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Spin Cycle 2024
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The Quinoa Curtain

Emma Buckley Lennox fills in for the Spin Cycle crew this week and is joined by Professor Somwrita Sarkar from the University of Sydney to discuss her research into spatial segregation and neighbourhood…

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Class & socio-political diversity in the media

This week on Spin Cycle, Jess and Rachel are joined by Walkley Award-winning Journalist from UTS Helen Vatsikopulos. They talk with her about the current environment for studying journalism and the challenges of…

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It's all 'About Time' with Joseph Friedman

Joseph Friedman joins the Spin Cycle team to introduce 'About Time', a new publication created for, and largely by, incarcerated people in Australia. They dive into the intended content, similar existing publications, and…

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Unpacking An Omnishambles with Dr Rachael Burgin

In light of the verdict on Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case against Channel 10, the Spin Cycle team are joined by Dr Rachael Burgin, senior lecturer at Swinburne University and CEO of Rape and…

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Shit Rentals' Jordie Van Der Berg opens up about empty houses

Advocate for the right to housing, Jordan van den Berg, aka Purple Pingers, joins Jess and Rachel to talk about how the media have responded to his recent campaign to create a database…

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Sara M Saleh on Palestine as Liberatory Praxis

Human rights lawyer and author, Sarah M Saleh joins the team to discuss her recent piece in Meanjin's Autumn issue. Together they examine censorship and limits on free speech evident in recent artistic…

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Are news rooms equiped to handle complex mental health issues of their staff?

Jess is joined by Rachel Withers editor in chief of the politics to speak to investigative journalist Jarni Blakkarly who asks the question "are news rooms equiped for mental health of staff?" also…

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Spin Cycle - 21 March 2024

An episode of Spin Cycle from 21st March 2024.

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What does the current situation in Gaza look like?

Charlie, Rachel and Jess are joined this week by David Hardaker, an experienced Walkley Award-winning investigative journalist who has worked for Four Corners, 7.30, Foreign Correspondent and 60 Minutes, to discuss his…

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Looking back to understand the present in news media

Journalist and writer Jonathan Green joins Charlie and Rachel to unpack his new piece for The Monthly Whose ABC?, which applies a historical context to understand the current state of affairs and…

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Spin Cycle - 29 February 2024

An episode of Spin Cycle from 29th February 2024.

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We live in a media saturated world. The news cycle travels at lightning speed and is impossible to ignore. Spin Cycle aims to make sense of the 24/7 updates and hot takes we are bombarded with from media outlets, politicians and pundits all trying to own the narrative.

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