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Weekly Wrap: Wall to wall Assange, inflation and federal parliament’s night of nights

Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's all about helping you stay on top of the news + we give you some talking points for the week ahead. Support News Club by signing up for our newsletter. LINKS Watch I Am Celine Dion Watch Federer: Twelve Final Days NYT’s Rogue to Victim 4:00

Weekly Wrap: A nuclear update, Putin embraces North Korea, and the world's most valuable company

Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's all about helping you stay on top of the news + we give you some talking points for the week ahead. Support News Club by signing up for our newsletter and following us on Instagram. LINKS Watch Summer Love on Netflix The Brutal Calculation of Hamas’s Leader - The Journal podcast Europe tilts right. Australia is watching - The Fin Read/listen to our Squiz Shortcuts on the European parliament SPONSORED: To learn more about Woolworth...

From the archive: The high cost of hosting big sporting events

Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram. If you have 2 minutes, we'd love if you could complete our survey Last week, several major news stories highlighted the tension between governments wanting to host big sports events and the substantial cost to taxpayers. Cue plenty of opinions and analyses about whether it's worth it. So, we're delving into the debate in this week's News Club Club Picks: Want a presentation with arrows? You got it… This link tak...

Weekly Wrap: The Chinese Premier to visit down under, the UK election, and swimming to the Olympics

Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's all about helping you stay on top of the news + we give you some talking points for the week ahead. Support News Club by signing up for our newsletter and following us on Instagram. LINKS The most clicked link in Squiz Today was on the UK's bamboo crisis Claire recommends Roger Federer's Dartmouth commencement address Kate recommends this round table video from Hollywood Reporter Our Squiz Shortcut on the Nuclear energy debate SPON...

Weekly Wrap: D-Day anniversary & Ukraine, a Canberra Airport tangle, and that State of Origin hit...

Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's all about helping you stay on top of the news + we give you some talking points for the week ahead. Support News Club by signing up for our newsletter and following us on Instagram. LINKS The most clicked link in Squiz Today was Simone Biles Leotard You can sign up to our Squiz Today newsletter here Our Shortcut on the 80th anniversary of D-Day Larissa recommends two episodes of The Daily. This one on Trump's guilty verdict and thi...

From the archive: Is Joe Biden too old to be president?

Our News Club podcast is getting a revamp. We will be back shortly, but in the meantime, we are re-publishing some of our fave episodes that you might have missed. Club Picks: Politico Playbook’s podcast episode goes into the nuts and bolts of the Special Counsel’s report and how it’s relevant to the US election. This Sydney Morning Herald/The Age opinion piece by Bruce Wolpe explores what it would look like if Biden did step aside for the 2024 election This SBS article zooms out on the quest...

Weekly Wrap: Trump found guilty, the latest from Rafah, and Iceland's election....

Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's all about helping you stay on top of the news + we give you some talking points for the week ahead. Support News Club by signing up for our newsletter and following us on Instagram. LINKS We'd love it if you could take our 2024 Audience Survey Sign up to our weekly News Club newsletter Our shortcut on Donald Trump's legal issues Our shortcut on Rafael Nadal - you can read or a listen here Claire recommends watching the third seaso...

Are magazines back?... With Galah founder Annabelle Hickson

Annabelle Hickson is the founder and editor of Galah Magazine, an independent print magazine that captures regional Australia and the people who live there. With the return of several big magazine titles this year, we ask her if there is a growing desire for non-digital experiences. We also talk about the lack of local newspapers and how that might be feeding perceptions of rural and regional Australia that aren’t quite accurate. Club picks: This Australian Financial Review piece from last y...

Weekly Wrap: From slop to Telstra job cuts, what the ICC did this week, and a very wet Rishi Sunak...

Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's all about helping you stay on top of the news + we give you some talking points for the week ahead. Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram. LINKS The most clicked link in Squiz Today was a link to Tatler's portrait of Princess Kate This video demo of Google's AI platform Gemini A video of Rishi Sunak's press conference announcing the UK general election. Our Squiz Shortcut on the Aussie deb...

