Jess and Charlie's guest is Kimina Lyall, Deputy CEO of Dart Centre Asia Pacific, a clinical psychologist and a former journalist. She talks to the team about trauma literacy in the Australian media; how does the media respond to traumatic incidents, and are we cultivating a media environment of inflicting further trauma? Jess and Charlie also talk the corruption inquiry into Gladys Berejiklian, and influencers reviewing labour conditions.
Jun 29, 2023•48 min•Ep 48•Transcript available on Metacast Jess is joined by senior reporter for The Australian, Sarah Elks, to discuss Sarah's jaw dropping series of investigative reports into long-time QLD MP, Warren Entsch. From spiriting a billionaire to Thursday Island for a covid jab to questions around government-funded pottery classes in Doomadgee to Entsch's former lives as a croc catcher and LGBTIQ+ activist - this is a story you don't want to miss. Jess is also joined by Swinburne University senior media lecturer, Dr Belinda Barnett, to discu...
Jun 22, 2023•49 min•Ep 47•Transcript available on Metacast Media ethics expert and long-time journalist, Denis Muller returns to Spin Cycle to join Charlie for a discussion on the past week's news. What does the ABC's redundancy of Andrew Probyn and his role say about their approach to political reporting? Is the News Corp response to the Ben Roberts-Smith saga undermining other media outlets? Is there a way for media monopolies to be effectively regulated?
Jun 15, 2023•39 min•Ep 46•Transcript available on Metacast Jess and Charlie are joined by journalist Marc Fennell for a discussion about the making of his new SBS documentary The Kingdom , his personal history with the church, and the changing face of Pentecostal religion in Australia. The team also cover how the continuing media response to the Ben Roberts-Smith verdict appears to have split along ideological lines and the continuing adventures of social media influencer Caroline Calloway....
Jun 08, 2023•49 min•Ep 45•Transcript available on Metacast Academic and Author Sally Young joins Jess and Charlie to discuss Australia's media mogul history and her new book, Media Monsters: The Transformation of Australia's Newspaper Empires . The team also cover this week's verdict in the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case and how defamation laws in Australia impact the media environment.
Jun 01, 2023•43 min•Ep 44•Transcript available on Metacast After Stan Grant's departure from the ABC , hosts Jess and Charlie discuss how various corners of the media responded, and the broader lack of inclusion and support of Indigenous voices in the Australian media. They also consider the strange bedfellows that celebrity journos and politicians make and the tech-riddled media fail that was the Twitter Launch of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' 2024 US Presidential bid....
May 25, 2023•38 min•Ep 43•Transcript available on Metacast Award-winning author of The Trauma Cleaner, Sarah Krasnostein, Joins the Spin Cycle team for a chat through her latest piece for the Monthly - exploring the media response to 2022 Train family murders in Wieambilla, Queensland and their link to online conspiracy theories. Plus, the team digs into the latest media dramas of the week including 2023 budget reporting and how outlets select their political commentators. With hosts Jess Lilley and Charlie Lewis....
May 18, 2023•49 min•Ep 42•Transcript available on Metacast Najma Sambul returns to Spin Cycle this week. Jess and Najma reviewed the recent episode of Foreign Conversation, Surviving in Somalia, as an example of the vital reporting foreign correspondents do. They also discussed the curious case of how twitter user, Bigolas Dickolas, created a number one Amazon best selling book.
May 11, 2023•45 min•Ep 41•Transcript available on Metacast Jess flies solo this week with Charlie on holidays for the next fortnight. First up, Crikey associate editor, Cam Wilson gets on the line to discuss his recent reporting into how both the Daily Mail and the Spectator have published pieces by people who have tenuous links to neo-nazi movements and the alt-right. Later, Amy Remeikis from The Guardian Australia unpacks all the reporting around Jobseeker, the raise the rate campaign, the incoming budget and the government's response to their own adv...
May 04, 2023•46 min•Ep 40•Transcript available on Metacast Ben Abbatangelo, writer for The Saturday Paper and The Guardian, joins Jess and Charlie to discuss his debut piece for Indigenous X, covering Peter Dutton's comments on Indigenous issues, Jacinta Price and the politics of refusal. Jess and Charlie also discuss the defamation case between Dominion and Fox News and the roots of "facts" in QAnon forums.
Apr 20, 2023•49 min•Ep 39•Transcript available on Metacast Charlie Lewis is joined by guest-host Rachel Withers (The Monthly) covering for Jess Lilley. They're joined by special guest Kishor Napier-Raman, CBD columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age who covers Australia's most influential political and business figures, about what a "gossip column" really means, what it can tell you that straight news can't, and having a job that has powerful people yelling at you more than most. Plus, the pair survey the wreckage of the Twitter files, and ge...
Apr 13, 2023•42 min•Ep 38•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Ep 37•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Ep 36•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Ep 35•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Ep 26•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Ep 23•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast 
