The Chaser Report

This Summer The Chaser Report presents... WAR STORIES!  Craig returns to the studio for another crack at our Summer Stunt Series, this time to talk about the reality of stunts. Lots of people think pulling pranks is sexy, and Craig wants to break that facade into a million small pieces. Listen in for the times that stunts were embarrassing, stupid, lame, and when the coolest people in them we...

This Summer The Chaser Report presents... WAR STORIES!  Chas returns again for our Summer Stunt Series to talk about his favourite place to film stunts: America. Chas takes a look at why America is both the greatest and the worst country in the world to do pranks, and one of the last times he ever wore his Osama costume. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Summer The Chaser Report presents... WAR STORIES!  Chris Taylor returns to the studio for our Summer Stunt Series to talk about all the old Chaser TV shows and some of his favourite and least-favourite moments. This episode features that time Chris divorced his wife on TV, that time he wore a stocking on his head, and… the most controversial sketch of all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

This Summer The Chaser Report presents... WAR STORIES!  Andrew is back for our Summer Stunt Series, and this time he's ready to talk about some of his most notorious characters. Everyone loves the Crazy Warehouse Guy and the Surprise Spruiker, but only Andrew knows the difference between them. Just make sure to listen before midnight tonight before our manager goes absolutely crazy! Hosted on...

This Summer The Chaser Report presents... WAR STORIES!  Craig returns for our Summer Stunt Series! This time Craig comes to look at all the times his stunts involved getting up close and personal with politicians, and even the times when the targets of the stunts were the ones who got the last word. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Summer The Chaser Report presents... WAR STORIES!  Chas is back and his body is on the line! Chas shares his Top 5 most painful moments in his career caused by doing stunts, including ones that were so dangerous they never made it to air, and a stunt that has left him with physical damage to this day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Summer The Chaser Report presents... WAR STORIES! Chris Taylor enters the studio to join our Summer Stunt Series to unpack why he thinks The Chaser's stunts were so successful in their day. Chris shares inside stories on how some of the crowd favourite stunts like "Cracked Pepper" came to be, and tells the story of his least favourite stunt recording. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...

This Summer The Chaser Report presents... WAR STORIES! The Chaser's resident musical comedy legend Andrew Hansen joins our Summer Stunt Series to talk about some of his favourite musical Chaser moments. Andrew talks about the times he forced Craig to sing, and also promotes his new ABC show "Stories From Oz", and new tour "Everyone Else Is Wrong". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

This Summer The Chaser Report gives you... WAR STORIES! Craig Reucassel stops by to join our Summer Stunt Series and talk about some of his favourite Chaser moments, who unlike Charles and Dom actually wants to forget all his old stunts. Together they help Craig forget stunts like when he flew a blimp in Vatican City, when he crashed a Liberal election party, and when Craig first got arrested, by...

This Summer The Chaser Report gives you... WAR STORIES! Chas Licciardello graces us with his presence for our first episode of our Summer Stunt Series. Chas reminisces all about previous legendary stunts and all the times he brushed with the law - including some small stunt at APEC may be familiar with. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BEST OF: Craig Reucassel & Ketan Joshi - Craig directed a movie! He’s here to tell us about The Big Deal, a doco that looks at how money influences our political system. The results of all this influence-buying can be seen in today’s other conversation, where climate specialist Ketan Joshi talks us through the landmark IPCC Report on climate change – what’s in those 3,900 pages, anyway? And ca...

BEST OF: Saul Griffith - Energy guru Saul Griffith reckons Australia can lead the way in solving the climate crisis, with our abundant sunlight and love of new technology. Griffith has been advising the Biden Administration on renewables and is well known around the world for his passion for energy solutions that don’t just work, but work better than what we have now. He reckons we already have al...

BEST OF: Wil Anderson - At the start of the millennium The Chaser team met with one of Australia’s best standup comedians to explore the prospect of working together. Which, in hindsight, would have been a great idea – at least for us. It did not go well. 20 years later, Charles and Dom talk it over with Wil Anderson – and discover why nothing excites him more than a standup show with no plan. Hos...

