support Drops, AI Psychosis, Sleeping Habits & Renshaw Heroics
Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.Click here for up to 45% off Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok
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The Sh*ttest Moments In Australian Sport
Geoff Rissole and Nick Furphy (the blokes behind Shit Towns Of Australia and Shit Towns of New Zealand) join the Betoota Advocate team to discuss the official list of shittest moments in Aussie sport. The unflappable stalwarts of Trans Tasman social media give us the run down on their new book...
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: Roosters Win The GF, No Fairytales & Brisbane Olympics Logo
Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.Click here for up to 45% off Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok
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The Australian Identity Has Changed Forever. What Is It Now? (featuring George Megalogenis)
The nation's most esteemed political analyst and demographics wizard, George Megalogenis joins Betoota Talks to explain just how different Australia actually is to what our media, politicians and cultural commentators think it is. The demographics aren't changing, they have changed. The voting...
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The Kiwi / Aussie Celebrity Draft (featuring Joe Daymond)
The cult Kiwi heavyweight of comedy, Joe Daymond joins Betoota Talks this week to tackle one of the great political issues of our time: is Russell Crowe a Kiwi or and Aussie? Who gets to claim Crowded House? Why do the Kiwis want Kyle Minogue to be one of theirs so badly. The Betoota Advocate...
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: El Niño, Make It Stop, Brisbane Lions & Grand Final Entertainment
Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.Click here for up to 45% off Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok
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The Great Rort Of Whyalla (featuring Paul Barry)
A titan of Australian journalism, Paul Barry has finished up at Media Watch and is back on the beat as an investigative journalist. And the story he's just broken is massive. Ever heard of Whyalla? It's down on the bottom of South Australia and it looks like this town has been F*CKED by an...
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: Border Collie, Smiley Fritz Log, Servo Hot Box, AI Tesla Misses Exit
Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.Click here for up to 45% off Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok
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Kevin Rudd’s Homecoming - Live From Eumundi Writer’s Festival
Take me home, country roads! Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd returns to his rural Queensland hometown for the 2026 Eumundi Writer's Festival. After wrapping up his high-profile tenure as Australia's Ambassador To Washington D.C - Mr Rudd joins Clancy Overell from The Betoota Advocate on stage at...
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: Alboriithm, Work Wanks, Black Market Ciggies & Woke Maths Teacher
Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.Click here for up to 45% off Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok
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LADY CHU: Queen of Kings Cross, Hospitality Innovater & Sydney Council's #1 Enemy
Joining Clancy and Wendell in the studio today is an icon of Sydney, and a driving force behind the revitalisation of the city's nighttime economy. Nahji Chu, better known as Lady Chu, has been at the forefront of hospitality for more than a decade, with her Kings Cross Restaurant one of the most...
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: Japanese Clothing, Immigrant Assimilation, Native Forest Logging & Property Investment
Errol Parker brings you all the latest headlines live from the Desert Rock FM Studio in downtown Betoota. Thanks to Betoota Golf Club and BYD Betoota for sponsoring the show Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok
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NERVE - Queensland’s musical production prodigy remixes the Bluey theme song.
This week’s episode of Betoota Talks is more than a podcast interview. It's a showcase. One of Queensland's most decorated mix masters, NERVE, brings in all of his production kit and begins sampling old records. From classic Aussie TV jingles to Killing Heidi. This is great fun. Watch the full…
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Should Incels Be Forced To Do National Service? (Featuring Chanel Contos)
Prepare for some eye-opening and breathtaking revelations on BETOOTA TALKS this week, as the editors are joined by Chanel Contos. An author and social activist who finds herself fighting the least sexy causes in social justice. How do we say that unbridled access to online porn is ruining...
