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Hack — 305 episodes

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DEEP DIVE: How students are surviving mandatory placements

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THE SHAKEUP: Happier during COVID, the White House fight cage + why do restaurants want your selfie?

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Inside the world of 'degenerate' content creators, Middle East update + losing your best friend

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INTERVIEW: Grace's best friend died suddenly. Then came the vaccine debate

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Anti-immigration protests, dramatic NDIS changes + camping to get through uni placement

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Are Trump and Netanyahu beefing? Ditch the witch billboards + World Cup drama

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DEEP DIVE: The cost of trauma dumping at the salon

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THE SHAKEUP: GPS horrors, second-hand subs + are we better off with more billionaires?

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The AUKUS deal is changing + Two mates, 1 chair

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INTERVIEW: Two mates, four continents, three months, one wheelchair

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Sextortion scammers targeting young men, GLP-1 stigma + a global El Niño warning

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Australia's billionaires get richer, a shaky Middle East ceasefire + the youngest Aussie to summit Everest

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Trauma dumping at the salon, police assaults + student music festivals

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DEEP DIVE: Would you let AI into your sex life?

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THE SHAKEUP: The Pope's AI warning, making sex ed better + should water be free?

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Push for prediction markets in Australia, Iran peace deal + going beyond 'sorry'

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INTERVIEW: Why Ellen says it's time to move past apologies

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Having sex with AI, JobSeeker changes + the warning signs before Bondi

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Is dairy back? Jack's disappearance + the 'Fyre Festival of sport'

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From the Gaza flotilla to Israeli detention, a party of independents + young birders

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DEEP DIVE: Galah or gronk? Here's why your answer matters

22

THE SHAKEUP: Bezos' tax idea, mortifying work mistakes + can you beat Trump's excuse?

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Is ChatGPT good for humanity + the cost of fighting for human rights in Gaza

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INTERVIEW: Francesca Albanese on being sanctioned and impartiality

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'In the bed'; inside WA's mouse plague, calls for a DV royal commission + how swear words change

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Young investors call out CGT change + the Enhanced Games

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Can NSW save live music? Ebola warning + wetting yourself at work

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DEEP DIVE: Inside the courses promising to help tradies get rich quick

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THE SHAKEUP: The Coalition's plan, rude crowds + fashion drama

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Hantavirus explained, sleeping rough + Blue Eyed Kayla Jade

31

INTERVIEW: Life as Australia's most well-known sex worker

32

Was it really a budget for young people? With Cheek Media + Punter's Politics

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Labor's gambling response, antisemitism + missing US scientists

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'Get rich' scheme targets tradies + One Nation's future

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DEEP DIVE: From a drug-induced psychosis to running for 'nang' reform

36

THE SHAKEUP: Attenborough's 100th, ISIS families + flying taxis

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What now for IS fighters' families + quitting the Libs for 'Something Better'

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INTERVIEW: This ex-Liberal wants to bring together Greens and One Nation voters

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Melbourne's 'bar wars', the fuel plan + Carlton fined

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Getting addicted to nangs, being tracked by your parents + the Met Gala

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Grieving Kumanjayi Little Baby, housing hope + toupee comeback

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DEEP DIVE: Fighting hunger in a fuel crisis

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THE SHAKEUP: Pauline gets a plane, staying anonymous online + tech fails

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Tragic end to NT search, the Bondi royal commission + what is love?

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INTERVIEW: The car crash that changed Dee Salmin's life

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No gas tax, search for missing NT girl + why Rebel Wilson is in court

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Australia's fuel reserves, Port Arthur 30 years on + marathon records

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ANZAC Day booing, the Trump shooter + food insecurity

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DEEP DIVE: 'Ghosted': Musicians claim booking agent owes thousands of dollars

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THE SHAKEUP: Are Gen Z psychic, the MJ biopic + gas tax

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The Energy Minister's take on a gas tax + can a poster change society?

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INTERVIEW: The 'Aussie' poster guy on his decade-long street art project

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Getting 'ghosted' by a booking agent + NDIS reform

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D4vd charged, gas tax inquiry + the 'Aussie values' plan

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ADHD hotspots, supporting AFL players + giving blood

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DEEP DIVE: Searching for sperm in a donor 'drought'

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THE SHAKEUP: Clavicular interviewmogged, teachers online + Bieberchella

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Live Nation's monopoly, oil refinery fire + undiagnosed AuDHD

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INTERVIEW: The diagnosis that changed this Vogue model's life

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Flights cut, the biofuel solution + AI shoppers

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The Greens' gas pitch, Katy Perry allegations + hate speech

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Finding sperm online + Lego-style 'slopaganda'

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DEEP DIVE: Does The Drop music festival still have your money?

