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"The Week on Wednesday" with Van Badham & Ben Davison

Join notorious Guardian columnist Van Badham and her labour activist co-host (and partner!) Ben Davison. As they deep-dive into the big news themes of the week and provide fresh, irreverent analysis a... Read more

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Weekend Wrap 13 August 2023: Littleproud on Insiders exposes how much Coalition policy is driven by lobbyists

Weekend Wrap 13 August 2023: Littleproud on Insiders exposes how much Coalition policy is driven by lobbyists

Ben Davison, voice croaky from celebrating the Matildas win, breaks down why the leader of the Nationals, and senior mem... Read more

13 Aug 2023

28mins

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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

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

Van Badham and Ben Davison discuss how the on and off-field success of The Matildas are making us rethink traditional li... Read more

9 Aug 2023

1hr 2mins

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SPECIAL Weekend Wrap: Dutton’s Garma dishonesty, parliament wrap , bosses bemoan worker rights, teachers and truck drivers take a stand

SPECIAL Weekend Wrap: Dutton’s Garma dishonesty, parliament wrap , bosses bemoan worker rights, teachers and truck drivers take a stand

Van Badham joins Ben Davison for an extended Weekend Wrap to look at Dutton's dishonesty about Garma being exposed on In... Read more

6 Aug 2023

1hr 13mins

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Van Badham in conversation with Miles Taylor, former Trump National Security Advisor and author of Blowback

Van Badham in conversation with Miles Taylor, former Trump National Security Advisor and author of Blowback

Welcome to our first “The Week On Wednesday presents Van Badham in Conversation With…”. And it is A CORKER. Miles Taylor... Read more

31 Jul 2023

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