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Karl Stefanovic Vs Robert Irwin, Antivax Birds, Post-Beach Phone Time & Kyng Kyrgios
Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.Click here for up to 45% off Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok
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WADE FORSTER: Queensland Rodeo Star & Country Music Sensation
It’s rare to get a guest from as west as Betoota - but Wade Forster is just that. From Winton (Queensland) to Nashville (Tennessee) The former rodeo party boy turned global country music singer joins BETOOTA TALKS on the eve of his 3rd studio album. There are some very funny yarns spun in this...
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: Gay Barnaby, Census Conspiracies, Menace on the Census, Queensland Renovations & Bird Flu Vaccine Skeptics
Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.Click here for up to 45% off Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok
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Allegra Spender and Zali Steggall: Community Strong Australia
With the Australian political establishment shifting significantly, we are joined by the newest party on the scene - Community Strong Australia. Also known as Competent Sheilas Australia, the driving forces behind the party, Allegra Spender and Zali Steggall stopped by to give us the run down on...
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: Problem Gamblers, Real Estate Agents Rattled, Jetstar Charging For Toilets & Pervert Glasses
Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.Click here for up to 45% off Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok
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What do Cuba, Pine Gap, and North Korea have in common? (featuring Boy Boy)
This week we are visited by two of the biggest creators Australia has produced. Boasting 7 million subscribers between them, Aleksa Vulović (Boy Boy) and Alex Apollonov (IdidAthing), joined the show to chat about the incredible journey. From a hair cut in North Korea to breaking into Pine Gap and...
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Did the White Australia Policy End Slavery? (featuring Ryan Butta)
One of the most conveniently forgotten chapters in Australian history is interrogated and mapped out this week on Betoota Talks. Nobody wants to imagine that our sunburnt larrikin nation was built off the back of slaves... But a lot of it was. It's not a culture war, it's a historical fact. This...
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: SIT DOWN, World’s Worst Cars, The Odyssey & Chips For The Table
Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.Click here for up to 45% off Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok
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BETOOTA TALKS BIRTHRIGHT: The Housing Crisis Horror Film Terrifying Boomers
Joining Clancy and Errol this week is Zoe Pepper and Cody Greenwood, director and producer of the new Australian film Birthright. Birthright uses the form of horror to examine generational relationships amid the housing crisis as a millennial couple are forced to move back in with their boomer...
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: Vale Sam Neill, University AI, Blokes Sauna & It’s Never Coming Home
Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota.Click here for up to 45% off Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok
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The Life and Times of Andy Lee (Featuring Andy Lee)
Most Australians have grown up with this bloke on their airwaves and televisions - so it was very kind of him to take the best part of an hour out of his day to join this week's episode of with Betoota Talks. After a storied career in radio, TV comedy, children's books and game show hosting…
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BETOOTA TALKS to Martin Bella, QLD Origin great and North Queensland local councillor.
Big Marty Bella, a renegade from the sugar cane town of Sarina. He played 28 Origins for Queensland and plenty of NRL. He's also a physio and local councillor in Mackay. He does not miss when it comes to Pauline Hanson. Marty refreshes all of us on how things work in the Deep North. This is some...
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: WTF Are Consultants?, Good Grandson, Office NPC & Socceroos vs Salah
Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota, thanks to our friends at BitDefenderClick here for up to 45% off Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok
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Betoota Talks - Bill Shorten: Yes here he is, Big Billy Shorten.
We spoke to Bill about a whole range of things from how current Treasurer Jim Chalmers is a shameless plagiarist who has pawned Bill's signature policy ideas off as his own, such as putting the dog up property investors and making tech start up guys quiver in their sneakers. Also returning money…
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: SOCCEROOS GO THROUGH, Karlos Interviews Bryant, Endometriosis Diagnosis & Bob Katter
Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota, thanks to our friends at BitDefender - Click here for up to 45% off Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok
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Gisele Kapterian - The Liberal Party's Last Hope
This week on BETOOTA TALKS, the former Liberal candidate for Sydney's Upper North Shore, Gisele Kapterian joins to talk about what drew her to the party - and why she has stayed. Kapterian has been put through the ringer in her effort to represent the people of the Bradfield electorate, and it...
