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111. News Weakly Issue 111
13:08News Weakly – 13th April, 2024A weekly round-up of the top news stories in Australia, and around the world; punched in the head until they make sense.Written and presented by journalist & comedian Sami Shah.TOP STORIES OF THE WEEKThe juice runs out!Also, Biden mumbles something!All that and more, on News Weakly!News Weakly is an ad-free listener supported podcast.Just go to patreon.com/samishah to support the podcast!Sami Shah is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, journalist, and broadcaster. Sami previously co-hosted the ABC Radio Melbourne Breakfast program with Jacinta Parsons and presented RN Saturday Extra. He produced and hosted multiple documentary series on ABC RN’s Earshot on race, free speech, and religion. Sami’s autobiography, I, Migrant, was nominated for various national literary awards. He's also written an urban-fantasy novel Boy of Fire and Earth, and a non-fiction exploration of religion, The Islamic Republic of Australia. His full-cast audio drama The Missed is available exclusively on Audible and has won multiple awards.Sami is a lecturer in journalism at the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Advancing Journalism, and is the Ambassador-at-Large for PEN Melbourne.
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110. News Weakly Issue 110
19:55News Weakly – 06th April, 2024A weekly round-up of the top news stories in Australia, and around the world; punched in the head until they make sense.Written and presented by journalist & comedian Sami Shah.TOP STORIES OF THE WEEKWhen one person says its raining and another says it isn’t a journalist’s job is to buy them both bags of cocaine and prostitutes to get an exclusive!Also, Australia elects new Queen!Plus, Who Aids the Aid Workers!All that and more, on News Weakly!News Weakly is an ad-free listener supported podcast.Just go to patreon.com/samishah to support the podcast!109. News Weakly Issue 109
15:15News Weakly – 30th March, 2024A weekly round-up of the top news stories in Australia, and around the world; punched in the head until they make sense.Written and presented by journalist & comedian Sami Shah.TOP STORIES OF THE WEEKI’m shipping up to Baltimore!Also,Can’t get Splendour out of my head!All that and more, on News Weakly!News Weakly is an ad-free listener supported podcast.Just go to patreon.com/samishah to support the podcast!108. News Weakly Issue 108
14:33News Weakly – 23rd March, 2024A weekly round-up of the top news stories in Australia, and around the world; punched in the head until they make sense.Written and presented by journalist & comedian Sami Shah.TOP STORIES OF THE WEEKIs Kate a clone?Also, is Kevin nasty?All that and more, on News Weakly!News Weakly is an ad-free listener supported podcast.Just go to patreon.com/samishah to support the podcast!107. News Weakly Issue 107
15:25News Weakly – 16th March, 2024A weekly round-up of the top news stories in Australia, and around the world; punched in the head until they make sense.Written and presented by journalist & comedian Sami Shah.TOP STORIES OF THE WEEKI pronounce Marchioness of Chumley!Also, TikTokNo!All that and more, on News Weakly!News Weakly is an ad-free listener supported podcast.Just go to patreon.com/samishah to support the podcast!106. News Weakly Issue 106
15:31News Weakly – 09th March, 2024A weekly round-up of the top news stories in Australia, and around the world; punched in the head until they make sense.Written and presented by journalist & comedian Sami Shah.TOP STORIES OF THE WEEKKerr cops claims of racism!State of Disunion!Biden helps Gaza…no Ukraine…no Gaza…no Ukraine…but definitely not Sudan!All that and more, on News Weakly!News Weakly is an ad-free listener supported podcast.Just go to patreon.com/samishah to support the podcast!