Listen to Are we entering a new age of radicalisation?49:2718 May 2023

Award-winning author of The Trauma Cleaner, Sarah Krasnostein, Joins the Spin Cycle team for a chat through her latest piece for the Monthly - exploring the media response to 2022 Train family murders in Wieambilla, Queensland and their link to online conspiracy theories.

Plus, the team digs into the latest media dramas of the week including 2023 budget reporting and how outlets select their political commentators. With hosts Jess Lilley and Charlie Lewis.

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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.