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: Revenge For Gallipoli, Pauline's Press Club Address And the New York Knicks!
Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota, thanks to our friends at BitDefender - Click here for up to 45% off...
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Australian football oracle Lou Sticca discusses the 2026 FIFA World Cup!
Australian FIFA match agent, prominent player agent and founder of the Carlton Soccer Club, Lou Sticca joins Betoota Talks to discuss the state of Aussie of football. Can we make it through the pool matches? How can we boost Australian mens soccer like we have done with the womens? What is the...
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: Melbourne Queues, Elordi Bond, Year 1 Tea Towel & Junior Soccer Ref
Clancy Overell, Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota thanks to our friends at Woodstock! 18+ Drink Responsibly Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok
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Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest Doesnt Want to be The Richest Person in the Cemetery
Joining Clancy and Errol this week is one of Australia's most successful businessmen, Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest. Currently the 7th richest person in the nation, Twiggy has broken from the herd of most other billionaires through his championing of net zero, his opposition to government fuel...
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: Prime Minister Pauline? Jim's Sick Experiment, Barnaby’s Abortion & Aussies in London
Clancy Overell and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota thanks to our friends at Woodstock! 18+ Drink Responsibly Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok
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SHAUN MICALLEF Talks Sexy Vampires & Australia's Unquenchable Gambling Habit
Famed Australian TV star, comic and improv icon, Shaun Micallef joins BETOOTA TALKS to discuss his new book - 'De'Ath Takes a Holiday'. He also discusses his career thus far, and how a young insurance lawyer from Adelaide rose to become Australia's most long-running TV presenter. He also talks...
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: Fuel Carry-On, Sexy Ice Hockey, Genius Laurie Daley & Ponga’s Midriff
Clancy Overell and Wendell Hussey wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota thanks to our friends at Woodstock! 18+ Drink Responsibly Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok
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BETOOTA TALKS: Treasurer Jim Chalmers
Fresh off the back of the most talked about budget in a decade, the Treasurer swings through Betoota to face the music. CGT, Negative Gearing, Gas Tax, NDIS, the whole lot. Have a listen.
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: Federal Budget, English Backpackers, Sydney Bankers & Arsenal
Clancy Overell, Wendell Hussey and Errol Parker wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota thanks to our friends at Dan Murphy's! Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok
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Angertainment & Slopulism with Ed Coper
Ed Coper’s new book Angertainment is the starting point for this week’s conversation about algorithms, outrage media and what it’s all doing to society. The book makes a straightforward case: social media doesn’t just reflect our worst impulses, it monetises them. Algorithms reward anger because...
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: Federal Budget, Iran Peace Talks, Lightsaber Nerds & Ivan Cleary
Wendell Hussey and Errol Parker wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota thanks to our friends at Dan Murphy's! Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok
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Adelaide's pub rock cult heroes BAD//DREEMS discuss their band's swan song: ULTRA DUNDEE
Benny and Alex join BETOOTA TALKS to discuss their 5th and final album - what many critics are describing as a modern pub rock masterpiece, Ultra Dundee. After 15 years of gruelling tours, BAD//DREEMS have always been praised by the rest of Australia's long-suffering rock music scene for never...
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WEEKLY BULLETIN: Boomer Tax Loopholes, Torpedo The Cruise, Met Gala & Coconut Water
Wendell Hussey, Clancy Overell and Errol Parker wrap up all the biggest stories from the week - live from the Desert Rock FM studio in downtown Betoota thanks to our friends at Dan Murphy's! Subscribe to the Betoota Newsletter HERE Betoota on Instagram Betoota on TikTok
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Clancy Overell and Errol Parker, editors of the explicitly raw but iconic Outback Australian newspaper known as The Betoota Advocate report fiercely - without fear or favour.
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