Matt Harvey

Bearer of weird News

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The bearer of weird news is an exploration of the news, both the weirdest news and the weirdest parts of the news you are familiar with. The world's a weird place, Matt wants to talk about it. Just for funny is a news quiz. Some of the best, newest, and most interesting comedians and performers are invited to play a quiz about the latest, weirdest news items.

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Matt Harvey

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Rich People Sad About Being Painted, US Genocide Standards Quite High, Porn Or Social Media -You Choose 11.06.2024 1:00:14

NEWS: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv22pl9p212o https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-29/ticketmaster-hack-allegedlyshinyhunter-customers-data-leaked/103908614 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-10/sakshi-agrawal-tesla-autopilot-crash-sentencing/103829772 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/29/victoria-tobacconist-fires-vape-wars-kids-paid https://www.theguardian.com/environmen...

Defamation proclamation, Artists Dares To Do Art, Zombism An STD, Trans Athletes Should Demand Their Own Category 14.05.2024 50:09

NEWS: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australias-defence-budget-set-to-increase-by-50-billion-over-the-next-decade/04c2x7teq https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/why-involving-japan-in-aukus-could-wrinkle-australias-relationship-with-china/qlt46l9d3 https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/these-women-sued-switzerland-over-climate-inaction-theyve-been-handed-a-historic-victory/0m3jc47vq https://www....

Capitalism part of a complete breakfast, Scapegoating parents, Chocolate experiences for all! 15.04.2024 49:30

NEWS: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/07/labor-gender-equality-targets-government-contracts-katy-gallagher-national-press-club-speech https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/abortion-enshrined-as-constitutional-right-in-france-in-world-first/u7h0bx823 https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/article/clive-palmer-gives-his-titanic-dream-another-crack/rprk9rjgt https://www.theguardian.com/austr...

Matt Harvey And Shaun Micallef Talk the Importance Of Public Television 26.03.2024 47:34

Recorded during the lock down of 2020 with Channel 31 and 44 looking like they might be taken off the air forever Matt Harvey and Shaun Micallef sit down to talk the importance of public television.

Israel: The Two Song Solution, Coles Working With Palantir, Enhanced Games "Most Inclusive In History!" 25.03.2024 1:16:12

NEWS: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/feb/06/taylor-swift-jet-cease-desist-jack-sweeney https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/green-spaces-are-being-fenced-off-in-sydney-due-to-asbestos-how-did-we-get-here/ory2b9l09 https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/groovin-the-moo-cancellation-australian-music-festivals-weve-loved-and-lost/70q1io2n7 https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8520791/more-than-...

Birds vs Bald men, Scott Morrison Still Bad At Paperwork, And CLASS WARFARE! 26.02.2024 1:08:14

NEWS: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/jan/24/australias-greatest-sporting-moment-poll-winner-cathy-freeman https://news.artnet.com/art-world/shakira-statue-barranquilla-2415543 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/12/nearly-80-australian-students-say-they-didnt-fully-try-in-latest-pisa-tests https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-08/north-korea-kim-jong-un-40th-birthday-secretiv...

Crime Maths, Tax Cuts Greater Than Children Lives, Goat - it's whats for dinner. 30.12.2023 1:11:34

NEWS: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/the-rba-boss-says-haircuts-are-driving-up-inflation-is-it-really-that-simple/9m8aol2fx https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8438193/indigenous-warrior-suggested-as-king-charles-iii-replacement-on-aussie-coins/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-67553958 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/27/dick-smith-criticises-facebook-after-s...

Australia VS Climate Change, Centrelink VS Maths, Bing VS Australia. 11.12.2023 1:10:43

NEWS: https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/31/23940442/doordash-delivery-delayed-no-tip-warning https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/4/australias-albanese-heads-to-china-touting-consistent-steady-engagement https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2023-11-03/man-who-jumped-out-at-women-banned-from-gimping-for-five-years https://dailyvoice.com/connecticut/norwalk/ct-man-charged-with-using-police-lights-s...