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THE SHAKEUP: on again/off again war, injecting yourself + toilets a long way from home

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Peptide popularity, Israel's war in Lebanon + turning trauma into a lifeline

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INTERVIEW: How Nick turned his horrifying trauma into a lifeline

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The double-sided ceasefire, getting a refund + to the moon and back

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Ben Roberts-Smith charged, fuel crisis + is AI really taking tech jobs?

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DEEP DIVE: When is fuel going to get cheaper?

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A message for the PM + does the gambling ban go far enough?

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INTERVIEW: The message Satara wants the prime minister to hear

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'Don't be a jerk', nuclear on the moon + is Iran winning the war?

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Taxing beer v taxing gas companies, adult wages + bots on the farm

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The plan for cheaper fuel + finding Dezi Freeman

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DEEP DIVE: Can underground bush doofs go legit?

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THE SHAKEUP: petrol panic, fruit love island + the Chappell drama continues

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YouTube addiction, Medicare debts + walking the world

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Trump's backflip, cemetery picnics + why can't we ban gambling ads?

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The clue in SA's election, making bush doofs legal + Matildas momentum

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DEEP DIVE: The hackers going after gen z

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THE SHAKEUP: Louis v the manosphere, RIP the metaverse + rolling out the red carpet

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Investigating fuel rip offs + preparing to die

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INTERVIEW: What Annie wants you to know before she dies

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Trump dumps on NATO, getting scammed + the end of Kyle and Jackie O

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Unmasking Banksy, teen pregnancy + what to disclose on a job application

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Pauline Hanson's pitch in SA, Iranian footballers leave + IV drip therapy

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DEEP DIVE: Why do so many young people hate feminism?

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THE SHAKEUP: boomer trillionaires, Iran players + Chalamet v ballet

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Australia's fuel crisis + how Vikkstar built a YouTube empire

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INTERVIEW: Vikkstar on the Sidemen and the future of YouTube

91

Robot warfare + is misogyny making a comeback?

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Iranian players granted asylum, Littleproud dips + is Australia at war?

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The new porn rule, Iran's next leader + Piastri's F1 crash out

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DEEP DIVE: Do we deserve more holidays?

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THE SHAKEUP: a radio break-up written in the stars, Dubai influencers + boy kibble

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Iranian footballers in Australia + quitting the priesthood to have sex

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INTERVIEW: The priest who quit for sex

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The Greens on the war in Iran + do you need more holidays?

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How the war is upending travel + is campus culture dead?

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Iran's decapitated government + what's missing from the Epstein files?

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DEEP DIVE: What is CGT and would ditching the discount make housing cheaper?

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THE SHAKEUP: What 'difficult' means, White House hockey + ditching group assignments

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Changing capital gains tax + is tennis racist?

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INTERVIEW: Destanee Aiava on death threats, racism, and quitting tennis

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LGBTQIA+ teens attacked, running a writers fest + messages for aliens

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Tourette's taboos, high speed rail dreams + how Andrew could end up king

107

Endo surgery investigation, Trump's big loss + chess is cool again

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DEEP DIVE: Is hanging out with old people good for you?

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THE SHAKEUP: Andrew arrested, Obama on aliens + the viral reporter

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Zuckerberg in court + taxing the ultra-rich with @garyseconomics

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INTERVIEW: Why Gary Stevenson says it's not your fault you're poor

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Pauline Hanson's (sort of) apology, accessible flying + fishing bans

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ISIS brides stuck, the cost of union corruption + Year of the Fire Horse

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Bondi gunman in court, why Coles is being sued + having older friends

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DEEP DIVE: How can we end placement poverty?

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THE SHAKEUP: "Well done Angus", public apologies + Wuthering Heights

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Why Angus Taylor wants Sussan Ley's job + the plastic inside you

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INTERVIEW: Why Kal tested his piss for plastic

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Gen Z injectables, Libs leadership + does Australia have free speech?

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The violent protests against Isaac Herzog + making Laneway accessible

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Placement poverty, Herzog here + Bad Bunny's halftime show

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DEEP DIVE: How real estate agents are tricking first home buyers

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THE SHAKEUP: Epstein files fallout, the miracle ocean swim + penis injections

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Invasion Day terrorism charge, standing with Iran + Young Nats on the break up

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INTERVIEW: The Iranians being silenced in Australia

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The tragedy in Perth, what Jewish Australians want you to know + AI's new religion

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Banning "good character" references + sleighing for Australia

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Aussie names in the Epstein files + tricks of real estate agents

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DEEP DIVE: Are boomers more addicted to their phones than gen Z?