The truth about Baby Reindeer

Over 60 million people have watched the massive Netflix hit, Baby Reindeer. Made in the UK, it’s described as a dark comedy drama-thriller miniseries, but it’s the label it gave itself that has thrust the show into the news - ‘this is a true story’. Cue a debate about entertainment and the truth in the era of streaming platforms that aren’t necessarily putting much stock in compliance with broadcasting codes of conduct. It’s an issue that has made it all the way to the UK’s Parliament… Club P...

Weekly Wrap: Unpacking the Budget, a global wrap on protests, and happy b'day to us...

Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's all about helping you stay on top of the news + we give you some talking points for the week ahead. Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram. LINKS The most clicked link in Squiz Today was a link to Horseshoe jeans Claire recommends watching The Holdovers Kate recommends this episode of Conversations with Troy Cassar-Daley Listen to our News Club episode with BackTrack founder Bernie Shakeshaf...

BackTrack's Bernie Shakeshaft on more kids, more towns, more empathy in Aus

With all the news of late about youth crime, gendered violence, and incarceration rates, we have found ourselves asking - I wonder what Bernie thinks? Bernie Shakeshaft is the 2020 Australian Local Hero of the Year recipient and the founder of Backtrack. It's a community-led organisation for young people who are having a tough time. In this chat, he delves into what helping those kids who need it most means and why it makes a big difference. Club Picks: This piece on the ABC looks at the dat...

Weekly Wrap: The Meh-Gala, Aussie brothers murdered in Mexico, and what to expect in the Federal Budget

Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's all about helping you stay on top of the news + we give you some talking points for the week ahead. Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram. LINKS The most clicked link in Squiz Today was a gallery of the Eta Aquariid meteor shower Listen to our News Club episode on making and reporting on the Federal Budget Larissa recommends this viral tomato soup recipe Kate recommends this episode on HE...

Making and reporting on the Federal Budget with former Managing Director of Nine Publishing James Chessell

With Treasurer Jim Chalmers set to hand down the Federal Budget next week, we thought it would be a good time to dive into the process of how it gets made and how the media reports on it. James Chessell, a Walkley Award-winning journalist and former Managing Director of Publishing at Nine Entertainment, is well-versed in covering budgets. Plus, his former time working as a staffer for Joe Hockey makes him uniquely qualified on the topic.  Club Picks: This episode of Politics with Michelle Gr...

Weekly Wrap: National Cabinet tackles gendered violence, Solomon Island's has a new PM, and it's Eurovision time...

Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's all about helping you stay on top of the news + we give you some talking points for the week ahead. Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram. LINKS This episode of The Daily on the pro-Palestine student protests at Columbia University Listen to the Eurovision entry from Electric Fields here Larissa recommends this doco that goes behind the scenes for the 2015 Met Gala Kate recommends this epis...

AFR fashion editor Lauren Sams on faster, faster, faster fashion

This week on News Club, we talk with Lauren Sams, fashion editor at the Australian Financial Review, about the rise of ultra-fast fashion and how businesses like Temu and Shein manage to offer such cheap clothes. In Australia alone, they are on track to record more than $2 billion in sales this year and they’re fast grabbing a huge chunk of market share both here and overseas. But there are plenty of questions about the ethics of what we’re buying from these sites. Club Picks: Two videos fro...

Weekly Wrap: Musk v eSafety, the US TikTok ban, and a viral baby story

Weekly Wrap is a look at the week in news and what’s coming up. Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's all about helping you stay on top of the news + we give you some talking points for the week ahead. Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram LINKS The most clicked link in Squiz Today was about the Aurora Australis Unmade's article on why the Arj Barker story went viral Kate recommends ABC's Australian Story on Aiden Dix Listen to...

The weighty issue of Ozempic

Ozempic, designed for type-2 diabetes treatment, has garnered widespread attention for its potential to aid weight loss in obese individuals. In Australia, where obesity affects 30% of the population, it has sparked significant interest and Novo Nordisk, the company behind it, has seen its share price surge by almost 500% in 5 years. While there are other similar drugs on the market, Ozempic is the OG. Which is why we are delving into it for News Club... Club Picks: This podcast on ABC Radio ...

Weekly Wrap: 2 knife attacks in Sydney, Lehrmann loses his case, and a buttery recommendation

Weekly Wrap is a look at the week in news and what’s coming up. Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's s all about helping you stay on top of the news + we give you some talking points for the week ahead. Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram LINKS The most clicked link in Squiz Today was about the floods in Dubai Listen to our News Club ep with Adam Harvey on a reporter's perspective on the Israel-Hamas war Check out our Short...