BEST OF: Julia Zemiro - Julia Zemiro of Rockwiz, Home Delivery and many other fabulous things joins Gabbi, Dom and Charles to explore how ordinary people can get their voices heard in Canberra – and maybe even get elected. Her new podcast about this is called ‘Who Cares With Julia Zemiro’, and will be in the A Rational Fear feed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BEST OF: David Kilcullen - The Taliban’s swift capture of Kabul means that it now controls Afghanistan – how did they do it, and why didn’t any of the experts see it coming? This is a longer version of today’s interview with counterinsurgency expert, Dr David Kilcullen. His latest book is  The Dragons and the Snakes: How the Rest Learned to Fight the West . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

Christmas is a happy time for lots of people, but not everyone. So this year why not spend 15 minutes to think of those less fortunate than yourself: The Chaser Interns. Forced to work over the holidays, your favourite Interns have banded together to celebrate Christmas with each other and with you. Gifts, stories, and soft serves await. Merry Christmas from The Interns! (This episode does not hav...

For a very special Christmas BEST OF edition, we give you everything we can, because what's Christmas without unnecessarily extravagant shows of generosity. This episode features Craig, Dom, Charles, Gabbi, Christian Porter, and cocaine white powder! This is the final Best Of to feature podcast segments, as next week we take a look at the Best Of our interviews. Stay tuned for more, and merry Chri...

In this BEST OF we look back at the time we were Hamish and Andy, or at least when our editor Cam posed as them anyway. We also take a look at one of our best stunts of the year when Aleksa broke into an arms convention. Plus Zander and Lachlan became housemates year, so we take a look at the time Charles quizzed them on being roomies before they'd even moved in together. Hosted on Acast. See acas...

Today's BEST OF features some of our favourite guest appearances including Dan Ilic, Nina Oyama, and Dan Ilic! We remember that time Nina had a bender in Perth (of all places), and the time Dan asked the Interns for billboard ideas which ended up in New York. Plus the time Dan and Dom found the story of the year about two naked sunbathers getting arrested after being frightened by a dear. Hosted o...

Continuing our Chaser Report: Best Of series we take a look at the time Lachlan admitted to changing Charles wikipedia page. Then we dwell on more of Charles' misery by looking at a low point in his lockdown experience. Charles did have a good year, we think, it just looks bad when you cut it together like this. Plus we look back at our favourite sketches, including Matt Canavan's Wiggles! Hosted...

To kick off our Chaser Report: Best Of series we're starting with an office favourite: the story of Aleksa's broken penis. Following that we travel back to the Olympics with Zander, and Gabbi recounts a horrifying driving incident. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For our final Afternoon Edition of the year, we call up our emergency mental support, Sami Shah. 2021 has been a long and upsetting year, and so Charles chats to Sami who brings out his new and optimistic way of looking at life. Sami reminds us that every turd has its beauty, and that includes 2021 - and Alan Jones. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We did it. We made it to the end of the year. This is the last episode we are putting effort into until 2022, and what better way to cap off the year than with our good friend Jenna Owen. Jenna, Charles, and Dom take a look at stories from the War on 2021 tour, as well as Jenna's favourite parts of the year itself. Plus the team discuss why the future of female comedy characters is looking upward,...

Nina Oyama has returned from Hollywood and has plenty of embarrassment to share with the team. Over the course of this conversation Charles and Dom ponder how best to capitalise on Nina's misfortune, which Nina is more than thrilled about. Plus Nina shares all the inside mechanisms of Hollywood, and how to best prepare yourself for meeting an agent whilst hungover in an Uber. Hosted on Acast. See...

Charles finds himself in trouble with other parents after learning the hard way that some of his babysitting methods are slightly unorthodox. Meanwhile Aleksa takes a look at renters who are being asked to buy their landlords Christmas presents, and finds a golden opportunity to shower his bosses with praise. Plus Lachlan gets fired from being producer after he ditched work to watch the newest Spi...