All Episodes

The Hoot on hiatus

The Hoot: Pop the champagne! It's time ACT buses had business class

The Hoot: Dutton goes nuclear (you better believe there'll be fallout!)

The Hoot: Labor's pokies plan a high stakes gamble

The Hoot: VAD's passed, but what happens next?

The Hoot: Is CSIRO's nuclear reaction a fusion of fact and fiction, or another sign of the times?

The Hoot on knife crime, supermarkets checkouts and THAT painting

The Hoot: Can a pea-and-thimble trick really slay the inflation dragon?

The Hoot: the ACT's ticking debt bomb, the problems with public housing and who said we want 'Big Canberra'?

S3 E16: Improving legal responses to sexual violence, (yet) another transport election and bike wars

S3 E15: Anzac Day, gnarly ethics - and an owl's farewell

S3 E14: Lobbyists, political misjudgements and ghost buses

S3 E13: Canberra United, housing brainwaves and poo (yes, poo)

S3 E12: Labor governments, the economy (stupid) and Easter trees (what?)

S3 E11: Liberal ideas, political stars and what's wrong with Canberra Monopoly

S3 E9: Drugs in the water, paying for your oldies and jet-setting pets

S3 E8: Spies, lies and Good Samaritans

S3 E7: Housing wedges, a hazelnut debacle and random booze tests

S3 E6: ACT debt, motorsport madness and a random bloke from Queensland

S3 E5 Love is in the air, Barnaby's on the footpath and get your hand off your phone

S3 E4: Get ready for a hi-vis election, the Johnathan Davis saga continues and a Valentine's Day tip

S3 E3: Lies, damned lies and Walter Sofronoff KC's very curious calls

S3 E2: Australia Day, Labor pre-selection and the great Clyde v Brown debate

S3 E1: The Hoot on supermarkets, Summernats solutions and karma

S2 E47: The year in review - and happy Christmas!

S2 E46: Lee's leadership, Schmidt's farewell and climate change cynicism

S2 E45: The Pezzullo sacking, senate relevance and saying hello at the checkout

S2 E44: Youthful pollies, new life for Canberra Liberals and roosters (real ones)

S2 E43: Labor Greens woes, corruption and the carpark that wasn't

S2 E42: Optus, Elizabeth Lee and how you know you're a public servant

S2 E41: Nightclubs, footballers, Community Councils and paying more tax

Mr Fluffy, APS bosses flying high in the chairman's lounge and Halloween

The Hoot on fallout from the Voice, Floriade and oversized cars

The Hoot tackles FOI, why ACT criminal sentencing looks soft and other weighty issues

Union democracy, the mystery of light rail costings and Australia Day drones

S2 E36: Mike Pezzullo's plight, return of the independents and missing voices on the Voice

S2 E35: Canberra planning, lowering voting age and one hell of an (alleged) scam

S2 E34: public servant voices, Liberal electoral chances and a heartwarming tale

S2 E33: A brand new Hoot on drug decriminalisation and QANTAS hi-jinks

S2 E32: Zed's problematic resurrection, shouting at sport - and a farewell

S2 E31: Electric buses, a sexual assault court and the horror of Book Week

S2 E30: Matildas mania, Elizabeth Lee and cinema etiquette

S2 E29: Sofronoff, consultants and being mistaken for a shop assistant

S2 E28: A racy episode on the Voice, V8 supercars and the Barbie movie

S2 E27: Dark days for procurement, community politics and what's in your bins

S2 E26: Failed businesses, ministerial responsibility and the festival of cats

S2 E25: Robodebt responsibility, ESA toxicity and puppy yoga (yes, really)

S2 E24: The Hoot on Liberal policies, a Scyne of the times at PwC and Taylor Swift

S2 E23: Territory rights, a new stadium and our very own Monopoly board

S2 E22: ACT public education failings, Nick Kyrgios and Survivor Canberra

S2 Ep 21: Katy Gallagher, the War Memorial and Canberra's hottest foods

S2 Ep 20: Journalism, Calvary red herrings and doing the Nutbush

S2 Ep 19: Social media abuse, deer hunting and terrible Canberra drivers

S2 Ep 18: Taser tragedy, emission free city centres and free-wheeling scooters

S2 Ep 17: Calvary, the DPP enquiry debacle and trashing Canberra tradition

S2 Ep 16: The Hoot's budget special, 30k speed limits and magpies

S2 Ep 15: Shock jocks, Rabbitohs and working at home with too many dogs

S2 Ep 14: Lidia Thorpe, democracy and unparliamentary behaviour (and is Canberra boring?)

S2 Ep 13: VAD, outsourced debt collecting and a Jugiong twitter jam

S2 Ep 12: Hospo woes, Tik Tok bans and Northside vs Southside

S2 Ep 11: Bad governance, the missing housing middle and the death of daylight saving?

S2 Ep 10: The Voice, Labor renewal and getting the government out of your wood heater

S2 Ep 9 : Submarines, car-free days and the government vs Braddon

S2 Ep 8: A-League dreams, carpark nightmares and hardening up at the footy

S2 Ep 7: Who gets paid more in Australia's "Wokistan" and high speed rail (yes, again...)

S2 Ep 6: Public service ethics, woke editing and tampon advertising

S2 Ep 5: Instagram moments, mobile phone cameras and Canberra movie moments

S2 Ep 4: Home Affairs culture chaos, Basil Fawlty and cancel culture

S2 Ep 3: What links politicians, cold hard cash and big ideas? Now ya know!

S2 Ep 2: The Hoot on live music, artificial intelligence and burger sampling

S2 Ep 1: Australia Day politics, referendum questions and how to build a cabana

Ep 17: Snake(s) in a car, injecting rooms and making friends down the Coast

Ep 16 Spilt Milk, Services Australia cuts and what to do with Lake George

Ep 14: Light rail vs roads, election predictions and who does the housework

Ep 13: Seaplanes, jellyfish and the War Memorial's contentious expansion

Ep 12: Robodebt revelations, road rage and carp capers

Ep 11: Gambling, a fair go for the ACT and our chance at curling glory

Ep 10:  Media and the Lehrmann trial, ACT budget wins and Halloween capers

Ep 9: Snakes vs possums, sport, politics and working from home

Ep 8: Our tragic road toll, inclusive swimming and deeply ordinary rigs

Ep 7: Religious freedom, fast food fury and the call to ban cats

Ep 6: Street trees, corruption and how to tell if you're a real Canberran

Ep 5: Sports stars, Canberra's crims and a problematic cheesecake

Ep 4: The return of the "cookers", border woes and how to say Manuka

Ep 3: Other people's light rail, Republican questions and what's at the bottom of the lake

Ep 2: Canberra's stadium woes, counting COVID costs and spring magpie mania

Ep 1: Barr 2024, a train to nowhere and Thor-some costume options

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