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"The Week on Wednesday" with Van Badham & Ben Davison
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Episode 170: The South Australian election and its discontents, America brings Australia and Europe closer together… and the good news is about a Mega Hedge.
62 hours 39 mins; March 26, 2026
Episode 169: New Cabinets, Old Wounds, and Wacky Ted: This Week on Wednesday
44 mins; May 14, 2025
Episode 168: Landslide! Labor's Historic Victory and the Lessons for the Right
90 hours 31 mins; May 07, 2025
Episode 167: Brethren, Robes, and Ballot Box Shenanigans
60 hours 54 mins; April 30, 2025
Episode 166: Housing, health and education: The debates we all have to have, and the bobcats we deserve
71 hours 22 mins; April 23, 2025
Episode 165: Dr Jim's Australian budget box of delights, Donald Trump's group chat gone wild and African penguins forever
63 hours 3 mins; March 26, 2025
Episode 164: Dutton plays at being Temu Trump to avoid explaining his policies for the election and good news about electric cars
74 hours 1 min; January 15, 2025
Episode 163: Auspol in 2025, Australia's economic position, disinformation and good news about renewables
72 hours 7 mins; January 08, 2025
Episode 162: Trump's Debate Meltdown and the Scourge of Disinformation
56 mins; September 11, 2024
Episode 161: Dr Chalmers Keynesian budget remedy
70 hours 2 mins; May 15, 2024
Episode 160: Stopping male violence, the education budget we have to have and big batteries
63 hours 10 mins; May 05, 2024
Episode 159: A future made in Australia, the disinformation wonderland & solar cars
66 hours 43 mins; April 18, 2024
Episode 158: Tasmanian election lessons, narrative wars, its the economy and good news about airships
77 hours 48 mins; April 06, 2024
Weekend Wrap 3 December 2023: Employment services reforms, the grind of government and the media circus
33 mins; December 02, 2023
Episode 157: Generational economic divide, Loopholes closer to closing & good news on renewables
60 hours 21 mins; November 21, 2023
Weekend Wrap 19 November 2023: Profiteers cash in, school funding needs fix and why Albo went to APEC
31 mins; November 18, 2023
Episode 156: Wages rise, Duttons dangerous disinformation, why school funding is a targeted use of the surplus and good news for stone workers
73 hours 1 min; November 15, 2023
Episode 155: Optus outage chaos, new RBA is just like the old RBA and good news from America
69 hours 54 mins; November 08, 2023
Episode 154: Corporates fight to keep loopholes, Be that teacher for every child, Medicare boost and good news about spiders
62 hours 43 mins; November 01, 2023
Weekend Wrap 29 October 2023: Albo goes to Washington, Insiders misses context and the rules based order
35 mins; October 28, 2023
Episode 153: Unions ban deadly dust, Profits fuel inflation pain, World Teachers Day and good battery news
63 hours 14 mins; October 25, 2023
Weekend Wrap 22 October 2023: Middle East, Fee free TAFE, Worker actions, Parental leave, state tax bonfire
36 mins; October 21, 2023
Weekend Wrap 15 October 2023: Voice referendum lost, misinformation campaigning and workplace reforms
68 hours 25 mins; October 14, 2023
Episode 152: Republicans implode, referendum prepoll opens, rates on hold and good news about bears
70 hours 22 mins; October 04, 2023
Weekend Wrap 1 October 2023:the No misinformation campaign, disability royal commission report, Pezzullo and public service
33 mins; September 30, 2023
Episode 151: Dan departs as Allan ascends, a job for everyone who wants one, a referendum update and good news about kites
67 hours 51 mins; September 27, 2023
