Laughing in the face of fear. Comedians and experts rip into the news. It's #QandA on crack.🏆 Winner Best Comedy Podcast 2020 / 2021 / 2022 / 2023. Sign up to the newsletter: http://www.arationalfear.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"Sing Us a Song, Timmy" — Ed Husic on Gas, Gaza & Getting Kicked Out
53 mins; March 20, 2026
The end of the Liberal Party and the new climate wars.
62 hours 6 mins; March 14, 2026
End of (fear) year wrap
45 mins; December 11, 2025
Satan Worshipers. Dental Chairs & Spotify Wrapped
36 mins; December 04, 2025
The Burqas are better at Pauline Hansons?
33 mins; November 27, 2025
Australia retreats from Türkiye AGAIN! (COP31 Update)
23 mins; November 19, 2025
Why UK Labour so fugged?
42 mins; November 13, 2025
Don't Mess With The Zohran!
31 mins; November 08, 2025
Dan gets scammed while Lewis avoids a march
32 mins; September 04, 2025
Dan & Lewis are uncomfortable when not public speaking
61 hours 4 mins; August 14, 2025
Chris Bowen - A Rational Conversation
40 mins; August 07, 2025
Help hire a lobbyist
31 mins; July 31, 2025
W.Kamau Bell on the end of America (and Colbert)
48 mins; July 24, 2025
Rules for burning top secret documents
32 mins; July 18, 2025
OnlyFans of democracy
35 mins; July 10, 2025
Dan, Lewis and Julia reveal what could get them all cancelled.
36 mins; July 03, 2025
Media this election & bonus News fighters
41 mins; May 01, 2025
Election Special Live - Melbourne Comedy Festival 2025
58 mins; April 12, 2025
Indie Mixtape: Allegra Spender + Alex Dyson
34 mins; April 03, 2025
Jokes, data & election predictions
35 mins; March 27, 2025
How AwkwUS! Australia's special relationship with the US.
32 mins; March 20, 2025
Greenwashing and B******: Stefano Valentino
27 mins; March 14, 2025
A Rational Fukt Check & It's Not A Race
16 mins; January 30, 2025
SPECIAL EPISODE: News Fighters 2024 Year In Review
25 mins; December 21, 2024
A RATIONAL YEAR - live from the xmas party
37 mins; December 13, 2024
EXIT INTERVIEW: Kylea Tink Is Not Done
29 mins; December 05, 2024
Is Long Head the next Bluey?
28 mins; November 29, 2024
Jon Ronson on psychopaths, shame & spending time with Alex Jones
51 mins; November 20, 2024
Direct from COP29: The juicy gossip and a beached whale
22 mins; November 15, 2024
NZ leaves us with nothing but ANUS
51 mins; November 08, 2024
Season finale of the United States of America
39 mins; October 30, 2024
JokeTober sketch review
19 mins; October 28, 2024
Judging fat bears & hawking Trump Bibles
26 mins; October 10, 2024
The return of the sausages
34 mins; October 03, 2024
Nuclear Desert & Dan's $2K shop
32 mins; September 26, 2024
Scrotum lookalike wants the world to burn
33 mins; September 19, 2024
Don't ask where the money is coming from - Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba, Mark Connely & Alice Brennan
33 mins; September 13, 2024
Introducing: Preppers
34 mins; September 05, 2024
Sneaking into Pine Gap - behind the scenes with Boy_Boy
38 mins; March 12, 2024
1,000,000th download LIVE SHOW
22 mins; February 03, 2024
John Delmenico — A Rational Conversation
8 mins; January 13, 2024
A Rational Year — Peter Dutton presents the best sketches and bits from 2023
40 mins; December 31, 2023
Newsfighters — Year In Review 2023
26 mins; December 20, 2023
Matt Lieb — A Rational Conversation
49 mins; December 14, 2023
Wendy Harmer — A Rational Conversation
50 mins; December 08, 2023
Sponsor losing - Award winning - Dan Ilic & Lewis Hobba
16 mins; November 23, 2023
LIVE FROM SXSW SYDNEY - Dan Ilic, Chris Taylor, Lee Constable, Ed Coper, Antoinette Lattouf, DJ Dylan Behan
48 mins; October 21, 2023
Cal Wilson: Millennial Horns, the Wikipedia entry
12 mins; October 12, 2023
LIVE FROM WAIBEN THURSDAY ISLAND - Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba, Jay Wymarra, Diat Alferink, Dane Simpson & Leon Filewood
75 hours 38 mins; September 21, 2023
LIVE AT THE WOMEN IN MEDIA CONFERENCE
67 hours 2 mins; September 14, 2023
Not a boycott but a universal pull out - Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba, Megan Herbert & Matt Bray
27 mins; September 07, 2023
Keeping up with the Rubiales - Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba, Tash Exelby & Issy Phillips
30 mins; August 31, 2023
NEWS FIGHTERS: How to (not) solve Australia’s cost of living of crisis!
19 mins; August 27, 2023
Poorer, hotter and less productive - Dan Ilic, AJ Lamarque, Jesse Noakes & Matt Kean
32 mins; August 24, 2023
GMPOOG: David Roberts "Trump is totally apocalyptic for climate change."
