News Weakly with Sami Shah

NEWS WEAKLY 173 – 9th August, 2025 This week on News Weakly: BIBI’S ALL YOU CAN OCCUPY BUFFET! 2 ROBOTDEBT 2 FURIOUS! PRETTY BLOOMIN’ HEALTHY! TRUMP’S PUTIN IT TO MODI! QUOTE OF THE WEEK “When the government automates welfare, it doesn’t create efficiency, it just creates poverty at scale.” SUPPORT THE SHOW Keep News Weakly independent! Support Sami at: patreon.com/samishah Sami Shah is a multi-aw...

NEWS WEAKLY 72 – 2nd August, 2025 This week on News Weakly: TRUMP KEEPS IT AT TEN! STATEHOOD WITH STRINGS ATTACHED! LABOR TAKES THE BRIDGE! SPY HARD: ASIO STRIKES BACK! QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Australia: not important enough to punish further. Put that on a tourism billboard.” SUPPORT THE SHOW Keep News Weakly independent! Support Sami at: patreon.com/samishah Sami Shah is a multi-award-winning comedia...

NEWS WEAKLY 171 – 26th July, 2025 This week on News Weakly, I go gonzo about my recent trip to America. SUPPORT THE SHOW Keep News Weakly independent! Support Sami at: patreon.com/samishah Sami Shah is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, journalist, and broadcaster. For more: http://thesamishah.com This podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Sami Shah. Sami Shah is a multi-award-winning c...

NEWS WEAKLY170 – 26th July, 2025 This week on News Weakly, I talk to one of my favourite comedians and human Alice Fraser SUPPORT THE SHOW Keep News Weakly independent! Support Sami at: patreon.com/samishah Sami Shah is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, journalist, and broadcaster. For more: http://thesamishah.com Theme music "Historic Anticipation" by Paul Mottram This podcast is written, h...

NEWS WEAKLY 169 – 14th July, 2025 This week on News Weakly, an editorial edition that's a dramatic reading of a new short story I've written. It's about how what happens after AI takes over. Sami Shah is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, journalist, and broadcaster. For more:  http://thesamishah.com Theme music 'Historic Anticipation' by Paul Mottram Sound design: 'AI-Generated Ambient...

NEWS WEAKLY168 – 11th July, 2025 This week on News Weakly, I talk to satirist and tall guy Mark Humphries SUPPORT THE SHOW Keep News Weakly independent! Support Sami at: patreon.com/samishah Sami Shah is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, journalist, and broadcaster. For more: http://thesamishah.com Theme music "Historic Anticipation" by Paul Mottram This podcast is written, hosted, and produ...

SUPPORT THE SHOW Keep News Weakly independent! Support Sami at: patreon.com/samishah Sami Shah is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, journalist, and broadcaster. For more: http://thesamishah.com Theme music "Historic Anticipation" by Paul Mottram This podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Sami Shah. Sami Shah is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, journalist, and broadcaster. For mo...

NEWS WEAKLY166 – 5th July, 2025 This week on News Weakly, the punk gets the headlines while the IDF gets the body count. TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK VYLAN’CE AND SILENCE LOSE MY LUGGAGE, NOT MY DATA FAST, FURIOUS & FROM FAR AWAY PRADA PUTS ITS FOOT IN IT QUOTE OF THE WEEK "We’ve reached a point where words cause more headlines than war crimes." SUPPORT THE SHOW Keep News Weakly independent! Suppor...

NEWS WEAKLY 165 – 28th JUNE, 2025 Hi, did you know you can support  News Weakly  by giving it a 5-star rating and review in the Podcast app? You can also join my Patreon, where you’ll find the ad-free version of every episode along with the entire script formatted as a newsletter—plus you get short stories and updates on upcoming shows! So support free-range, cruelty-free news satire ove...

NEWS WEAKLY 164 – 21st JUNE 2025 Hi, did you know you can support  News Weakly  by giving it a 5-star rating and review in the Podcast app? You can also join my Patreon, where you’ll find the ad-free version of every episode along with the entire script formatted as a newsletter—plus you get short stories and updates on upcoming shows! So support free-range, cruelty-free news satire over...

NEWS WEAKLY 163 – 14th June, 2025 This week on News Weakly, it’s bombs, bullets, and broadcast farewells as Israel goes full Mission: Impossible in Tehran, Donald Trump liberates LA from the tyranny of democracy, and Australian TV finally kills the panel show—freeing up at least 40 vaguely progressive journalists to start Substacks. Top Stories of the Week: Everything is fine in the Middle East! I...

NEWS WEAKLY 162 – 5th June, 2025 This week on News Weakly, an editorial edition that's more of a dramatic reading of a short story I've written. It's about how a utopia slides into dystopia with the best of intentions. Sami Shah is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, journalist, and broadcaster. For more:  http://thesamishah.com Theme music 'Historic Anticipation' by Paul Mottram Sound de...