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THE SHAKEUP: Pauline Hanson's song, smashing tennis racquets + are we sick of the Beckhams?

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Invasion Day terrorism investigation + ruling a country at 21

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INTERVIEW: The Australian 21-year-old who started a country

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Gun laws, hate speech + do boomers have a screen time problem?

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Minnesota v ICE + do we need to cull sharks?

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DEEP DIVE: The people breaking up with Spotify

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(Another) coalition bust-up, new gun laws and banning hate groups

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INTERVIEW: Former NRL player on overcoming a gambling addiction and #BookTok backlash

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DEEP DIVE: The women being 'undressed' by Elon Musk's Grok bot

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INTERVIEW: Why these Venezuelans say Maduro had to go

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DEEP DIVE: How Uber drivers game surge pricing

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INTERVIEW: What it's like to give up booze and bags for good

142

DEEP DIVE: Can you trust your sunscreen?

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INTERVIEW: Going blind as a teenager

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INTERVIEW: What science says about why humans kiss

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INTERVIEW: The weight of being a Jewish Australian right now

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How the Bondi terrorist attack has changed Australia

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DEEP DIVE: How ket sticks became the new festival accessory

148

THE SHAKEUP: 2025, hooroo!!!!

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THE SHAKEUP: how the political game shifted in 2025

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INTERVIEW: Using Big Brother to fix your teeth and your car

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THE SHAKEUP: Sport's biggest moments of 2025

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Teens off socials, walking sticks at festivals + going on Big Brother

153

Vape heart attacks, Barnaby joins One Nation + fighting bushfires

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DEEP DIVE: Should you be allowed to drive on medicinal cannabis?

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THE SHAKEUP: Boycotting Spotify Wrapped, TikTok awards + couples who don't argue

156

Fixing your social feeds + can we save live music?

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INTERVIEW: Chanel Contos has a plan to fix your feed

158

Hobart stadium a goer, Lehrmann loses again + Jorja Smith's AI lawsuit

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Jobs for mates, abuse in the ADF, green vinyl + can Oscar Piastri still win?

160

Driving on cannabis, Ozempic economics + Ningaloo's coral deaths

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DEEP DIVE: What will minimum pay mean for food delivery?

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THE SHAKEUP: Sandwich press steaks, PJs on planes + xmas party hangxiety

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Environment deal, Lilie James findings + being a billionaire 'douchebag'

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INTERVIEW: The rich heiress giving away all her money

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Delivery driver pay deal, limb lengthening + can oysters save the sea?

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Pauline Hanson's burka stunt, taking on gambling ads + are cinemas back?

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Australia's 'blood oil' problem, Cyclone Fina + how to fix women's football

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DEEP DIVE: Why do so many Kiwis come to Australia?

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THE SHAKEUP: Quiet piggy, being the lil sis of Sky Sports + drinking alone

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Why IUD rates are so low + how betting companies kept Dylan addicted

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INTERVIEW: Losing $300k before you're 30

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AI (over)hype, CSIRO job cuts + is hip hop in trouble?

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Hair loss drug 'crash', Kiwis leaving NZ + the Gaza plan

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Is Sussan Ley giving up on the climate + Trump's Epstein backflip

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DEEP DIVE: What does the science say about trans athletes?

176

THE SHAKEUP: Dodgy psychics, Big Brother + are the Liberals okay?

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Australia's first treaty, dumping net zero + nuclear Armageddon

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INTERVIEW: How humanity could be destroyed in an afternoon

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Metal music, youth crime + being the first uni student in the family

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Trans athletes at the Olympics, young Libs + 41 days of no government

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Being threatened by neo-Nazis, Trump v BBC + losing faith in democracy

182

DEEP DIVE: Is the Bonnie Blue stunt feminism or misogyny?

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THE SHAKEUP: Elon the trillionaire, illegal smokes + are boyfriends cringe?

184

Masculinity pressure, Punter's Politics + Bonnie Blue at Schoolies again?

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INTERVIEW: Punter's Politics on how to buy power

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Socialist mayor, banning cigs for 2007 babies + are tiny homes out of reach?

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The Libs want house prices to fall, radio for youth offenders + losing your insta

188

Nationals abandon net zero + are queer clubs disappearing?