Weekend Wrap 24 September 2023: No rallies, price gouging inquiry, workers take action
20 mins; September 23, 2023
Episode 150: Referendum disinformation, NSW budget, Victorian homes, worker rights and good news on seaweed
72 hours 50 mins; September 20, 2023
Weekend Wrap 10 September: Pearson makes YES case on Insiders, Dutton delays billions in wages, unions win for workers
38 mins; September 09, 2023
Episode 149: Corporations fight secure work and better pay, Joyce leaves Qantas burning, economic growth and good news on solar glass
61 hours 3 mins; September 06, 2023
Weekend Wrap 3 September 2023: New rights for casuals, gig and labour hire workers, Qantas profiting from failure and you are the Voice
33 mins; September 02, 2023
Episode 148: The referendum is October 14, misogyny tars football and infects young men, inflation slows and good news about wind
68 hours 55 mins; August 30, 2023
Weekend Wrap 27 August 2023: Insiders review, intergeneration report and Dutton attacks democracy
33 mins; August 26, 2023
Episode 147: Naplan shows need for school funding, CPAC goes full racist, ACTU report a rip off wins government taskforce and good news about micro plastics
63 hours 28 mins; August 23, 2023
Episode 146: Matildas mania, Trumps troubles, new deal on housing as wages reset plus wind in Wollongong
66 hours 2 mins; August 16, 2023
Weekend Wrap 13 August 2023: Littleproud on Insiders exposes how much Coalition policy is driven by lobbyists
28 mins; August 12, 2023
Episode 145: Matildas and billion dollar Barbie recasting the role of girls, ACTU price gauging inquiry, Dutton diverted community safety funds and good news about Quolls
62 hours 42 mins; August 09, 2023
SPECIAL Weekend Wrap: Dutton’s Garma dishonesty, parliament wrap , bosses bemoan worker rights, teachers and truck drivers take a stand
73 hours 50 mins; August 05, 2023
Van Badham in conversation with Miles Taylor, former Trump National Security Advisor and author of Blowback
64 hours 9 mins; July 31, 2023
Weekend Wrap 30 July 2023: Education, economic management, workplace reforms, housing, The Voice
38 mins; July 29, 2023
Episode 144: Murdoch and the NO campaign, inflation falls as neo-liberalism fails, the end of forced casualisation and good news about trees
60 hours 34 mins; July 26, 2023
Episode 143: Dan says no to Commonwealth Games blow out, time to fund public schools, NO campaign avoids truth and good news about plastics
77 hours 56 mins; July 19, 2023
Episode 142: No campaign goes MAGA, Robodebt fallout for Fadden, Albo at NATO and good news about solar glass
66 hours 4 mins; July 13, 2023
Weekend Wrap July 9 2023: Robodebt Royal Commission exposes abuses of power, Health unions win better deal in NSW and teaching reforms but where’s the funding?
39 mins; July 09, 2023
Episode 141: Faruqi vs Hanson as racism finds its voice, why a bigger surplus is good, NACC starts with a smorgasbord and good news about EV batteries
71 hours 55 mins; July 04, 2023
Weekend Wrap 2 July 2023: NAIDOC week kicks off YES campaign, Gladys is corrupt, NDIS turns 10 and the economy of Labor
37 mins; July 02, 2023
Episode 140: Farm workers on strike, Greens housing fantasy, inflation falls, claytons mutiny in Russia and Victorias windy record
62 hours 45 mins; June 28, 2023
Weekend Wrap 25 June 2023: Putins Wagner moment, Labor housing policy on Insiders and why working people are not so sympathetic to the Zuckerberg, Musk, Oceangate sagas
32 mins; June 24, 2023
Episode 139: The RBA demands more unemployment, Greens delay action on housing, the referendum is coming and so is the dirt machine but The Voice is winning!
