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Alice Workman and Lane Sainty from BuzzFeed News take you into the corridors of power at Australian Parliament House to dissect the latest goings on in federal politics.
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Episode 45: Don’t Cry For Me I’m Georgina from 2018-07-30T07:22:39
WTF Super Saturday?!?!!? This is the audio of our live Twitter show ‘Super Sunday Brunch’ wrapping up everything that happened across the five by-elections and how the polls/pundits got it so wrong...
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Episode 44: No Then Yes Then No Again from 2018-06-27T05:12:32
Bill Shorten makes a captain’s call. Anthony Albanese makes a speech. IS IT ON in the Labor Party? Probably not tbh but it’s always fun to speculate!
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Episode 43: Malcolm Turnbull Loves Sport from 2018-06-20T07:33:51
Got a problem streaming the World Cup (that has nothing to do with the NBN because that is totally working just fine ok thanks for asking)? Malcolm Turnbull will fix it! Or make a phone call compla...
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Episode 42: Cash Wednesday from 2018-05-30T07:35:41
Michaelia Cash has been reissued with a subpoena for the AWU’s court challenge against the raids on their offices last October. What does it mean (nothing really, we don’t have a court date). ALSO ...
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Episode 41: $7 Bunnings Suits from 2018-05-23T08:04:21
Here’s one we (partially) recorded earlier! Nick’s filling in for Lane while she’s on holidays.
It’s episode two of our Twitter show #BFOzPol LIVE from the BuzzFeed bunker in Parliament Hous...
Episode 40: Malcolm's Marine Biologists from 2018-05-01T00:00
A quick update from Alice about a super exciting project happening on 09 May, the morning after Scott Morrison’s not-Christmas-in-May Budget. #BFOzPol
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Episode 39: 29 Not Out from 2018-03-29T04:02:50
Privyet! Malcolm Turnbull has lost his 29th Newspoll in a row, but somehow the Australian cricket team's had a worse week. Also, foreign minister Julie Bishop booted two Russians, who may or may no...
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Episode 38: Dead To Me from 2018-03-23T06:03
Alice faces off against minister Michaelia Cash at a press conference in Parliament House. It only lasted a minute, but was pretty lit. Also, Peter Dutton says the “crazy lefties” at the ABC are de...
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Episode 37: Blinded By The White(board) from 2018-03-02T05:01
Michaelia Cash literally hid behind a whiteboard after threatening to publicly name all the young women in Bill Shorten’s office that she’s heard ~rumours~ about. Yes, that really happened. We’ll e...
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Episode 36: BARNA-BYE from 2018-02-24T03:05:09
Former Kiwi Barnaby Joyce has finally resigned as deputy prime minister and leader of the Nationals… but who will succeed him? Can you even name another Nat? And does Joyce know how to use a tea to...
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Episode 35: It’s Keneally Over from 2017-12-15T07:34
In the final podcast for 2017, Alice and Lane take a look back on the highs and lows of the year in Australian politics. We rope in two #auspol experts – Rob Harris (Herald Sun) and Michael Koziol ...
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Episode 34: Let’s Get Married ❤️💛💚💙💜 from 2017-12-08T07:24:51
Australian parliament made history this week by legalising same-sex marriage. Join Alice and Lane as they rudely interrupt people literally toasting with champagne at the official after party in Ca...
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Episode 33: Malcolm’s Bankflip from 2017-12-01T04:54:20
What a week in Canberra! Malcolm Turnbull backflips and announces a banking royal commission, but is happy to let everybody else take the credit. What does this U-turn, and Labor’s likely Queenslan...
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Episode 32: It’s My Parli And I’ll Sit If I Want To from 2017-11-24T03:59
Parliament is CANCELLED!!! Well, kind of. Malcolm Turnbull called a stop work for the House of Representatives – while the Senate debates same-sex marriage. The race is tightening in Bennelong, aft...
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Episode 31: YES 🌈 from 2017-11-17T05:22:36
Alice and Lane take you inside the celebrations and negotiations of an historic week in Australia, where 61.6% of the country voted YES to legalising same-sex marriage. We’re joined by three of the...
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Episode 30: It's Bennelong Time from 2017-11-10T06:00:28
Will it be game, set and match for potential Brit John Alexander? The PM’s jumped the Sharkie as the list of possible dual citizens grows … can we officially call this a crisis? We chat to Greens l...
