The Chaser Report

Grace Tame is an advocate for sexual assault survivors, and this year's Australian of the Year. We asked her about the changes that she's fighting for, and how she's using her platform to make things happen – and discovered that optimism and humour are a very important part of how she operates. (An excerpt of this conversation appears in today's regular episode.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...

Over the weekend, NSW set a new daily record for COVID-19 cases anywhere in Australia – and then broke it 24 hours later! No longer the gold standard for managing outbreaks, NSW is now the gold standard for outbreaks! Plus, comedian Harry Jun tells us about teaching high school English over Zoom, we get an exclusive interview with Scott Morrison, and Donald Trump returns to rallies. Hosted on Acas...

Conspiracy theories have always done the rounds, but it's unusual for them to be aired on the floor of federal parliament, and more unusual still for it to come from government members. Crikey's Webcam columnist talks us through why anti-vaxxers and QAnon types are finding so many followers these days. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For some months, comedian Sami Shah has maintained a fierce vendetta against the state of Queensland... until now. And that's not the only deeply-held view this freshly-vaccinated comedian is about to reverse. Also, counterinsurgency expert Dr David Kilcullen explains how the Taliban won – a 30-minute version of that interview can be found in a special episode that's also out today. Plus, Cha...

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/privacy for more information.

Today's guest is NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean – sure, he may be in favour of building a coalition to take action on climate, but can he convince Barnaby Joyce and George Christensen? Also, we apologise for New Zealand's snap lockdown, Lachlan looks at freebies for getting vaccinated, and Charles gets overly emotional about a sandwich. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

Today we're talking less about lockdown, as promised! And talking more about a much longer-running, even more interminable problem – Afghanistan. Aleksa has compiled some truly terrible takes on the fall of Kabul, while Craig attempts to adapt insights from Australian politics to improving health care and the situation in Afghanistan. Also, Charles' son wants to buy a gun. Hosted on Acast. Se...

We chat to The Shot's Dave Milner as Melbourne goes under curfew, and belatedly realise that we keep producing the same depressing lockdown episode over and over again, because time now essentially stands still. Rest assured, dear listener, that we will now start ensuring that the podcast deals with topics besides the misery of lockdown, over and over again – but not until tomorrow's episode....

At it starts its eighth week of stay-at-home orders, Sydney finally goes into lockdown. Plus, Jan Fran joins us to preview her new show 'Question Everything', which we attempt to do. And, because this podcast never shies away from the tough debates, Charles dares to share his lockdown hair issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's extra Saturday edition – 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 c...

Nina has been forced to self-isolate forever after an unfortunate workplace faux pas. Plus, Charles and Zander have an exclusive interview with Barnaby Joyce, Aleksa discovers that being woke loses Olympic medals, and Covid comes to Canberra – where Chaser writer John is out of toilet paper. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sami escalates his blood feud with the Sunshine State, while Charles wonders whether it's worth just giving up, and Gabbi welcomes him to life as a disillusioned millennial. Also, Dom reckons anyone can become a doctor now, and Zander explains the benefits of the AFP breaking into your social media account. All in all, another episode of unbridled positivity, delivering joy and optimism to our ang...

Gabbi catches Charles and Dom sounding drunk during yesterday's episode – were they? Plus, The Shovel's James Schloeffel joins us to talk through the latest news, including the COVID outbreaks in Byron Bay and the arrival of the Moderna vaccine. And we discover that exclusive private schools have received privileged access to Pfizer just like, well, everything else. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

Charles, Gabbi and Dom wonder whether the new IPCC Report on climate change has taken account of the important minor lifestyle changes we've all made. Plus, NSW finally has a lockdown exit date from a fairly unlikely source, Chaser writer John has issue with our listener survey, and Charles channels his ever-growing lockdown angst into a halfpipe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

Craig announces a nefarious plan to destroy a certain well-known comedian, while Aleksa listens to Sky News' 'Uncancelled' special and makes a shocking discovery about the nation's least watched news channel. Also, Charles previews the supposedly imminent Moderna vaccine, Zander somehow survives Tokyo 2020, and Bec hand-crafts a fresh crop of artisanal news headlines. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

In this special Saturday episode of The Chaser Report, we go behind the scenes with Aleksa Vulovic as he describes carrying out his latest Chaser stunt, successfully getting into a major arms dealer conference called Land Forces, which was held in Brisbane earlier this year. Their website says "Although protesters attempted to interrupt the event, they failed to prevent it from going ahead as plan...

Want to broaden your listening interests this lockdown? On today's special ep, 7:30's Mark Humphries takes a deep dive into the podcasts you should be listening to, to while away the hours. Plus, a glimpse at the future of satire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Actual housemates Vic Zerbst (Freudian Nip) and Tom Cardy (a frankly ridiculous number of followers on TikTok) made a video for the Feed about how lockdowns turn housemates into... something more... that is also very much less, and relive their tensions with us. Also, Gabbi is suitably baffled by Luxe Listings, Charles declares bankruptcy, and partying Olympians vomit in inappropriate places. Host...

Tony Burke is the federal Labor MP for the Sydney seat of Watson, most of which is currently under the hardest lockdown rules – he explains what life's like on the inside, as well as why a photo-op with Guy Sebastian wasn't enough to help vulnerable arts workers. Plus, we look at vaccine passports, poo-powered planes and the current self-isolation regime at Charles' house, while Zander report...

In response to listener feedback, we nobly make the best of everything for once. Also, after the baffling revelation that Senator Matt Canavan went on Steve Bannon's podcast, we thought we'd find out more about what Bannon – the brains behind Donald Trump's election win – is up to, and the state of the Trump resistance in general. Assoc Prof Dave Smith from the US Study Centre at the Uni...

Dom ponders the PM's Norman 'Nugget' May impression, Chris considers the Australian Army's deployment to suburban Sydney, and Zander covers the athletics in Tokyo. Charles unveils his Morrison Certainty Principle while previewing life after COVID. As always, Rebecca breaks, then painstakingly reassembles, the latest news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nina confesses the very criminal thing she did which was genuinely lovely but still extremely illegal. Alan Jones* objects to having to face consequences – in this case, being dumped by the Daily Telegraph. Plus Zander investigates why our athletics team is as isolated as he is in Tokyo, and Lachlan tries to deliver an unprecedented outcome for The Chaser – turning a profit. * Dan Ilic of 'A...

Gabbi battles a neighbour who's making her lockdown even more agonising with loud dance music, while Sami Shah explores the bizarre appearance of Senator Matt Canavan on former Trump Svengali Steve Bannon's podcast. Plus, Zander goes to the rowing in Tokyo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dom and Charles celebrate the joyful fact that everyone other than Sydneysiders is now out of lockdown. Their magnanimity even in the face of news that they’ll be locked down for at least another month shows you what wonderful people they are. Plus Zander goes to the Olympics and Aleksa heads down to Melbourne – disguised as a removalist – to cover the moment Victorians regained their liberty. We...

Craig joins us to share how he's become the legal representative for certain prominent horse-punchers and fire-twirlers, and takes on the challenge of fixing everyone's NBN. Plus, we send Zander to Tokyo 2020, and discover a few new ways to escape from lockdown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.