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Lamestream — 91 episodes

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The Budget Shows the Media Got Played. Plus, the UK's Political Turmoil and Israel Hijacks Eurovision

2

Can this Budget Really Fix Housing? Plus, Shameless Sparks a Big Political Debate

3

Gina Rinehart, Pauline Hanson and One Nation's Big Test. Plus, Australia's Secret Involvement in the Iran War

4

How Alice Springs Brought the Worst Out of Our Media. Plus, Why the Bondi Commission Has No Real Answers

5

The ABC's Pro-Oil Propaganda, a Lebanon Deep Dive, and Kyle and Jackie O Head to Court

6

The Trump Shooting, the Far-Right Seize Anzac Day, and the PM Tries to 'Kill' a Gas Tax. Plus, a New Arts Scandal

7

Australia's War on Protest, the Dark Side of Nostalgia-maxxing, and a Fun ABC News Game!

8

Australia Doubles Down on Trump. Plus, Why Israel’s War on Lebanon is Far From Over

9

The Libs Revive White Australia, Triple J/Usher Drama Explained, and Al Jazeera's Heidi Pett Joins Us to Talk Lebanon

10

How Melania's Wild Speech Revived the Epstein Story. Plus, What Happens Now the US-Iran Talks Failed?

11

The Ben Roberts-Smith Culture War, the ABC Ditches Woke, and Will The US-Iran Ceasefire Last?

12

The New Propaganda Wave Coming Our Way. Plus, Why Labor's 'Fix' Could Make Australia's Gambling Problem Worse

13

The PM's Bizarre Address to Australia, the Killing of Dezi Freeman, and Political Journalists Platform Israeli Ambassador's Lies

14

Is the US About to Invade Iran? Plus, Albanese Fumbles the Political Crisis

15

Why is Australia doing Israel's PR? Plus, the Greens Enter Their Flop Era and the ABC Strikes!

16

Is Australia Ready For the Coming Economic Crisis? Plus, the One Nation Earthquake Hits

17

Trump's War Unleashes a New Catastrophe, Confecting an AFL Drama, and the Media Unlearns its Lessons

18

What's Missing from the Media's War Reporting. Plus, the Bondi Royal Commission Implodes

19

Albanese Sends Australia to War. Plus, Reviewing the ABC's 'Q+A' Successor and... Karl and Jackie O?

20

How Australia is Aiding Trump’s Illegal War. Plus, 'Red Alert': The War That Never Happened.

21

Why is Australia's Media More Pro-Iran War than the US'? Plus, Kyle vs. Jackie O and the End of HBO

22

Trump's War on Iran: Assassinations, Retaliation, and How Australia's Support Could Backfire

23

Can Australia Admit to Our Trump Moment? Plus, the Wild Epstein Conspiracies and the ABC's Missing Show

24

How Andrew's Arrest Turbocharged the Epstein Story. Plus, Trump's Dangerous New Global Order

25

What's Behind the Media's Pauline Hanson Obsession? Plus, the Pod Save America Frenzy

26

Is Australian Politics Idiot-Maxxing? Plus, How Herzog's Visit Divided the Country

27

How the Media Fuelled Police Brutality. Plus, an Epstein Files Cheat-Sheet

28

How the Media Whitewashed Israel's President. Plus, the ABC Email that Panicked Staff and the Coalition is Back!

29

Our Rudd-Epstein Exclusive, the Israel Protest Ban, and the ABC Investigates Tyra Banks

30

How Albanese's Invitation to Israel's President Sparked a Political Storm

31

When Is A Bomb Attack Not Terrorism? Plus, the Blake Lively Texts, Hanson's Easy Media Run, and Q&A Returns?!

32

How Australia’s Right-Wing Imploded Over Israel. Plus, Could More Countries Call-Out Trump’s ‘Lie’?

33

Australia Outlaws Protest Instead of Guns. Plus, Trump's Greenland Fixation, Beckham vs. Beckham, and the Lachie Neale Saga

34

We're Back! Australia's Political Meltdown, the Fight Over Free Speech and What’s Really Happening in Iran?

35

Our First Listener Mailbag! We Answer Your Questions

36

How We Became Journalists: Sneaking Around Borders, an Early Political Career and Plenty of ABC Goss

37

The Best Journalism Movies of All-Time, with Alexei Toliopoulos

38

How the Media Turned Bondi into a Blame Game Over Guns, Protest and Migration

39

The Bondi Attack: How Misinformation and Politics Engulfed a Tragedy

40

What the ABC's New Line-Up Says About Its Future. Plus, the Dark Arts Behind a Political Scandal

41

The Two Huge Stories the Media Missed, the Scandal Engulfing Parliament and a Hollywood Update

42

The Social Media Ban Is Here. Will It Work? Plus, Why Netflix's New Takeover Is A Disaster For TV and Film

43

How Australia is Ignoring the Housing Crisis. Plus, the TikTok Furore Explained and the Climate Protests the Papers Ignored

44

Our Epstein Scoop! Plus, Trump's New War and the Censored Gaza Speech

45

Parliament Becomes a Joke, the SMH's War Crimes Hypocrisy and the Problem With Sports Media. Plus, Trump Now Runs Hollywood?

