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- 4 days ago43 min
Media literacy for SA, yay! One Nation’s popularity, SpaceX and Toy Story 5
It’s your week in news and what’s coming up with Claire Kimball and Kate Watson. A big announcement out of South Australia for us. Quite a few strands to pull out on the rise of One Nation. We also give a few updates on stories we’ve been following - unrest in the UK, the SpaceX IPO, and the relationship between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu. And Kate’s counting the days until Toy Story 5. Links Part 2 of our AI Series with Minderoo - Apple | Spotify Hardship, not ideology, driving voters to One Nation, says Labor Kate’s recommendation: Australia’s Baby Bust - Series in SMH Claire’s recommendation: Deep End by Ali Hazelwood Want more News Club in your life? We've got you… Sign up for our News Club newsletter Watch all our episodes on YouTube Follow us on Instagram: @TheSquiz PS: If you love what we do, the best way to support us is by clicking ‘follow’ on Apple or Spotify. A huge thanks to those who drop us a 5-star review, or even better - spread the word about News Club with your friends, family, colleagues... even your barista. Hosts: Claire Kimball & Kate Watson Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton Researcher: Sophie Felice
- 1 weeks ago38 min
AI and the stock market, second hand subs? And a personal story about MND
It’s your week in news and what’s coming up with Claire Kimball and Eliza Harvey. We’re starting this week with a couple of big market moves with Anthropic and SpaceX moving towards listing as public companies. Sounds complex, but we’ve sweated it to make it relevant for you. Also violence and more political turmoil in the UK, and we’ll get you up to speed on why AUKUS was a big deal in the news this week. Claire shares a little bit about her mum and motor neurone disease, with the Big Freeze on at the MCG on Monday. And in a nod to her, she has a favourite recipe of hers to recommend. Links Fight MND Eliza’s recommendation: Gary Lineker NYT interview: Why BBC ‘marriage’ ended, his World Cup fears – and one big regret Claire’s recommendation: Sunbeam's Fluffy Pikelets Check out the full interview with Nicole Gillespie, with thanks to Minderoo here Want more News Club in your life? We've got you… Sign up for our News Club newsletter Watch all our episodes on YouTube Follow us on Instagram: @TheSquiz PS: If you love what we do, the best way to support us is by clicking ‘follow’ on Apple or Spotify. A huge thanks to those who drop us a 5-star review, or even better - spread the word about News Club with your friends, family, colleagues... even your barista. Hosts: Claire Kimball & Eliza Harvey Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton Researcher: Sophie Felice
- 2 weeks ago38 min
Where US-Iran negotiations are at, and what the Pope said about AI
It’s your week in news and what’s coming up with Claire Kimball and Kate Watson. This week, the Pope’s comments on artificial intelligence, what's up with US-Iran negotiations, and are the Teals plotting a new political party? Spencer Pratt is about to have his moment in American politics. If you don’t know what that’s about, you will by the end of this podcast. And we’re hiring! See below for details. Links We’re hiring - Video Producer CommBank’s CEO Matt Comyn op-ed on AI and Australia Kate’s recommendation: The Seven Rules of Trust by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales Claire’s recommendation: Legends on Netflix Want more News Club in your life? We've got you… Sign up for our News Club newsletter Watch all our episodes on YouTube Follow us on Instagram: @TheSquiz PS: If you love what we do, the best way to support us is by clicking ‘follow’ on Apple or Spotify. A huge thanks to those who drop us a 5-star review, or even better - spread the word about News Club with your friends, family, colleagues... even your barista. Hosts: Claire Kimball & Kate Watson Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton Researcher: Sophie Felice
- 3 weeks ago29 min
Weekly Wrap: Unpacking the budget reactions (and 47% memes)
You may have seen those 47% memes going around, taking aim at Labor's tax changes - we’ll unpack what those are about, as well as the rest of the budget debate from this week. We’ve also got the story of the activists intercepted off the coast of Gaza and Israel, and the NRL player who revealed his motor neuron diagnosis this week. Plus, we have a recommendation for a shortcut in life. Links Eliza’s recommendation: Yalla chocolate mousse Want more News Club in your life? We've got you… Sign up for our News Club newsletter Watch all our episodes on YouTube Follow us on Instagram: @TheSquiz PS: If you love what we do, the best way to support us is by clicking ‘follow’ on Apple or Spotify. A huge thanks to those who drop us a 5-star review, or even better - spread the word about News Club with your friends, family, colleagues... even your barista. Hosts: Eliza Harvey & Kate Watson Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton Researcher: Sophie Felice
- May 15, 202641 min
Weekly Wrap: Understanding the budget tax reform debate
