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News Weakly Issue 57

Season 1, Ep. 57

News Weakly – 21 Jan, 2023

A 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 (Saturday Paper's The Gadfly, ABC RN).


TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK!

Jacinda Arden quiet quits out loud

Also, I never thought I’d miss Jim Molan

And, Voice to Artificial Intelligence


This is NEWS WEAKLY, where we punch the news in the headlines … weakly!


News Weakly is an ad-free listener supported podcast. Just go to patreon.com/samishah to support the podcast!

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