{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61315efc0e3cdc0014fbae00/6a0fdfabd7997e788c8e585b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Pauline Hanson’s Socialist Gas & AI Lit Prizes","description":"<p>This week on&nbsp;<em>News Weakly</em>, Sami Shah looks at what happens when populism accidentally stumbles into good policy while everything else quietly catches fire.</p><p>The federal government tweaks negative gearing and capital gains tax concessions, triggering a media meltdown from a property-owning class suddenly discovering class warfare. Meanwhile, Pauline Hanson unveils a gas policy so interventionist it accidentally sounds Scandinavian.</p><p>Australia also discovers compassion for “boat people” when the people on the boats happen to be Australian activists detained by Israel during the Gaza flotilla interception.</p><p>Plus: literary fiction panics after an allegedly AI-generated short story gets shortlisted for a major prize, and Elon Musk’s gutting of USAID collides with a growing Ebola outbreak in Africa.</p><p>All that, and more.</p><p><br></p><p>Sami Shah is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, journalist, and broadcaster.</p><p>For more:&nbsp;http://thesamishah.com</p><p>Theme music 'Historic Anticipation' by Paul Mottram</p><p>This podcast is written, hosted, and produced by Sami Shah.</p>","author_name":"Sami Shah"}