This week, we’ll help you understand the political debate around the budget tax reforms, plus a few tidbits you might not have heard about. Then, we feel obligated to get you across the significance of the result in the Farrer by-election last weekend. We’ll cover what came out of Trump’s China visit as well. Lots of politics this week, but never fear - Eurovision provides some relief, as does the American Country Music Awards, and a nostalgic recommendation from Claire. Links Kate’s recommendation: Choosin’ Texas by Ella Langley Claire’s recommendation: Untold: The Race of the Century Want more News Club in your life? We've got you… Sign up for our News Club newsletter Watch all our episodes on YouTube Follow us on Instagram: @TheSquiz PS: If you love what we do, the best way to support us is by clicking ‘follow’ on Apple or Spotify. A huge thanks to those who drop us a 5-star review, or even better - spread the word about News Club with your friends, family, colleagues... even your barista. Hosts: Claire Kimball & Kate Watson Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton Researcher: Sophie Felice
- May 8, 202642 min
Weekly Wrap: Why the ‘ISIS brides’ case is being called legally unprecedented
A group of Australian women known as the 'ISIS brides' and their children have returned to Australia from Syria this week. We'll explain the background to that, and why legal experts are calling their legal case “completely unprecedented”. Australians will have access to more of our plentiful gas reserves from next year under the new government policy, so we’ll bring you up to date there. And there’s been an outbreak of a deadly virus on a cruise ship, which has had us absolutely gripped this week. Links Check out our Squiz Shortcut with Fashion Critical on the Met Gala Vogue’s Met Gala Gallery Eliza’s recommendation: Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy Claire’s recommendation: Lounge sweater and pants from Assembly Label Want more News Club in your life? We've got you… Sign up for our News Club newsletter Watch all our episodes on YouTube Follow us on Instagram: @TheSquiz PS: If you love what we do, the best way to support us is by clicking ‘follow’ on Apple or Spotify. A huge thanks to those who drop us a 5-star review, or even better - spread the word about News Club with your friends, family, colleagues... even your barista. Hosts: Claire Kimball & Eliza Harvey Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton Researcher: Sophie Felice
- May 1, 202636 min
Weekly Wrap: Grief and unrest in Alice Springs, and Queen Camilla's brooch diplomacy
This week, we’re starting with the abduction and death of the 5yo girl we now know as Kumanjayi Little Baby - it’s a tough one, but there are plenty of consequences to understand. We’ll also take you through some big announcements from the big tech companies this week, and we’ll talk about how AI is reshaping financial markets - investors are nervous is the headline there. We’ll also cover King Charles and Queen Camilla’s visit to Washington, including the Queen’s brooch diplomacy. Links The Australian journalist Liam Mendes visits home of Kumanjayi Little Baby Photos and history of Queen Camilla’s U.S. State Dinner amethyst and diamond jewelry Kate’s recommendation: Rhode pocket blush Claire’s recommendation: Vio2 mouth tape Want more News Club in your life? We've got you… Sign up for our News Club newsletter Watch all our episodes on YouTube Follow us on Instagram: @TheSquiz PS: If you love what we do, the best way to support us is by clicking ‘follow’ on Apple or Spotify. A huge thanks to those who drop us a 5-star review, or even better - spread the word about News Club with your friends, family, colleagues... even your barista. Hosts: Claire Kimball & Kate Watson Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton Researcher: Sophie Felice
- Apr 24, 202636 min
Weekly Wrap: The NDIS overhaul, and the gas tax debate
Today we explain the government changes to the NDIS - something that impacts a lot of Australians. Plus, why the debate about taxing gas companies was all over the news this week. And there’s been a couple of notable leadership movements at major companies - Apple CEO Tim Cook stepping down, and Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings stepping down as chairman. Links Captain stranded in Strait of Hormuz tells of being trapped amid Iran war Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings book, ‘No Rules Rules’ Claire’s recommendation: Ms. Kimball’s ANZAC biscuit recipe Kate’s recommendation: also the biscuits Want more News Club in your life? We've got you… Sign up for our News Club newsletter Watch all our episodes on YouTube Follow us on Instagram: @TheSquiz PS: If you love what we do, the best way to support us is by clicking ‘follow’ on Apple or Spotify. A huge thanks to those who drop us a 5-star review, or even better - spread the word about News Club with your friends, family, colleagues... even your barista. Hosts: Claire Kimball & Kate Watson Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton Researcher: Sophie Felice
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