News Club

The place to go for conversations about the news. Each Saturday, Claire Kimball and Kate Watson present the Weekly Wrap - the week in news and what's coming up. Super handy if you're busy and want a recap of the week that was, a way to get ahead of next week and some helpful news recommendations on your way through...Then there's our limited interview series, in which Kate sits down with journalists and experts to help give you an understanding of the news behind the headlines.The Squiz is a proudly independent media business that values quality news. If you want to support us, it can be as simple as telling a mate about our podcasts and newsletters. Agenda-free as always. We're your shortcut to be informed.

Recent Episodes
  • Newsmakers with Mandi Wicks
    Apr 15, 2025 – 38:53
  • Weekly Wrap: The art of the tariff, Meta in the hot seat, and a tragic mix-up
    Apr 11, 2025 – 36:28
  • Newsmakers with Clare Stephens
    Apr 8, 2025 – 49:49
  • Weekly Wrap: Tariffs for all, AI goes Ghibli, and keeping up with The Sussexes
    Apr 4, 2025 – 37:52
  • Newsmakers with former Deputy PM John Anderson
    Apr 1, 2025 – 54:01
  • Weekly Wrap: It's an election, top-secret group chats, and the new Olympics plan
    Mar 28, 2025 – 34:24
  • Newsmakers with Bryce Corbett
    Mar 25, 2025 – 36:49
  • Weekly Wrap: ACCC's supermarket probe, ceasefires, and back down to Earth
    Mar 21, 2025 – 32:07
  • Newsmakers with The Betoota Advocate
    Mar 18, 2025 – 44:53
  • Weekly Wrap: A wild weather wrap-up, Trump's tariffs, and a Snow White saga
    Mar 14, 2025 – 33:47
  • Newsmakers with cybersecurity expert Alastair MacGibbon
    Mar 11, 2025 – 50:27
  • Weekly Wrap: Cyclone Alfred, Ukraine and the US, Panda Mart and rogue chickens
    Mar 7, 2025 – 35:30
  • Newsmakers with ABC's 730 host Sarah Ferguson
    Mar 4, 2025 – 46:27
  • Weekly Wrap: China's warships make waves, Ukraine and Gaza updates, and growing up Murdoch
    Feb 28, 2025 – 35:56
  • Newsmakers is back...
    Feb 26, 2025 – 01:50
  • Weekly Wrap: A new world order, buying Whyalla, and ASIO's worried
    Feb 21, 2025 – 36:52
  • Weekly Wrap: NSW nurses stood down, dodging US tariffs, and Kendrick vs Drake
    Feb 14, 2025 – 32:07
  • Weekly Wrap: Trump’s Gaza plan, Queensland floods, and who is Bianca Censori?
    Feb 7, 2025 – 32:09
  • Weekly Wrap: The new AI player, a deadly plane crash, and all things music
    Jan 31, 2025 – 32:48
  • The Year Ahead...in Fashion
    Jan 28, 2025 – 33:10
  • Weekly Wrap: The many facets of Donald Trump’s inauguration, polling numbers, and we're hiring
    Jan 24, 2025 – 34:36
  • INTERVIEW: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
    Jan 20, 2025 – 01:01:57
  • Weekly Wrap: Talking to the PM; a ceasefire in the Middle East; Oscar Jenkins and Donald Trump’s inauguration
    Jan 17, 2025 – 30:02
  • The Year Ahead...Politics
    Jan 14, 2025 – 36:20
  • Weekly Wrap: Hollywood burns, Trudeau quits, and the Aussie Open
    Jan 10, 2025 – 30:24
  • The Year Ahead… Entertainment
    Jan 8, 2025 – 33:37
  • Weekly Wrap: Natural disasters, mysterious drones and Christmas gifts
    Dec 20, 2024 – 36:18
  • From the producer: “It’s the biggest reality TV show in the world”: former US Ambassador Arthur Sinodinos on a second Trump administration
    Dec 17, 2024 – 46:49
  • Weekly Wrap: The Murdoch succession saga, nuclear numbers, and who is Luigi Mangione?
    Dec 13, 2024 – 33:23
  • From the producer: Newsmakers with Leigh Sales
    Dec 10, 2024 – 48:11
  • Weekly wrap: Syrian rebels take on Assad, Joe Biden pardons his son, and the end of an era
    Dec 6, 2024 – 34:42
  • From the producer: Bernie Shakeshaft on more kids, more towns, more empathy
    Dec 3, 2024 – 31:17
  • Weekly Wrap: What to know about the social media ban, ceasefire in the Middle East, and a swimming GOAT retires
    Nov 29, 2024 – 29:50
  • "In some ways I feel guilty": Australian of the Year Richard Scolyer has incurable brain cancer
    Nov 26, 2024 – 37:27
  • Weekly Wrap: Domingo explained, Alan Jones’s arrest, methanol poisoning and schoolies
    Nov 22, 2024 – 31:53
  • Weekly Wrap: Donald Trump’s appointments, understanding the mis- and disinformation debate and who is Joseph Sua’ali’i?
    Nov 15, 2024 – 30:21
  • "We need to talk about it as a country": The Alice Springs Mayor on the reality of life there
    Nov 12, 2024 – 33:25
  • Trump's back, Labor's HECS debt plan, and an Qantas upgrades update
    Nov 8, 2024 – 34:35
  • Weekly Wrap: Qantas upgrade drama, a report card on Australia’s COVID-19 response, and Broken Hill’s power problem
    Nov 1, 2024 – 28:01
  • “Power affects people”: Joe Aston on his new book about Qantas
    Nov 1, 2024 – 50:45
  • Interview: Will Glasgow is Australia’s only journalist in China
    Oct 29, 2024 – 48:38
  • Weekly Wrap: Lidia Thorpe’s royal protest, Queensland votes, and a Menendez brothers' update
    Oct 25, 2024 – 34:28
  • Interview: Tanya Notley on the critical issue of media literacy
    Oct 22, 2024 – 28:25
  • A flurry of activity around Taiwan, Vale Liam Payne, and King Charles touches down
    Oct 18, 2024 – 28:45
  • Interview: Adam Harvey on being in Israel a year on from 7 October
    Oct 15, 2024 – 44:00
  • Hurricane Milton hits Florida, Parliament’s bruising week, and Aussies leave Lebanon
    Oct 11, 2024 – 30:34
  • Interview: Ben Smith on the US election
    Oct 8, 2024 – 35:45
  • Queensland’s election ramps up, tensions rise between Iran and Israel, and what we learned about Maggie Smith
    Oct 4, 2024 – 32:00
  • The big conversations: our next News Club series
    Oct 4, 2024 – 01:25
  • This week in the Middle East, the ACCC takes on supermarkets, and P Diddy's downfall
    Sep 27, 2024 – 35:04
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