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DEEP DIVE: Bullying, banter and being hazed out of a job

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THE SHAKEUP: Division over PM's tee, royal titles stripped + QLD's exam bungle

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Studying for the wrong exam, 'crimefluencers' + the Olympian scared of her sport

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INTERVIEW: BMX's fastest woman is still scared of racing

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Bullying the apprentice + sending detainees to Nauru

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Hurricane Melissa, who's meeting politicians + camping in national parks

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ADF class action, no AI copyright exemption + First Nations lawyers

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DEEP DIVE: Would you rather chat to a bot or your mates?

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THE SHAKEUP: The Louvre heist intrigue, death of the music video + Japan's conservative female PM

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Regulating the gambling industry, why the NT needs skateparks + racism in sport

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INTERVIEW: Tony Armstrong on stopping racism in sport + why tech companies don't want to

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Apprentices getting electric shocks, an NT town is running out of food + would you date a chatbot?

201

Trump and Albanese's new deal, Prince Andrew probe + dying for content

202

Caring for your siblings as a teenager + will the Gaza ceasefire hold?

203

DEEP DIVE: Why is support for One Nation surging?

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THE SHAKE UP: Pocock booted from sports club, Pink Pony controversy + Ireland's basic income for artists

205

Transferable rental bonds, Indigenous art gallery scrapped + Ariarne Titmus retires

206

INTERVIEW: What comes after the ceasefire + refusing to serve in the IDF

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One Nation voters, soaring fuel prices + Aussie punters taking on American football

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Refusing to serve in the IDF, queer teens 'cut off' + the story of scars

209

Hostages released and grief in Gaza, algal summer + is ghosting dead?

210

HACK DEEP DIVE: AI slop has hit the job market. Here's what that means for you.

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THE SHAKEUP: Can we criticise Taylor Swift, is drinking out, yes/no to gossip + talk to strangers

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Is AI ruining job hunting, Israel and Hamas agree on a peace deal + how do communities deal with death?

213

INTERVIEW: Julia spent $200k on booze and bags, now she's sober

214

Why Gen Z isn't drinking + will a pro-Palestinian protest go ahead this weekend?

215

October 7 peace talks, activists deported + Australia's gun laws

216

DEEP DIVE: Aussie filmmaker pulls release of Dave Franco film from China over censorship

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THE SHAKEUP: Comics copping heat, the PM flags higher house prices + do you have dirty sheets

218

Israel intercepts flotilla bound for Gaza + being diagnosed with cancer in your 20s

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INTERVIEW: Bugs bassist Jordan Brunoli on being diagnosed with 'cancer forever' in his 20s

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AI censored films, rising house prices + what happens to your super when you die?

221

Strip searches at festivals, Gaza peace plan + why young people are having breast reductions

222

Tattoo discrimination, shearing in the Olympics + long live the King?

223

DEEP DIVE: What it was like being autistic this week

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THE SHAKEUP: Brownlow backlash, Trump v escalator + your sickie stories

225

NDIS changes, Aussie doctor in Gaza + AirPod translator

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INTERVIEW: What an Aussie doctor working in Gaza is seeing right now

227

Penny Wong on hack, new depression treatment + back to the moon

228

Pill testing ban, Hannah Thomas officer assault + Trump on autism

229

Palestine recognised, Optus outrage, Charlie Kirk memorial + athletics golden era

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DEEP DIVE: The AI chat encouraging you to kill your dad

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THE SHAKEUP: Kimmel cancelled, 100% corruption free government + the ring of truth

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The body found in d4vd's car, sober footy culture + 2035 climate target

233

INTERVIEW: Fighting the racism you've copped since you were 10

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Charlie Kirk murder charge, eating disorder coaches + gap year cash

235

Genocide finding, PNG birthday + the chatbot encouraging murder

236

Climate warning, fighting Islamophobia + murder mystery parties

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DEEP DIVE: Why are Australian bands quitting Spotify?

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THE SHAKEUP: Meme-ifying murder, Tunis/to Nice + saying sorry

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Will Charlie Kirk become 'a martyr' + Mitch Brown on coming out

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INTERVIEW: Mitch Brown is out. Now what?

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Methanol poisoning, preventing koala chlamydia + boycotting Spotify

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How social media protests turned deadly, Gaza flotilla + house-sitting forever?

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Erin Patterson's life in prison, shark nets + fighting underpayment

244

DEEP DIVE: Are you ready to know what your genes say about your future?

