Rachel Withers is Jess Lilley’s guest host this week on Spin Cycle. Together they explore policies and politicians after the recent NSW election, and the associated media coverage. They are also joined by guest Bridget Brennan, ABC journalist and Gold Quill winner, to discuss media coverage of First Nations issues, in particular the Four Corners report from 2022: ‘How Many More? the Crisis of the murdered and missing First Nations women’.
Mar 30, 2023•49 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Joshua Thorburn, criminology PhD student at Monash Uni, joins Jess and Charlie to discuss the ideologies of incels and femcels, and common misconceptions about this group due to coverage in the media. Jess and Charlie also briefly cover Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull's failed tour of Australia and the media response to the appearance of neo-nazi support at anti-trans rallies in Melbourne on the weekend.
Mar 23, 2023•47 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Denis Muller, media editor, research consultant and specialist on media ethics and accountability, talks to Jess and Charlie about the role of public broadcasters in light of recent BBC controversy, and how the ABC stacks up in comparison. Jess and Charlie also talk about Paul Keating’s tough-love AUKUS opinions in his National Press Club address, and what ethical editing means in a news environment of such high output.
Mar 16, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Jackie Turner, the Director of the Trans Justice Project, joins the team to chat about how to identify anti-trans misinformation and become more media-literate to anti-trans rhetoric popping up in reporting, both of which she talks about in her piece for Junkee this week . Jess and Charlie also revisit the Tom Morris saga, as well as the on-going Fox News v Dominion lawsuit that has thrown the US media giant into existential crisis....
Mar 09, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Melbourne music writer & Journalist, Ben Madden joins Jess Lilley. They unpack his piece for Junkee on Bluesfest's rocky PR misadventures since announcing,and then eventually removing, sydney-based rock band Sticky Fingers from their line-up. Jess also digs into the latest reporting around the Robodebt Royal Commission.
Mar 02, 2023•23 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Jess and Charlie chat with Alan Kohler, long time financial analyst for the ABC and all-round Finance journalist across a number of Australian publications, including The Financial Review, Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Together, they navigate recent reporting into the Reserve Bank, interest rates and the cost of living crisis, as well as whether the Australian public is interested in the somewhat opaque world of finance. Plus, Jess and Charlie also dig into some of the big media stories of ...
Feb 23, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 32
After more than 60 years of constitutionally mandated pacificism, Japan is embarking on its biggest military spend since the second world war. The Spin Cycle crew is joined by the ABC's North Asia Correspondent James Oaten to explore the implications of this to the Japanese people and the wider region, as well as Oaten's own journey to become a Foreign Correspondent. Elsewhere, Charlie and Najma discuss the controversies surrounding the ABC's reporting of issues in the Northern Territory, and th...
Feb 16, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 31
In this week's episode, Jess and Charlie talk to Matilda Boseley (she/her), a Melbourne-based reporter for The Guardian. Together they explore the different attempts to entice Australian youth into the news cycle via social media. Jess and Charlie also discuss ageism outrage and Chat GPT controversy.
Feb 09, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 30
In Spin Cycle's return for 2023, Jess and Charlie speak to 4 Corners investigative reporter, Louise Milligan about her report on Opus Dei's influence in the NSW education system. Plus we discuss the media coverage of George Pell, as well as revelations about the relationship between media and government revealed in the robodebt public enquiry. Please note that this episode contains discussion around abuse that some people may find distressing. For 24 hour free counseling in Australia, the number...
Feb 02, 2023•47 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Happy news year! Jess and Charlie wrap up the biggest media stories of 2022 just in times for Christmas. They chat to Najma, discuss some more recent stories and all of the wonderful guests who have joined them throughout the year.
Dec 22, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 28
This week, Spin Cycle's producer Adam joins Jess and Charlie in the studio to discuss a meaty GQ profile on the Liver King, which they find equal parts illuminating and silly. Jess and Charlie's guest is Cam Wilson, Crikey associate editor, focusing on tech and internet culture to discuss a report into workplace culture and Junkee Media.
Dec 08, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 27
In this episode, Najma, Charlie and Jess debrief on the erratic media coverage of the Victorian State Election before Jess and Najma have an in depth conversation with author and journalist, Paddy Manning, about his unauthorised biography of Lachlan Murdoch, The Successor. The team wrap the show with a chat about the guilty pleasure that is having Scott Morrison back in the media glare doing very Scott Morrison-like things.
Dec 01, 2022•53 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Jess and Charlie are joined in the studio by Katerina Kostakos and Jonathan Hawes to talk about MOJO Media, the broadcasting and news organisation run by Monash University journalism students. They also cover the Victorian state election, news editors behaving badly and the real life implications of media whipping up divisive hysteria over social issues.
Nov 24, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Charlie talks to Anna Draffin, CEO of the Public Interest Journalism Initiative, about the latest Australian News Data Report and what it may suggest about the near future of journalism and news consumption in Australia. Charlie also talks about reporting for the State election as well as the on-going drama around the Group Voting Tickets, Preferential voting and the 'preference whisperer' Glenn Druery....
Nov 17, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Jess is joined in the co-host chair by Rachel Withers, contributing editor of The Politics at The Monthly. They discuss journalists ramping up personal attacks on each other and the perennial problem of misogyny in the media. They also drill down on the war on Dan Andrews in this state election campaign, particularly from The Herald Sun who are happy to entertain Q level conspiracy theories to fuel their attacks on Victoria's premier.
