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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

Ranked #2

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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

Ranked #3

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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

Ranked #4

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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

1hr 4mins

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Weekend Wrap 30 July 2023: Education, economic management, workplace reforms, housing, The Voice

Weekend Wrap 30 July 2023: Education, economic management, workplace reforms, housing, The Voice

Ben Davison is BACK after a two week break with a deep dive on the FIVE big issues that should be dominating the nationa... Read more

30 Jul 2023

38mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 144: Murdoch and the NO campaign, inflation falls as neo-liberalism fails, the end of forced casualisation and good news about trees

Episode 144: Murdoch and the NO campaign, inflation falls as neo-liberalism fails, the end of forced casualisation and good news about trees

Van Badham and Ben Davison look at how actors, screen writers and even NRL players are getting organised because they ne... Read more

26 Jul 2023

1hr

Ranked #7

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Episode 143: Dan says no to Commonwealth Games blow out, time to fund public schools, NO campaign avoids truth and good news about plastics

Episode 143: Dan says no to Commonwealth Games blow out, time to fund public schools, NO campaign avoids truth and good news about plastics

Van Badham and Ben Davison congratulate the aged care workers who, by standing together in union, are starting to see th... Read more

19 Jul 2023

1hr 17mins

Ranked #8

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Episode 142: No campaign goes MAGA, Robodebt fallout for Fadden, Albo at NATO and good news about solar glass

Episode 142: No campaign goes MAGA, Robodebt fallout for Fadden, Albo at NATO and good news about solar glass

Van Badham and Ben Davison start this special Thursday edition by tearing apart the ridiculous wage cutting ideologies o... Read more

13 Jul 2023

1hr 6mins

Ranked #9

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Weekend Wrap July 9 2023: Robodebt Royal Commission exposes abuses of power, Health unions win better deal in NSW and teaching reforms but where’s the funding?

Weekend Wrap July 9 2023: Robodebt Royal Commission exposes abuses of power, Health unions win better deal in NSW and teaching reforms but where’s the funding?

Ben Davison spends some time looking at the Robodebt Royal Commission report, the scathing rebuke of the Morrison govern... Read more

9 Jul 2023

39mins

Ranked #10

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Episode 141: Faruqi vs Hanson as racism finds its voice, why a bigger surplus is good, NACC starts with a smorgasbord and good news about EV batteries

Episode 141: Faruqi vs Hanson as racism finds its voice, why a bigger surplus is good, NACC starts with a smorgasbord and good news about EV batteries

Van Badham and Ben Davison dive into the explosion of bots, trolls and online hate that is being targeted at YES campaig... Read more

5 Jul 2023

1hr 11mins

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