Spin Cycle

This week on Spin Cycle, Jess Lilley welcomes special guest host and Triple R's own Elizabeth McCarthy. The two discuss the recent Logies Awards drama and share their thoughts on The Cut's recent cancel culture piece that sympathised with a young teenager who shared nude photos of his ex-girlfriend. Plus Karen Paterson from The National Indigenous Radio Service explains what you'd find tuning into...

This week's episode of Spin Cycle welcomes The Saturday Paper's Arts Editor Alison Croggan. Alison shares her thoughts on the developing Peter Hughes/Miles Franklin plagiarism scandal, and makes sense of Hughes' explanation in the Guardian. Plus Jess Lilley and Najma Sambul discuss the Sydney Morning Herald's mishandling of Rebel Wilson's latest relationship news and the resulting international ba...

This week on Spin Cycle, Jess Lilley and Charlie Lewis welcome writer, lawyer, and defamation law specialist Michael Bradley. Michael shares his thoughts on 2022's rising defamation cases among public figures and comments on Australia's contrast to other jurisdictions on defamation laws. Plus, Jess and Charlie discuss ABC's recent decision to abloish librarians and archivists.

This week on Spin Cycle,  the team is joined by special guest Dr Glynn Greensmith, Journalism Lecturer at Curtin Uni, and ABC broadcaster/researcher. Glynn hops on the line to talk through the recent mass-shooting events in the United States and the role that media organisations play in how they report on gun violence and how this coverage can perpetuate and cause more violent events . Plus, Jess,...

For the first time since the federal election campaign, the full Spin Cycle team are back in the studio. Jess Lilley, Najma Sambul and Charlie Lewis reunite to share their election night experiences and the surprising outcomes as the vote counting kicked off. They examine the editorial bias of News Corp throughout the campaign, give some insight into marketing strategies for the election and share...

Jess Lilley and Najma Sambul are back together in the studio once again, joined this week by special guest host and digital producer for ABC News Breakfast, Ahmed Yussuf. Ahmed chats about his election coverage for ABC, plus developments in Collingwood AFL player Héritier Lumumba's accusations of racism against the club. The multi-talented academic, writer & Palestinian community advocate Faha...

This week, Jess Lilley is solo in the studio with both Najma and Charlie hard at work covering the federal election. Charlie hops on the line direct from WA to give some insight into his own election coverage for Crikey and how he's managing to keep his sanity in check. Plus, Journalist and IndigenousX creator and development manager, Rachael Hocking joins Jess for a yarn about IndigenousX’s new t...

This week on Spin Cycle , Jess Lilley and Najma Sambul jump on the line with author, writer and entertainment reporter Patrick Lenton, to talk about the ins and outs of pop culture reporting in 2022. In particular, asking the question 'how does one report about pop culture and entertainment news, when what's happening around the world is filled with doom and gloom?' Plus, Spin Cycle 's own Charlie...