NEWS WEAKLY 160 – 24th May, 2025 This week on  News Weakly , we dive into a whirlwind of political betrayal, retirement robberies, literary cancellations, and Oval Office psychodramas—with more twists than a Barnaby Joyce comeback tour. Top Stories of the Week: ARE LIBS AND NATS ON THE NEXT SEASON OF MAFS? TAXING MODELS MODEL TAXES! TRUMP FINDS A GENOCIDE HE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE! Quote of the Week...

NEWS WEAKLY 159 – EDITORIAL EDITION A podcast where we punch the news in the headlines… weakly. Title: The Hypernormalisation of Journalistic Jingoism  Summary: A few weeks ago, India and Pakistan were one bad decision away from nuclear war. But you wouldn’t know that from the news coverage. You’d think Karachi had been flattened, Pakistani generals were surrendering en masse, and Indian figh...

NEWS WEAKLY 158 – 17th May, 2025 A podcast where we punch the news in the headlines... weakly. Top Stories of the Week Liberals and Greens crowd the glass cliff! Donald Trump goes shopping for Gulf influence and possibly a jet! Instagram’s algorithm recommends children to predators! Quote of the Week “Women aren’t being given opportunities for leadership—they’re being forced into disaster babysitt...

NEWS WEAKLY 157 – 10th May, 2025 A podcast where we punch the news in the headlines... weakly. Top Stories of the Week India and Pakistan compete in new drone-catching sport! A collection of post-election misconceptions! A Woke Pope! Quote of the Week “NewsCorp is the herpes of media empires: just because you can’t see it right now doesn’t mean it’s not about to flare up again.” Support the Show L...

NEWS WEAKLY – 156 (5th May, 2025): Post-Election Dissection and Erection Every week, Sami Shah (ABC, The Gadfly)—comedian, journalist, and award-winning writer of words—copies the news stories off of a website then pretends like he wrote them himself, then starts a debate about who actually does own the news, while claiming he didn't copy, just takes inspiration very very literally. TOP STORIES OF...

Every week, Sami Shah ( ABC, The Gadfly )—comedian, journalist, and award-winning writer of words—copies the news stories off of a website then pretends like he wrote them himself, then starts a debate about who actually does own the news, while claiming he didn't copy, just take inspiration very very literally. TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK Election Shenanigans! Also, India and Pakistan rattle sabres!...

NEWS WEAKLY – EPISODE 154 “Consistency of Hypocrisy” – 19 April, 2025 TOP OPINION OF THE WEEK: Guantanamo never closed, the rules-based order never applied, and now the cruelty once exported is finally coming home. Also: Australians detained and deported from the US despite valid visas Transgender travellers profiled and imprisoned in Villawood Peter Dutton wants to cancel your citizenship And Tru...

Every week, Sami Shah ( ABC, The Gadfly )—comedian, journalist, and award-winning writer of words—pick the news up off the floor, holds it up to the light, stares at it closely, inspects it carefully, then decides the 3-second rule still applies and pop it into his mouth. TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK TRUMP’S ART OF THE NEW TARIFF! DEBATE CLUBBED! DEATH ZONE DIPLOMACY! QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Wall Street sha...

Every week, Sami Shah ( ABC, The Gadfly )—comedian, journalist, and award-winning writer of words—put the ew in news. TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK Riffing Tariffs! Monsters in Mandalay! Le Love and Le Law is Blind! QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Fairness is for nerds and this school runs on vibes and vengeance.” — On Trump’s lunchroom approach to global trade policy. 💸 SUPPORT THE SHOW Join the Patreon at patreon...

Every week, Sami Shah ( ABC, The Gadfly )—comedian, journalist, and award-winning writer of words—cuts the breaks on the news cycle and watches it pedal into traffic. TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK Budget Bribes Australians for Cheap! Salmon Fishing in The Tassie! Pro-Palestine Protests Rock Gaza—Against Hamas! Meta’s Literary Heist! Support the Show! Ad-free episodes & discounts ➡️  Patreo...

🎉  NEWS WEAKLY 150 – 22nd March 2025  🎉 It’s the big 150th episode of News Weakly—and we’re celebrating with the usual mix of headlines, satire, and one possibly horny space capsule. 🧨  Top Stories of the Week Dutton’s Referendumb! The Ceasefire That Couldn’t Cease Fire SpaceX or Space Sex? 🧠  Quote of the Week “Dutton isn’t trying to be America’s Trump. Trump is Ameri...

Every week, Sami Shah ( ABC, The Gadfly )—comedian, journalist, and award-winning writer of words—breaks down the biggest stories with just enough sarcasm to keep us from screaming into the void. 🎟 Live Show Alert! Tickets for the  News Weakly  150th episode live show are on sale now! March 21st, 6:30pm, at Comedy Republic, Melbourne. Get them at  ComedyRepublic....

Every week, Sami Shah ( ABC, The Gadfly )—comedian, journalist, and award-winning writer of words—breaks down the biggest stories with just enough sarcasm to keep us from screaming into the void. 🎟 Live Show Alert! Tickets for the  News Weakly  150th episode live show are on sale now! March 21st, 6:30pm, at Comedy Republic, Melbourne. Get them at  ComedyRepublic....