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THE SHAKEUP: 'Good people' and Nazis, Putin's immortality + toilet scrolling

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Burning the flag + Luke Bateman opens up

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INTERVIEW: Luke Bateman on gambling, the #BookTok controversy + finding joy

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Driving instructor assaults, China's big parade + ghost hunting

249

What your genes can tell you, Afghanistan quake + crying on the job

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Neo-Nazis and the March for Australia + soy sauce fish ban

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DEEP DIVE: When friendships turn abusive, what do you do?

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THE SHAKEUP: The AFL's queer awakening, psych wards + Katter crash out

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'Man-made famine', trial of the croc wrangler + why do a marathon?

254

INTERVIEW: Is an 'alienation crisis' hurting Australia's social fabric?

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Social cohesion, student uprising + music in Arnhem Land

256

'Sov cit' police shooting, Iran attacks Australia + abusive friends

257

5% house deposits, supermarket bag checks + throwing away clothes

258

DEEP DIVE: Can the AFL fix its homophobia problem?

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THE SHAKEUP: Parent vs boss, AFL ban + was that roundtable productive?

260

Sick certificate safety, stopping the algal bloom + support for autism

261

INTERVIEW: Leaving construction to fight the industry's mental health crisis

262

Why Netanyahu is sledging Albanese, more AFL slurs + getting a free car

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Europe showing up for Ukraine + the high rate of suicide in construction

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Low iron guidelines, sovereign citizens + reawakening Indigenous languages

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DEEP DIVE: The chatbot conversation that ended in hospitalisation

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THE SHAKEUP: how much is a year worth, men crying + cowboy sex ed

267

The Trump-Putin summit, 10 seasons of AFLW + a sex-switching surprise

268

INTERVIEW: An economist on why we shouldn't be afraid of productivity

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Sudan's famine crisis, why productivity matters + girls who truck

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Chatbot harassment, drawing Erin Patterson + greyhound race bans

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Australia's recognition of Palestine, saving an outback icon + defining slang

272

DEEP DIVE: Why it pays to read the fine print + what travel insurance really covers

273

The Shakeup: baby bonus, how to sell Australia + bringing back the dead with AI

274

Tassie's election repeat, phone bill stress + why Jacinda Ardern is hopeful

275

INTERVIEW: Jacinda Ardern on empathy + knowing when to quit

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Cut off welfare, DEI in Australia + travel insurance miscalculations

277

Migraines, gaming censorship + expelling an MP

278

Marching for Gaza, Dr Mo's message + joining the ADF

279

DEEP DIVE: How does recognising Palestinian statehood help Gaza?

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The Shakeup: Strip searches for nothing, the app reviewing men + your worst life admin

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Lonely generation, Thai-Cambodia border war + Closing the Gap

282

Recognising Palestine + why YouTube is fighting Australia

283

Cheap power, partner income tests + not taking breaks at work

284

Starvation in Gaza + the Uber drivers jacking up prices

285

DEEP DIVE: Cults recruiting on campus and the 'walk up evangelism' controversy

286

The Shakeup: Albo's Gaza statement, Parliament back + tinned lizard

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Trusting childcare, psych clinics close + paying for your mates

288

Student debt discount, feeling unsafe running + our ranch bronc champion

289

Cuts to unis, Australia's new line on Gaza + hot sport

290

Campus cults, Baby of the Senate + Gazans killed waiting for aid

291

DEEP DIVE: Coming off antidepressants and is "chemical imbalance" a myth?

292

The Shakeup: Coldplay kiss cam, footy homophobia + is being passionate cringe?

293

Dead fish, panda diplomacy + Tassie votes (again)

294

MAGA v Trump on the Epstein list + antidepressant withdrawal

295

Climate duty of care, young workers ripped off + arming Ukraine

296

How Carolina survived in WA's outback, Air India crash + Grace Kim's win

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The Shakeup: public crash outs, death of the dance floor + are mushrooms over?

298

Fighting antisemitism, the next Dalai Lama + why NAIDOC matters

299

Medicinal cannabis crackdown, the death of the dance floor + is Earth spinning... faster?

300

How Lily took her perpetrator to court and won + mushroom foraging fallout

301

Erin Patterson guilty on all charges + what's giving young people cancer?

302

The Shakeup: the Glasto fallout, memory rot + what makes someone cool?

303

What next for Diddy, overdosing on vitamins + has AI ruined uni?

304

Being a man in childcare, Gaza ceasefire + the towns without TV sport

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Youth Allowance slump, childcare worker charged + farming without family