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Who killed Journalism?

On a special whodunit panel show edition of Spin Cycle, the team try to get to the bottom of who killed journalism, with the help of Antoun Issa, Raf Epstein and Najma Sambul.

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Matthew Ricketson on what it's like getting Murdoched

The team sits down with Matthew Ricketson, co-author of Getting Murdoched: How Murdoch's Media Wields Power and Punishment, to discuss how the Murdoch empire turns journalists into instruments of personal destruction —…

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Why no-one at the National Press Club could land a hit on Pauline Hanson

Charlie, fresh from the room itself, joins Rachel to dissect Pauline Hanson's address to the National Press Club, unpacking why the press gallery played it so safe and how even the sharper questions…

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"Progressive except for Palestine" - Jeff Sparrow unpacks the double standards of reporting on Gaza

Jess and Rachel speak with Jeff Sparrow - Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Advancing Journalism and former Triple R Breakfaster - about his essay for The Conversation examining how liberal media outlets…

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Emily Baker on Byron Bay's rape culture, and Charlie Pickering's Grace Tame non-apology

ABC journalist Emily Baker talks to Jess, Charlie and Rachel about her investigation into sexual violence in Byron Bay in the 2000s. Plus, the team unpacks why Charlie Pickering's decision to call Grace…

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The Liberal Party's Identity Crisis, the Decline of The Australian and the Antisemitism Royal Commission

Charlie and Rachel are joined by writer and author Patrick Marlborough to dissect the Abbott vs Downer battle for the Liberal Party presidency, unpack what Michael Gawenda's factually-challenged essay reveals about the declining…

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Press freedom, the White House Correspondents' Dinner and the quest for social cohesion

Jess and Charlie speak with RMIT journalism lecturer and Triple R broadcaster (host of Future Perfect on Monday mornings) Dylan Bird about World Press Freedom Day, before dissecting the chaos of the White…

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Christopher Knaus on what Bikram Lama's death reveals about homelessness in Australia

Guardian Australia's chief investigations correspondent, Christopher Knaus, joins Spin Cycle to discuss his recent investigation into the death of Bikram Lama, a young Nepali man who died homeless in Sydney's Hyde Park.

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Ben Smee on the judicial handling of domestic violence cases

Jess and Rachel are joined by Ben Smee, Guardian Australia reporter, delving into the new series Broken Trust. The two-year investigation looks into the handling of domestic violence cases in Queensland, and…

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A closer look at Olivia Nuzzi

Jess and Charlie are going all in on American reporter, Olivia Nuzzi this week, in light of the media coverage of her new book, American Canto. They also discuss the lowering of the…

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RMIT journalism professor Alexandra Wake on allegations of bias at the BBC

Charlie, Rachel and special guest host Esther Linder discuss the news of the week, from the Victorian government’s punitive youth crime plans to the announcement that young Kennedy scion Jack Schlossberg is running…

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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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