Adam Harvey: A foreign correspondent's perspective on the Israel-Gaza war

Adam Harvey is a reporter with ABC TV’s 7.30 and their former Middle East correspondent. We sat down with him to talk about his experience working in the Middle East, what it was like when he returned to Israel late last year, and how journalists get their information. Plus, we ask whether he would ever have thought the events of 7 October were possible and if he is surprised by Israel’s response. Club Picks: This article that was written by Adam himself. He talks about it in the podcast beca...

Weekly Wrap: Wong floats 2-state solution, Trump's abortion issue, and an unfortunate bird update...

Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram Links: The most clicked link in Squiz Today was about these 2 unlikely friends Listen to our News Club ep on The business of Bluey The Daily's podcast episode on Arizona and Trump's abortion dilemma Kate recommends this episode of The Fin podcast with Lauren Sams Claire recommends Season 2 of Loot and Not Dead Yet Hosts: Kate Watson & Claire Kimball Producer: Annelise Taylor

The business of Bluey

Bluey is one of the most-streamed TV shows in the world. But whilst Bluey is owned and produced by Ludo Studios - an Aussie outfit based in Brisbane - the commercial rights are owned by the BBC. It’s all a bit interesting, so this week, News Club will be about the juggernaut that is Bluey.  Club Picks: An interview in The Independent with the creator of Bluey, Joe Brumm. A piece in the Financial Review from a few years ago which goes through how the ABC missed out on the commercial rights to ...

Weekly Wrap: Lehrmann case hears new evidence, Alice has a curfew, and a Bluey kind of movie

Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram Links: The most clicked link in Squiz Today was about this Gucci wallet in Big W The Daily's podcast episode on Israel's airstrike on the World Central Kitchen Claire recommends The Rest is History's 2-part podcast episode on Captain Cook Kate recommends watching Oppenheimer on Netflix Read Kate's op-ed in Mumbrella here Hosts: Kate Watson & Claire Kimball Producer: Annelise Taylor

Interview: Bryce Corbett on teaching the next generation to be media literate

Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram Bryce Corbett is the director of Squiz Kids. In this special episode, he discusses the challenges facing the next generation of news consumers and how we, through our media literacy program Newshounds, are doing our bit to help. Bryce also discusses his life as a journalist, his work as a ghostwriter on two best-selling biographies, and how his journey from gossip columnist to deputy editor at the Women's Weekly, ...

The high cost of hosting big sporting events

Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram. If you have 2 minutes, we'd love if you could complete our survey Last week, several major news stories highlighted the tension between governments wanting to host big sports events and the substantial cost to taxpayers. Cue plenty of opinions and analyses about whether it's worth it. So, we're delving into the debate in this week's News Club Club Picks: Want a presentation with arrows? You got it… This link tak...

Weekly Wrap: When sports and politics collide, the latest on Donald Trump, and a very big yeehaw

Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram If you have 2 minutes, we'd love if you could complete our survey Links: Sign up to the Squiz Today Newsletter here Watch ABC's 730 report on Trump's possible running mate here Claire recommended The New York Times' The Daily episode on the Trump campaign and the US Wildlife Bald Eagle cam Kate recommends subscribing to Galah Listen to our News Club interview with ITV's royal producer here Hosts: Kate Watson & Cl...

Interview: ITV's Lizzie Robinson from inside a royal newsroom

Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram If you have 2 minutes, we'd love if you could complete our survey Lizzie Robinson is the royal producer for ITV in London. When we asked Squizers about the recent coverage of Princess Kate and that photo, 65% said the situation had been blown out of proportion. It left us with lots of questions about royal PR strategies and their interactions with the media. So, we sat down with Lizzie to delve into the dynamics o...

The Royals and that photo that won't go away...

Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram We ummed about this week’s News Club topic. Questions like ‘are people still interested?’, ‘is it too old?’, is it too gossipy’ and ‘can we all just leave Kate alone?’ were the kinds of conversations we were having. But the news around Princess Kate, her whereabouts and that photo just keep on keeping on - so here we are... If you have 2 minutes, we'd love if you could complete our survey Club Picks: This intervi...

Weekly Wrap: State elections, the US TikTok ban, and where's Kate...

Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram If you have 2 minutes, we'd love if you could complete our survey Links: Our most clicked link in Squiz Today was about this mysterious silver monolith Claire recommends the US Wildlife Bald Eagle cam Kate recommends this podcast by The Free Press in Israel Our News Club episode on 'Meta's beef with news' and listen to our interview with Tim Duggan here Hosts: Kate Watson & Claire Kimball Producer: Annelise Taylor

Interview: Tim Duggan on Meta and news

Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram If you have 2 minutes, we'd love if you could complete our survey Tim Duggan is the co-founder of several digital media ventures, most notably junkie media. He is also the Chair of the Digital Publishers Alliance, an industry body that represents over 150 titles from leading independent digital publishers. Meta's recent decision not to re-sign deals with some news Aussie publishers has set in motion a chain of eve...

Meta's beef with news

Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram Meta, the mega US company that owns Facebook and Instagram, recently announced it would not re-sign deals with some Aussie news publishers. That sets in motion a possible chain of events that could change a lot for our media industry - and you as a news consumer. If you have 2 minutes, we'd love if you could complete our survey Club Picks: To answer the question of what’s going on here and how it could affect pub...

Weekly Wrap: Sam Kerr faces court, tweaks to paid parental leave, and 7 years of The Squiz

Support The Squiz by sharing our newsletters and podcasts with your friends. Weekly Wrap is a look at the week in news and what’s coming up. Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's all about helping you stay on top of the news + we give you some talking points for the week ahead. Links Our most clicked link was to this pic of QLD Premier Steven Miles Kate recommends the Unmade podcast with Tim Burrows. You can find our recent interview on it here. Listen to our News Club...

Interview: Jamila Rizvi on the gender pay gap

Support News Club by signing up to our newsletter and following us on Instagram Jamila Rizvi is the Deputy Managing Director of Future Women, a gender equality commentator, and best-selling author. Last week, WGEA released data on the median pay gap for individual private-sector companies. Kate sat down to chat with Jamila about her take on the data, getting out of her bubble to see things from other perspectives, and that big essential question: what sort of society are we looking to build...

Perspectives on the gender pay gap

Last week the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) published data from all private sector companies in Australia that employ over 100 people on their gender pay gaps. Cut to Wednesday, and there were scores of headlines with varying takes on the data. So in this episode, we'll explore some of those takes, you can form your own opinion on the reasons behind the gap and how to address it. Follow us on Instagram and sign up to our News Club newsletter Club Picks: The first is the cold hard d...

Weekly Wrap: A private look at the gender pay gap, viva las NRL, and is Kate Middleton ok...

Weekly Wrap is a look at the week in news and what’s coming up. Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's s all about helping you stay on top of the news + we give you some talking points for the week ahead. Links Our most clicked link was this viral TikTok of Golf pro Georgia Ball Kate recommends this Fred Again article from the Guardian Claire recommends the TV series Estonia on SBS On Demand Follow News Club on Instagram for all our Weekly Wrap content

Supermarkets...price gouging or good business?

It’s the BBQ stopper of our time - how much things cost at the supermarket. Throw in six enquiries, headlines on competition, the cost of living, and a CEO's interview walkout, and it's a prime topic for this week's News Club Club picks: This graph on the market share of different supermarkets in Australia. The Four Corners episode on the tactics supermarkets are using to keep prices high and competition out. This editorial in the Financial Review says the price gouging claims levelled agains...

Weekly Wrap: Banducci walks out, a naval overhaul, and Swift-mania

Weekly Wrap is a look at the week in news and what’s coming up. Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's s all about helping you stay on top of the news + we give you some talking points for the week ahead. Looking for more? Check out our Saturday Squiz newsletter. Click here to get it in your inbox each weekend. LINKS Follow News Club on Instagram Listen to our Taylor Swift-themed episode with Georgie Tunny Kate recommends The Daily's podcast episode on 'What happens if ...

Interview: Georgie Tunny on Taylor Swift

There isn’t much bigger news so far in 2024 than Taylor Swift. And there isn’t a much bigger fan than co-host of The Project Georgie Tunny. This New Club special is for anyone who is bamboozled by Swiftmania or is just interested in how the celebrity media machine works (note: she recently interviewed Tom Cruise). Follow Georgie Tunny on Instagram and check out the Ready For It podcast here.

