This episode features some of the best conversations of 2023, we’ll be back daily from January 29, 2024.
Over the past year we took a break from the top news stories to look at moments in pop culture that have had a big impact.
In this episode we interrogate the cultural juggernaut that was the Barbie movie, and then allegations against Russell Brand.
Featured:
Wenlei Ma, TV and film critic
Dani de Placido, senior contributor at Forbes magazine
Julia Baird on Kate, cancer and conspiracies
Could Assange really face the death penalty?
How an AFL stadium split Tassie voters
The Moscow terror attack and Putin’s future
"Robotax": The ATO’s clawback of old debt
Why China’s so keen on meeting Keating
Why is Trump sledging 'nasty' Kevin Rudd?
TikTok: to ban or not to ban?
Should your inheritance pay for aged care?
How Bitcoin bounced back
What will a re-elected Putin do next?
Could we really get a nuclear power plant?
Facebook’s fight with the Australian media
The photo ‘manipulated’ by the royals
How the US could stop Israel’s war
Trump vs Biden: America’s ‘worst election’
Is rooftop solar still worth it?
Will a crackdown end the botox boom?
Is time up for insurers dodging payouts?
How Ozempic is changing the global economy
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