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Episode 29: Yer a Briton, Parry! from 2017-11-03T05:33:24
Alice and Lane have all the receipts on the latest politician to fall foul of Section 44, dual British-Australian Liberal senator from Tasmania, Stephen Parry, plus the details on the others in the...
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Episode 28: Cash Didn’t Check from 2017-10-27T06:59:54
This week Alice was a serious thorn in the government’s side with a wild story about Michaelia Cash and the AFP raids being leaked to the media. She also spoke to former prime minister Kevin Rudd a...
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Episode 27: Jacinda And Winston And NZ Oh My! from 2017-10-20T12:18:28
This week Lane and Alice are bowled over by news from New Zealand: Jacinda Ardern of “Jacindamania” fame will be the next prime minister! Lane talks to “yes” campaign leader Tiernan Brady about wha...
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Episode 26: Low Road To The High Court from 2017-10-13T03:52:19
Lane and Alice have the full wrap on what’s happened with the High Court citizenship mess, and whether Jacinda Ardern’s ginger cake will help win her the NZ election (yes we are still waiting)....
Episode 25: Shorten Raps, Xenophon Wraps from 2017-10-06T07:20:58
Alice and Lane are shook by Nick Xenophon’s announcement that he’s quitting federal politics. US academic David Smith joins us to explain why Americans continue to love guns in the wake of another ...
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Episode 24: Exit Through The Thrift Shop from 2017-09-29T05:42:07
Alice is horrified to discover Lane is going to the NRL football grand final to investigate who this Macklemore character is, and why he is getting involved in the postal survey. Also, we find out ...
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Episode 23: Jacindamania from 2017-09-21T07:03:58
Kia ora! Alice and Lane chat to the woman behind the ‘Jacindamania youthquake’ — the new leader of New Zealand’s Labour party, 37-year-old Jacinda Ardern — ahead of NZ’s national election. We get s...
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Episode 22: Stay On Message from 2017-09-15T06:53:05
Lane goes head-to-head with Australian Christian Lobby boss and spokesperson for the “no” camp Lyle Shelton. Is Australia really homophobic? And should people be able to refuse service to gay coupl...
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Episode 21: Less Tweets More Meets from 2017-09-08T06:32:51
Alice and Lane are triple-parked with guests this week! Greens senator Janet Rice reacts to the High Court decision against her legal challenge to the same-sex marriage postal survey, and Labor sen...
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Episode 20: It’s Legal To Call Tony Abbott The C-Word from 2017-09-01T07:09:58
Alice and new co-host Lane (!!!) phone a friend to find out exactly WTF is going on with all these High Court challenges — the dean of law at the UNSW and constitutional law expert George Williams!...
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Episode 19: Chris Bowen Just Winked At Me from 2017-08-25T07:58:41
Alice and Mark learn all the secrets and fun facts about Parliament House with politico and host of the new ABC documentary The House, Annabel Crabb — including the time Tony Abbott got so drunk he...
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Episode 18: Ewe Have Got To Be Kidding Me Barnaby! from 2017-08-18T05:37:18
Alice and Mark replace the flag above Parliament House with a circus big top, because that’s the only way to portray how cooked this week was. Pauline Hanson in a burqa. The deputy prime minister B...
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Episode 17: The Postal Survey We Had To Have from 2017-08-11T08:45:22
This week Alice and Mark get the lowdown on what’s happening with the same-sex marriage postal survey (plebiscite) from the minister in charge, Mathias Cormann. Lane chats to Liberal MP Andrew Lami...
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Mini Episode #3: The Rebels from 2017-08-04T00:19
Mark, Lane and a special guest all the way from Europe (it’s just Alice) are back for one final pop-up podcast before we launch into Season Two. It’s got everything you might have missed in Austral...
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Mini Episode #2: Peter Dutton And The Gas Masks from 2017-07-20T22:00
It’s another bonus mini episode, brought to you by the irrepressible Mark Di Stefano and the less good version of Alice Workman, Lane Sainty. A week is a long time in politics, and in the past seve...