76 hours 43 mins; June 21, 2023
Weekend Wrap 18 June 2023: Liberal at centre of misconduct allegations quits party, Labor delivers housing and we answer YOUR questions
42 mins; June 17, 2023
Episode 138 Brittany Higgins targeted as Liberals flood the zone, pay rises for CEOs but not so much for you and good news about waste reduction
72 hours 18 mins; June 14, 2023
Episode 137: Phil Lowe, The RBA and the ideology trying to keep the rich richer and the rest of us poorer, more Morrison era misery and Roger Cook is WA Premier
74 hours 23 mins; June 07, 2023
Weekend Wrap 4 June 2023: Minimum wage win, RBA gaffes, Green housing hocum and the Ben Roberts Smith verdict
39 mins; June 03, 2023
Episode 136: Tackling sham contracting and forced casualisation, Aussie content on Aussie screens, The Voice a step closer and good news about hydrogen
72 hours 0 mins; May 31, 2023
Weekend Wrap 28 May 2023: Insiders opens gates for Murdoch, Liberals flail in senate, gig reform and Australia is Proud to be Public
39 mins; May 27, 2023
Weekend Wrap 21 May 2023: A year of Albanese Labor government, media obsesses on the negative and Liberals in disarray
38 mins; May 20, 2023
Episode 135: Housing policy or why the Greens and Dutton are wrong, wages vs profit prices spirals and good news about national parks
63 hours 20 mins; May 17, 2023
Weekend Wrap 14 May 2023: Insiders lacks insight, we know who Dutton is and Greens blocking homes
26 mins; May 13, 2023
Episode 134: Labor’s big Keynesian budget and good news for the environment!
73 hours 32 mins; May 10, 2023
Weekend Wrap 7 May 2023: Budget preview, Angus ’Inflation’ Taylor on Insiders and the social wage
30 mins; May 06, 2023
Episode 133: RBAs clumsy politics, budget leaks, worker news and good news on electric roads
65 hours 43 mins; May 03, 2023
Weekend Wrap April 30 2023: Van Badham joins Ben to discuss Insiders, reforming jobseeker, YES on track to win and migration reforms
58 mins; April 29, 2023
Episode 132: Tucker taken down, Elon gives Twitter the blues, tackling the cost of living and good news about batteries
67 hours 52 mins; April 26, 2023
Weekend Wrap 23 April 2023: Labor reforming social wage, Insiders intrigues and the dangers of self-appointed advocacy
34 mins; April 22, 2023
Episode 131: Dutton tanks Liberal vote, NDIS reboot, Father Bob passes and good news about EVs
66 hours 3 mins; April 19, 2023
Episode 130: Duttons unelectable boofheads, Greens block more homes and a listener sends good news about batteries
71 hours 28 mins; April 12, 2023
Weekend Wrap 9 April 2023: Child labour, minimum wage wars, NDIS under attack
30 mins; April 08, 2023
Episode 129: Trump in court, Duttons Noalition, RBA says rates may rise again and the good news is the majority say YES to The Voice
64 hours 19 mins; April 05, 2023
Weekend Wrap 2 April 2023: Labor wins Aston, Dutton’s train wreck on Insiders and Liberals circle the drain
45 mins; April 01, 2023
Episode 128 Inflation slows, workers call for wages and just transition, Aston byelection, Liberal MPs injure worker and good news about Skinks!
64 hours 17 mins; March 29, 2023
Weekend Wrap 26 March 2023: Minns Labor wins NSW, media fails with call of tight election, Voice question and putting workers in the centre of debate
33 mins; March 25, 2023
Episode 127: NSW Election, TERFs and Nazis, Voice a step closer and good news about baking soda!
69 hours 49 mins; March 22, 2023
Episode 126: SPECIAL GUEST Minister Aboriginal Affairs and Attorney General Kyam Maher on the Voice, Dutton sets up AUKUS vs NDIS fight, Perrottet’s voucher program
55 mins; March 15, 2023
Weekend Wrap 12 March 2023: Insiders talks nonsense, two weeks until nswvotes, three weeks until Aston byelection and RBA has stuffed the economy
27 mins; March 11, 2023
Episode 125: International Women’s Day, Musk tells people to get off Twitter, The RBA puts bosses before reality and good news about oceans!