Priests Aren't Employees, Who are the best white people?, Lady Frogs Playing Dead. 20.11.2023 1:04:06

NEWS: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-19/indigenous-groups-reject-peter-dutton-royal-commission-calls/102999030 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-21/victoria-police-nazi-salute-offence-new-laws/103005966/ https://news.artnet.com/art-world/unesco-virtual-museum-stolen-cultural-objects-2374871 https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8383839/the-truth-is-out-there-australia-accused-of-treating-u...

Who really killed Tupac, Who To Blame For Israel Vs Palestine? 31.10.2023 1:02:01

NEWS: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/09/indigenous-voice-to-parliament-referendum-liberal-party-apologises-postal-ballots https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/a-cricket-comeback-motorsports-gone-what-cold-be-in-and-out-at-the-olympics/w0uylfggy https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/27/former-tinder-ceos-startup-to-fight-loneliness-with-ai-chatbot-gets-backing-by-sequoia/ https://news....

The great Panda recall!, Ben Roberts-Smithing your reputation, The Nobel prize for Phallus 16.10.2023 51:11

NEWS: https://fortune.com/2023/09/25/tinder-launches-500-per-month-option-dating-app-elite-match/ https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/new-method-for-purifying-drinking-water-could-be-used-in-disaster-zones/ https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/museum-accused-of-stealing-from-other-cultures-now-wants-help-finding-stolen-artefacts/ewx3024rc https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66866577 https://www.me...

Cereal to sexy for breakfast time, Space drugs, Robots with guns 29.09.2023 58:28

NEWS: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-15/dymocks-confirms-1-million-customers-details-leaked/102863820 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66850821 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-23/asx-markets-business-live-news-23-08-2023/102700608 https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-woman-has-no-idea-why-1-000-condoms-were-shipped-to-her-house-1.6560612 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66859080 https://apnew...

The voice is an advisory board! 17.09.2023 1:05:25

NEWS: https://apnews.com/article/twitter-x-logo-blue-bird-musk-0689e9a5c3a217afc2fbefeaf0e6d8a8 https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/taliban-spokesman-endorses-twitter-threads-1234785692/ https://www.newsweek.com/mcdonalds-wedding-package-jokes-memes-indonesia-1811064 https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/plane-maths https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/switzerland-returns-...

Epiosde 52 - The Robodebt sealed section, the most hotly anticipated sealed section since the death of Cleo magazine. 20.07.2023 1:17:06

NEWS: https://www.9news.com.au/national/national-anti-corruption-commission-186-online-reports-first-four-days/4fd16741-8981-4d95-813c-c8d83a681643 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66129215 https://l.smartnews.com/p-Ksq4Y/40cMYF https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7eejg/supreme-court-rules-companies-can-sue-striking-workers-for-sabotage-and-destruction-misses-entire-point-of-striking https://...

Coup for Hotdogs, The Drugs Olympics, Baby Boomers: The Zoo Animals of generations 09.07.2023 1:03:56

NEWS: https://www.ibtimes.com/russian-analyst-says-use-nuclear-weapons-can-stop-world-war-3-human-extinction-3702756 https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/food/sad-news-as-iconic-chocolate-discontinued-after-93-years-c-11037411 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/86-year-old-returns-george-orwells-1984-to-portland-oregon-library-65-years-late/ https://www.insider.com/san-diego-man-crowns-himself-sultan-of-micro...

Golf War!, Philip Lowe Future Housemate, Autism = Terrorism? 26.06.2023 56:52

NEWS: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25834362-500-study-finds-it-is-barely-possible-to-identify-a-beautiful-scrotum/ https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/05/20/sperm-counts-are-declining-scientists-believe-they-have-pinpointed-the-main-causes-why https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-65558327 https://www.insider.com/carynai-ai-virtual-girlfriend-chat-gpt-rogue-filthy-things-...

Some people left behind, Morrison's new job, Child labor bonanza 31.05.2023 1:07:05

NEWS: https://consequence.net/2023/04/half-vinyl-buyers-record-player-study/ https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/new-website-for-tenants-to-rate-landlords-is-exploding-in-popularity-ontario-founder-says-1.6373279 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/24/the-proclaimers-song-im-gonna-be-removed-coronation-playlist-anti-royal-views https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/austin-school-shootin...