31 mins; August 17, 2023
BONUS: Unlikely Best Friends — Grace Tame & Camilla Cleese
51 mins; July 25, 2023
Quitting to join Threads fulltime - Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba. Lee Constable & Ange Lavoipierre
49 mins; July 13, 2023
End Of Financial Fear - Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba, Alice Tovey & Glen James
35 mins; July 06, 2023
Prigozhin's onlyfans - Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba & Matt Bevan
43 mins; June 29, 2023
Cheap Coke & Black Market Fantales - Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba & Georgie Parker (not the actress)
28 mins; June 21, 2023
Solving the climate crisis with gun rights - Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba & Ange Lavoipierre.
30 mins; June 14, 2023
News Fighters — Budget Wars 2023
20 mins; May 14, 2023
AI Murder Vapes - Erchana Murray Bartlett, Craig Quartermaine, Persephone Fraser, Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba
35 mins; May 05, 2023
Kiwis Now Welcome
28 mins; April 27, 2023
McBride's secret strategy.
90 hours 26 mins; April 21, 2023
Tim Smith's (Fence) Cover Up — Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2023
54 mins; April 06, 2023
LIVE PODCAST: Cookers, Planets, and Gas. OH MY! — Brisbane — Mandy Nolan, Mark Humphries, Mel Buttle, Lewis Hobba, Dan Ilic + Dr. Jessie Christiensen
54 mins; March 30, 2023
Trapping Trump — Alice Tovey, Laura Hughes, Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba, David Attenborough
28 mins; March 23, 2023
News Fighters: NSW Election: Two Awful Men!
24 mins; March 20, 2023
460 ft long Subs — Adam Bandt, Amelia Navascues, Lewis Hobba, and Dan Ilic
41 mins; March 17, 2023
The Vengabus on the O-Bahn — LIVE IN ADELAIDE — Kyam Maher, Andrew Hansen, Dan Ilic, Alice Fraser, Gabbi Bolt, Lewis Hobba, Dylan Behan
48 mins; March 09, 2023
The Half a Chubb Review — Elyce Phillips, Jane Bell, Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba + Nicolette Boele
37 mins; March 02, 2023
INTRODUCING NEWS FIGHTERS: Anthony Albanese goes to the tennis and the right can’t deal!
37 mins; February 23, 2023
What does Clive Palmer do now? — Osher Gunsberg, Floyd Alexander-Hunt, Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba + Judy Hannan
28 mins; February 10, 2023
Uncool Cabanas — Arts Minister Tony Burke MP, Antoinette Lattouf, Hanna Ferguson, Dan Ilic
32 mins; February 02, 2023
A Rational Year — The best sketches and selected bits from 2022
61 hours 26 mins; December 29, 2022
The Boys Say Some Bad News — Bec Charlwood, Alex Jae, Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba
31 mins; December 15, 2022
Hey Alexa, play Nish Kumar's comedy specials — Nish Kumar, Alice Fraser, Lewis Hobba, Dan Ilic
42 mins; December 07, 2022
How to vanquish Clive Palmer — Murrawah Johnson, Sami Shah, Floyd Alexander Hunt, Dan Ilic and Lewis Hobba
36 mins; December 02, 2022
Taylor Swift vs Ariana Venti — Bec Melrose, Steph Broadbridge, Jack Druce, Dan Ilic + Fiona Patten MP
32 mins; November 24, 2022
Cup of Strife — Clare Stephens, Georgie Caroll, Brynn O'Brien, Dan Ilic & Lewis Hobba
39 mins; November 17, 2022
The Monarchist Cookbook — Alison Piotrowski, Matt Bevan, Cam James, Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba
38 mins; November 09, 2022
Lions, Horses and Bombers, Oh my! — Osman Faruqi, Scott Mitchell, Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba + Linh Do
34 mins; November 03, 2022
Boring Budget Special — Wendy Zukerman, Chris Taylor, Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba + Dan Adams CEO Amber
37 mins; October 27, 2022
Britain's anti-Truss campaign — Athena Kugblenu + Rick Morton + Bea Barbeau-Scurla + Dan Ilic + Lewis Hobba
32 mins; October 20, 2022
A Rational Fear Lite : Charlie Pickering + Peter Kalmus + Van Gogh + Dan Ilic
29 mins; October 18, 2022
A Rational Fear Lite — Dan Ilic + Sarah Wilson
29 mins; October 13, 2022
Secretive Australia — Festival Of Dangerous Ideas — Kate McClymont, Damien Cave, Amber Schultz, David McBride, Dan Ilic & Lewis Hobba
55 mins; September 25, 2022
GMPOOG: Richard Duke — US Deputy Special Envoy for Climate
39 mins; September 01, 2022
Russia's new advertising campaign — Kirsty Webeck, Sam Petersen, Alice Tovey, Dan Ilic + Ben Pennings
38 mins; August 26, 2022
The Morrison Cinematic Universe — Dan Ilic, Killian David, James Donald Forbes McCann
26 mins; August 18, 2022
The Best* of Lewis Hobba — A Rational Encore — (*50min of Lewis Hobba yelling)
57 mins; August 14, 2022
Splendour In The Grass — Trench Foot Edition: Scout Boxall, Paul McDermott +1, Jenny Tian, Dylan Behan, Lewis Hobba and Dan Ilic
46 mins; July 28, 2022
GMPOOG: Nick Bryant on how journalists could be covering climate change.
30 mins; June 15, 2022
JUDITH NEILSON INSTITUTE LIVE: The Joke Is Mightier Than The Pen
80 hours 29 mins; June 08, 2022
Jan Fran Has Issues - Ep 8 - Grace Tame + Elizabeth Watson Brown
44 mins; May 27, 2022
Jan Fran Has Issues - Ep 7 - Election Cheat Sheet with Amy Remeikis + Alex Morris