Nov 10, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Just when you thought Twitter couldn’t get any worse – Elon Musk took over. Since the tech billionaire purchased the platform, he's made striking moves, including displaying his commitment to free speech by tweeting and deleting misinformation. Joining Jess and Charlie to talk about the impact Musk's takeover might have on Twitter as a nexus for journalists, activists and whistleblowers is writer and Program Lead at Digital Rights Watch, Samantha Floreani. Plus we look at the shift in rhetoric s...
Nov 03, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 22
It's a heavy news week as Jess and Charlie discuss this week's Four Corners investigation into missing and murdered Indigenous women. The show revealed an epidemic of violence in Australia and yet the news media's response has been muted. They also cover the media response to the killing of 15-year old Cassius Turvey and the #justiceforcassius campaign on social media. Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are warned that this episode contains the names of deceased persons....
Oct 27, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Najma is back with Jess for a fascinating chat with Walkley award winning reporter, Ben Doherty, about The Guardian’s remarkable new podcast, Ben Roberts-Smith v the media. The team also ask what’s going down at the BoM? There’s a storm of controversy brewing at the Bureau of Meteorology.
Oct 20, 2022•52 min•Season 1Ep. 20
This week Spin Cycle welcomes The Age State Political Reporter, Sumeyya Illanbey to the studio to talk about the machinations of covering the November 24 Victorian state election. What do news rooms choose to focus on and what do they leave out? We also chat about the results of the Alex Jones Sandy Hook trials, the inquiry into the Queensland Police Force and why the media love hounding politicians over election promises.
Oct 13, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Luke Henrique-Gomes, The Guardian's social affairs and inequality editor, joins Jess and Charlie on the show this week to discuss current issues being covered in the media. They cover the crisis with cost of living in Australia, robo-debt and welfare services. Jess and Charlie also discuss Essendon football club, the usual drama of the news cycle, and hi-fiving kids.
Oct 06, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 18
On this week's episode of Spin Cycle, Jess and Charlie return and talk about Q+A's controversial panel inclusions, racism in the AFL, the UK's budget struggles and billionaires buying newspapers for their children.
Sep 29, 2022•39 min•Season 1Ep. 17
This week on Spin Cycle, Jess and Charlie talk to Jess Ho, food writer and former food/drink editor of Time Out Melbourne. She is also the author of Raised By Wolves , a coming-of-age tale adventuring in the world of food and hospitality. The team discusses the entertainment provided by press releases and negative reviews, as well as discussing whether politicians practise what they preach.
Sep 08, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 16
It's Radiothon time at Triple R and the entire Spin Cycle team has reunited to help spread the word about the importance of community and listener funded media. They're joined by special guest Patricia Karvelas ( the host of ABC's RN Breakfast ) who shares her own personal experiences with community media. Radiothon is on now until October 5, 2022. If you want to join in and help support Spin Cycle you can subscribe to Triple R here by October 5 2022 to go in the running to win a heap of prizes ...
Sep 01, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Jess and Charlie chat through the news stories of the week, the biggest involving Charlie's employer, Crikey, in the week that Lachlan Murdoch filed proceedings for defamation against the independent news site. They also discuss the fallout from Lena Wilson's New York Times review of Bodies, Bodies, Bodies and ponder what level of dancing is acceptable to the media for an international leader.
Aug 25, 2022•44 min•Season 1Ep. 14
This week on a guest-free Spin Cycle, Jess and Charlie get into the details of Scott Morrison's many secret ministries, what senior journalists knew and when, and the ethics of holding back a big scoop for more than a year. Plus, when should former Prime Ministers be forced to vacate the public square and what important stories got lost in the noise around Morrison this week?
Aug 18, 2022•53 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Saffron Howden is a journalist providing editorial training to regional publications across the country with ACM (Australian Community Media). Charlie and Jess talk to her about the series, Young & Regional , encouraging young journalists to draw their own experiences in reporting on the housing crisis.
Aug 11, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 12
This week, the Spin Cycle team welcome award-winning journalist Michael Miller who has the spent the last year covering Australia as a foreign correspondent for The Washington Post . He talks through the daunting task of embedding in a new country, finding the right stories for an American audience, and his reflections on the Australian accent. With presenters Jess Lilley, Najma Sambul and Charlie Lewis.
Aug 04, 2022•56 min•Season 1Ep. 11
This week, the Spin Cycle team is joined by Tom Ravlic, a journalist and author to discuss his new book Crown: Playing in the Shadows. Ravlic delves into how Crown was able to get away with "illegal, dishonest, unethical and exploitative" conduct for so many years, and the role whistleblowers and the media play in bringing these kinds of scandals to light. Plus our favourite confected media outrage of the week (it involves sending grizzled army vets into high schools to stop kids vaping) and Cha...
Jul 28, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Charlie and Jess are joined by Iraq War whistleblower and independent MP, Andrew Wilkie, in this raw and fascinating discussion about the price whistleblowers pay and the urgent need for better protection. The far reaching conversation covers Wilkie's own harrowing experience, as well as Julian Assange, Bernard Collaery, Witness K, Richard Boyle and more. with presenters Jess Lilley and Charlie Lewis
Jul 22, 2022•54 min•Season 1Ep. 9
This week, The Spin Cycle team are joined by The Age's Education Editor Adam Carey, for a longform conversation about all things education reporting. Learn about what its like to work on the ground reporting on education issues, the schooling system and more during a global pandemic. With presenters Jess Lilley, Najma Sambul and Charlie Lewis.
Jul 14, 2022•52 min•Season 1Ep. 8