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Mini Episode: Frankenstein’s Monster from 2017-07-13T22:00
Desperately missing Alice, Mark coerces his colleague Lane Sainty into joining him for a short rundown of the latest political news. In this bonus elevator podcast (like an elevator pitch, but more...
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Episode 16: Old Abbotts Die Hard from 2017-06-30T06:43:32
In our last episode for season one (sad!) Alice and Mark take a look at the biggest leadership battle in Australian politics, and it’s happening inside…the Greens! Also, Tony Abbott’s electio...
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Episode 15: The Full Gonski from 2017-06-23T04:59:56
This week Mark and Alice chat to Liberal senator Dean Smith about the future of the same-sex marriage plebiscite as well as a mystery politician for ~ Gallery Whispers ~ who has a surprise link to ...
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Episode 14: I Have This Russian Guy from 2017-06-16T06:02:48
This week Alice and Mark prepare for war with the US after audio of Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull impersonating president Trump was leaked. We also chat to Labor senator Lisa Singh, th...
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Episode 13: The One Direction of Anti-Islam from 2017-06-08T22:36
This week Alice and Mark discover what it’s like to do tequila shots with Neo-Nazis. Their guest is John Safran, a documentary-maker and author who spent the year hanging out with extremist g...
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Episode 12: Lesbian Tennis Party from 2017-06-02T06:05:11
This week Alice resurrects Healthy Harold and Mark relives his wog boy childhood. We also chat with TV and radio broadcaster turned senator Derryn Hinch about rouging nipples. Seriously.
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Episode 11: Centrelink Will Kill You from 2017-05-26T06:33:59
Pauline Hanson learns animals are alive before you kill them, the PM rejects a request for Outkast’s 'Hey Ya!' to replace the national anthem, plus Mark and Alice speak to the man behind the govern...
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Episode 10: Pliberscendance from 2017-05-19T10:25
Mark and Alice chat with NSW Greens MP Mehreen Faruqi about the failed attempt to decriminalise abortion (yes, it’s 2017 and abortion is still a crime in New South Wales). Gallery Whispers is back,...
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Episode 9: Toilet Water from 2017-05-12T07:04:48
In this Budget special, Mark and Alice sit down with Australian treasurer Scott Morrison to find out if the government is using toilet water to figure out where to run their drug testing trials.For...
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Episode 8: Too Many Spivs from 2017-05-04T08:03:32
In this week’s episode, Mark and Alice dive head first into the super sexy topic of the federal budget! What’s in? What’s out? We’ll let you know. Labor’s shadow treasurer Chris Bowen roasts Mark L...
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Episode 7: The Raven from 2017-04-13T06:58:14
In this week’s episode Mark and Alice meet “The Raven” aka Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young. We also hit the streets of Sydney with a giant picture of Scott Morrison (we literally did this) and fi...
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Episode 6: Labor's frathouse from 2017-04-07T07:16:52
This week Alice and Mark head into Canberra’s most notorious frat house to chat to Labor MP Ed Husic for a very special extended version of ~ Gallery Whispers ~. The gossip is juicy, spicy and, let...
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Episode 5: The Old Man & 18C from 2017-03-31T08:32:06
This week Alice and Mark chat with the first female Muslim politician Labor’s Anne Aly about whether or not Islam is a race and her ideas for changing the Racial Discrimination Act. We also talk to...
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Episode 4: Bottom Of The Crap Pile from 2017-03-24T07:21:04
This week Alice and Mark find out what decisions in parliament house make independent senator Jacqui Lambie “want to get a bucket and vomit”. We also dissect what the hec is happening with dat 18C....
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Episode 3: Paleo Pear from 2017-03-03T23:24:54
This week Alice and Mark chuck on an Akubra and find out what deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce really thinks about Johnny Depp (hint: it’s not good). We also find out wtf paleo pear and banana b...
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Episode 2: Gay Nazi Mind Control from 2017-02-18T02:46
This week Alice and Mark go under the tin foil hat and ask Penny Wong if gay people are using Nazi mind control to convince people to support same-sex marriage (as suggested by a One Nation candida...
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Episode 1: Thinking Man Emoji from 2017-02-11T01:06:37
This week we talk Russia, Trump and emojis with Foreign Minister Julie Bishop; ponder whether Cory Bernardi's defection from the Liberal Party was a good or bad idea; dissect Malcolm Turnbull’s syc...
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