55 mins; March 08, 2023
Weekend Wrap5 March 2023: Angus Taylor exposed on Insiders, Stuart Robert fronts robodebt royal commission, media a barrier to reform, NSW Labor and May Doyle launch
34 mins; March 04, 2023
Episode 124: Super tax reforms, Greedflation, the end of killer kitchen tops and good news about cute animals
54 mins; March 01, 2023
Weekend Wrap 26 February 2023: Super reforms to save billions, Insiders and the phantom arguments, the greed price spiral, YES launches and Tsarina Thorpe crashes Mardi Gras
29 mins; February 25, 2023
Episode 123: Not so perfect broccolini, Murdoch boycotts Fringe, YES to the Voice, Albo’s 2023 agenda and good news about batteries!
59 mins; February 22, 2023
Weekend Wrap 19 February 2023: Insiders press Greens on climate blockage, Labor passes signature policies, Voice campaign launches and NSW election heating up
37 mins; February 18, 2023
Episode 122: Reserve bank puts profits before people, information wars exposed, good news about grass and we are COMING TO ADELAIDE!
58 mins; February 15, 2023
Weekend Wrap 12 February 2023: Insiders stays in neoliberal frame, Tudge quits in disgrace, bosses attacking workers
29 mins; February 11, 2023
Episode 121: Thorpe leaves Greens in lurch, Dark Brandon rises and good news about the sea!
70 hours 26 mins; February 08, 2023
Weekend Wrap 5 February 2023: Insider’s returns to discuss The Voice, The Chifley Research Centre conference platforms new ideas and 1 in 10 cancers are work related
28 mins; February 04, 2023
Episode 120: Cultural policy at last! Visy, Woodside and Mantle workers facing down corporate greed plus the robodebt royal commission
67 hours 37 mins; February 01, 2023
Weekend Wrap 29 January 2023: Alice Springs, a complex story needing complex solutions, West Australian opposition shuffles deck chairs and stranded ship crews
33 mins; January 28, 2023
Episode 119: Whether Australia Day or Invasion Day January 26th needs to change, will the RBA cause a recession? Good news from the Mersey river!
50 mins; January 24, 2023
Weekend Wrap 22 January 2023: Labor leads in NSW, The Voice winning across the nation, Ardern retires and Qantas has been Joyced!
24 mins; January 22, 2023
Episode 118: Dutton playing politics with The Voice, Stoves new culture war front, is it time to end the free ride? And good news on plastics!
60 hours 39 mins; January 17, 2023
Weekend Wrap 15 January 2023: Workers beat wage thieves at Mantle, Pell is gone and who is Perrottet really?
28 mins; January 14, 2023
Episode 117: Sunak’s anti-strike laws have Australian flavour, Republican supreme court could strip right to strike,Brazil’s far right storm their capital
70 hours 6 mins; January 11, 2023
Weekend Wrap 8 January: Republicans finally settle on McCarthy, Dutton’s polyphonic press conference to undermine the Voice
24 mins; January 07, 2023
Episode 116: Dutton falls off millennial cliff, ACMA proves the case for change, MAGA madness consumes congressional Republicans and garbage powered cars!
65 hours 57 mins; January 03, 2023
Episode 115: Morrison fumbles at robodebt royal commission, Cookers turn to terrorism, Pampas workers strike for job security and good news for renewables
56 mins; December 13, 2022
Weekend Wrap 11 December: Labor announces EPA, Albo gets energy deal and the Pampas workers latest target of multinational greed
25 mins; December 10, 2022
Episode 114: Chris Minns, NSW Labor Leader, joins Van and Ben to discuss the state of NSW, bad news about burritos and good news from Georgia
51 mins; December 07, 2022
Weekend Wrap 3 December 2022: Socceroos do us proud, Albo delivers with more to come and Dutton remains on the fringes
16 mins; December 04, 2022
Episode 113: Morrison censured over multiple ministries, Labor wins promised reforms and the good news is about electric vehicles
39 mins; November 29, 2022
Weekend Wrap 27 November 2022: Victorian state election wrap up and Secure Jobs, Better Pay to become law
63 hours 20 mins; November 27, 2022
Episode 112: Workers asking Pocock which side are you on? Victoria heads to the polls, Musk burns billions for Twitter lols and good news on the NSW Super Battery
79 hours 42 mins; November 23, 2022
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