46

The Wild Mamdani-Trump Meeting, Australia's Extremism Problem, and the Nuzzi Files. Plus, the Ashes Media Beat-Up

47

How the World Abandoned Gaza, the ABC's Bizarro TV Era, and the Liberal Party Death Spiral

48

The Most Explosive Epstein Revelations Yet. Plus, is the AI Bubble About To Burst?

49

What the BBC Scandal Means For the ABC. Plus, The B-Grade Radio Hosts Who Really Run Australia

50

The Mamdani Meltdown, Pauline Hanson Woos the Media From Mar-a-Lago, and a Big Grammys Miss

51

Does Zohran Mamdani's Win Have Lessons For Australia? Plus, Sussan Ley is Cooked, and the Louvre Heist Debate

52

The Controversy Every Journalist is Talking About, Epstein Brings Down a Royal, and Australia's First Treaty

53

How the Internet Is About to Change Forever. Plus, Trump Tours Asia and the Absurd Joy Division Scandal

54

How Australia Inspired the Biggest Sports Betting Scandal in the US. Plus, Ita Buttrose's Comeback Tour

55

The Real Reason Trump Loves Albanese, The Joe Rogan Podcast Bro Civil War, and Some Good News!

56

Could Barnaby Joyce Help One Nation Replace the Coalition? Plus, How Epstein Brought Down Prince Andrew

57

Is The Media More Pro-Israel Than Trump? Plus, The Death of Good Celebrity Journalism

58

What Comes After Gaza's Ceasefire? Plus, News Corp's Phoney War On AI

59

Journalists Censoring Journalists, Reviewing Two Years of Gaza Coverage, and Bari Weiss' $150m Buyout

60

How a UK Terror Attack Became an Australian Culture War, Hamas Agrees To Gaza Plan (Sort Of), and the Media's Taylor Swift Strategy

61

The Shocking Reality of the Gaza ‘Peace’ Plan, Media Ownership Gets Worse, and Our Tips On Fixing Newspapers

62

Was The PM's Tour Really A "Diplomatic Triumph"? Plus, the Rise of Andrew 'MAGA' Hastie

63

How Rupert Murdoch Took Over TikTok, Palestine Recognised, Now What? Plus, a Gary Stevenson Interview!

64

Trump's War on Free Speech, New Targets but Same Old Climate Crisis, and Where Are the Epstein Files?!

65

The Chilling New Media Purges, Why Recognising Israel's Genocide Matters, and a Return To White Australia?

66

How Charlie Kirk's Assassination Is Reshaping Our Politics

67

The Murdoch Succession Saga, Why Race Reporting is Broken, and the TikToker vs. 'News Influencer' Controversy

68

How the Media Fuelled The “March For Australia”, Israel's Gaza Endgame, and News Corp Backs Extremism

69

Unpacking the Iran Bombshell, the Pro-Israeli Media Vortex and the AFL's Snoop Dogg Drama

70

How Should We Cover the Far-Right? Plus, Netanyahu vs Albanese, and the Economic Circlejerk

71

The Manufactured Media Hit on Albanese. Plus, Explaining Trump's Sad Putin Meeting

72

Is Australia Helping Kill Journalists in Gaza? Plus, How Influencers Ruined Podcasts

73

The Dire State of Australian TV, Why the ABC is Scared of Israel, and the Sydney Sweeney Media Meltdown

74

Is This Really A Media Tipping Point? Plus, Australia Bans YouTube and The Hottest 100 Fallout

75

The Hottest 100 and Triple J's Crisis, Trump vs. Epstein, Colbert's Cancellation and the Gaza Aid Massacres

76

The Push to Ban Criticism of Israel, Why Politics is Broken, and Superman's Ode to Journalism

77

The Wildest Mushroom Trial Coverage and A Media Driven Panic Around Protests

78

The Glastonbury Meltdown, Zohran Mania, Police vs. Protestors and the Worst ABC Takes

79

What Lattouf vs the ABC Means For Journalism. Plus, Accuracy In Iran War Reporting Goes Missing

80

Special Episode: Why Trump Bombed Iran, and What Happens Next

81

How the Media Helped Israel Bomb Iran, the ABC’s Future, and the State of Australian TV

82

Trump's War on Journalism, The Project's Rise and Fall, and Media Outlets in Mushroom Trial Strife

83

The mushroom trial and the media's true crime obsession. Plus, we answer your questions!

84

How Murdoch's News Corp Still Has Influence, the Sports Media Swindle and the Missing Gaza Stories

85

The greatest journalism failure of our lifetime. Plus, Abbie vs Clem, and can media and politics mix?

86

Are Kyle and Jackie O Worth $200m? Plus, Labor and Liberal Factional Drama and an ABC Dating Scandal

87

Australia's Woeful Gaza Reporting, The AFL Media's Latest Pile-On, and Post-Election Grandstanding

88

The Coalition’s Catastrophe, Bursting the Sky News Bubble and What Went Wrong for the Greens

89

The ABC's New Crisis, The War On Welcome To Country, and Our Election Guide

90

The Podcast Election, Three Overlooked Campaign Stories, and the Media's Race Hypocrisy

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