The Chaser Report

Charles Firth is joined by Chaser editor John Delmenico, who so far has been following the election campaign closer than the candidates themselves. John prepares a mind-bending quiz for Charles, who we're sure is only pretending to get so many answers wrong. See A Rational Fear LIVE: https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/browse-shows/a-rational-fear/ Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here: https://iview.abc.n...

Peter Dutton has backflipped on a major working from home policy in the middle of his campaign, which Charles and Dom think could be disastrous. Not for the election, but for their office productivity. How are they supposed to get anything done now when they aren't forced into the office? See A Rational Fear LIVE: https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/browse-shows/a-rational-fear/ Watch OPTICS on ABC...

Liberation is here! The United States is officially winning at the world economy now that the tariffs have begun, and Charles and Dom are here to tell Australia what to do next. Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/optics Check out more Chaser headlines here: https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=en Give us money: https://chaser.com.au/support/ Hosted on Acast. See acast...

After the blazing success of the first Fyre Festival, Charles and Dom are ecstatic to have been invited to the second one. Join them as they weigh up the pros and cons of attending Fyre 2.0. Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/optics Check out more Chaser headlines here: https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=en Give us money: https://chaser.com.au/support/ Hosted on Aca...

Trump is floating going for a third term as King of the USA, and Charles and Dom welcome all the efforts in his case to make this happen. Everything is fine, and there is nothing to see here. Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/optics Check out more Chaser headlines here: https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=en Give us money: https://chaser.com.au/support/ Hosted on Ac...

Trump's tariffs officially take effect today, so Charles and Dom wish our American listeners a happy Liberation Day. Dom also shares why he is not allowed to travel to the United States. Plus, Charles gets nostalgic for the Microbee. Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/optics Check out more Chaser headlines here: https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=en Give us money: h...

It only took 3 days of the election campaign for Charles to come up with a new theory. This time it's about how Peter Dutton has misconstrued his professional friends for his personal ones. Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/optics Check out more Chaser headlines here: https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=en Buy Peter Dutton a friend: https://chaser.com.au/support/ Ho...

If you get added to any highly confidential administration group chats, please send them the link to this episode. Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/optics Check out more Chaser headlines here: https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=en Buy Pete Hegseth a drink: https://chaser.com.au/support/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a decade of waiting, Anthony Albanese finally called the election today (we hope lol), so Charles and Dom boldly set the tone for what Australia is in for over the coming six weeks. Apologies for Dom's audio. We are not delulu about the quality. Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/optics Check out more Chaser headlines here: https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=e...

In a Chaser Report first, Charles and Dom are officially inside the 2025 federal budget lock-up. Which means they know all of the details about this year's winners and losers. Charles tries to rewrite the metaphor of the budget, meanwhile Dom investigates all the best budget night drinking games. Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/optics Check out more Chaser headlines h...

Charles and Dom have found a LOT of ridiculous bluetooth and wifi enabled devices in their time doing Welcome To The Future. However today, not only have they found an item so dumb it literally breaks their brains, but one of them actually OWNS it. Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/optics Check out more Chaser headlines here: https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=en G...

Charles makes a $10,000+ request to Dom, which if successful will forever change the course of this podcast. Meanwhile, Dom shares how his material has been used to misinform AI. Plus we find out why this election is going to hit new levels of boring. Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/optics Check out more Chaser headlines here: https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=e...

Charles dives back into the world of AI products, and has noticed that everything is gearing towards military uses. Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/optics Check out more Chaser headlines here: https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=en Give us money: https://chaser.com.au/support/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charles Firth is joined by Chaser editor John Delmenico, who brings a comprehensive rundown of the PM's latest interview on 60 Minutes. It's another episode of "John watched it so you don't have to" folks, and believe me, you'll won't envy him after hearing what he sat through. Watch Albanese on 60 Mins here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUu20MbK-aM&ab_channel=60MinutesAustralia Buy tickets...

A recent policy announcement from Peter Dutton has made Charles realise that the Opposition Leader might be a podcast listener, so what other influence could we have on them? Meanwhile, if you want to learn something that isn't a half-baked Charles-ism, Dom encourages you to listen to actual interviews of our senior politicians. Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/optics...

Trump's tariffs have changed geopolitics for good, so Charles and Dom brainstorm what Australia needs to do next. Watch out New Zealand, you might not like their ideas. Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/optics Check out more Chaser headlines here: https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=en Give us money: https://chaser.com.au/support/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

Sure, America may have left Europe to defend itself. But we don't need to worry, because Australia, France, and the UK can defend the world. Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/optics Check out more Chaser headlines here: https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=en Give us money: https://chaser.com.au/support/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elon Musk has dug himself a very deep hole, and there is no ladder long enough to reach him out. Naturally, Charles and Dom delight in this. Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/optics Check out more Chaser headlines here: https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=en Give us money: https://chaser.com.au/support/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dom Knight catches up with an unleashed Sammy J, fresh from his ABC Breakfast Melbourne job and on his first full tour in five years. Together they chat about how Sammy has found diving back into freelance comedy, and what it was like to be the voice of a city during lockdown. Find tickets to Sammy's show here: https://linktr.ee/sammyjcomedian Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here: https://iview.abc.net....

Listen to the full Shot Podcast episode here: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/63869282ff767000110e7b82 Find tickets to WANKERNOMICS here: https://wankernomics.com/live Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/optics Check out more Chaser headlines here: https://www.instagram.com/chaserwar/?hl=en Give us money: https://chaser.com.au/support/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

Turns out that Charles is actually something of a genuine expert on Russia's future plans for world domination, so Dom puts him to the test to find out what our olanet is going to look like under Putin's command. Plus, some classic A-List material on Adelaide. Read Charles' news.com article here: https://www.news.com.au/world/europe/1990s-manifesto-outlining-russias-plans-is-starting-to-come-true/...

Dom and Lachlan brainstorm ways to make the podcast more METAL and EXTREME after an marketing strategy inspires them to make boring things seem cool. Meanwhile Donald Trump is making plans to save astronauts stranded in space. Plus Apple Pay went down and it was highly annoying. Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/optics Check out more Chaser headlines here: https://www.i...

Sami Shah is one of our favourite regular guests on The Chaser Report, so we thought we'd share this incredible interview he did with Amanda Tattersall on the ChangeMakers Podcast about what got him started in satire and why he believes comedy can be used to change what people think. Listen to the full interview with Sami Shah here: https://changemakerspodcast.org/sami-shah-changemaker-chat-news-s...

Charles is fascinated by a lot of things in today's episode, including the AI language 'Gibberlink', techno-fascism, Cybertrucks, and becoming a luddite. Dom plays the role of a good friend who is willing to let Charles talk about his interests, all while being skeptical of the topic's ability to last the length of the podcast. Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/optics C...

Have you ever accidentally died while taking a selfie? As Dom reports, it's more common than you think. Meanwhile Apple is under fire for an awkward technical glitch that puts the "politically correct" into "autocorrect". Plus Charles has discovered the utopia of possibilities when you don't use your phone for 24/7 a day. Watch OPTICS on ABC iview here: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/optics Check o...