Italy at war with the King's English, AI At war with everyone, Fox News at war with the truth. 05.05.2023 1:07:28

NEWS: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/police-sue-rapper-afroman-for-humiliation-and-loss-of-reputation-after-he-used-footage-of-home-raid-to-make-new-music-and-videos/ https://share.smartnews.com/fhMLT https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/24/drugs-and-alcohol-do-not-make-you-more-creative-research-finds https://share.smartnews.com/oc29X https://www.gamespot.com/articles/hogwarts-legacy-patch-...

Stop everyting a flag is broken!, These are my recessions, Newscorp downsizing - good! 03.04.2023 1:00:19

NEWS: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/feb/11/australian-intelligence-agency-advised-departmental-discretion-on-using-chinese-equipment-14-months-ago https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-03/taiwan-calls-for-restriction-on-claw-machines-amid-addiction/101926068 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-09/google-parent-company-loses-100-billion-in-shares/101950476/ https://time.com/6256529/...

Dodging responsibility for Robodebt, A tale of two drunk cities, Countdown To Doomsday 22.02.2023 1:07:32

NEWS: https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/kmart-responds-heated-australia-day-complaint-030438171.html https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/outsiders/kmarts-antiaustralia-day-push-is-antimigrant/video/f150c8ad7a0fc36af596b1eb2c923bed https://apnews.com/article/sweden-government-e0542960cfe612350af6051ef878396d https://www.nme.com/news/music/pink-floyd-fans-criticise-woke-dark-side-of-the-moon-rainbow-log...

Digital Piracy Legal in Belarus, Sending Bodies Through the mail, Democracy update. 29.01.2023 59:48

NEWS: https://share.smartnews.com/HGAxa https://www.npr.org/2022/12/05/1140696560/oxford-word-2022-goblin-mode https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63458467 https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/word-of-the-year-why-is-teal-significant-and-what-is-a-bachelors-handbag/3dlojw6fr https://www.newsweek.com/dog-shot-man-dead-1762692 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2022/nov/29/austra...

Saudi Diplomatic immunity, Climate Reparations, Trump Hates the constitution? 19.12.2022 59:42

NEWS: https://gizmodo.com/digital-ads-nba-milwaukee-bucks-cream-jerseys-1849791166 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/nov/11/split-in-half-fake-space-saving-christmas-tree-argos https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/wtf/time-traveller-universe-kept-in-a-massive-jar-by-creator-584294.html https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-16/nasa-space-launch-system-rocket-takes-off/101661222 https://www...

COP27 Climate sucide pact, Robodebt "Legally insufficient", Workplace exploitation round up 07.12.2022 1:00:51

NEWS: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/02/australian-workers-at-global-company-to-trial-four-day-week-after-success-of-new-zealand-pilot https://www.columbiapsychiatry.org/news/columbia-study-finds-mass-school-shootings-are-not-caused-mental-illness https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-63471923 https://www.psypost.org/2022/10/cannabis-use-does-not-increase-actual-creativity-but-...

Nuclear News (not the war), Vic Liberals Get A Pre-election rebrand, Standing Up To Gina Rinehart 19.11.2022 53:28

NEWS: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/oct/22/australian-companies-to-face-fines-of-50m-for-data-breaches https://share.smartnews.com/XmZ3d https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/oct/24/labors-rorts-and-waste-audit-to-deliver-10bn-in-savings-to-federal-budget https://www.psypost.org/2022/10/pornography-is-not-to-blame-for-erectile-dysfunction-according-to-new-research-64109...

Selling The Barrier Reef To Disney, Mutual Obligations work around, greenwashing and sportswashing 03.11.2022 46:34

NEWS: https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/15/23405389/att-illinois-23-million-investigation-bribe-corruption https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-13/brain-cells-in-dish-taught-to-play-pong-drunk-dishbrain/101529862 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11277223/amp/Senator-Jacinta-Price-slams-end-Centrelink-cashless-welfare-card-Theyre-gonna-destroy-lives.html https://www.bloomberg.com/news/article...