News Club Special: Georgie Tunny on Taylor Swift

There isn’t much bigger news so far in 2024 than Taylor Swift. And there isn’t a much bigger fan than co-host of The Project Georgie Tunny. This New Club special is for anyone who is bamboozled by Swiftmania or is just interested in how the celebrity media machine works (note: she recently interviewed Tom Cruise). Follow Georgie Tunny on Instagram and check out the Ready For It podcast here.

Is Julian Assange a criminal or journalist?

For more News Club content, follow us on Instagram and sign up to our News Club newsletter. Club Picks: This article from Time is a good overview to get up to speed on who Julian Assange is and why the US is pushing for his extradition. This Sydney Morning Herald/Age profile from 2022 of Jennifer Robinson. She’s an Aussie human rights lawyer who works with Assange’s legal team. Hillary Clinton’s interview on ABC TV’s Four Corners (skip to the 25-minute mark). Clinton was the US Secretary of...

Weekly Wrap: Albanese proposes, Kanas triumphs, and VIC in the dark

Weekly Wrap is a look at the week in news and what’s coming up. Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's s all about helping you stay on top of the news + we give you some talking points for the week ahead. Looking for more? Check out our Saturday Squiz newsletter. Click here to get it in your inbox each weekend. LINKS Follow News Club on Instagram Our most clicked link this week was this video of Jeff Goldblum at the Superbowl  This Australian article by Jared Lynch in...

Is Joe Biden too old to be president?

For more News Club content, follow us on Instagram and sign up to our News Club newsletter. News Club recommendations: Politico Playbook’s podcast episode goes into the nuts and bolts of the Special Counsel’s report and how it’s relevant to the US election. This Sydney Morning Herald/The Age opinion piece by Bruce Wolpe explores what it would look like if Biden did step aside for the 2024 election This SBS article zooms out on the question of leadership and age This article on 'How will Amer...

Weekly Wrap: A royal diagnosis, the right to disconnect, and our Grammy's roundup

Weekly Wrap is a look at the week in news and what’s coming up. Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's s all about helping you stay on top of the news + we give you some talking points for the week ahead. Looking for more? Check out our Saturday Squiz newsletter. Click here to get it in your inbox each weekend. LINKS Our most clicked link this week was the Wildlife Photographer of the year winner and this video of a graffiti-covered luxury high-rise  Tracey Chapman sang...

News Club: The backstory to The Squiz...

Drumroll....We're launching News Club! Before the first episode drops next week, Kate and Claire take a look back at how they met, how The Squiz started, and the journey that led us to here. Follow @thesquiznewsclub on Instagram

Weekly Wrap: Swifties tackle AI deepfakes, changes to tax cuts, and a Sydney shark attack...

Weekly Wrap is a look at the week in news and what’s coming up. Hosted by the OG team of Claire Kimball and Kate Watson, it's s all about helping you stay on top of the news + we give you some talking points for the week ahead. Looking for more? Check out our Saturday Squiz newsletter. Click here to get it in your inbox each weekend. LINKS The most clicked article this week was on the coastal grandma trend ABC's article on the AI-generated image of MP Georgie Purcell Read this SMH article on ...

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The Year Ahead with Abbey Gelmi and Georgie Tunny

In our final Year Ahead ep for 2024, Claire and Kate talk with sports journalist Abbey Gelmi and The Project host Georgie Tunny about their sports news predictions for 2024. They chat about the Paris Olympics, the exoneration of Peter Bol, and the big 'bin-fires' of 2023... Listen to Abbey and Georgie's podcast, Two Good Sports, and follow them on Instagram. Buy The Thursday Murder Club series here Watch Lessons in Chemistry on Apple TV and The English Game on Netflix (correction from: The G...

The Year Ahead with Helen McCabe

Today, Claire and Kate talk with Helen McCabe, the former editor of Australian Women's Weekly and founder of Future Women. They chat about the number of female politicians at the top of their game, the big changes to workplace gender equality laws, and housing. Squiz listeners can redeem a free FW Red membership valued at $48 using the code SQUIZ2024 Read Helen's speech at the Andrew Olle Media Lecture here Watch the Beckham doco on Netflix Follow Helen McCabe on Instagram Know someone who'...

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